Audie Murphy
Actor
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Audie Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
No Name on the Bullet
as John Gant 1959
Night Passage
as The Utica Kid 1957
The Red Badge of Courage
as The Youth 1951
To Hell and Back
as Audie Murphy 1955
The Duel at Silver Creek
as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid 1952
Destry
as Tom Destry 1954
Hell Bent for Leather
as Clay Santell 1960
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Lt. Frank Hewitt 1957
The Quiet American
as The American 1958
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Clay O'Mara 1954
Posse from Hell
as Banner Cole 1961
Arizona Raiders
as Clint Stewart 1965
Gunpoint
as Chad Lucas 1966
The Cimarron Kid
as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid 1952
Six Black Horses
as Ben Lane 1962
Drums Across the River
as Gary Brannon 1954