Audie Murphy

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.

Known For

What's My Line?

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Suspicion

Startime

General Electric Theater

The Unforgiven

Whispering Smith

The Duel at Silver Creek

All Movies (47)

• Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood2025 · as Himself (archives)
• A Time for Dying1969 · as Jesse James
• 40 Guns to Apache Pass1967 · as Capt. Bruce Coburn
• Trunk to Cairo1966 · as Mike Merrick
• The Texican1966 · as Jess Carlin
• Gunpoint1966 · as Chad Lucas
• Arizona Raiders1965 · as Clint Stewart
• Apache Rifles1964 · as Capt. Jeff Stanton
• Bullet for a Badman1964 · as Logan Keliher
• The Quick Gun1964 · as Clint Cooper
• Gunfight at Comanche Creek1963 · as Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
• Showdown1963 · as Chris Foster
• Six Black Horses1962 · as Ben Lane
• War Is Hell1961 · as Narrator - Introduction
• Battle at Bloody Beach1961 · as Craig Benson
• Posse from Hell1961 · as Banner Cole
• Seven Ways from Sundown1960 · as Seven Jones
• The Unforgiven1960 · as Cash Zachary
• Hell Bent for Leather1960 · as Clay Santell
• Cast a Long Shadow1959 · as Matt Brown
• The Wild and the Innocent1959 · as Yancey
• No Name on the Bullet1959 · as John Gant
• Ride a Crooked Trail1958 · as Joe Maybe
• The Gun Runners1958 · as Sam Martin
• The Quiet American1958 · as The American
• Night Passage1957 · as The Utica Kid
• Joe Butterfly1957 · as Pvt. Joe Woodley
• The Guns of Fort Petticoat1957 · as Lt. Frank Hewitt
• Walk the Proud Land1956 · as John Philip Clum
• World in My Corner1956 · as Tommy Shea
• To Hell and Back1955 · as Audie Murphy
• Allen in Movieland1955 · as Self
• Destry1954 · as Tom Destry
• Drums Across the River1954 · as Gary Brannon
• Ride Clear of Diablo1954 · as Clay O'Mara
• Tumbleweed1953 · as Jim Harvey
• Column South1953 · as Jed Sayre
• Gunsmoke1953 · as Reb Kittredge
• The Duel at Silver Creek1952 · as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
• The Cimarron Kid1952 · as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
• The Red Badge of Courage1951 · as The Youth
• Kansas Raiders1950 · as Jesse James
• Sierra1950 · as Ring Hassard
• The Kid from Texas1950 · as Billy the Kid
• Bad Boy1949 · as Danny Lester
• Beyond Glory1948 · as Cadet Thomas
• Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven1948 · as Copy Boy

All TV Shows (7)

• Whispering Smith1961 · as Tom 'Whispering' Smith
• Startime1959 · as Howard Wilton
• Suspicion1957 · as Steve Gordon
• Hollywood Preview1955 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Tennessee
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self