About
Dancer, actor, and former U.S. senator from California who served as President of the Screen Actors Guild and received an honorary Academy Award in 1951.
Before Fame
He briefly attended Yale until deciding to give up college and become a dancer. He worked as a miner, a tool maker for Ford, a real estate agent, and a nightclub dancer.
Trivia
Known as a song and dance man, he appeared in many big-budget musicals, such as For Me and My Gal, Broadway Melody of 1938, and Broadway Melody of 1940. He also appeared in comedy films such as Tom, Dick and Harry.
Family Life
His father was athletic trainer and coach,
Associated With
He was a U.S. Senator during the era of Richard Nixon.
