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Audie Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was a highly decorated American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient who turned actor. He portrayed himself in the film To Hell and Back, the account of his World War II experiences. During the 1950s and 1960s he was cast primarily in westerns. While often the hero, he proved his ability to portray a cold-blooded hired gun in No Name on the Bullet. A notable exception to the westerns was The Quiet American in which he co-starred with Michael Redgrave. Murphy made over 40 feature films and often worked with directors more than once. Jesse Hibbs who directed To Hell and Back worked with the star on six films, only half of which were westerns. When promoting his 1949 book To Hell and Back he appeared on the radio version of This Is Your Life. To promote the 1955 film of the same name, he appeared on Ed Sullivan‘s Toast of the Town. He was a celebrity guest on television shows such as What’s My Line? and appeared in a handful of television dramas. Murphy’s only television series Whispering Smith had a brief run in 1961. For his cooperation in appearing in the United States Army‘s Broken Bridge episode of The Big Picture television series he was awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal.

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Early career[edit]

Audie Murphy publicity photo

Murphy became a national celebrity following his World War II military service when Life magazine proclaimed him America’s “most decorated soldier” in its 16 July 1945 issue cover story.[1] That magazine cover brought him to the attention of veteran actor James Cagney who invited him to Hollywood. When Murphy arrived in California after his military discharge, Cagney cancelled the hotel reservations he’d made for Murphy and instead took him into his own home, “I got the shock of my life. Audie was very thin. His complexion was bluish-gray.” Commenting years later on his first impression, Cagney said, “[Murphy was] in such a nervous condition that I was afraid he might jump out of a window. I took him home and gave him my bed.”[2] He spent three weeks as a guest of Cagney and then returned to Texas before finally agreeing to an offer from brothers James and William Cagney of $150 a week as a contract player with their production company. The Cagneys gave Murphy personal attention on acting techniques.[3] He also took lessons at the Actors’ Lab on Sunset Boulevard. Murphy studied voice techniques, learned judo, and trained with choreographer John Boyle, Cagney’s dance coach for Yankee Doodle Dandy.[4] A 1947 disagreement with William Cagney ended his association with the brothers without having been cast in a film production.[5]

He moved into Terry Hunt’s Athletic Club and survived on his Army pension of $113 a month. In 1948 he became acquainted with writer David “Spec” McClure who got him a $500 bit part in Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven.[6] He began dating actress Wanda Hendrix in 1946.[7] Her agent got Murphy a bit part in the 1948 Alan Ladd film Beyond Glory directed by John Farrow.[8] Murphy and Hendrix married in 1949 and divorced in 1951.[9]

His 1949 film Bad Boy gave him his first leading role.[10] Murphy became acquainted in Texas with Interstate Theatre executive James “Skipper” Cherry,[11] who was best man at Murphy’s 1951 marriage to Pamela Archer and the namesake of the couple’s second son.[12][13] Murphy’s association with Cherry brought him to the attention of Texas independent producer Paul Short.[11] With financing from Texas theater owners and the children’s charitable organization Variety Clubs International, Short cast Murphy in Bad Boy to help promote the charity’s work with troubled children.[14] Murphy performed well in the screen test, but Steve Broidy, president of the project’s production company Allied Artists did not want to cast someone in a major role with so little acting experience. Cherry, Short, and the theater owners refused to finance the film unless Murphy played the lead.[15] The 1933 Thames Williamson novel The Woods Colt caught Murphy’s attention during this period of his career. He secured the rights to the story in the 1950s, and Marion Hargrove was hired to write the script. The film was never made.[16]

Universal Studios signed Murphy to a seven-year studio contract at $2,500 a week.[17][18] His first film for them in 1950 was as Billy the Kid in The Kid from Texas. He wrapped up that year making Sierra starring his wife Wanda Hendrix,[19] and Kansas Raiders as outlaw Jesse James. He and director Budd Boetticher become acquainted through Terry Hunt’s Athletic Club where Murphy would request to be his boxing partner.[20] Murphy appeared in the 1951 title role of Boetticher’s first westernThe Cimarron Kid.[21]

Audie Murphy tackles the role, and probably better fits the original Brand conception than his predecessors.

