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Audie Murphy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1925-06-20

Day of Death

1971-05-28

Place of Birth

Kingston, Texas, USA

Audie Murphy

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.

Filmography (47)

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⭐ 0 Role: Himself (archives)

Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood

2025
⭐ 6.4 Role: Jesse James

A Time for Dying

1969
⭐ 5.3 Role: Capt. Bruce Coburn

40 Guns to Apache Pass

1967
⭐ 6.3 Role: Mike Merrick

Trunk to Cairo

1966
⭐ 5.5 Role: Jess Carlin

The Texican

1966
⭐ 6.2 Role: Chad Lucas

Gunpoint

1966
⭐ 6.4 Role: Clint Stewart

Arizona Raiders

1965
⭐ 5.9 Role: Capt. Jeff Stanton

Apache Rifles

1964
⭐ 6.3 Role: Logan Keliher

Bullet for a Badman

1964
⭐ 6.4 Role: Clint Cooper

The Quick Gun

1964
⭐ 5.9 Role: Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

1963
⭐ 6.1 Role: Chris Foster

Showdown

1963
⭐ 5.9 Role: Ben Lane

Six Black Horses

1962
⭐ 6.3 Role: Narrator - Introduction

War Is Hell

1961
⭐ 4.9 Role: Craig Benson

Battle at Bloody Beach

1961