Audie Murphy

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1925-06-20

Deathday 1971-05-28 (45 years old)

Place of Birth Kingston, Texas, USA

Also Known As Audie Leon Murphy

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

Actor

1969
A Time for Dying

as Jesse James

1967
40 Guns to Apache Pass

as Capt. Bruce Coburn

1966
The Texican

as Jess Carlin

1966
Trunk to Cairo

as Mike Merrick

1966
Gunpoint

as Chad Lucas

1965
Arizona Raiders

as Clint Stewart

1964
Apache Rifles

as Capt. Jeff Stanton

1964
Bullet for a Badman

as Logan Keliher

1964
The Quick Gun

as Clint Cooper

1963
Gunfight at Comanche Creek

as Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner

1963
Showdown

as Chris Foster

1962
Six Black Horses

as Ben Lane

1961
War Is Hell

as Narrator - Introduction

1961
Battle at Bloody Beach

as Craig Benson

1961
Posse from Hell

as Banner Cole

1961
Whispering Smith

as Tom 'Whispering' Smith

1960
1960
The Unforgiven

as Cash Zachary

1960
Hell Bent for Leather

as Clay Santell

1959
Cast a Long Shadow

as Matt Brown

1959
1958
1958
The Gun Runners

as Sam Martin

1958
The Quiet American

as The American

1957
Night Passage

as The Utica Kid

1957
Joe Butterfly

as Pvt. Joe Woodley

1957
The Guns of Fort Petticoat

as Lt. Frank Hewitt

1957
Suspicion

as Steve Gordon

1956
Walk the Proud Land

as John Philip Clum

1956
World in My Corner

as Tommy Shea

1955
To Hell and Back

as Audie Murphy

1955
1955
1954
Destry

as Tom Destry

1954
Drums Across the River

as Gary Brannon

1954
Ride Clear of Diablo

as Clay O'Mara

1953
Tumbleweed

as Jim Harvey

1953
Column South

as Jed Sayre

1953
Gunsmoke

as Reb Kittredge

1953
1952
The Duel at Silver Creek

as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid

1952
The Cimarron Kid

as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid

1951
1950
Kansas Raiders

as Jesse James

1950
Sierra

as Ring Hassard

1950
The Kid from Texas

as Billy the Kid

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Bad Boy

as Danny Lester

1948
Beyond Glory

as Cadet Thomas

1948

Producer

1969
A Time for Dying

as Producer