Variety review of Destry [22]

The only film Murphy made in 1952 was Duel At Silver Creek with director Don Siegel. Murphy would team with Siegel one more time in 1958 for The Gun Runners. He only worked one time with director Frederick de Cordova, who later became producer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Murphy and de Cordova made Column South in 1953.[23] George Marshall directed Murphy in the 1954 Destry, based on a character created by author Max Brand. Two previous versions, one in 1932 with Tom Mix and one in 1939 with Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, were both titled Destry Rides Again.[24]

The only screenplay John Meredyth Lucas ever did for a Murphy film was the 1953 Tumbleweed, an adaptation of the Kenneth Perkins novel Three Were Renegades .[25] Murphy played Jim Harvey, whose horse Tumbleweed displayed a talent for getting the hero out of any scrape.[26] Director Nathan Juran oversaw Tumbleweed, as well as Gunsmoke and Drums Across the River.[27]

As Murphy’s film career began to progress, so did his efforts to improve his skills. He continually practiced his fast draw with a gun.[28] When Hugh O’Brian bet $500 that he could draw a gun faster than anyone in Hollywood, Murphy raised the ante to $2500 and wanted to use live ammunition; O’Brian did not accept.[29] He took both private and classroom acting lessons from Estelle Harman, and honed his diction by reciting dialogue from William Shakespeare and William Saroyan.[30]

The Red Badge of Courage[edit]

Murphy was lent to MGM at a salary of $25,000[31] to appear in the 1951 The Red Badge of Courage directed by John Huston and adapted from the Stephen Crane novel. At the urging of Spec McClure and celebrity columnist Hedda Hopper, over the misgivings of producer Gottfried Reinhardt and studio executives Louis B. Mayer and Dore Schary, director Huston cast Murphy in the lead of The Youth (Henry Fleming in the novel).[32] The preview screening audiences were not enthusiastic, causing Schary to re-edit Huston’s work, eliminating several scenes and adding narration by James Whitmore.[33] MGM trimmed advertising efforts on what they believed was an unprofitable film. What eventually hit the theaters was not a commercial success, and it was also not the film both Murphy and Huston believed they had made. Murphy unsuccessfully tried to buy the rights to the film in 1955 in an attempt to re-edit and re-release it. Huston tried to buy it in 1957, but was told the original negative of what he had filmed was destroyed.[34]

To Hell and Back[edit]

To Hell and Back – Audie Murphy and Susan Kohner

Although Murphy was initially reluctant to appear as himself in To Hell and Back, the film version of his book, he eventually agreed to do so. Terry Murphy portrayed his brother Joseph Preston Murphy at age four. The film was directed by Jesse Hibbs with an on-screen introduction by General Walter Bedell SmithSusan Kohner, daughter of Murphy’s agent Paul Kohner,[35] made her acting debut in the film. The finale shows Murphy being awarded the Medal of Honor while images of his unit’s casualties pass across the screen.[36] It became the biggest hit in the history of Universal Studios at the time.[37][38]

Both Murphy and Universal gave serious considerations to a follow-up version of his post-war life. Murphy rejected the Richard J. Collins script The Way Back which created the fictional scenario that filming To Hell and Back had been so therapeutic for Murphy that it cured him of his combat fatigue. Spec McClure scripted a second unused version of The Way Back[39] that incorporated Murphy’s real-life friends into the storyline and ended with the star living happily ever after with Pamela and their two sons. A third version by an unknown writer focused on the Murphy-McClure friendship and was rejected by the threat of a lawsuit from McClure. Desi Arnaz offered to bankroll a 1965 project titled Helmets in the Dust.[40] At Murphy’s request McClure wrote a film treatment, but the project never came to fruition.[41]

