Personal Info
Birth date
1924-06-20 (101 Years)
Day of death
1971-05-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Kingston, Texas, USA
Also known as
Audie Leon Murphy
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.
Filmography
What's My Line?
6.9
Overview:
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.8
Overview:
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.Tumbleweed
6.1
Overview:
Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.Bullet for a Badman
6.214
Overview:
Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan marries Sam's ex-wife.The Red Badge of Courage
6.4
Overview:
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.Kansas Raiders
5.8
Overview:
Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join Quantrill's Raiders and find themselves participating in even worse war crimes.The Duel at Silver Creek
7
Overview:
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.The Gun Runners
6
Overview:
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.Column South
6
Overview:
In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause by inciting a Navajo war in the New Mexico Territory. Director Frederick de Cordova's 1953 western stars Audie Murphy, Robert Sterling, Joan Evans, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Palmer Lee, Jack Kelly, James Best, Bob Steele and Ralph Moody.Ride a Crooked Trail
6.3
Overview:
After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for MurphyThe Kid from Texas
5.3
Overview:
Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman, Billy vows revenge. New employer takes advantage of his naivety to kill rivals, lets the Kid take rap. Kid takes to the hills with friends until caught. Escapes hanging but remains in area to be near employer's young wife with whom he's infatuatedGunfight at Comanche Creek
5.8
Overview:
Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. They use him in a robbery, then when the dead-or-alive reward is high enough, they shoot him and collect. The National Detective Agency, now knowing the gang's methods, arranges to have agent Bob Gifford jailed in Comanche Creek for train robbery. The gang takes the bait (not before Gifford catches the eye of lovely saloon-keeper Abbie). But how will the bait get off the hook?Walk the Proud Land
6.1
Overview:
Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apache based on respect for autonomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow given to him as housekeeper. Through use of diplomacy and demonstrations of faith in Apache leaders, reservation is put on the road to autonomy. Conflicts arise between Apache widow and Eastern wife but latter has a lot to learn.Arizona Raiders
6.4
Overview:
Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as Arizona Rangers in order to hunt down the remnant of the gang, rumored to he hiding out in a town "neer dee border" in the words of the loose-lipped saloon dancer. The goons are found hiding in an Indian mission. Murphy and Cooper pretend to want to rejoin the gang, but the bad guys catch on and brutally beat Cooper, who protects Murphy's true sentiments to the death.The Cimarron Kid
6.1
Overview:
Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked railroad officials of aiding a train heist by his old friends the Daltons, he joins their gang and becomes an active participant in other robberies. Betrayed by a fellow gang member, Murphy becomes a fugitive in the end. Seeking refuge at the ranch of a reformed gang member, he hopes to flee with the man's daughter to South America, but he's captured in the end and led off to jail. The girl promises to wait.Hell Bent for Leather
6.2
Overview:
When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers. The townspeople capture Santell, and turn him over to lawman Harry Deckett. Deckett, who is tired of chasing the real Travers, decides to kill Santell and pass him off as Travers. Santell escapes from Deckett, taking lovely Janet Gifford hostage in the process. Janet comes to believe Santell's story, and helps him in his struggle to prove his real identity.Night Passage
6.4
Overview:
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.Ride Clear of Diablo
5.8
Overview:
A young railroad surveyor returns to his hometown to find the man who murdered his father and brother.Suspicion
5.9
Overview:
Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1959. The executive producer of Suspicion was film director Alfred Hitchcock.Beyond Glory
7.3
Overview:
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces serious disciplinary review for having forced a plebe into resigning. He may even be court-martialled.The Quiet American
5.7
Overview:
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.Showdown
5.9
Overview:
A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gang holding him hostage will kill him.Battle at Bloody Beach
4.3
Overview:
This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back." Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerilla insurgents in the Philippines. His sole motive is not politics nor bravery, but to find his bride from whom he was separated during the Japanese invasion two years beforeThe Unforgiven
6.2
Overview:
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.Allen in Movieland
4.5
Overview:
TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."Trunk to Cairo
5
Overview:
Audie plays a James Bond-type action hero assigned to destroy a Neo-Nazy weapons factory headed by nemesis George Sanders.No Name on the Bullet
6.6
Overview:
When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.World in My Corner
5.4
Overview:
A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" -- catches the eye of wealthy businessman, Robert Mallinson, who allows him to train at his Long Island estate. Shea soon falls for Mallinson's daughter, Dorothy, but fears he doesn't have the money to support her in proper style. To get this money, Shea decides to work with crooked fight-promoter Harry Cram, even though this means dropping his honest manager, Dave Bernstein. As the big fight approaches, however, Shea begins to have second thoughts.Acting
2025Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood as Himself (archives)
1969A Time for Dying as Jesse James
196740 Guns to Apache Pass as Capt. Bruce Coburn
1966Trunk to Cairo as Mike Merrick
1966The Texican as Jess Carlin
1966Gunpoint as Chad Lucas
1965Arizona Raiders as Clint Stewart
1964Apache Rifles as Capt. Jeff Stanton
1964Bullet for a Badman as Logan Keliher
1964The Quick Gun as Clint Cooper
1963Gunfight at Comanche Creek as Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
1963Showdown as Chris Foster
1962Six Black Horses as Ben Lane
1961War Is Hell as Narrator - Introduction
1961Battle at Bloody Beach as Craig Benson
1961Whispering Smith (26 Episodes) as Tom 'Whispering' Smith
1961Posse from Hell as Banner Cole
1960Seven Ways from Sundown as Seven Jones
1960The Unforgiven as Cash Zachary
1960Hell Bent for Leather as Clay Santell
1959Cast a Long Shadow as Matt Brown
1959The Wild and the Innocent as Yancey
1959No Name on the Bullet as John Gant
1958Ride a Crooked Trail as Joe Maybe
1958The Gun Runners as Sam Martin
1958The Quiet American as The American
1957Suspicion (1 Episode) as Steve Gordon
1957Night Passage as The Utica Kid
1957Joe Butterfly as Pvt. Joe Woodley
1957The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Lt. Frank Hewitt
1956Walk the Proud Land as John Philip Clum
1956World in My Corner as Tommy Shea
1955To Hell and Back as Audie Murphy
1955Hollywood Preview (1 Episode) as Self
1955Allen in Movieland as Self
1954Destry as Tom Destry
1954Drums Across the River as Gary Brannon
1954Ride Clear of Diablo as Clay O'Mara
1953Tumbleweed as Jim Harvey
1953Column South as Jed Sayre
1953Gunsmoke as Reb Kittredge
1953General Electric Theater (1 Episode) as Tennessee
1952The Duel at Silver Creek as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
1952The Cimarron Kid as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
1951The Red Badge of Courage as The Youth
1950Kansas Raiders as Jesse James
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour (1 Episode) as Self
1950Sierra as Ring Hassard
1950The Kid from Texas as Billy the Kid
1950What's My Line? (1 Episode) as Self - Mystery Guest
1949Bad Boy as Danny Lester
1948Beyond Glory as Cadet Thomas
1948Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven as Copy Boy
Production
1969A Time for Dying ... Producer