Cine Mundial was a popular Argentinian movie magazine published from 1920 until 1948

Date of Birth

4 July 1902, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Date of Death

3 May 1992, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

After giving up college, George Murphy decided to become a dancer. Since 1927 was he with his wife and partner Julie Johnson on Broadway, since 1934, after his wife retired from show business, in Hollywood, where he worked with Shirley Temple Eleanor Powell Fred Astaire and Ronald Reagan. A Republican since 1939, in 1945 he became president of the Screen Actors Guild. He retired from the silver screen in 1952, became a TV producer and in 1964 was elected as Senator of California.

Awarded a special Oscar in 1950.

He was elected to the U.S. Senate in a special election held following the death of Senator Clair Engle (Democrat of California) from a malignant brain tumor in 1964. Murphy's opponent in this election was former JFK press secretary Pierre Salinger, who was trounced by a huge margin. During Murphy's term (1965-1971) he contracted throat cancer. He battled this successfully, but, sadly, because of the cancer it was necessary to remove his larynx, causing him to be unable to speak above a whisper for the remainder of his life.

President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). [1944-1946]

Upon his election to the Senate, singer/satirist Tom Lehrer good-naturedly saluted him in the song "George Murphy" as "at last we've got a senator who can really sing and dance." Lehrer went on to say that "we can't expect America to win against its foes without someone in the Senate who can really tap his toes." If Murphy had any thoughts on this joking tribute, they weren't recorded for posterity.

Was married twice. His first wife, Julie Henkel (known on stage as dancer Julie Johnson) teamed with him in Broadway musicals before she retired to raise a family. George was survived by his second wife.

Graduated from the Peddie School prior to going on to Yale.

2 children, Dennis and Melissa

Served as director of entertainment for U.S. presidential inaugurations in 1952, 1956, and 1960.

During the Broadway run of their hit show "Roberta," Murphy advised his co-star Bob Hope to check out a pretty singer at the Vogue Club, Dolores Reade. Hope was immediately smitten and married her after a brief courtship. The marriage lasted until Hope's death at age 100 in 2003.

Ran for re-election in 1974, but was defeated

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