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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 20, 1925
Place of Birth:
Kingston, Texas, USA
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Audie Murphy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Audie Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood | Himself (archives) |
| 1969 | A Time for Dying | Jesse James |
| 1967 | 40 Guns to Apache Pass | Capt. Bruce Coburn |
| 1966 | The Texican | Jess Carlin |
| 1966 | Gunpoint | Chad Lucas |
| 1966 | Trunk to Cairo | Mike Merrick |
| 1965 | Arizona Raiders | Clint Stewart |
| 1964 | The Quick Gun | Clint Cooper |
| 1964 | Bullet for a Badman | Logan Keliher |
| 1964 | Apache Rifles | Capt. Jeff Stanton |
| 1963 | Gunfight at Comanche Creek | Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner |
| 1963 | Showdown | Chris Foster |
| 1962 | Six Black Horses | Ben Lane |
| 1961 | Battle at Bloody Beach | Craig Benson |
| 1961 | Posse from Hell | Banner Cole |
| 1961 | War Is Hell | Narrator - Introduction |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Cash Zachary |
| 1960 | Seven Ways from Sundown | Seven Jones |
| 1960 | Hell Bent for Leather | Clay Santell |
| 1959 | The Wild and the Innocent | Yancey |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet | John Gant |
| 1959 | Cast a Long Shadow | Matt Brown |
| 1958 | Ride a Crooked Trail | Joe Maybe |
| 1958 | The Gun Runners | Sam Martin |
| 1958 | The Quiet American | The American |
| 1957 | Night Passage | The Utica Kid |
| 1957 | Joe Butterfly | Pvt. Joe Woodley |
| 1957 | The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Lt. Frank Hewitt |
| 1956 | Walk the Proud Land | John Philip Clum |
| 1956 | World in My Corner | Tommy Shea |
| 1955 | Allen in Movieland | Self |
| 1955 | To Hell and Back | Audie Murphy |
| 1954 | Destry | Tom Destry |
| 1954 | Drums Across the River | Gary Brannon |
| 1954 | Ride Clear of Diablo | Clay O'Mara |
| 1953 | Gunsmoke | Reb Kittredge |
| 1953 | Column South | Jed Sayre |
| 1953 | Tumbleweed | Jim Harvey |
| 1952 | The Cimarron Kid | Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid |
| 1952 | The Duel at Silver Creek | Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid |
| 1951 | The Red Badge of Courage | The Youth |
| 1950 | The Kid from Texas | Billy the Kid |
| 1950 | Kansas Raiders | Jesse James |
| 1950 | Sierra | Ring Hassard |
| 1949 | Bad Boy | Danny Lester |
| 1948 | Beyond Glory | Cadet Thomas |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Copy Boy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Whispering Smith | Tom 'Whispering' Smith |
| 1957 | Suspicion | Steve Gordon |
| 1955 | Hollywood Preview | Self |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Tennessee |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |