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
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to m ...
from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary
Oscar
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* Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms.
* Oscar (Irish mythology), ...
in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as
U.S. Senator
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The composition and powe ...
from
California
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, the first notable American actor to be elected to statewide office in California, predating
Ronald Reagan
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and
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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, who each served two terms as governor. He is the only United States Senator represented by a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
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.
Early life
Murphy was born in
New Haven
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,
Connecticut
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, of Irish Catholic extraction, the son of
Michael Charles "Mike" Murphy, athletic trainer and coach, and the former Nora Long.
He was educated at
Trinity-Pawling School
Trinity-Pawling School, founded in 1907, is an independent college and preparatory boarding school for boys from 7th grade to 12th grade. The 230 acre campus is situated in Pawling, New York, a small hamlet in southern Dutchess County. It is lo ...
,
Peddie School
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and
Yale University
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in his native New Haven. He worked as a
tool maker
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for the
Ford Motor Company
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, as a miner, a real estate agent, and a night club dancer.
Film career
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 1938'' is a 1937 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film is essentially a backstage musical revue, featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical traditio ...
'' (1937), ''
Broadway Melody of 1940
''Broadway Melody of 1940'' is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy (Astaire's first male dancing partner on film). It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including "Begin the ...
'' (1940) and ''
For Me and My Gal'' (1942). 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
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. He was never nominated for an Oscar in any competitive category.
He was the president of the
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to m ...
from 1944 to 1946. He was also a vice president of
Desilu Productions
Desilu Productions () was an American television production company founded and co-owned by husband and wife Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. The company is best known for shows such as ''I Love Lucy'', ''The Lucy Show'', ''Mannix'', ''The Untouchabl ...
and of the
Technicolor
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Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...
Corporation.
He was director of entertainment for presidential inaugurations in 1953, 1957 and 1961.
Political career
![GeorgeMurphy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/GeorgeMurphy.jpg)
Murphy entered politics in 1952 by joining the leadership of the
California Republican Party
The California Republican Party (CAGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the U.S. state of California. The party is based in Sacramento and is led by chair Jessica Millan Patterson.
As of October 2020, Republicans repre ...
, having also directed the entertainment for the
Eisenhower
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-
Nixon
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inauguration that same year.
In 1964, he was elected as a Republican to the Senate, having defeated
Pierre Salinger
Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 – October 16, 2004) was an American journalist, author and politician. He served as the ninth press secretary for United States Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served a ...
, the former presidential press secretary in the
Kennedy
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White House
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, who had been appointed several months earlier to serve the remainder of the late
Clair Engle
Clair Engle (September 21, 1911July 30, 1964) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1959 until his death in 1964. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for participating in the vo ...
's unexpired term. Murphy served from January 1, 1965, to January 3, 1971. Murphy assumed his seat two days early, when Salinger resigned from the seat to allow Murphy to gain an edge in seniority. Murphy was then appointed by Democratic
Governor
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Pat Brown
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to serve the remaining two days of Salinger's term.
Murphy was in demand for a time to assist other Republican candidates seeking office. In 1966, he hosted a fundraising dinner in
Atlanta, Georgia
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, for US Representative
Howard "Bo" Callaway, the first Republican candidate for
Governor of Georgia
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since
Reconstruction
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. In the
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
, Callaway outpolled Democrat
Lester Maddox
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, but did not get a majority, and the state legislature elected Maddox.
In 1967 and 1968, Murphy was the chairman of the
National Republican Senatorial Committee
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. During his Senate term, Murphy developed
throat cancer
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, and part of his
larynx
The larynx (), commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. The opening of larynx into pharynx known as the laryngeal inlet is about ...
had to be removed. For the rest of his life, he was unable to speak above a whisper.
Murphy voted in favor of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement ...
, as well as the confirmation of
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-A ...
to the
U.S. Supreme Court
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, and the
Civil Rights Act of 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 () is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots.
Titles II through VII comprise the Indian Civil Rights Act, which applie ...
