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
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.