George Murphy
Gender: Male
Born: 4th July 1902
Died: 3rd May 1992
Nationality: United States of America
Movies: Border Incident, Broadway Melody of 1940, Kid Millions, Battleground, For Me and My Gal, Show Business, Bataan, Talk About a Stranger, You're a Sweetheart, Little Nellie Kelly, Little Miss Broadway, This Is the Army, Step Lively, Tom, Dick and Harry, Up Goes Maisie, Ringside Maisie, Broadway Rhythm, Tenth Avenue Angel, Two Girls on Broadway, Big City, Broadway Melody of 1938, Letter of Introduction, It's a Big Country, Step Lively, The Powers Girl, The Mayor of 44th Street, Cynthia, London by Night, The Women Men Marry, No Questions Asked, The Arnelo Affair, The Navy Comes Through
George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician. 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 Academy Award in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. Senator from California, the first notable U.S. actor to make the successful transition to politics, predating Ronald W. Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, of Irish Catholic extraction, the son of Michael Charles "Mike" Murphy, athletic trainer and coach, and the former Nora Long. He was educated at Peddie School, Trinity-Pawling School, and Yale University in his native New Haven. He worked as a tool maker for the Ford Motor Company, as a miner, a real estate agent, and a night club dancer.
In movies, Murphy was famous as a song-and-dance man, appearing 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
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