George Murphy
- Naissance
- 4 juillet 1902
- Décès
- 3 mai 1992
- Origine
- 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.
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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.
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À l’étudeThat's Entertainment! III1994
À l’étudeThat's Dancing!1985
Il était une fois à Hollywood1974
À l’étudeTalk About a Stranger1952
À l’étudeNo Questions Asked1951
À l’étudeBastogne1949
À l’étudeBorder Incident1949
À l’étudeBig City1948
À l’étudeTenth Avenue Angel1948
À l’étudeCynthia1947
À l’étudeUp Goes Maisie1946
À l’étudeHaving Wonderful Crime1945
À l’étudeDansons Gaiement1944
À l’étudeShow Business1944
À l’étudeThis Is the Army1943
À l’étudeBataan1943
À l’étudeThe Powers Girl1943
À l’étudePour Moi et ma Mie1942
À l’étudeThe Mayor of 44th Street1942
À l’étudeRise and Shine1941
La Charge fantastique1941
À l’étudeRingside Maisie1941
À l’étudeSes trois amoureux1941
À l’étudeA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob1941
À l’étudeLittle Nellie Kelly1940
À l’étudePublic Deb No. 11940
À l’étudeTwo Girls on Broadway1940
À l’étudeBroadway Melody of 19401940
À l’étudeLittle Miss Broadway1938
À l’étudeYou're a Sweetheart1937
À l’étudeBroadway Melody of 19381937
À l’étudeTop of the Town1937
À l’étudeI'll Love You Always1935
À l’étudeJealousy1934