Audie Murphy

Audie Murphy

  • Birthday: 1925-06-20
  • Deathday: 1971-05-28
  • Place of birth: Kingston, Texas, USA

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.

Filmography

The Cimarron Kid

1952

As Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid

The Duel at Silver Creek

1952

As Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid

Battle at Bloody Beach

1961

As Craig Benson

Six Black Horses

1962

As Ben Lane

The Kid from Texas

1950

As Billy the Kid

40 Guns to Apache Pass

1967

As Capt. Bruce Coburn

To Hell and Back

1955

As Audie Murphy

No Name on the Bullet

1959

As John Gant

The Gun Runners

1958

As Sam Martin

The Quiet American

1958

As The American

Destry

1954

As Tom Destry

Posse from Hell

1961

As Banner Cole

The Texican

1966

As Jess Carlin

The Red Badge of Courage

1951

As The Youth

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

1963

As Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner

Seven Ways from Sundown

1960

As Seven Jones

Kansas Raiders

1950

As Jesse James

Drums Across the River

1954

As Gary Brannon

The Quick Gun

1964

As Clint Cooper

Bullet for a Badman

1964

As Logan Keliher

Gunsmoke

1953

As Reb Kittredge

Apache Rifles

1964

As Capt. Jeff Stanton

Arizona Raiders

1965

As Clint Stewart

Hell Bent for Leather

1960

As Clay Santell

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954

As Clay O'Mara

Column South

1953

As Jed Sayre

Gunpoint

1966

As Chad Lucas

Cast a Long Shadow

1959

As Matt Brown

Trunk to Cairo

1966

As Mike Merrick

Showdown

1963

As Chris Foster

Walk the Proud Land

1956

As John Philip Clum

Tumbleweed

1953

As Jim Harvey

Bad Boy

1949

As Danny Lester

Ride a Crooked Trail

1958

As Joe Maybe

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957

As Lt. Frank Hewitt

World in My Corner

1956

As Tommy Shea

Night Passage

1957

As The Utica Kid

Sierra

1950

As Ring Hassard

Joe Butterfly

1957

As Pvt. Joe Woodley

The Unforgiven

1960

As Cash Zachary

A Time for Dying

1969

As Jesse James

War Is Hell

1961

As Narrator - Introduction

Beyond Glory

1948

As Cadet Thomas

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

As Copy Boy

Allen in Movieland

1955

As Self

Production

A Time for Dying

1969

As Producer

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