George Murphy

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This Is the Army Jerry Jones

(1943)

Border Incident Jack Bearnes

(1949)

Broadway Rhythm Jonnie Demming

(1944)

Broadway Melody of 1940 King Shaw

(1940)

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Actor (47 credits)

1960 New Comedy Showcase (TV Series)
Charles Tyler

- You're Only Young Twice (1960) ... Charles Tyler

1952 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (Short)
Speaker

1952 Walk East on Beacon!
Inspector James 'Jim' Belden

1952 Talk About a Stranger
Robert Fontaine Sr.

1951 It's a Big Country: An American Anthology
Mr. Callaghan

1951 No Questions Asked
Inspector Matt Duggan

1949 Battleground
'Pop' Stazak

1949 Border Incident
Jack Bearnes

1948 Big City
Patrick O'Donnell

1948 Tenth Avenue Angel
Steve Abbutt

1947 Cynthia
Larry Bishop

1947 The Arnelo Affair
Theodore 'Ted' Parkson

1946 Up Goes Maisie
Joseph Morton

1945 Having Wonderful Crime
Jake Justus

1944 Step Lively
Gordon Miller

1944 Show Business
George Doane

1944 Broadway Rhythm
Jonnie Demming

1943 This Is the Army
Jerry Jones

1943 Bataan
Lieut. Steve Bentley

1943 The Powers Girl
Jerry Hendricks

1942 The Navy Comes Through
Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands

1942 For Me and My Gal
Jimmy K. Metcalf

1942 The Mayor of 44th Street
Joe Jonathan

1941 Rise and Shine
Jimmy McGonigle

1941 Ringside Maisie
Skeets Maguire

1941 Tom, Dick and Harry
Tom

1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Coffee Cup

1940 Little Nellie Kelly
Jerry Kelly

1940 Public Deb No. 1
Alan Blake

1940 Two Girls on Broadway
Eddie Kerns

1940 Broadway Melody of 1940
King Shaw

1939 Risky Business
Dan Clifford

1938 Hold That Co-ed
Rusty

1938 Letter of Introduction
Barry Paige

1938 Little Miss Broadway
Roger Wendling

1937 You're a Sweetheart
Hal Adams

1937 The Women Men Marry
Bill Raeburn

1937 Broadway Melody of 1938
Sonny Ledford

1937 London by Night
Michael Denis

1937 Top of the Town
Ted Lane

1936 Violets in Spring (Short)
Charlie Hall

1936 Woman Trap
Keat Shevlin

1935 The Public Menace
Edward Joseph 'Red' Foster

1935 After the Dance
Jerry Davis

1935 I'll Love You Always
Carl Brent

1934 Jealousy
Larry O'Roarke

1934 Kid Millions
Jerry Lane

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (1 credit)

1955-1956 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary) (special direction - 26 episodes)

- Episode #1.26 (1956) ... (special direction)

- Episode #1.24 (1956) ... (special direction)

- Episode #1.23 (1956) ... (special direction)

- Episode #1.21 (1956) ... (special direction)

- Episode #1.20 (1956) ... (special direction)

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Soundtrack (22 credits)

2019 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Kind of Bleau (2019) ... (performer: "Please Don't Monkey With Broadway")

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary) (performer: "Follow in My Footsteps" (1937) - uncredited)

1955 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.1 (1955) ... (performer: "Please Don't Monkey with Broadway" - uncredited)

1948 If You Knew Susie (performer: "Sextette" (1835) - uncredited)

1944 Step Lively (performer: "WHERE DOES LOVE BEGIN?", "ASK THE MADAME")

1944 Show Business (performer: "They're Wearing 'em Higher in Hawaii" (1916), "It Had to Be You" (1924), "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)" (1911), "Sextette" (1935), "Alabamy Bound" (1924), "Dinah" (1925), "I Don't Want to Get Well" (1917) - uncredited)

1944 Broadway Rhythm (performer: "Who's Who?", "All The Things You Are" (uncredited), "In Other Words, Seventeen" (uncredited), "That Lucky Fellow" (uncredited), "All in Fun" (uncredited))

1943 This Is the Army (performer: "My Sweetie", "We're on Our Way to France", "Mandy", "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning", "Alexander's Ragtime Band")

1942 For Me and My Gal ("Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (1911), uncredited) / (performer: "The Doll Shop" (1942), "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (1911), "By the Beautiful Sea" (1914) - uncredited)

1942 The Mayor of 44th Street (performer: "A Million Miles From Manhattan" - uncredited)

1941 Tom, Dick and Harry (performer: "Down by the Old Mill Stream" (1910) - uncredited)

1940 Little Nellie Kelly ("Nellie Kelly I Love You" (1922))

1940 Two Girls on Broadway ("My Wonderful One Let's Dance" (1940)) / (performer: "My Wonderful One Let's Dance" (1940), "Broadway's Still Broadway' (1940))

1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 (performer: "Please Don't Monkey with Broadway" (1939), "Between You and Me" (1939), "I've Got My Eye on You" (1939) - uncredited)

1938 Hold That Co-ed (performer: "Limpy Dimp" (1938), "Here I Am Doing It" (1938) - uncredited)

1938 Little Miss Broadway (performer: "Little Miss Broadway" (1938) - uncredited)

1937 You're a Sweetheart (performer: "You're a Sweetheart")

1937 Broadway Melody of 1938 (performer: "Yours and Mine" (1937), "Follow in My Footsteps" (1937), "I'm Feelin' Like a Million" (1937), "Your Broadway and My Broadway" (1937) - uncredited)

