Actor, Stuntman, Singer. He was best known for playing the roles of soldiers, pilots, orderlies, and cooks, but some were uncredited. He was primarily a child actor but gradually began appearing in adult roles usually in action films. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Jimmie Rogers' in the classic family musical romance film, "Curly Top" (1935). The film which was directed by Irving Cummings, which was written by Patterson McNutt, Arthur J. Beckhard, and William M. Conselman, and which also starred Shirley Temple, John Boles, and Rochelle Hudson, tells the story of the wealthy Edward Morgan who becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones." As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary. He was born one of three children as Maurice Thomas Murphy in Seattle, Washington, to prominent attorney John Francis Murphy (1876-1950), and his wife Mary Regus Meehan Murphy (1883-1935), on October 3, 1913. He was educated locally and later moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, where began his acting career as a child star in both silent films and sound films. He made his actual film debut playing the role of the 'Neighborhood Boy' in the short comedy film, "The Two Twins" (1923), which was directed by Hunt Stromberg, and which also starred, Bull Montana, Charles Reisner, and Fontaine La Rue. Besides, "The Two Twins" (1923), and "Curly Top" (1935), his many other film credits include, "The Self-Made Wife" (1923), "Call Of The Wild" (1923), "The Last Man On Earth" (1924), "Peter Pan" (1924), "The Home Maker" (1924), "Thank You" (1925), "Stella Dallas" (1925), "Buster's Mix-Up" (1926), "Beau Geste" (1926), "Flesh And The Devil" (1926), "Alias The Deacon" (1927), "The American" (1927), "The Shepherd Of The Hills" (1928), "The Call Of The Heart" (1928), "The Michigan Kid" (1928), "The Spirit Of Youth" (1929), "The Three Outcasts" (1929), "The College Coquette" (1929), "All Quiet On The Western Front" (1930), "Hell's Angels" (1930, he was also a stuntman on the film), "Seas Beneath" (1931), "Women Go On Forever" (1931), "Divorce In The Family" (1932), "Faithless" (1932), "Found Alive" (1933), "What Price Innocence?" (1933), "Pilgrimage" (1933), "Tailspin Tommy" (1934, in which he played the lead role as 'Tailspin Tommy Tompkins' in the serial), "There's Always Tomorrow" (1934), "March Of The Wooden Soldiers" (1934), "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head" (1934), "Private Worlds" (1935), "The Crusades" (1935), "The Prisoner Of Shark Island" (1936), "Gentle Julia" (1936), "Down To The Sea" (1936), "Romeo And Juliet" (1936), "The Road Back" (1937), "Under Suspicion" (1937), "Tovarich" (1937, he played the role of 'Georges Dumont' and he also performed the song "Chto Mnie Gore" in the film), "Nurse From Brooklyn" (1938), "My Bill" (1938), "Delinquent Parents" (1938), "Secrets Of An Actress" (1938), "Zaza" (1938), "Forged Passport" (1939), "Career" (1939), "The Covered Trailer" (1939), "Abe Lincoln In Illinois" (1940), "Wolf Of New York" (1940), "The Reluctant Dragon" (1941), "To Be Or Not To Be" (1942), "Smith Of Minnesota" (1942), "Air Force" (1943), "Destination Tokyo" (1943), "A Guy Named Joe" (1943), "Snafu" (1943), "See Here, Private Hargrove" (1944), and his last role playing 'Fred Rogers' in the action crime film drama, "Sensation Hunters" (1945), which was directed by Christy Cabanne, and which also starred Robert Lowery, Doris Merrick, and Eddie Quillan. He retired from films shortly thereafter. During his acting career he was also known as Maurice Meehan Murphy and Maurice "Loop the Loop" Murphy. During his acting career, he had also served as a Private with the Eleventh Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, at the United States Marine Corps Barracks in San Diego, California, in April of 1943. He passed away in Los Angeles, California, on November 23, 1978, at the age of 65, and he was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. He was the brother of the western film actor John Francis "Jack" Murphy Jr. (1911-1962). He was married to Frances Roberta Laufer Murphy (1922-2001), in California on January 26, 1944. The couple had no children.