Maurice Murphy (actor)

Maurice Murphy
Born	October 3, 1913 Seattle, Washington, United States
Died	November 23, 1978 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1923–1945

Maurice Murphy (October 3, 1913 – November 23, 1978) was an American film actor. Initially a child actor, he graduated to playing older roles, often in action films. Early film appearances included in Stella Dallas and as the young Beau Geste in the 1926 film. In 1934 he played the title role in the Universal Pictures serial Tailspin Tommy.

His brother Jack Murphy also became an actor.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1923	The Self-Made Wife	Tim Godwin Jr.	Film debut
	Call of the Wild
1924	The Last Man on Earth	Elmer's Pal
	Peter Pan	Tootles
1925	The Home Maker	Henry Knapp
	Thank You	Willie Jones
	Stella Dallas	Morrison Child
1926	Beau Geste	Beau Geste - Younger
	Flesh and the Devil	Ulrich as a Boy	Uncredited
1927	Alias the Deacon	Willie Clark
	The American
1928	The Call of the Heart	Little Pete
	The Shepherd of the Hills	Josh O'Day
	The Michigan Kid	Jimmy Cowan - as a Child
1929	The Spirit of Youth	Ted Ewing
	The Three Outcasts	Dick Marsh - as a Boy
	The College Coquette	Jimmy Doolittle
1930	All Quiet on the Western Front	Soldier	Uncredited
	Hell's Angels	Pilot	Uncredited
1931	Seas Beneath	Merkel	Uncredited
	Women Go on Forever	Tommy
1932	Divorce in the Family	Al Parker
	Faithless	Anthony 'Tony' Wade
1933	Found Alive	Bobby Roberts
	What Price Innocence?	Maurice Harper
	Pilgrimage	Gary Worth
1934	Tailspin Tommy	Tailspin Tommy Tompkins	Serial
	There's Always Tomorrow	Fred White
	The Man Who Reclaimed His Head	Leon - a Soldier	Uncredited
1935	Private Worlds	Boy In Car
	Curly Top	Jimmie Rogers
	The Crusades	Alan - Richard's Squire
1936	The Prisoner of Shark Island	Prison Hospital Orderly
	Gentle Julia	Luis
	Down to the Sea	Newland Sanders
	Romeo and Juliet	Balthasar	Uncredited
1937	The Road Back	Albert
	Under Suspicion	Ralph
	Tovarich	Georges Dupont
1938	The Nurse from Brooklyn	Danny Thomas
	My Bill	Lynn Willard
	Delinquent Parents	Bruce Jefferson
	Secrets of an Actress	Thompson's Assistant	Uncredited
1939	Zaza	Henri
	Forged Passport	'Kansas' Nelson
	Career	Mel Bartholomew
	The Covered Trailer	Bill Williams
1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	John McNeil
	Wolf of New York	Frankie Mason
1941	The Reluctant Dragon	Baby Weems Storyboard Artist
1942	To Be or Not to Be	Polish RAF Pilot	Uncredited
	Smith of Minnesota	Wayne Smith	Uncredited
1943	Air Force	Harper's Co-Pilot	Uncredited
	Destination Tokyo	Toscanini	Uncredited
	A Guy Named Joe	Captain Robertson	Uncredited
1944	See Here, Private Hargrove	Lieutenant	Uncredited
1945	Sensation Hunters	Fred Rogers	Final film, Uncredited

Bibliography

• Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

• Maurice Murphy at IMDb