1937 London by Night ("Comin' Thro' the Rye", uncredited)

1936 Violets in Spring (Short) (performer: "Let's Keep On Dancing", "Violets in Spring")

1935 After the Dance (performer: "Tomorrow Night", "Without You I'm Just Drifting" - uncredited)

1934 Kid Millions (performer: "Your Head on My Shoulder" (1934) (uncredited), "Mandy" (1918), "Let My People Go" (uncredited))

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Director (1 credit)

1955 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

- Episode #1.9 (1955) ... (special direction)

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Thanks (1 credit)

1981 Reagan's Way: Pathway to the Presidency (TV Movie documentary) (grateful thanks)

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Self (32 credits)

1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self

- The Lion in Winter (1992) ... Self

1990 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV Special)
Self

1989 The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV Special)
Self

1988 The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV Special)
Self

1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV Special)
Self (uncredited)

1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary)
Archival footage from 'Broadway Rhythm'

1984 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Alice Faye (1984) ... Self

1971 This Is Your Life (TV Series)
Self

- Gen. Omar Bradley (1971) ... Self

1971 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.247 (1971) ... Self

1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #10.241 (1971) ... Self

1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self

- Senator George Murphy, Amanda Blake, Robert Clary, Don McNeil, Bergen Evans (1970) ... Self

1969 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 25 June 1969 (1969) ... Self - Guest

1965-1968 Issues and Answers (TV Series)
Self / Self - Guest

- Episode dated 29 September 1968 (1968) ... Self

- Episode dated 3 October 1965 (1965) ... Self - Guest

1968 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #2.27 (1968) ... Self

1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #2.5 (1967) ... Self

1964 Hollywood goes to a World Premiere (Short documentary)
Self

1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.29 (1964) ... Self

1960 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Self

- Richard M. Nixon, George Murphy (1960) ... Self

1960 The Tonight Show Starring Jack Parr (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.198 (1960) ... Self

- Episode #3.180 (1960) ... Self

1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series)
Self / Self - Guest Host

- The Desilu Revue (1959) ... Self

- So Tender, So Profane (1959) ... Self - Guest Host

1958 George Jessel Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.14 (1958) ... Self

1958 The Thin Man (TV Series)
Self

- The Scene Stealer (1958) ... Self

1955-1956 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary)
Self - Host

- Episode #1.26 (1956) ... Self - Host

- Episode #1.24 (1956) ... Self - Host

- Episode #1.23 (1956) ... Self - Host

- Episode #1.21 (1956) ... Self - Host

- Episode #1.20 (1956) ... Self - Host

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1955 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (Short documentary)
Self - Host

1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self

1952 The Hoaxters (Short documentary)
Narrator (voice)

1949 The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1943 Show-Business at War (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1941 Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (Documentary short)
Self

1939 Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (Short)
Self (uncredited)

1939 Hollywood Hobbies (Short)
Self (uncredited)

1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5 (Documentary short)
Self

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Archive footage (20 credits)

2019 Rich Hall's Red Menace (Documentary)
Self - stands next to Reagan in b / w footage (uncredited)

2011 Reagan (Documentary)
Self

2008 President Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

2008 Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney (Documentary)
Self

2006 Voces (TV Series documentary)

- The Bronze Screen (2006)

2001-2005 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Buddy Ebsen (2005) ... Self

- Irving Berlin: An American Song (2001) ... Self

2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV Mini-Series documentary)
King Shaw

- I Got Plenty o' Nuttin': 1929-1942 (2004) ... King Shaw

2003 Begin the Beguine (Video documentary short)
Self

1997 Frank Capra's American Dream (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1997 John Wayne: On Board with the Duke (Video documentary)
Self

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Melody of 1938' (uncredited)

1976 The Front
Self - 1953 Inauguration Gala (uncredited)

1976 America at the Movies (Documentary)
'Pop' Stazak (uncredited)

1976 Hollywood on Trial (Documentary)
Self

1973 That's Entertainment! (Documentary)
Self - at Banquet (uncredited)

1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self

- Gov. Ronald Reagan/Bob Newhart/James Wong Howe (1971) ... Self

1951 The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (Documentary)

1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1944 Twenty Years After (Short)

1940 The Miracle of Sound (Documentary short)
Self

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Stage: Appeared (as "Sam Jenkins") in "Of Thee I Sing" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Based on material by George S. Kaufman (also director) and Morrie Ryskind. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and William Daly. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner.... See more »

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5' 11" (1.8 m)

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[on Nancy Carroll] Nancy herself wasn't too easy to work with. She was potentially one of the great stars, but she never quite made it -- maybe because she used stage tricks instead of her God-given talents ... She seemed to enjoy making others uncomfortable. See more »

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Upon his election to the Senate, singer/satirist Tom Lehrer good-naturedly saluted him in the song "George Murphy" as "at last we've got a senator who can really sing and dance." Lehrer went on to say that "we can't expect America to win against its foes without someone in the Senate who can really tap his toes." If Murphy had any thoughts on this joking tribute, they weren't recorded for ... See more »

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