ACTOR

George Murphy

1902 - 1992

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George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American 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 Oscar in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Murphy has received more than 763,368 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). George Murphy is the 7,273rd most popular actor (up from 7,437th in 2019), the 10,747th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,028th in 2019) and the 3,360th most popular American Actor.

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  • 760k

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  • 42.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, George Murphy ranks 7,273 out of 13,578. Before him are Joan Greenwood, Amanda Blake, Robin Bartlett, Lupita Jones, Robert Reed, and Susan Bernard. After him are Maaya Sakamoto, Natalia Streignard, Tony Robinson, Yeardley Smith, Edward Andrews, and Genevieve Cortese.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, George Murphy ranks 313. Before him are Pietro Genovesi, Guy Lombardo, Tomasz Stankiewicz, José María Lavalle, Rab Butler, and Sida Košutić. After him are Pua Kealoha, Fred Tootell, Luis Lucchetti, Frank Vaughn, Nikolai Ekk, and Rudolf Schoeller. Among people deceased in 1992, George Murphy ranks 263. Before him are Roger Miller, Lona Andre, Max Stiepl, Al Parker, Chingiz Mustafayev, and Robert Reed. After him are Paul Winter, Leo Halle, Molly Picon, Frank Armi, Mallikarjun Mansur, and István Szívós.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Murphy ranks 10,747 out of 20,380. Before him are Robin Bartlett (1951), Robert Reed (1932), Susan Bernard (1948), Patrick Leonard (1956), Mike Rotunda (1958), and Vern Mikkelsen (1928). After him are Chris Hughes (1983), Mindy Kaling (1979), Edward Andrews (1914), Genevieve Cortese (1981), Richard Bassett (1745), and Vanessa Ferlito (1980).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Murphy ranks 3,360. Before him are Poppy (1995), Christian Brando (1958), Amanda Blake (1929), Robin Bartlett (1951), Robert Reed (1932), and Susan Bernard (1948). After him are Edward Andrews (1914), Genevieve Cortese (1981), Vanessa Ferlito (1980), Alice White (1904), Lewis Black (1948), and Marley Shelton (1974).

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Television and Movie Roles

Battleground
'Pop' Stazak
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
Nov 9o 19496.6 / 10
This Is the Army
Jerry Jones
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.
Aug 14o 19435.667 / 10
Border Incident
Jack Bearnes
The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.
Oct 28o 19496.919 / 10