George Murphy

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This Is the Army Jerry Jones

(1943)

Broadway Melody of 1940 King Shaw

(1940)

Battleground 'Pop' Stazak

(1949)

Border Incident Jack Bearnes

(1949)

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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 (21 credits)

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 (27 credits)

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

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

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

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

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

1971 This Is Your Life (TV Series)
Himself

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

1971 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #3.247 (1971) ... Himself

1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 15 September 1971 (1971) ... Himself

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

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

1968 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.27 (1968) ... Himself

1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.5 (1967) ... Himself

1965 Issues and Answers (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

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

1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.29 (1964) ... Himself

1960 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.18 (1960) ... Himself

1960 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #3.198 (1960) ... Himself

- Episode #3.180 (1960) ... Himself

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

- The Desilu Revue (1959) ... Himself

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

1958 George Jessel Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.14 (1958) ... Himself

1958 The Thin Man (TV Series)
Himself

- The Scene Stealer (1958) ... Himself

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1952 The Hoaxters (Short documentary)
Narrator (voice)

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

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

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

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

1939 Hollywood Hobbies (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

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

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Archive footage (20 credits)

2011 Reagan (Documentary)
Himself

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

2008 Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney (Documentary)
Himself

2006 Voces (TV Series documentary)

- The Bronze Screen (2006)

2001-2005 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Buddy Ebsen (2005) ... Himself

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

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)
Himself

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

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

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

1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV Series documentary)
Tom (clip from Tom, Dick and Harry (1941))

- A Woman's Lot (1987) ... Tom (clip from Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)) (uncredited)

1976 The Front
Himself - 1953 Inauguration Gala (uncredited)

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

1976 Hollywood on Trial (Documentary)
Himself

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary)
Himself - at Banquet (uncredited)

1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 17 December 1971 (1971) ... Himself

1951 The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (Documentary)

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

1944 Twenty Years After (Short)

1940 The Miracle of Sound (Documentary short)
Himself

Personal Details

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(1950s) Together with Ronald Reagan and Gary Cooper, Murphy recorded an album entitled "Communist Infiltration of Hollywood in the 1940s" (Source: Time magazine, 1/19/98, p. 12). See more »

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1 Print Biography | 1 Portrayal | 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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He was elected to the U.S. Senate in a special election held following the death of Senator Clair Engle (Democrat of California) from a malignant brain tumor in 1964. Murphy's opponent in this election was former JFK press secretary Pierre Salinger, who was trounced by a huge margin. During Murphy's term (1965-1971) he contracted throat cancer. He battled this successfully, but, sadly, because of... See more »

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Cancer

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