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Murphy was a song-and-dance entertainer in many musicals from 1930 to 1952, when he retired from show business. Like his ally, [[Ronald Reagan]], Murphy was the president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]], with service from 1944 to 1946. He received an honorary [[Academy Award]] in 1951. He is the only U. S. Senator represented by a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].

Murphy was a song-and-dance entertainer in many musicals from 1930 to 1952, when he retired from show business. Like his ally, [[Ronald Reagan]], Murphy was the president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]], with service from 1944 to 1946. He received an honorary [[Academy Award]] in 1951. He is the only U. S. Senator represented by a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].

Murphy was the first notable U.S. actor to make the transition to elected official in California, predating [[Governors]]s Ronald Reagan in 1966 and [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] in 2003. Reagan once referred to George Murphy as his own [[John the Baptist]] because Murphy was a senator for two years before Reagan won the governorship over [[Pat Brown|Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr.]]<ref>In 1944, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Jimmie Davis]], popularizer of the song, "You Are My Sunshine," was elected to the first of his two nonconsecutive terms as  [[governor]] of his native [[Louisiana]]. In 1948, Grand Ole Opry star Roy Claxton Acuff (1903-1992) won the Republican nomination for governor of [[Tennessee]] but was defeated in the [[general election]] by the Democrat Gordon Browning (1889-1976).</ref>  

Murphy was the first notable U.S. actor to make the transition to elected official in California, predating [[Governor]]s Ronald Reagan in 1966 and [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] in 2003. Reagan once referred to George Murphy as his own [[John the Baptist]] because Murphy was a senator for two years before Reagan won the governorship over [[Pat Brown|Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr.]]<ref>In 1944, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Jimmie Davis]], popularizer of the song, "You Are My Sunshine," was elected to the first of his two nonconsecutive terms as  [[governor]] of his native [[Louisiana]]. In 1948, Grand Ole Opry star Roy Claxton Acuff (1903-1992) won the Republican nomination for governor of [[Tennessee]] but was defeated in the [[general election]] by the Democrat Gordon Browning (1889-1976).</ref>  

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