
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.

The Unforgiven
1960 · as Cash Zachary

Destry
1954 · as Tom Destry

To Hell and Back
1955 · as Audie Murphy

Night Passage
1957 · as The Utica Kid

Posse from Hell
1961 · as Banner Cole

The Duel at Silver Creek
1952 · as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid

The Quick Gun
1964 · as Clint Cooper

Seven Ways from Sundown
1960 · as Seven Jones

The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · as The Youth

Bullet for a Badman
1964 · as Logan Keliher

Kansas Raiders
1950 · as Jesse James

Apache Rifles
1964 · as Capt. Jeff Stanton

The Texican
1966 · as Jess Carlin

The Cimarron Kid
1952 · as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid

No Name on the Bullet
1959 · as John Gant

The Gun Runners
1958 · as Sam Martin

Gunpoint
1966 · as Chad Lucas

The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · as Lt. Frank Hewitt