
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.

What's My Line?
TV • 1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950

Suspicion
TV • 1957

General Electric Theater
TV • 1953

Whispering Smith
TV • 1961

Destry
MOVIE • 1954

Posse from Hell
MOVIE • 1961

The Unforgiven
MOVIE • 1960

Bullet for a Badman
MOVIE • 1964

The Quiet American
MOVIE • 1958

Trunk to Cairo
MOVIE • 1966

No Name on the Bullet
MOVIE • 1959

Night Passage
MOVIE • 1957

The Red Badge of Courage
MOVIE • 1951

Ride Clear of Diablo
MOVIE • 1954

Showdown
MOVIE • 1963

To Hell and Back
MOVIE • 1955

Seven Ways from Sundown
MOVIE • 1960