Audie Murphy
Known for: Acting
Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1925 – May 28, 1971) was a fifth grade dropout from an extremely poor family who became the most decorated American soldier of World War II. After the war he became a celebrated movie star for over two decades, appearing in 44 films. He also found some success as a country music composer. Murphy became the most decorated United States soldier of the war during twenty-seven months in action in the European Theatre. He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. and foreign medals and citations, including five from France and one from Belgium. Murphy's successful movie career included To Hell and Back (1955), based on his book of the same title (1949) . He died in a plane crash in 1971 and was interred, with full military honors, in Arlington National Cemetery.
Filmography
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
Suspicion
Steve Gordon
1957
Series
Startime
Howard Wilton
1959
Film
The Unforgiven
Cash Zachary
1960
Series
General Electric Theater
Tennessee
1953
Series
Whispering Smith
Tom 'Whispering' Smith
1961
Hollywood Preview
Self
1955
Film
To Hell and Back
Audie Murphy
1955
Film
No Name on the Bullet
John Gant
1959
Film
Ride Clear of Diablo
Clay O'Mara
1954
Film
Seven Ways from Sundown
Seven Jones
1960
Film
The Kid from Texas
Billy the Kid
1950
Film
The Red Badge of Courage
The Youth
1951
Film
Destry
Tom Destry
1954
Film
Night Passage
The Utica Kid
1957
Film
Bullet for a Badman
Logan Keliher
1964
Film
The Duel at Silver Creek
Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
1952
Film
Posse from Hell
Banner Cole
1961
Film
Cast a Long Shadow
Matt Brown
1959
Film
Hell Bent for Leather
Clay Santell
1960
Film
Walk the Proud Land
John Philip Clum
1956
Film
Drums Across the River
Gary Brannon
1954
Film
The Wild and the Innocent
Yancey
1959
Film
Ride a Crooked Trail
Joe Maybe
1958
Film
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Lt. Frank Hewitt
1957
Film
40 Guns to Apache Pass
Capt. Bruce Coburn
1967
Film
Gunpoint
Chad Lucas
1966
Film
The Quick Gun
Clint Cooper
1964
Film
Arizona Raiders
Clint Stewart
1965
Film
The Quiet American
The American
1958
Film
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
1963
Film
The Gun Runners
Sam Martin
1958
Film
The Cimarron Kid
Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
1952
Film
Apache Rifles
Capt. Jeff Stanton
1964
Film
A Time for Dying
Jesse James
1969
Film
Sierra
Ring Hassard
1950
Film
Column South
Jed Sayre
1953
Film
Kansas Raiders
Jesse James
1950
Film
Six Black Horses
Ben Lane
1962
Film
World in My Corner
Tommy Shea
1956
Film
The Texican
Jess Carlin
1966
Film
Trunk to Cairo
Mike Merrick
1966
Film
Gunsmoke
Reb Kittredge
1953
Film
Tumbleweed
Jim Harvey
1953
Film
Battle at Bloody Beach
Craig Benson
1961
Film
Showdown
Chris Foster
1963
Film
Joe Butterfly
Pvt. Joe Woodley
1957
Film
War Is Hell
Narrator - Introduction
1961
Film
Allen in Movieland
Self
1955
Film
Bad Boy
Danny Lester
1949
Film
Beyond Glory
Cadet Thomas
1948
Film
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Copy Boy
1948
Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood
Himself (archives)
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