.
In 1970, Murphy ran for re-election; he was challenged by Democratic US Representative
John V. Tunney
John Varick Tunney (June 26, 1934 – January 12, 2018) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator and Representative from the state of California in the 1960s and 1970s.
He was the son of boxing champion Gene Tunney.
...
, the son of famed heavyweight
boxing
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champion
Gene Tunney
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. Murphy's surgery and staunch support for the lingering
Vietnam War
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worked against him, as did reports that he had continued to receive a salary from
Technicolor
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Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...
after taking office.
Tunney's successful Senate race in 1970 was reportedly the inspiration for the 1972 Robert Redford film ''
The Candidate''.
Death
Murphy subsequently moved to
Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida. Located on a barrier island in east-central Palm Beach County, the town is separated from several nearby cities including West Palm Beach and Lake Worth Beach by the Intracoas ...
, where he died at the age of 89, from
leukemia
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.
Legacy
Murphy's move from the screen to California politics paved the way for the successful transitions of actors such as
Ronald Reagan
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and later Arnold Schwarzenegger. Reagan once famously referred to George Murphy as his own "
John the Baptist
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".
Fellow Republicans praised Murphy's ability to speak at fundraising dinners and so consequently backed his bid to become the chairman of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee.
During his tenure in the Senate, Murphy created the
candy desk by placing a supply of confectionery on his desk on the U.S. Senate floor. After 1971, the candy-desk duties were bequeathed to a string of successors; since 2015, the keeper of the candy desk has been
Pennsylvania
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Republican
Pat Toomey
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.
Murphy was the subject of a song by
Tom Lehrer
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included on his album ''
That Was the Year That Was
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'' with the same name, which criticized Murphy's comments about Mexicans working in the US.
Personal life
Murphy was married to his ballroom dancing partner, Juliette "Julie" Henkel-Johnson, from December 18, 1926, until her death, in 1973. They had two children: Dennis Michael Murphy and Melissa Elaine Murphy.
He was married to Bette Blandi from 1982 until his death in 1992; she died in 1999.
Radio
* ''
Suspense
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'' (episode "Death on Highway 99" 1945)
* ''
Lux Radio Theatre
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'' (episode ''
Royal Wedding
''Royal Wedding'' is a 1951 American musical comedy film directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Set in 1947 London at the time of the wedding of Princess Eli ...
'' 1952)
[ ]
Films
![George Murphy in London By Night](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/George_Murphy_in_London_By_Night.JPG)
* ''
Kid Millions
''Kid Millions'' (1934) is an American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and starring Eddie Cantor. Its elaborate "Ice Cream Fantasy Finale" production number was filmed in three-strip Technicolor, one ...
'' (1934) as Jerry Lane
* ''
Jealousy
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Jealousy can consist of one or more emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness or disgust. ...
'' (1934) as Larry O'Roarke
* ''
I'll Love You Always
''I'll Love You Always'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Leo Bulgakov and starring Nancy Carroll, George Murphy and Raymond Walburn.Nemcek p.200
Synopsis
An engineer, married to an actress, pretends he is working on a job in Russia whe ...
'' (1935) as Carl Brent
* ''
After the Dance'' (1935) as Jerry Davis
* ''
The Public Menace
''The Public Menace'' is a 1935 American black-and-white romantic drama film starring Jean Arthur, George Murphy and Douglass Dumbrille. A newspaper reporter keeps losing and regaining his job due to a manicurist he is persuaded to marry.
Plot
"R ...
'' (1935) as Edward Joseph 'Red' Foster
* ''
Woman Trap'' (1936) as Keat Shevlin
* ''
Top of the Town
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The pilot episode was broadcast on 5 June 1953 on the BBC Home Service; the first series started shortly afterwards, on 1 November ...
'' (1937) as Ted Lane
* ''
London by Night'' (1937) as Michael Denis
* ''
Broadway Melody of 1938
''Broadway Melody of 1938'' is a 1937 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film is essentially a backstage musical revue, featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical traditio ...
