- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 20, 1925
- Place of Birth
- Kingston, Texas, USA
- Died
- May 28, 1971
Audie Murphy
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
Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood
movieAudie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood
2025 · Himself (archives)
movieA Time for Dying
1969 · Jesse James, Producer
movie40 Guns to Apache Pass
1967 · Capt. Bruce Coburn
movieTrunk to Cairo
1966 · Mike Merrick
movieThe Texican
1966 · Jess Carlin
movieGunpoint
1966 · Chad Lucas
movieArizona Raiders
1965 · Clint Stewart
movieApache Rifles
1964 · Capt. Jeff Stanton
movieBullet for a Badman
1964 · Logan Keliher
movieThe Quick Gun
1964 · Clint Cooper
movieGunfight at Comanche Creek
1963 · Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
movieShowdown
1963 · Chris Foster
movieSix Black Horses
1962 · Ben Lane
movieWar Is Hell
1961 · Narrator - Introduction
movieBattle at Bloody Beach
1961 · Craig Benson
tvWhispering Smith
1961 · Tom 'Whispering' Smith
moviePosse from Hell
1961 · Banner Cole
movieSeven Ways from Sundown
1960 · Seven Jones
movieThe Unforgiven
1960 · Cash Zachary
movieHell Bent for Leather
1960 · Clay Santell
tvStartime
1959 · Howard Wilton
movieCast a Long Shadow
1959 · Matt Brown
movieThe Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Yancey
movieNo Name on the Bullet
1959 · John Gant
movieRide a Crooked Trail
1958 · Joe Maybe
movieThe Gun Runners
1958 · Sam Martin
movieThe Quiet American
1958 · The American
tvSuspicion
1957 · Steve Gordon
movieNight Passage
1957 · The Utica Kid
movieJoe Butterfly
1957 · Pvt. Joe Woodley
movieThe Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · Lt. Frank Hewitt
movieWalk the Proud Land
1956 · John Philip Clum
movieWorld in My Corner
1956 · Tommy Shea
movieTo Hell and Back
1955 · Audie Murphy
Hollywood Preview
tvHollywood Preview
1955 · Self
movieAllen in Movieland
1955 · Self
movieDestry
1954 · Tom Destry
movieDrums Across the River
1954 · Gary Brannon
movieRide Clear of Diablo
1954 · Clay O'Mara
movieTumbleweed
1953 · Jim Harvey
movieColumn South
1953 · Jed Sayre
movieGunsmoke
1953 · Reb Kittredge
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Tennessee
movieThe Duel at Silver Creek
1952 · Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
movieThe Cimarron Kid
1952 · Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
movieThe Red Badge of Courage
1951 · The Youth
movieKansas Raiders
1950 · Jesse James
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
movieSierra
1950 · Ring Hassard
movieThe Kid from Texas
1950 · Billy the Kid
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieBad Boy
1949 · Danny Lester
movieBeyond Glory
1948 · Cadet Thomas
movieTexas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948 · Copy Boy