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Date of Birth
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04-July-1902
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Place of Birth
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New Haven
(Connecticut, United States of America, New Haven County, Area code 203, Area code 475)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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George Lloyd Murphy
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Profession
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Politician, Actor, Dancer
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George Lloyd Murphy 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 W. Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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