'' (1937) as Sonny Ledford
* ''
The Women Men Marry
''The Women Men Marry'' is a 1937 American film directed by Errol Taggart and starring George Murphy, Josephine Hutchinson, Claire Dodd and Toby Wing. The film's script is credited to Donald Henderson Clarke.
Cast
* George Murphy - Bill Raeburn ...
'' (1937) as Bill Raeburn
* ''
You're a Sweetheart
''You're a Sweetheart'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by David Butler and starring Alice Faye, George Murphy and Ken Murray. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures who loaned Alice Faye from 20th Century Fox to he ...
'' (1937) as Hal Adams
* ''
Little Miss Broadway
''Little Miss Broadway'' is a 1938 American musical drama film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay was written by Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen. The film stars Shirley Temple in a story about a theatrical boarding house and its occupants, ...
'' (1938) as Roger Wendling
* ''
Letter of Introduction
''Letter of Introduction'' is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by John M. Stahl.
In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after pu ...
'' (1938) as Barry Paige
* ''
Hold That Co-ed
''Hold That Co-ed'' is a 1938 comedy film directed by George Marshall, starring John Barrymore, George Murphy and Marjorie Weaver.
Plot summary
Former star quarterback Rusty Stevens believes he is being hired to be prosperous Clayton Universit ...
'' (1938) as Rusty
* ''
Risky Business
''Risky Business'' is a 1983 American teen comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Brickman (in his directorial debut) and starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. Best known as Cruise's breakout film, ''Risky Business'' was a critical ...
'' (1939) as Dan Clifford
* ''
Broadway Melody of 1940
''Broadway Melody of 1940'' is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy (Astaire's first male dancing partner on film). It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including "Begin the ...
'' (1940) as King Shaw
* ''
Two Girls on Broadway
''Two Girls on Broadway'' is a 1940 musical film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lana Turner and Joan Blondell. The film is a remake of ''The Broadway Melody'' (1929).
Plot
Molly Mahoney (Joan Blondell) forms a vaudeville act with her fi ...
'' (1940) as Eddie Kerns
* ''
Public Deb No. 1
''Public Deb No. 1'' (or ''Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1'') is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring George Murphy, Brenda Joyce and Ralph Bellamy.
Plot
A socialite is introduced to communism by her butler.
Partia ...
'' (1940) as Alan Blake
* ''
Little Nellie Kelly
''Little Nellie Kelly'' is a 1940 American musical-comedy film based on the stage musical of the same title by George M. Cohan which was a hit on Broadway in 1922 and 1923. The film was written by Jack McGowan and directed by Norman Taurog. It ...
'' (1940) as Jerry Kelly
* ''
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
''A Girl, a Guy and a Gob'' is a 1941 film produced by Harold Lloyd and starring George Murphy, Lucille Ball, and Edmond O'Brien.
Plot summary
When Stephen Herrick, a sedate, mild-mannered shipping magnate, loses his opera tickets, Mrs. Gran ...
'' (1941) as Coffee Cup
* ''
Tom, Dick and Harry
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'' (1941) as Tom
* ''
Ringside Maisie
''Ringside Maisie'' is a 1941 film directed by Edwin L. Marin. It stars Ann Sothern, Robert Sterling and George Murphy
George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician. Murphy was a song-and-danc ...
'' (1941) as Skeets Maguire
* ''
Rise and Shine'' (1941) as Mo McGonigle
* ''
The Mayor of 44th Street
''The Mayor of 44th Street'' is a 1942 film directed by Alfred E. Green. It stars George Murphy and Anne Shirley. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1943.
Cast
* George Murphy as Joe Jonathan
* Anne Shirley as Jersey Lee
* William Gargan a ...