Later films[edit]

The Hibbs-Murphy team proved so successful in To Hell and Back[42] that the two worked together on a total of five subsequent films. Hibbs directed Murphy in Ride Clear of Diablo in 1954.[43] The partnership resulted in the commercially unsuccessful non-traditional 1956 western Walk the Proud Land.[44] Hibbs and Murphy teamed with each other for non-westerns Joe Butterfly[45] and World in My Corner.[44] They worked together a final time in the 1958 western Ride a Crooked Trail.[46] Veteran character actor Dan Duryea who portrayed villain Whitey Kincaide in Ride Clear of Diablo played a second lead in two more Murphy vehicles, Night Passage[47] and Six Black HorsesThe Story of Charles Russell with Murphy as the lead was under development at Universal but shelved after the disappointing receipts of Walk the Proud Land. Murphy, however, was enthusiastic enough about a biopic of Charles Marion Russell to give serious consideration tor his own production that would star Guy Mitchell in the lead, but the film was not made.[48][49]

Murphy was hired by Joseph L. Mankiewicz to play the role of The American (Alden Pyle in the book) in the 1958 version of The Quiet American, replacing Montgomery Clift when the latter dropped out. Michael Redgrave replaced Laurence Olivier who dropped out when Clift withdrew. The cold-war drama filmed in Vietnam was a departure from the genre in which Murphy had normally been cast.[50]

Murphy formed a partnership with Harry Joe Brown to make three films, the first of which was the 1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat. The partnership fell into disagreement over the remaining two projects, and Brown filed suit against Murphy.[51] Although Murphy was to co-star with Robert Mitchum in the 1957 film Night Riders, scheduling conflicts prevented him from doing so.[44] Springing from his skin diving hobby, Murphy hired diving expert Paul Kazear to write the script Skin Diver with a Heart . Murphy reneged on the deal and the film was never made. Kazear sued Murphy in 1958.[52]

The 1950s ended with Murphy appearing in three westerns. He co-starred with 14-year-old Sandra Dee in the 1959 film The Wild and the Innocent. The film’s cast was rounded out with Gilbert RolandJoanne Dru and Jim Backus.[53] Murphy’s collaboration with Walter Mirisch on Cast a Long Shadow included an uncredited stint as co-producer. The film co-starred Terry Moore.[54] His performance in No Name on the Bullet was well received. The storyline follows the cool, jaded hired gun as the townspeople are gripped with fear by his presence.[55]

Murphy … uncorks a toughness and maturity that is a powerful aid to the story.

The Hollywood Reporter review of The Unforgiven[56]

Murphy and Huston worked together one more time in the 1960 film The Unforgiven, in which Murphy took second billing as Burt Lancaster‘s racist kid brother who was bent on the destruction of the Kiowa.[57]Writer Clair Huffaker wrote the screenplay for 1961’s Seven Ways from Sundown and Posse from Hell.[58] Author Bob Herzberg deemed the scripts two of the best Murphy worked with in that decade.[59] Herbert Coleman directed Posse from Hell as well as the World War II drama Battle at Bloody Beach set in the Philippines.[60]

Willard W. Willingham and his wife, Mary, were friends of Murphy’s from his earliest days in Hollywood and who worked with him on a number of projects.[61][62][63] Williard was a producer on Murphy’s 1961 television series Whispering Smith.[64] He additionally collaborated on Bullet for a Badman [65] in 1964 and Arizona Raiders in 1965. The latter was based on activities of Quantrill’s Raiders and was a remake of the George Montgomery 1951 film The Texas Rangers . The film also featured Buster Crabbe.[66] Willard was a co-writer on the screenplay for Battle at Bloody Beach.[67] The Willinghams as a team wrote the screenplays for Gunpoint[68] as well the script for Murphy’s last starring lead in a western, 40 Guns to Apache Pass .[69] Released through Columbia Pictures in May 1967, the story centered on Murphy’s character retrieving a cache of stolen rifles sold to Apache leader Cochise.[70]

