Audie Leon Murphy
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born | Jun 20, 1924 Kingston, TX |
| Died | May 28, 1971 near Roanoke, VA |
| Age | Died at 46 |
| Final Resting PlaceArlington National Cemetery | |
Audie Murphy | |
| Job | Actor |
| Known for | America's most decorated WWII soldier; discovered by James Cagney |
| Top Roles | Luke Cromwell, The Youth, The American, Clay Santell, Audie Murphy |
| Top Genres | Western, Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Crime |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, World War II, Civil War |
| Top Collaborators | Denver Pyle, Jack Elam, Harold Goodwin, Charles Drake |
| Shares birthday with | Errol Flynn, Gail Patrick, Martin Landau see more.. |
Audie Murphy Overview:
Actor, Audie Murphy, was born Audie Leon Murphy on Jun 20, 1924 in Kingston, TX. Murphy died at the age of 46 on May 28, 1971 in near Roanoke, VA and was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.
MINI BIO:
Audie Murphy was America's most decorated WWII soldier, with 28 medals including the prestigious Congressional Medal of Honor (the US's highest military decoration). He took his light Texan voice and boyish appeal into movies, becoming a prolific star of 80-minute Technicolor westerns in which, he said, 'the scripts were the same -- only the horses were changed.' He briefly appeared in 'A' films after the success of the film adapted from his WWII Memoir, To Hell and Back
HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
BlogHub Articles:
REEL INFATUATION BLOGATHON: as Tom Destry, 1954
on Jun 7, 2019 From Caftan WomanMaedez of Font and Frock and Ruth of Silver Screenings are once again hosting their popular Reel Infatuation Blogathon on June 7th - 9th. It's all about those oh-so-crushable characters. The hubby strolled into the room while I was watching Destry. "What are you watching?" (... Read full article
Looking at the Stars:
By Aurora Bugallo on May 2, 2018 From Classic Movie Hub Blog“Nobody likes for his life to be disrupted. But when the country calls, they need you.”?- By the age of 19, had won two Silver Stars and the Distinguished Service Cross. He won the Medal of Honor at that age by operating a machine gun on a burning tank destroyer... Read full article
Hollywood Veterans in Arlington National Cemetery:
on Mar 24, 2015 From Comet Over HollywoodLast weekend, filmmaker Brandon Brown and I set out to find six celebrities buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC. The venture took four hours and more than five miles of walking. To put that into perspective, we were hunting for six graves out of more than 400,000 people buried in... Read full article
Texas honors with Legislative Medal of Honor
By Annmarie Gatti on Oct 29, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub Blogawarded Texas Legislative Medal of Honor Governor Rick Perry will formally present the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor posthumously to Major Audie L. Murphy on October 29, 2PM in a public ceremony in Farmersville, Texas. ?The award will be accepted by Murphy’s sister, Mrs. Nadine... Read full article
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Audie Murphy Quotes:
Eli Skinner: I guess, I'm not old enough to understand anything like that.
Tom Destry: Well, you'll probably never get old enough to understand a woman.
Lt. Jed Sayre: My orders are to move you out.
Menguito: You speak of a place where vultures grow fat from the bodies of those who die without food in winter and without water in summer. This is our home. We will not move.
Lt. Jed Sayre: Here me well, Menquito. If you haven't given the word to your people by the time that cloud passes the sun, I'll open fire!
Tom Destry: Folks, I hate to interrupt your fun, but I got something important to say to you. I just found out how Sheriff Bailey died.
Phil Decker: I understood Bailey died of a heart attack.
Tom Destry: That seems to be the rumor around town. If he did die of a heart attack, that's because he heard a bullet coming at him.
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