succeeded death_date death_place children birth_place religion jr/sr party nationality profession preceded term birth_date spouse birthname article_title state alma_mater
john v. tunney 3 may 1992 palm beach , florida dennis michael murphy new haven , connecticut roman catholicism united states senator republican american actor , dancer , politician pierre salinger january 1 , 1965 -- january 2 , 1971 4 july 1902 -lrb- , her death -rrb- 1 -rrb- juliette henkel-johnson murphy -lrb- married 1926-1973 george lloyd murphy george murphy
 california yale university
george murphy

george lloyd murphy -lrb- july 4 , 1902 -- may 3 , 1992 -rrb- was an american dancer , 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 academy award in 1951 .
murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as u.s. senator from california , the first notable u.s. actor to make the successful transition to elected official in california , predating ronald reagan and arnold schwarzenegger .
he is the only united states senator represented by a star on the hollywood walk of fame .
