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For Me and My Gal (1942) -- Set during WW I, Palmer and Hayden team up as vaudeville artists. Harry Palmer deliberately injures his hand to avoid being drafted to the army...
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Overview

Date of Death:
3 May 1992, Palm Beach, Florida, USA more
Mini Biography:
After giving up college, George Murphy decided to become a dancer. Since... more
Trivia:
Upon his election to the Senate, singer/satirist Tom Lehrer good-naturedly... more
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Up 147% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
2 wins more
NewsDesk:
World Warner II
 (From New York Post. 11 November 2008, 1:01 AM, PST)


Filmography

Actor:
  1. "New Comedy Showcase" .... Charles Tyler (1 episode, 1960)
        - You're Only Young Twice (1960) TV episode .... Charles Tyler

  2. "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" .... Guest Host (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka Desilu Playhouse
        - So Tender, So Profane (1959) TV episode .... Guest Host
  3. "MGM Parade" .... Host (1 episode, 1955)
        - Episode #1.14 (1955) TV episode .... Host
  4. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952) .... Speaker
  5. Walk East on Beacon! (1952) .... Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
    ... aka The Crime of the Century (UK)
  6. Talk About a Stranger (1952) .... Robert Fontaine Sr.
  7. It's a Big Country (1951) .... Mr. Callaghan
  8. No Questions Asked (1951) .... Police Insp. Matt Duggan

  9. Battleground (1949) .... 'Pop' Stazak
  10. Border Incident (1949) .... Jack Bearnes
  11. Big City (1948) .... Patrick O'Donnell
  12. Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) .... Steve Abbutt
  13. Cynthia (1947) .... Larry Bishop
    ... aka Cynthia: The Rich, Full Life
    ... aka The Rich Full Life (UK)
  14. The Arnelo Affair (1947) .... Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
  15. Up Goes Maisie (1946) .... Joseph Morton
    ... aka Up She Goes (UK)
  16. Having Wonderful Crime (1945) .... Jake Justus
  17. Step Lively (1944) .... Gordon Miller
  18. Show Business (1944) .... George Doane
  19. Broadway Rhythm (1944) .... Johnny Demming
  20. This Is the Army (1943) .... Jerry Jones
  21. Bataan (1943) .... Lieut. Steve Bentley
  22. The Powers Girl (1943) .... Jerry Hendricks
    ... aka Hello Beautiful
  23. The Navy Comes Through (1942) .... Lieutenant Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
  24. For Me and My Gal (1942) .... Jimmy K. Metcalf
    ... aka For Me and My Girl (UK)
  25. The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) .... Joe Jonathan
  26. Rise and Shine (1941) .... Jimmy McGonagle
  27. Ringside Maisie (1941) .... Francis X. 'Skeets'/'Skeeter' Maguire
    ... aka Cash and Carry (UK)
  28. Tom Dick and Harry (1941) .... Tom
  29. A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) .... Claudius J. 'Coffee Cup' Cup
    ... aka The Navy Steps Out (UK)
  30. Little Nellie Kelly (1940) .... Jerry Kelly
  31. Public Deb No. 1 (1940) .... Alan Blake
  32. Two Girls on Broadway (1940) .... Eddie Kerns
    ... aka Choose Your Partner (UK)
  33. Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) .... King Shaw

  34. Risky Business (1939) .... Dan Clifford
  35. Hold That Co-ed (1938) .... Rusty Stevens
    ... aka Hold That Girl (UK)
  36. Letter of Introduction (1938) .... Barry Paige
  37. Little Miss Broadway (1938) .... Roger Wendling, Sarah's nephew
  38. You're a Sweetheart (1937) .... Hal Adams
  39. The Women Men Marry (1937) .... Bill Raeburn
  40. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) .... Sonny Ledford
  41. London by Night (1937) .... Michael Denis
  42. Top of the Town (1937) .... Ted Lane
  43. Violets in Spring (1936) .... Charlie Hall
  44. Woman Trap (1936) .... Keat Shevlin
  45. The Public Menace (1935) .... Red Foster
  46. After the Dance (1935) .... Jerry Davis
  47. I'll Love You Always (1935) .... Carl Brent
  48. Jealousy (1934) .... Larry O'Roarke
  49. Kid Millions (1934) .... Jerry Lane
Soundtrack:
  1. That's Entertainment! III (1994) (performer: "Follow in My Footsteps")

