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.

Filmography

• 1969A Time for Dying — Jesse James, Producer
• 196740 Guns to Apache Pass — Capt. Bruce Coburn
• 1966Gunpoint — Chad Lucas
• 1966The Texican — Jess Carlin
• 1966Trunk to Cairo — Mike Merrick
• 1965Arizona Raiders — Clint Stewart
• 1964Apache Rifles — Capt. Jeff Stanton
• 1964Bullet for a Badman — Logan Keliher
• 1964The Quick Gun — Clint Cooper
• 1963Gunfight at Comanche Creek — Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
• 1963Showdown — Chris Foster
• 1962Six Black Horses — Ben Lane
• 1961Battle at Bloody Beach — Craig Benson
• 1961Posse from Hell — Banner Cole
• 1961War Is Hell — Narrator - Introduction
• Whispering Smith — Tom 'Whispering' Smith
• 1960Hell Bent for Leather — Clay Santell
• 1960Seven Ways from Sundown — Seven Jones
• 1960The Unforgiven — Cash Zachary
• 1959Cast a Long Shadow — Matt Brown
• 1959No Name on the Bullet — John Gant
• Startime — Howard Wilton
• 1959The Wild and the Innocent — Yancey
• 1958Ride a Crooked Trail — Joe Maybe
• 1958The Gun Runners — Sam Martin
• 1958The Quiet American — The American
• 1957Joe Butterfly — Pvt. Joe Woodley
• 1957Night Passage — The Utica Kid
• Suspicion — Steve Gordon
• 1957The Guns of Fort Petticoat — Lt. Frank Hewitt
• 1956Walk the Proud Land — John Philip Clum
• 1956World in My Corner — Tommy Shea
• 1955To Hell and Back — Audie Murphy
• 1954Destry — Tom Destry
• 1954Drums Across the River — Gary Brannon
• 1954Ride Clear of Diablo — Clay O'Mara
• 1953Column South — Jed Sayre
• General Electric Theater — Tennessee
• 1953Gunsmoke — Reb Kittredge
• 1953Tumbleweed — Jim Harvey
• 1952The Cimarron Kid — Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
• 1952The Duel at Silver Creek — Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
• 1951The Red Badge of Courage — The Youth
• 1950Kansas Raiders — Jesse James
• 1950Sierra — Ring Hassard
• 1950The Kid from Texas — Billy the Kid
• 1949Bad Boy — Danny Lester
• 1948Beyond Glory — Cadet Thomas
• 1948Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven — Copy Boy

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2025Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood — Himself (archives)
• 1955Allen in Movieland — Self
• Hollywood Preview — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self