Audie Murphy
Acting
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
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movieA Time for Dying
1969
Jesse James
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
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
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
movieSierra
1950
Ring Hassard
movieThe Kid from Texas
1950
Billy the Kid
movieBad Boy
1949
Danny Lester
movieBeyond Glory
1948
Cadet Thomas
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movieA Time for Dying
1969
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