  2. If You Knew Susie (1948) (performer: "Sextette" (1835) (uncredited))
  3. Step Lively (1944) (performer: "WHERE DOES LOVE BEGIN?", "ASK THE MADAME")
  4. Show Business (1944) (performer: "They're Wearing 'em Higher in Hawaii", "It Had to Be You", "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)", "Dinah", "Sextette", "I Don't Want to Get Well", "Alabamy Bound")
  5. Broadway Rhythm (1944) (performer: "Who's Who?") ("In Other Words, Seventeen", "That Lucky Fellow", "My Love Affair")
  6. This Is the Army (1943) (performer: "My Sweetie", "We're on Our Way to France", "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning", "Alexander's Ragtime Band") ("Mandy")
  7. For Me and My Gal (1942) (performer: "The Doll Shop" (1942) (uncredited), "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (1911) (uncredited), "By the Beautiful Sea" (1914) (uncredited)) ("Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (1911) (uncredited))
    ... aka For Me and My Girl (UK)
  8. The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) (performer: "A Million Miles From Manhattan")
  9. Tom Dick and Harry (1941) (performer: "Down by the Old Mill Stream")
  10. Two Girls on Broadway (1940) ("My Wonderful One Let's Dance" (uncredited), "Broadway's Still Broadway' (uncredited))
    ... aka Choose Your Partner (UK)
  11. Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) (performer: "Please Don't Monkey with Broadway", "Between You and Me", "I've Got My Eyes on You" (instrumental and choral reprise))

  12. Hold That Co-ed (1938) (performer: "Limpy Dimp" (1938) (uncredited), "Here I Am Doing It" (1938) (uncredited))
    ... aka Hold That Girl (UK)
  13. Little Miss Broadway (1938) (performer: "Little Miss Broadway")
  14. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) ("Yours and Mine" (1937) (uncredited), "Follow in My Footsteps" (1937) (uncredited), "I'm Feelin' Like a Million" (1937) (uncredited), "Your Broadway and My Broadway" (1937) (uncredited))
  15. You're a Sweetheart (1937) (performer: "You're a Sweetheart")
  16. London by Night (1937) ("Comin' Thro' the Rye" (uncredited))
  17. Violets in Spring (1936) (performer: "Let's Keep On Dancing", "Violets in Spring")
  18. After the Dance (1935) (performer: "Tomorrow Night" (uncredited), "Without You I'm Just Drifting" (uncredited))
  19. Kid Millions (1934) (performer: "Your Head on my Shoulder", "Mandy", "Let My People Go")
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
  1. "MGM Parade" (special direction) (1 episode, 1955)
        - Episode #1.14 (1955) TV episode (special direction)
Self:
  1. "MGM: When the Lion Roars" .... Himself (1 episode, 1992)
        - The Lion in Winter (1992) TV episode .... Himself

  2. "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
        - Gen. Omar Bradley (1971) TV episode .... Himself

  3. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1968)
        - Episode #2.26 (1968) TV episode .... Himself
  4. "Issues and Answers" .... Himself-- Guest (1 episode, 1965)
        - Episode dated 3 October 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Himself-- Guest
  5. "Here's Hollywood" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
        - Episode #1.18 (1960) TV episode .... Himself
  6. "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka The Jack Paar Show (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Jack Paar Tonight Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 28 July 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Himself

  7. "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka Desilu Playhouse
        - The Desilu Revue (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  8. "The Thin Man" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Scene Stealer (1958) TV episode .... Himself
  9. "MGM Parade" .... Himself - Host / ... (3 episodes, 1955-1956)
        - Episode #1.22 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - host
        - Episode #1.12 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode #1.6 (1955) TV episode .... Himself-- Host
  10. 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955) .... Himself
  11. The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953) (TV) .... Himself
  12. The Hoaxters (1952) (voice) .... Narrator

  13. Show Business at War (1943) .... Himself
    ... aka The March of Time Volume IX, Issue 10
  14. Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (1941) .... Himself
    ... aka Hollywood Meets the Navy (USA: short title)

  15. Hollywood Hobbies (1939) (uncredited) .... Himself
  16. Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939) (uncredited) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. President Hollywood (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  2. Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney (2008) .... Himself
  3. "Voces"
        - The Bronze Screen (2006) TV episode
  4. "Broadway: The American Musical"
        - I Got Plenty o' Nuttin': 1929-1942 (2004) TV episode .... King Shaw
  5. "American Masters"
        - Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) TV episode .... Jimmy K. Metcalf
  6. Begin the Beguine (2003) (V) .... Himself
  7. That's Entertainment! III (1994) (uncredited) .... Himself (clip from "Broadway Melody of 1938")
  8. That's Dancing! (1985) .... Himself (clip from "Broadway Rhythm")
  9. The Miracle of Sound (1940) .... Himself


Additional Details

Other Works:
Active on Broadway in the following productions: more
Publicity Listings:
1 Portrayal | 1 Print Biography more
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