'' (1942) as Joe Jonathan
* ''
For Me and My Gal'' (1942) as Mo K. Metcalf
* ''
The Navy Comes Through
''The Navy Comes Through'' is a 1942 American World War II film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. It stars Pat O'Brien, George Murphy and Jane Wyatt. Vernon L. Walker and James G. Stewart were nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects. Th ...
'' (1942) as Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
* ''
The Powers Girl
''The Powers Girl'', sometimes retitled ''Hello, Beautiful'', is a 1943 musical comedy film about women employed by John Robert Powers' modeling agency. Starring George Murphy, Anne Shirley, and Carole Landis, the film was directed by Norman Z. ...
'' (1943) as Jerry Hendricks
* ''
Bataan
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'' (1943) as Lieut. Steve Bentley
* ''
This Is the Army
''This Is the Army'' is a 1943 American wartime musical comedy film produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, and directed by Michael Curtiz, adapted from a wartime stage musical with the same name, designed to boost morale in the U.S. duri ...
'' (1943) as Jerry Jones
* ''
Broadway Rhythm
''Broadway Rhythm'' (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor musical film. It was produced by Jack Cummings and directed by Roy Del Ruth.
The film was originally announced as ''Broadway Melody of 1944'' to follow MGM's ''Broadway Melody'' ...
'' (1944) as Jonnie Demming
* ''
Show Business
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'' (1944) as George Doane
* ''
Step Lively'' (1944) as Gordon Miller
* ''
Having Wonderful Crime
''Having Wonderful Crime'' is a 1945 American screwball comedy and mystery film directed by Eddie Sutherland from a screenplay by Howard J. Green, Stewart Sterling, and Parke Levy, based on the novel of the same name by Craig Rice. In her s ...
'' (1945) as Jake Justus
* ''
Up Goes Maisie
''Up Goes Maisie'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is the ninth of 10 films starring Ann Sothern as ex-showgirl Maisie Ravier, characterized as "that double trouble doll with the sass ...
'' (1946) as Joseph Morton
* ''
The Arnelo Affair
''The Arnelo Affair'' is a 1947 American film noir starring John Hodiak, George Murphy, Frances Gifford, and Dean Stockwell, and co-written and directed by Arch Oboler.
Plot
A lawyer's wife, Anne Parkson (Frances Gifford) is bored and neglected. ...
'' (1947) as Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
* ''
Cynthia
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'' (1947) as Larry Bishop
* ''
Tenth Avenue Angel
''Tenth Avenue Angel'' is a 1948 American film directed by Roy Rowland and starring Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, and George Murphy. It chronicles the life and family of Flavia Mills (Margaret O'Brien) in the late 1930s. Filming took place 1 ...
'' (1948) as Steve Abbutt
* ''
Big City'' (1948) as Patrick O'Donnell
* ''
Border Incident
''Border Incident'' is a 1949 film noir featuring Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva. Directed by Anthony Mann, the MGM production was written by John C. Higgins and George Zuckerman. The film was shot by cinematographer John Al ...
'' (1949) as Jack Bearnes
* ''
Battleground'' (1949) as'Pop' Stazak
* ''
No Questions Asked'' (1951) as Inspector Matt Duggan
* ''
It's a Big Country
''It's a Big Country An American Anthology'' is a 1951 American anthology film consisting of eight segments by seven directors: Richard Thorpe, John Sturges, Charles Vidor, Don Weis, Clarence Brown, William A. Wellman and Don Hartman.
Plot
In ...
'' (1951) as Mr. Callaghan
* ''
Talk About a Stranger
''Talk About a Stranger'' is a 1952 American film noir directed by David Bradley and starring George Murphy, Nancy Davis and Billy Gray. The motion picture was shot by noted cinematographer John Alton, A.S.C. and was based on Charlotte Armstron ...
'' (1952) as Robert Fontaine Sr.
* ''
Walk East on Beacon
''Walk East on Beacon'' is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Murphy, Finlay Currie, and Virginia Gilmore. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was inspired by a May 1951 ''Reader ...
'' (1952) as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
* ''
Deep in My Heart'' (1954) (scenes deleted)
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