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.
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Movies (44)
Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood
as Himself (archives)
2025
A Time for Dying
as Jesse James
1969
40 Guns to Apache Pass
as Capt. Bruce Coburn
1967
Trunk to Cairo
as Mike Merrick
1966
The Texican
as Jess Carlin
1966
Gunpoint
as Chad Lucas
1966
Arizona Raiders
as Clint Stewart
1965
Apache Rifles
as Capt. Jeff Stanton
1964
Bullet for a Badman
as Logan Keliher
1964
The Quick Gun
as Clint Cooper
1964
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
as Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
1963
Showdown
as Chris Foster
1963
Six Black Horses
as Ben Lane
1962
War Is Hell
as Narrator - Introduction
1961
Battle at Bloody Beach
as Craig Benson
1961
Posse from Hell
as Banner Cole
1961
Seven Ways from Sundown
as Seven Jones
1960
The Unforgiven
as Cash Zachary
1960
Hell Bent for Leather
as Clay Santell
1960
Cast a Long Shadow
as Matt Brown
1959
The Wild and the Innocent
as Yancey
1959
No Name on the Bullet
as John Gant
1959
Ride a Crooked Trail
as Joe Maybe
1958
The Gun Runners
as Sam Martin
1958
The Quiet American
as The American
1958
Night Passage
as The Utica Kid
1957
Joe Butterfly
as Pvt. Joe Woodley
1957
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Lt. Frank Hewitt
1957
Walk the Proud Land
as John Philip Clum
1956
World in My Corner
as Tommy Shea
1956
To Hell and Back
as Audie Murphy
1955
Allen in Movieland
as Self
1955
Destry
as Tom Destry
1954
Drums Across the River
as Gary Brannon
1954
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Clay O'Mara
1954
Tumbleweed
as Jim Harvey
1953
Column South
as Jed Sayre
1953
Gunsmoke
as Reb Kittredge
1953
The Duel at Silver Creek
as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
1952
The Cimarron Kid
as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
1952
The Red Badge of Courage
as The Youth
1951
Kansas Raiders
as Jesse James
1950
Sierra
as Ring Hassard
1950
The Kid from Texas
as Billy the Kid
1950