Apache Rifles in 1964 was another formula Murphy western. He remained at Universal for a few more years, then left to work at Columbia and Allied Artists before making several films in Europe. In 1966 he made Trunk to Cairo in Israel. He felt the film was, “the worst James Bond parody I’ve ever seen,” but was unable to get out of the commitment.[71]

I feel like a prostitute who is a little over the hill. I get all kinds of promotional offers for movies. But instead of my usual price of $100,000 per picture, they offer $20,000 and a percentage of the profit you never see. When people find you need the money in this town, they cut their offer by 80 percent. And I keep turning down liquor and cigarette commercials. I don’t believe they’re good for kids. I guess it’s a matter of not being 100 percent prostitute.[72]— Audie Murphy, 1968

His own company FIPCO Productions[73] produced his last film A Time for Dying . He had a cameo role as Jesse James, and his sons Terry and James were given small roles. Willard W. Willingham played Frank James.[74] Budd Boetticher wrote the script, and agreed to the production as a return favor for an earlier time when Murphy had bailed him out of financial setbacks. The production was beset with financial problems, and the set burned twice. The movie opened in France in 1971 but was not shown in the United States until its limited release in 1982.[73] Two other projects that Murphy and Boetticher planned to produce, A Horse for Mr Barnum and When There’s Sumpthin’ to Do, never came to fruition.[75]

Murphy made more than 40 feature films in his career.[ALM 1][76]

Films[edit]

