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
all 52
Movies 46
TV Shows 6
self 5
Narrator 1
A Time for Dying (1969)
40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967)
The Texican (1966)
Trunk to Cairo (1966)
Gunpoint (1966)
Arizona Raiders (1965)
Apache Rifles (1964)
Bullet for a Badman (1964)
The Quick Gun (1964)
Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
Showdown (1963)
Six Black Horses (1962)
War Is Hell (1961)
Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
Whispering Smith (1961)
Posse from Hell (1961)
Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)
The Unforgiven (1960)
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
The Gun Runners (1958)
The Quiet American (1958)
Suspicion (1957)
Night Passage (1957)
Joe Butterfly (1957)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
World in My Corner (1956)
To Hell and Back (1955)
Destry (1954)
Drums Across the River (1954)
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Tumbleweed (1953)
Column South (1953)
Gunsmoke (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
The Cimarron Kid (1952)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
Kansas Raiders (1950)
Sierra (1950)
The Kid from Texas (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
Bad Boy (1949)
Beyond Glory (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1925-06-20
Deathday1971-05-28 (45 years old)
Birth NameAudie Leon Murphy
Birth PlaceKingston, United States
Height166-centimeter
RelationshipsWanda Hendrix (1949 - 1950)
FatherEmmett Berry Murphy
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAudie Leon Murphy
AwardsSilver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, Croix de guerre 1940–1945 (Belgium), star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, fourragère, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Texas Legislative Medal of Honor, Distinguished Unit Award, French Liberation Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Marksmanship Medal, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Bronze Star Medal
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