1902-07-04 ( 122 years old ) in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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. Senator from California, the first notable U.S. actor to be elected to statewide office in California, predating Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is the only United States Senator represented by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In movies, Murphy was known as a song-and-dance man and appeared in many big-budget musicals such as Broadway Melody of 1938, Broadway Melody of 1940 and For Me and My Gal. He made his movie debut shortly after talking pictures had replaced silent movies in 1930, and his career continued until he retired as an actor in 1952, at the age of 50. During World War II, he organized entertainment for American troops.
In 1951, he was awarded an honorary Academy Award. He was never nominated for an Oscar in any competitive category.
He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946. He was also a vice president of Desilu Productions and of the Technicolor Corporation. He was director of entertainment for presidential inaugurations in 1953, 1957 and 1961.
Movies
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003-01-02
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997-01-01
That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
That's Dancing!
1985-01-18
That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955-01-01
The Hoaxters
1952-12-05
Walk East on Beacon
1952-06-01
Talk About a Stranger
1952-04-18
It's a Big Country
1951-11-20
No Questions Asked
1951-06-15
Battleground
1949-11-09
Border Incident
1949-10-28
Big City
1948-03-25
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948-02-20
Cynthia
1947-08-29
The Arnelo Affair
1947-02-13
Up Goes Maisie
1946-02-01
Having Wonderful Crime
1945-04-12
Step Lively
1944-07-26
Show Business
1944-05-10
Broadway Rhythm
1944-01-19
Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
This Is the Army
1943-08-14
Bataan
1943-06-03
Show-Business at War
1943-05-21
The Powers Girl
1943-01-15
The Navy Comes Through
1942-10-30
For Me and My Gal
1942-10-21
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942-10-15
Rise and Shine
1941-11-21
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
Ringside Maisie
1941-08-01
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941-06-13
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941-03-14
Little Nellie Kelly
1940-11-22
Public Deb No. 1
1940-09-13
Two Girls on Broadway
1940-04-19
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940-02-09
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939-09-02
Hollywood Hobbies
1939-05-03
Risky Business
1939-03-03
Hold That Co-ed
1938-09-16
Letter of Introduction
1938-08-05
Little Miss Broadway
1938-07-29
You're a Sweetheart
1937-12-26
The Women Men Marry
1937-09-10
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937-08-20
London by Night
1937-07-30
Top of the Town
1937-04-17
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936-09-11
Violets in Spring
1936-09-05
Woman Trap
1936-03-06
The Public Menace
1935-09-30
After the Dance
1935-06-25
I'll Love You Always
1935-03-19
Jealousy
1934-11-23
Kid Millions
1934-11-10
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