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.
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Movies (47)
Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood
2025 · Himself (archives)
A Time for Dying
1969 · Jesse James, Producer
40 Guns to Apache Pass
1967 · Capt. Bruce Coburn
Trunk to Cairo
1966 · Mike Merrick
The Texican
1966 · Jess Carlin
Gunpoint
1966 · Chad Lucas
Arizona Raiders
1965 · Clint Stewart
Apache Rifles
1964 · Capt. Jeff Stanton
Bullet for a Badman
1964 · Logan Keliher
The Quick Gun
1964 · Clint Cooper
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963 · Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
Showdown
1963 · Chris Foster
Six Black Horses
1962 · Ben Lane
War Is Hell
1961 · Narrator - Introduction
Battle at Bloody Beach
1961 · Craig Benson
Posse from Hell
1961 · Banner Cole
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960 · Seven Jones
The Unforgiven
1960 · Cash Zachary
Hell Bent for Leather
1960 · Clay Santell
Cast a Long Shadow
1959 · Matt Brown
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Yancey
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · John Gant
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958 · Joe Maybe
The Gun Runners
1958 · Sam Martin
The Quiet American
1958 · The American
Night Passage
1957 · The Utica Kid
Joe Butterfly
1957 · Pvt. Joe Woodley
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · Lt. Frank Hewitt
Walk the Proud Land
1956 · John Philip Clum
World in My Corner
1956 · Tommy Shea
To Hell and Back
1955 · Audie Murphy
Allen in Movieland
1955 · Self
Destry
1954 · Tom Destry
Drums Across the River
1954 · Gary Brannon
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954 · Clay O'Mara
Tumbleweed
1953 · Jim Harvey
Column South
1953 · Jed Sayre
Gunsmoke
1953 · Reb Kittredge
The Duel at Silver Creek
1952 · Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
The Cimarron Kid
1952 · Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · The Youth
Kansas Raiders
1950 · Jesse James
Sierra
1950 · Ring Hassard
The Kid from Texas
1950 · Billy the Kid
Bad Boy
1949 · Danny Lester
Beyond Glory
1948 · Cadet Thomas
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948 · Copy Boy
