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