Biography
Richard Murphy (May 8, 1912 β May 19, 1993) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. His screenplays for Boomerang (1947) and The Desert Rats (1953) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay, respectively. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Murphy worked for Literary Digest in the 1930s before leaving in 1937 to work in the short film department at MGM. Murphy's first screenwriting credit was for providing the story for Back in the Saddle, a 1941 Gene Autry western.
While in the Army Air Forces during World War II, Murphy reached the rank of captain seeing action in the Pacific theater countries of New Guinea and the Philippines. Murphy returned to the States and started working for 20th Century Fox. In 1947 he wrote the award-winning film Boomerang. He received the first of two Oscar nominations for this screenplay, with his second in 1953 for the World War II film The Desert Rats. He also directed a few films before moving into television in the 1960s when he wrote and created television series. Murphy's last screenplay was for The Kidnapping of the President in 1980.
Filmography
all 28
Movies 27
Writer 26
Director 2
TV Shows 1
The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967)
Felony Squad (1966)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
The Last Angry Man (1959)
Compulsion (1959)
Three Stripes in the Sun (1955)
Broken Lance (1954)
The Desert Rats (1953)
Les Miserables (1952)
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
Cry of the City (1948)
Deep Waters (1948)
Boomerang! (1947)
Wrecking Crew (1942)
X Marks the Spot (1942)
Wildcat (1942)
I Live on Danger (1942)
The Cyclone Kid (1942)
Jesse James, Jr. (1942)
Flying Blind (1941)
The Singing Hill (1941)
The Apache Kid (1941)
Back in the Saddle (1941)
Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1912-05-08
Deathday1993-05-19 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceBoston, United States of America
SiblingsCarl Dudley
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsWriters Guild of America Award
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