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Audie Murphy

Audie Murphy

Actor, also producer and writer · Died May 28, 1971, aged 45 · Kingston, Texas, USA

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 20, 1925
Died
May 28, 1971 (aged 45)
From
Kingston, Texas, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer and writer
Titles
40 on MovieCove · 50 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 15% in 30 days

What are Audie Murphy's films like?

Across their 39 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama30 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
46%
Bonds
17%
Self
13%
Society
8%
Survival
7%
Power
6%
Ideas
2%
Justice19 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption9 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 39 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 30 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 28 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 16 · Shifting 23 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 31 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 25 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 23 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 36 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

38 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 32 of 38 analyzed roles.

Hero
32 of 38
Shadow
2 of 38
Trickster
2 of 38
Shapeshifter
1 of 38
Ally
1 of 38
Show the 38 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
35
Melancholic
16
Thrilling
12
Contemplative
9
Hopeful
9
Other
16

How their films linger

Bittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy18
  • Bittersweet16
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Audie Murphy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 40 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Audie Murphy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

50 credits, 40 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That(2005)

    as Bill Doolin

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • A Time for Dying(1969)

    Producer · as Jesse James

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • 40 Guns to Apache Pass(1967)

    as Capt. Bruce Coburn

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Trunk to Cairo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Mike Merrick

  • The Texican(1966)

    as Jess Carlin

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Gunpoint(1966)

    as Chad Lucas

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Arizona Raiders(1965)

    as Clint Stewart

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Apache Rifles(1964)

    as Capt. Jeff Stanton

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Bullet for a Badman(1964)

    as Logan Keliher

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Quick Gun(1964)

    as Clint Cooper

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Gunfight at Comanche Creek(1963)

    as Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Showdown(1963)

    as Chris Foster

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Six Black Horses(1962)

    as Ben Lane

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • War Is Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Narrator - Introduction

  • Battle at Bloody Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Craig Benson

  • Whispering Smith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 26 episodes · as Tom 'Whispering' Smith

  • Posse from Hell(1961)

    as Banner Cole

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Seven Ways from Sundown(1960)

    as Seven Jones

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Unforgiven(1960)

    as Cash Zachary

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Hell Bent for Leather(1960)

    as Clay Santell

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Startime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Howard Wilton

  • Cast a Long Shadow(1959)

    as Matt Brown

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Wild and the Innocent(1959)

    as Yancey

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • No Name on the Bullet(1959)

    as John Gant

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Ride a Crooked Trail(1958)

    as Joe Maybe

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Gun Runners(1958)

    as Sam Martin

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Quiet American(1958)

    as The American

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Suspicion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Steve Gordon

  • Night Passage(1957)

    as The Utica Kid

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Joe Butterfly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Pvt. Joe Woodley

  • The Guns of Fort Petticoat(1957)

    Producer · as Lt. Frank Hewitt

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Walk the Proud Land(1956)

    as John Philip Clum

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • World in My Corner(1956)

    as Tommy Shea

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • To Hell and Back(1955)

    Writer · as Audie Murphy

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Destry(1954)

    as Tom Destry

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Drums Across the River(1954)

    as Gary Brannon

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Ride Clear of Diablo(1954)

    as Clay O'Mara

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Tumbleweed(1953)

    as Jim Harvey

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Column South(1953)

    as Jed Sayre

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Gunsmoke(1953)

    as Reb Kittredge

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Tennessee

  • The Duel at Silver Creek(1952)

    as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Cimarron Kid(1952)

    as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Red Badge of Courage(1951)

    as The Youth

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Kansas Raiders(1950)

    as Jesse James

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Sierra(1950)

    as Ring Hassard

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Kid from Texas(1950)

    as Billy the Kid

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Bad Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Danny Lester

  • Beyond Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Cadet Thomas

  • Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven(1948)

    as Copy Boy

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 49 titles from 1948 to 1969; peak year 1960.

Biggest box office

To Hell and Back (1955)

$4.8K worldwide

Highest rated

No Name on the Bullet (1959)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

Destry (1954)

Film career

19481969

Peak 1960 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 14 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting49 of 49: 48 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thProducing1 of 49: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1940s3 · acting1950s27 · acting1960s19 · 19 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 81% of 16 roles
5156

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Audie Murphy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 40; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Reach · how many have seen their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Midcredits score across 40 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th26
  • 25th to 49th9

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 40 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)

80th percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

No Name on the Bullet (1959)

Midcredits 87th · 76% liked

Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 39 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Audie Murphy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Audie Murphy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Herman Stein shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers