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Audie Murphy

Date of birth: 1924-06-20

Place of birth: Kingston, Texas, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Audie Leon 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.

Movie Credits

3.1

The Unforgiven

1960-04-06

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daug

3.2

Night Passage

1957-07-24

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the

2.5

Allen in Movieland

1955-07-02

TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title

The Cimarron Kid

1952-01-13

Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked railroad

3.5

The Duel at Silver Creek

1952-09-05

When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silve

2.1

Battle at Bloody Beach

1961-06-20

This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back.

3.1

Ride a Crooked Trail

1958-11-23

After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbl

2.9

Six Black Horses

1962-04-24

A beautiful woman with an ulterior motive hires two gunslingers to escort her through Indian territo

3.3

To Hell and Back

1955-09-22

The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobi

2.6

The Kid from Texas

1950-03-01

Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break

3.1

The Wild and the Innocent

1959-05-27

In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into troubl

2.5

40 Guns to Apache Pass

1967-05-01

The Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defend them. Murphy's mission is to get a shipment

3.3

No Name on the Bullet

1959-02-01

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading ci

The Gun Runners

1958-08-01

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban r

2.9

The Quiet American

1958-02-08

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a

Destry

1954-12-01

Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori

3.1

Posse from Hell

1961-03-01

Banner Cole is a tough sheriff's deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees wh

3.2

The Red Badge of Courage

1951-09-27

Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement

2.9

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

1963-11-06

Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. Th

2.9

Seven Ways from Sundown

1960-09-25

A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy

2.7

The Texican

1966-05-01

Wanted north of the border, Jess Carlin resides safely in Mexico. Then he hears his brother was kill

2.9

Kansas Raiders

1950-11-15

Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join Quantrill's

3.6

Beyond Glory

1948-08-03

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky vi

2.8

Drums Across the River

1954-06-01

When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into

3.1

The Quick Gun

1964-04-01

Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.

2.6

Sierra

1950-05-26

Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wa

3.1

Bullet for a Badman

1964-09-01

Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan

3.1

A Time for Dying

1969-09-15

Passing through a town, a farm boy aspiring to be a bounty hunter rescues a woman who has been trick

3.2

Gunsmoke

1953-05-04

Kittridge is hired by the villans but turns to defend the rancher Saxon after learning the true situ

2.9

Apache Rifles

1964-11-26

A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizi

3.2

Arizona Raiders

1965-08-01

Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as

3.1

Hell Bent for Leather

1960-02-01

When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by

2.9

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954-02-10

A young railroad surveyor returns to his hometown to find the man who murdered his father and brothe

Column South

1953-05-20

In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause

Gunpoint

1966-04-25

A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped w

3.2

Cast a Long Shadow

1959-08-24

A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a

2.5

Trunk to Cairo

1966-06-02

Audie plays a James Bond-type action hero assigned to destroy a Neo-Nazy weapons factory headed by n

Showdown

1963-05-03

A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gan

Walk the Proud Land

1956-09-01

Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apache based on respect for autonomy rather than

2.9

Joe Butterfly

1957-05-29

The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surre

Tumbleweed

1953-12-01

Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by

2.6

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948-07-16

Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Ta

3.4

Bad Boy

1949-02-22

A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.

2.8

War Is Hell

1961-09-26

During the Korean War, a glory-hunting sergeant leads his platoon on a mission against the enemy--no

3.1

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957-04-01

Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out,

2.7

World in My Corner

1956-03-01

A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" -- cat

Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood

2025-01-26