George Murphy

Personal Info

Birthday

July 4, 1902

Day of Death

1992-05-03

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

George Lloyd Murphy

George Murphy

Biography

George Murphy was an American dancer and stage, screen, and television actor, as well as a United States Senator. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952.

He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S.

Known For

MGM Parade

They Died with Their Boots On

Battleground

That's Entertainment!

Bataan

Broadway Melody of 1938

Letter of Introduction

For Me and My Gal

Filmography

1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1985
That's Dancing!
as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1952
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
Walk East on Beacon
as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
Talk About a Stranger
as Robert Fontaine Sr.
1951
It's a Big Country
as Mr. Patrick Callaghan
No Questions Asked
as Police Insp. Matt Duggan
1949
Battleground
as 'Pop' Stazak
Border Incident
as Jack Bearnes
1948
Big City
as Patrick O'Donnell
Tenth Avenue Angel
as Steve Abbutt
1947
Cynthia
as Larry Bishop
The Arnelo Affair
as Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
1946
Up Goes Maisie
as Joseph Morton
1945
Having Wonderful Crime
as Jake Justus
1944
Step Lively
as Gordon Miller
Show Business
as George Doane
Broadway Rhythm
as Johnny Demming
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
This Is the Army
as Jerry Jones
Bataan
as Lt. Steve Bentley
Show-Business at War
as Self
The Powers Girl
as Jerry Hendricks
1942
The Navy Comes Through
as Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
For Me and My Gal
as Jimmy K. Metcalf
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Joe Jonathan
1941
Rise and Shine
as Jimmy McGonagle
They Died with Their Boots On
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Ringside Maisie
as Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
Tom, Dick and Harry
as Tom
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
1940
Little Nellie Kelly
as Jerry Kelly
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Public Deb No. 1
as Alan Blake
Two Girls on Broadway
as Eddie Kerns
Broadway Melody of 1940
as King Shaw
1939
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
Risky Business
as Dan Clifford
1938
Hold That Co-ed
as Rusty Stevens
Letter of Introduction
as Barry Paige
Little Miss Broadway
as Roger Wendling
1937
You're a Sweetheart
as Hal Adams
The Women Men Marry
as Bill Raeburn
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Sonny Ledford
London by Night
as Michael Denis
Top of the Town
as Ted Lane
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
Violets in Spring
as Charlie Hall
Woman Trap
as Keat Shevlin
1935
The Public Menace
as Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
After the Dance
as Jerry Davis
I'll Love You Always
as Carl Brent
1934
Jealousy
as Larry O'Roarke
Kid Millions
as Jerry Lane