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George Murphy, 89; Actor-Dancer Who Served 1 Term in U.S. Senate
George Murphy, the actor-dancer who served one term as a U. S. senator from California, died Sunday night at his home in Palm Beach, Fla., it was learned Monday.
His son, Dennis, said in Los Angeles that his father was 89 and died of leukemia.
Murphy preceded a fellow Republican, Ronald Reagan, into public office by two years, in 1965. Like Reagan, he was a conservative who had parlayed public relations, speaking, fund raising and other skills he had gathered in Hollywood into a political career.
But unlike Reagan, Murphy’s public service did not bring him new popularity, and at the end of his term he was defeated by Democrat John V. Tunney after a controversy over his acceptance of thousands of dollars in annual retainers from Technicolor Inc., a former Hollywood employer, while serving in the Senate.
Often a brash promoter of his own fortunes and reputation, Murphy freely took credit for Reagan’s entry into politics, saying, “Sure, that big nationwide (1964) TV speech for (Republican presidential candidate Barry) Goldwater shoved him across the line, and it was great. But I’d been talking to Ronnie about political service for years. You know, he succeeded me as president of the Screen Actors Guild. And I p
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Biography
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This post is part of The Marathon Stars Blogathon hosted by The Wonderful World of Cinema and In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood. You can read more fabulous posts by clicking here.
The Task
*To get to know a star whose films you have not widely viewed (max three prior to blogathon)
*View at least five of their films and report back
Who I picked and why
After consulting Constance Valis Hills' Tap Dancing America and checking to see if there were enough films available for viewing, I selectedGeorge Murphy for the Marathon Stars Blogathon. According to Hills, Murphy is one of the "Irish Princes" who brought the vaudevillian and popular stage tradition to the big screen.
What better month to celebrate the Irish actor than in March?
Source - Biography.com
Murphy was the true all-American Irish dancer, born on the 4th of July. He dropped out of Yale to dance, forming a partnership with his future wife, Juliet Johnson. The two remained married for 47 years, until her death. He ended up on Broadway before tapping his way into the movies.
As far as I can see, Murphy was rarely the main attraction in his films. In fact, my own experience with Murphy was accidental. He happened to be in films I viewed for other stars such as Judy Garland, Gene Kel