TitleYearRoleDirectorProducerStudioOther cast membersRefs.
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven1948Copy BoyWilliam CastleRobert GoldenUnited ArtistsJames DunnWilliam FrawleyMargaret HamiltonRoscoe KarnsDiana LynnGuy MadisonIrene RyanLionel Stander[17][77]
Beyond Glory1948Cadet ThomasJohn FarrowRobert FellowsParamountAlan LaddDonna Reed[78]
Bad Boy1949Danny LesterKurt NeumannPaul ShortMonogramJames GleasonJimmy LydonLloyd NolanMartha VickersRhys WilliamsJane Wyatt[10][77]
The Kid from Texas1950William BonneyKurt NeumannPaul ShortUniversalAlbert DekkerWill GeerGale StormWilliam TalmanRay TealFrank Wilcox[ALM 2]
Sierra1950Ring HassardAlfred E. GreenMichael KraikeUniversalJames ArnessTony CurtisWanda HendrixBurl IvesDean JaggerElliott ReidRoy Roberts[81][19][82]
Kansas Raiders1950Jesse JamesRay EnrightTed RichmondUniversalRichard ArlenJames BestScott BradyTony CurtisBrian DonlevyRichard Long[83][19]
The Red Badge of Courage1951The YouthJohn HustonGottfried ReinhardtMGMRoyal DanoAndy DevineDouglas DickJohn DierkesArthur HunnicuttBill Mauldin[84][ALM 3]
The Cimarron Kid1951Bill Doolin a.k.a. The Cimarron KidBudd BoetticherTed RichmondUniversalNoah Beery Jr, James Best, Leif EricksonHugh O’BrianRoy RobertsFrank Silvera[86][19]
The Duel at Silver Creek1952Luke Cromwell a.k.a. The Silver KidDon SiegelLeonard GoldsteinUniversalSusan CabotFaith DomergueLee MarvinGerald Mohr[19][87]
Gunsmoke1953Reb KittredgeNathan JuranAaron RosenbergUniversalSusan Cabot, Jack KellyJesse White[88][89]
Column South1953Lt. Jed SayreFrederick De CordovaTed RichmondUniversalJames Best, Ray CollinsJoan EvansRussell Johnson, Jack Kelly, Bob SteeleRobert SterlingDennis Weaver[90][91]
Tumbleweed1953Jim HarveyNathan JuranRoss HunterUniversalKing Donovan, Russell Johnson, Lori Nelson, Roy Roberts, Lyle TalbotLee Van CleefChill Wills[92][91]
Ride Clear of Diablo1954Clay O’MaraJesse HibbsJohn W. RogersUniversalSusan Cabot, Dan DuryeaJack ElamAbbe Lane, Russell Johnson, Denver Pyle[93][91]
Drums Across the River1954Gary BrannonNathan JuranMelville TuckerUniversalMorris AnkrumLane BradfordWalter BrennanLisa GayeHoward McNearJay Silverheels, Bob Steele[94][91]
Destry1954Tom DestryGeorge MarshallStanley RubinUniversalEdgar BuchananMari BlanchardWallace FordAlan Hale, Jr.Thomas Mitchell, Lori Nelson, Mary Wickes[95][91]
To Hell and Back1955HimselfJesse HibbsAaron RosenbergUniversalCharles DrakeDavid Janssen, Jack Kelly, Susan KohnerDenver PyleMarshall Thompson[37][91]
World in My Corner1956Tommy SheaJesse HibbsAaron RosenbergUniversalJohn McIntireJeff MorrowBarbara Rush[96][91]
Walk the Proud Land1956John Philip ClumJesse HibbsAaron RosenbergUniversalMorris Ankrum, Anne BancroftAnthony CarusoPat Crowley, Charles Drake, Jay Silverheels[97][98]
Joe Butterfly1957Pvt. Joe WoodleyJesse HibbsAaron RosenbergUniversalJohn AgarFred ClarkBurgess MeredithGeorge NaderKeenan Wynn[96][98]
The Guns of Fort Petticoat1957Lt. Frank HewittGeorge MarshallHarry Joe Brown
Audie Murphy
ColumbiaKathryn GrantSean McCloryJeanette Nolan, Ray Teal[99][98]
Night Passage1957Lee McLaine a.k.a. The Utica KidJames NeilsonAaron RosenbergUniversalHugh BeaumontEllen CorbyBrandon deWildeDan DuryeaJack ElamJay C. FlippenJames Stewart[100][98]
The Quiet American1958The AmericanJoseph L. MankiewiczJoseph L. MankiewiczUnited ArtistsBruce CabotClaude DauphinRichard LooGiorgia MollMichael Redgrave[50][98][ALM 4]
