Audie Murphy
Acting
- Born:
- 1925-06-20
- Died:
- 1971-05-28
- Place of birth:
- Kingston, Texas, USA
Biography
Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1925 – 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.
Known For
Filmography
Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood
A Time for Dying
40 Guns to Apache Pass
Trunk to Cairo
The Texican
Gunpoint
Arizona Raiders
Apache Rifles
Bullet for a Badman
The Quick Gun
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
Showdown
Six Black Horses
War Is Hell
Battle at Bloody Beach
Whispering Smith
Posse from Hell
Seven Ways from Sundown
The Unforgiven
Hell Bent for Leather
Startime
Cast a Long Shadow
The Wild and the Innocent
No Name on the Bullet
Ride a Crooked Trail
The Gun Runners
The Quiet American
Suspicion
Night Passage
Joe Butterfly
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Walk the Proud Land
World in My Corner
To Hell and Back
Hollywood Preview
Allen in Movieland
Destry
Drums Across the River
Ride Clear of Diablo
Tumbleweed
Column South
Gunsmoke
General Electric Theater
The Duel at Silver Creek
The Cimarron Kid
The Red Badge of Courage
Kansas Raiders
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Sierra
The Kid from Texas
What's My Line?
Bad Boy
Beyond Glory
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven