“California Senator” George Murphy Hand Signed 4X6 Card Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction “California Senator” George Murphy Hand Signed 4X6 Card.
This item is authenticated By Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.
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George Lloyd Murphy
(July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) 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
Oscar
in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as
U.S. Senator
from
California
, the first notable American actor to be elected to statewide office in California, predating
Ronald Reagan
and
Arnold Schwarzenegger
, who each served two terms as governor. He is the only United States Senator represented by a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
. Murphy was born in
New Haven
,
Connecticut
, of Irish Catholic extraction, the son of
Michael Charles "Mike" Murphy
, athletic trainer and coach, and the former Nora Long. He was educated at
Trinity-Pawling School
,
Peddie School
and
Yale University
in his native New Haven. He worked as a
tool maker
for the
Ford Motor Company
, as a miner, a real estate agent, and a night club dancer.