Ride a Crooked Trail1958Joe MaybeJesse HibbsHoward PineUniversalLeo GordonWalter MatthauMort MillsJoanna Cook MooreGia ScalaHenry Silva[102][103]
The Gun Runners1958Sam MartinDon SiegelHerbert E. Stewart
Clarence Greene
Seven ArtsEddie Albert, Jack Elam, Richard JaeckelPatricia OwensEverett Sloane[104][105]
No Name on the Bullet1959John GantJack ArnoldJack Arnold
Howard Christie
UniversalR.G. Armstrong, Charles Drake, Joan Evans, Virginia GreyWarren StevensKarl Swenson[106][107]
The Wild and the Innocent1959Yancy HawksJack SherSy GombergUniversalJim BackusPeter BreckSandra DeeJoanne DruStrother MartinGilbert Roland[108][107]
Cast a Long Shadow1959Matt BrownThomas CarrWalter Mirisch
Audie Murphy
United ArtistsJames Best, John DehnerTerry Moore, Denver Pyle[109][107]
The Unforgiven1960Cash ZacharyJohn HustonJames HillUnited ArtistsCharles BickfordLillian GishAudrey HepburnBurt LancasterDoug McClureAlbert SalmiJohn SaxonJoseph Wiseman[110][111][107]
Hell Bent for Leather1960Clay SantellGeorge ShermanGordon KayUniversalMalcolm AtterburyFelicia FarrAllan LaneRobert MiddletonHerbert Rudley, Bob Steele[112][107]
Seven Ways from Sundown1960Seven Ways from Sundown JonesHarry KellerGordon KayUniversalDon CollierJack Kruschen, John McIntire, Venetia StevensonBarry Sullivan[113][107][ALM 5]
Posse from Hell1961Banner ColeHerbert ColemanGordon KayUniversalRodolfo Acosta, Royal Dano, Zohra Lampert, Allan Lane, Vic MorrowJohn Saxon, Ray Teal, Lee Van Cleef[115][116]
Battle at Bloody Beach1961Craig BensonHerbert ColemanRichard Maibaum20th Century FoxGary CrosbyIvan DixonDolores MichaelsAlejandro Rey[60][117]
Six Black Horses1962Ben LaneHarry KellerGordon KayUniversalDan DuryeaJoan O’Brien, Bob Steele[118][117]
War is Hell1962NarratorBurt TopperBurt TopperAllied ArtistsBaynes Barron[119][120]
Showdown1963Chris FosterR.G. SpringsteenGordon KayUniversalKathleen Crowley, Charles Drake, Skip HomeierL. Q. JonesStrother MartinHarold J. Stone[121][117]
Gunfight at Comanche Creek1963Bob Gifford a.k.a. Judd TannerFrank McDonaldBen SchwalbAllied ArtistsBen CooperDeForest KelleySusan Seaforth[122][117]
The Quick Gun1964Clint CooperSidney SalkowGrant WhytockColumbiaMerry Anders, James Best, Ted de CorsiaFrank Ferguson, Mort Mills[117][123]
Bullet for a Badman1964Logan KeliherR.G. SpringsteenGordon KayUniversalAlan Hale Jr., Skip Homeier, Ruta LeeDarren McGavinBeverley OwenGeorge Tobias[124][117]
Apache Rifles1964Captain Jeff StantonWilliam WitneyGrant Whytock20th Century FoxJohn ArcherMichael Dante, L. Q. Jones, Linda LawsonKen Lynch[125][117]
Arizona Raiders1965Clint StewartWilliam WitneyGrant WhytockColumbiaBen Cooper, Buster Crabbe, Michael Dante, Gloria Talbott[120][126]
Gunpoint1966Chad LucasEarl BellamyGordon KayUniversalEdgar Buchanan, Royal Dano, Denver Pyle, Joan Staley, Warren Stevens, Morgan Woodward[127][120]
The Texican1966Jess CarlinLesley SelanderJohn Champion
Bruce Balaban
ColumbiaBroderick Crawford[128][120]
Trunk to Cairo1966Mike MerrickMenahem GolanMenahem GolanAmerican InternationalMarianne KochGeorge Sanders[71][120]
40 Guns to Apache Pass1967Captain Bruce CoburnWilliam WitneyGrant WhytockColumbiaLaraine Stephens[129][120]
A Time for Dying1969Jesse JamesBudd BoetticherAudie MurphyFIPCO ProductionsBurt MustinVictor Jory[120][130]

