George Murphy

¿Quién es George Murphy?

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.

Trabajos destacados

Poster de la película They Died with Their Boots On They Died with Their Boots On Poster de la película Battleground Battleground Poster de la película That's Entertainment! That's Entertainment! Poster de la película For Me and My Gal For Me and My Gal Poster de la película Broadway Melody of 1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 Poster de la película Border Incident Border Incident Poster de la película That's Entertainment! III That's Entertainment! III Poster de la película Bataan Bataan Poster de la película This Is the Army This Is the Army Poster de la película That's Dancing! That's Dancing! Poster de la película Walk East on Beacon! Walk East on Beacon! Poster de la película Tom, Dick and Harry Tom, Dick and Harry Poster de la película Talk About a Stranger Talk About a Stranger Poster de la película No Questions Asked No Questions Asked Poster de la película Little Miss Broadway Little Miss Broadway Poster de la película The Arnelo Affair The Arnelo Affair Poster de la película Broadway Melody of 1938 Broadway Melody of 1938 Poster de la película Tenth Avenue Angel Tenth Avenue Angel
También conocido como: George Lloyd Murphy /

Géneros más habituales en las películas de George Murphy

Drama 26 películas
Comedia 21 películas
Música 18 películas
Romance 18 películas
Documental 9 películas
Crimen 7 películas
Bélico 6 películas
Familia 4 películas
Misterio 3 películas
Acción 2 películas
Aventura 1 películas
Suspense 1 películas
Western 1 películas

Géneros más habituales en las series de George Murphy

Drama 2 series

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