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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 (195…
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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.
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Audie Murphy's Filmography
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Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood
as Himself (archives)
A Time for Dying
as Jesse James
40 Guns to Apache Pass
as Capt. Bruce Coburn
Trunk to Cairo
as Mike Merrick
The Texican
as Jess Carlin
Gunpoint
as Chad Lucas
Arizona Raiders
as Clint Stewart
Apache Rifles
as Capt. Jeff Stanton
Bullet for a Badman
as Logan Keliher
The Quick Gun
as Clint Cooper
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
as Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
Showdown
as Chris Foster
Six Black Horses
as Ben Lane
War Is Hell
as Narrator - Introduction
Battle at Bloody Beach
as Craig Benson
Posse from Hell
as Banner Cole
Seven Ways from Sundown
as Seven Jones
The Unforgiven
as Cash Zachary
Hell Bent for Leather
as Clay Santell
Cast a Long Shadow
as Matt Brown
The Wild and the Innocent
as Yancey
No Name on the Bullet
as John Gant
Ride a Crooked Trail
as Joe Maybe
The Gun Runners
as Sam Martin
The Quiet American
as The American
Night Passage
as The Utica Kid
Joe Butterfly
as Pvt. Joe Woodley
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Lt. Frank Hewitt
Walk the Proud Land
as John Philip Clum
World in My Corner
as Tommy Shea
To Hell and Back
as Audie Murphy
Allen in Movieland
as Self
Destry
as Tom Destry
Drums Across the River
as Gary Brannon
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Clay O'Mara
Tumbleweed
as Jim Harvey
Column South
as Jed Sayre
Gunsmoke
as Reb Kittredge
The Duel at Silver Creek
as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
The Cimarron Kid
as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
The Red Badge of Courage
as The Youth
Kansas Raiders
as Jesse James
Sierra
as Ring Hassard
The Kid from Texas
as Billy the Kid
Bad Boy
as Danny Lester
Beyond Glory
as Cadet Thomas
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Copy Boy