Television[edit]

Audie Murphy as Whispering Smith

The only television series Murphy starred in was the 1961 Whispering Smith in which he played the title character. Based on the film of the same name, the show was about a 19th-century Denver railroad investigator. Episodes were gleaned from real-life cases of the Denver Police Department. The United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency was concerned about the violent content in the show and leveled charges against the network. 26 episodes had been filmed, but not all of them aired.[131]

The cooperation of the United States Army and the United States Defense Department was extended for Murphy’s media appearances to publicize the film To Hell and Back.[132] Among the 1955 celebrity television shows on which Murphy appeared to promote the film was Toast of the Town hosted by Ed Sullivan.

The Man, a 1960 suspense episode of Startime, was based on an original Broadway play written by Mel Dinelli.[133] Murphy played a mentally unbalanced stranger who posed as a student and handyman and terrorized homeowner Thelma Ritter.Outstanding Civilian Service Certificate

In 1960, he was awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal for his cooperation in the production of The Big Picture television series episode Broken Bridge.[ALM 6]

TitleYearRoleNotesRefs.
The Easter Seals Teleparade of Stars1954Self18 April 1954[136]
Allen in Movieland1955Self2 July 1955, NBC television special starring Steve Allen[137]
What’s My Line?1955Mystery GuestEpisode 3 July 1955[ALM 7]
Toast of the Town1955SelfPromotion of To Hell and Back film, with cooperation of the Dept. of the U.S. Army and the Dept. of Defense[132]
Colgate Comedy Hour1955SelfEpisode 5.36[ALM 8]
Suspicion1957Steve GordonThe Flight[64]
You Asked for It1958Self[ALM 9]
General Electric Theater1958TennesseeIncident, a Civil War drama[64]
Dinah Shore Chevy Show1959SelfEpisode 3.52[139]
The Big PictureUnknownSelfThe Third Division in Korea[ALM 10]
The Big Picture1960SelfBroken Bridge[ALM 11]
The Big Picture1963SelfBeyond the Call, Part II[ALM 12]
Startime1960Howard WiltonThe Man[144]
Whispering Smith1961Tom “Whispering” Smith26 episodes[ALM 13][131]

Radio[edit]

TitleYearRoleNotesRefs.
Hollywood Fights Back1947Self26 October 1947[ALM 14]
This Is Your Life1949Self8 March 1949 episode (recorded on 7 March), hosted by Ralph Edwards[ALM 15]
Cavalcade of America1951Walter Carlin9 October 1951, Episode 713 The Fields are Green[ALM 16]

Public Service Announcements[edit]

TitleYearRoleNotesRefs.
Medal of Honor with Audie Murphy1955SelfSavings bond promotion[ALM 17]
The National Security Committee Introduces Audie Murphy1956SelfMilitary recruitment promotion[ALM 18]

