Audie Murphy

Audie Murphy

Acting
Born Jun 20, 1925
From Kingston, Texas, USA
Died May 28, 1971

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

Filmography — Acting

The Unforgiven
6.2
1960

The Unforgiven

Cash Zachary

The Duel at Silver Creek
7.0
1952

The Duel at Silver Creek

Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid

To Hell and Back
6.6
1955

To Hell and Back

Audie Murphy

Gunpoint
6.0
1966

Gunpoint

Chad Lucas

No Name on the Bullet
6.6
1959

No Name on the Bullet

John Gant

Night Passage
6.5
1957

Night Passage

The Utica Kid

Posse from Hell
6.2
1961

Posse from Hell

Banner Cole

The Red Badge of Courage
6.4
1951

The Red Badge of Courage

The Youth

Destry
6.2
1954

Destry

Tom Destry

World in My Corner
5.4
1956

World in My Corner

Tommy Shea

The Quiet American
5.7
1958

The Quiet American

The American

Gunsmoke
6.4
1953

Gunsmoke

Reb Kittredge

The Wild and the Innocent
6.3
1959

The Wild and the Innocent

Yancey

Sierra
5.3
1950

Sierra

Ring Hassard

The Gun Runners
6.0
1958

The Gun Runners

Sam Martin

Seven Ways from Sundown
5.8
1960

Seven Ways from Sundown

Seven Jones

The Kid from Texas
5.3
1950

The Kid from Texas

Billy the Kid

40 Guns to Apache Pass
5.1
1967

40 Guns to Apache Pass

Capt. Bruce Coburn

Bad Boy
6.8
1949

Bad Boy

Danny Lester

Ride a Crooked Trail
6.3
1958

Ride a Crooked Trail

Joe Maybe

Cast a Long Shadow
6.4
1959

Cast a Long Shadow

Matt Brown

Gunfight at Comanche Creek
5.8
1963

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner

The Guns of Fort Petticoat
6.3
1957

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

Lt. Frank Hewitt

Bullet for a Badman
6.2
1964

Bullet for a Badman

Logan Keliher

Beyond Glory
7.3
1948

Beyond Glory

Cadet Thomas

Tumbleweed
6.1
1953

Tumbleweed

Jim Harvey

Ride Clear of Diablo
5.9
1954

Ride Clear of Diablo

Clay O'Mara

Walk the Proud Land
6.1
1956

Walk the Proud Land

John Philip Clum

Apache Rifles
5.8
1964

Apache Rifles

Capt. Jeff Stanton

Hell Bent for Leather
6.2
1960

Hell Bent for Leather

Clay Santell

Kansas Raiders
5.8
1950

Kansas Raiders

Jesse James

Six Black Horses
5.8
1962

Six Black Horses

Ben Lane

Showdown
5.9
1963

Showdown

Chris Foster

Arizona Raiders
6.4
1965

Arizona Raiders

Clint Stewart

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
5.3
1948

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Copy Boy

A Time for Dying
6.3
1969

A Time for Dying

Jesse James

The Quick Gun
6.3
1964

The Quick Gun

Clint Cooper

Joe Butterfly
5.8
1957

Joe Butterfly

Pvt. Joe Woodley

Drums Across the River
5.6
1954

Drums Across the River

Gary Brannon

Battle at Bloody Beach
4.3
1961

Battle at Bloody Beach

Craig Benson

Allen in Movieland
4.5
1955

Allen in Movieland

Self

The Texican
5.4
1966

The Texican

Jess Carlin

Column South
6.0
1953

Column South

Jed Sayre

The Cimarron Kid
6.1
1952

The Cimarron Kid

Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid

War Is Hell
5.5
1961

War Is Hell

Narrator - Introduction

Trunk to Cairo
5.0
1966

Trunk to Cairo

Mike Merrick

2025

Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood

Himself (archives)

Filmography — Crew