Audie Murphy
Born: 1925-06-20 in Kingston, Texas, USA
Died: 1971-05-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2025
- Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood as Himself (archives)
1969
- A Time for Dying as Jesse James
1967
- 40 Guns to Apache Pass as Capt. Bruce Coburn
1966
- Gunpoint as Chad Lucas
- The Texican as Jess Carlin
- Trunk to Cairo as Mike Merrick
1965
- Arizona Raiders as Clint Stewart
1964
- Apache Rifles as Capt. Jeff Stanton
- The Quick Gun as Clint Cooper
- Bullet for a Badman as Logan Keliher
1963
- Gunfight at Comanche Creek as Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
- Showdown as Chris Foster
1962
- Six Black Horses as Ben Lane
1961
- Whispering Smith as Tom 'Whispering' Smith
- Posse from Hell as Banner Cole
- War Is Hell as Narrator - Introduction
- Battle at Bloody Beach as Craig Benson
1960
- The Unforgiven as Cash Zachary
- Seven Ways from Sundown as Seven Jones
- Hell Bent for Leather as Clay Santell
1959
- Startime as Howard Wilton
- No Name on the Bullet as John Gant
- Cast a Long Shadow as Matt Brown
- The Wild and the Innocent as Yancey
1958
- The Gun Runners as Sam Martin
- Ride a Crooked Trail as Joe Maybe
- The Quiet American as The American
1957
- Suspicion as Steve Gordon
- The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Lt. Frank Hewitt
- Night Passage as The Utica Kid
- Joe Butterfly as Pvt. Joe Woodley
1956
- Walk the Proud Land as John Philip Clum
- World in My Corner as Tommy Shea
1955
- Hollywood Preview as Self
- To Hell and Back as Audie Murphy
- Allen in Movieland as Self
1954
- Destry as Tom Destry
- Ride Clear of Diablo as Clay O'Mara
- Drums Across the River as Gary Brannon
1953
- General Electric Theater as Tennessee
- Column South as Jed Sayre
- Tumbleweed as Jim Harvey
- Gunsmoke as Reb Kittredge
1952
- The Duel at Silver Creek as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
- The Cimarron Kid as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
1951
- The Red Badge of Courage as The Youth
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Sierra as Ring Hassard
- Kansas Raiders as Jesse James
- The Kid from Texas as Billy the Kid
1949
- Bad Boy as Danny Lester
1948
- Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven as Copy Boy
- Beyond Glory as Cadet Thomas