Notes[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ The exact number varies by source. The Hollywood Walk of Fame and other sources put his total at 44.
  2. ^ The Kid From Texas is the final movie shown at the local theater in Larry McMurty‘s novel The Last Picture Show.[79][80][19]
  3. ^ Henry Fleming is the Youth in Stephen Crane’s novel. In the 1951 film, Fleming is played by Murphy shown in the cast listing as the unnamed character “The Youth”. However, Fleming is addressed by name when other characters are speaking to him.[85]
  4. ^ Alden Pyle is the American in Graham Greene’s novel. In the 1958 film, Pyle is played by Murphy as the unnamed character “The American”.[101]
  5. ^ The parents of Seven Ways from Sundown Jones gave their children numbers for names. Murphy’s character was the last of seven children. The storyline has him seeking the killer of his brother Two Jones.[114]
  6. ^ Murphy received no monetary compensation for his services on the documentary.[134][135]
  7. ^ YouTube has several uploaded versions of the 5-minute What’s My Line segment that features Murphy as the mystery guest. Listed as Episode dated 3 July 1955 at IMDb
  8. ^ 56-minute uploaded on YouTube as Audie Murphy Attends Beverly Hilton Grand Opening 1955. He appears at 28:48 and briefly talks with Hedda Hopper about how he once gave his medals away but had them replaced by the U. S. Army.
  9. ^ You Asked for It ran 1951–1959 on the Dumont and ABC television networks, with hosts Art Baker and Jack Smith. The episodes were in response to requests submitted by viewers.[138] Murphy’s episode features the star talking with host Jack Smith about his interest in quarter horses. Uploaded on YouTube.
  10. ^ The Third Division in Korea is an episode of The Big Picture series of United States Army self-promotional documentaries offered at no cost to American television networks, beginning during the Korean War and continuing through the Vietnam War.[140] The 27-minute documentary of the 3rd Infantry Division’s involvement in the Korean War is introduced by Sergeant Stuart Queen and Murphy. At the end of the documentary, Murphy is seen in dress uniform speaking from a dais to the Division at the Port of New Orleans.[141][142] Uploaded on YouTube.
  11. ^ Broken Bridge is an episode of The Big Picture series. In this episode the United States Army escorts Murphy to Germany, Italy, Turkey and the U.S. state of New Mexico to demonstrate their missile weaponry. Uploaded on YouTube. Listed as Audie Murphy in Nuremberg at IMDb.[134]
  12. ^ Part of The Big Picture series, Beyond the Call is a black and white docudrama about Medal of Honor winners. Although the heroic actions are depicted, and each soldier’s personal background is detailed, none of them are mentioned by name, including Murphy. Footage from the color film To Hell and Back depicting Murphy’s actions at Holtzwihr is converted to black and white. Uploaded on YouTube.[140][143]
  13. ^ When Frank H. Spearman wrote the 1906 Whispering Smith novel, he appropriated the sobriquet already attached to real-life railroad detective James L. Smith. The 1948 film version with Alan Ladd changed the name to Luke Smith. Murphy’s character in the television series became Tom Smith.[145][146]
  14. ^ Hollywood Fights Back was produced as two 30-minute specials by the First Amendment Committee in 1947 for broadcast 26 October and 2 November on the ABC radio network. Numerous major film stars of the era appeared in the specials to express their opposition to the activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Murphy spoke in the 26 October broadcast.[147]
  15. ^ Publicity for To Hell and Back. The Audie Murphy Research Foundation has a user-generated reproduction of the full transcript of Murphy’s appearance that was published in the June 1954 issue of Photoplay magazine.[148]
  16. ^ Dramatization of the real-life story of Walter and William Carlin, who as teenagers turned an old farm into a success. It was broadcast in honor of the Future Farmers of America, and co-starred Bob Hastings, best known for his later recurring role in McHale’s Navy.[149][150]
  17. ^ This public service announcement was written by Oscar Brodney and produced by Jesse Hibbs through Universal Studios for the U.S. Treasury Department. He talks to actors Barbara RushBarney Phillips and John McIntire about savings bonds. Terry Murphy also appears. Uploaded on YouTube as Audie Murphy Promotes Savings Bonds (PSA 1955).[151]
  18. ^ Short 1956 public service announcement filmed for the National Security Committee to help promote their new 6-month reserve training program for the Armed Services. It was shown in theaters as a newsreel trailer during “Military Reserve Week” and was estimated to have been viewed by 38 million audience members. Universal Studios, along with Audie Murphy and director Jesse Hibbs, donated their time to the project.[152]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ “Life Visits Audie Murphy”Life: 94–97. 16 July 1945. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ^ Graham 1989, p. 129.
  3. ^ Graham 1989, pp. 130–131.
  4. ^ Graham 1989, p. 133.
  5. ^ Graham 1989, pp. 128–147.
  6. ^ Graham 1989, pp. 150–151.
  7. ^ Graham 1989, pp. 142, 174.
  8. ^ Graham 1989, pp. 145–146.
  9. ^ Graham 1989, pp. 142, 174, 215.
  10. Jump up to:a b Movies of the Month (April 1949). “Bad Boy”Boys’ Life: 50. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  11. Jump up to:a b Graham 1989, p. 128.
  12. ^ Graham 1989, p. 216.
  13. ^ Graham 1989, p. 250.
  14. ^ Graham 1989, pp. 161–162.
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  • Williamson, Thames (1933). The Woods Colt : a Novel of the Ozark Hills. Harcourt, Brace and Company. OCLC 1399074.
  • Hargrove, Marion; Williamson, Thames (c. 1955). Final script : “The Woods Colt”. Audie Murphy Productions. OCLC 40402371.

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