William Murphy

William Murphy

Born: January 9, 1921
Died: November 6, 1989
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies for William Murphy...

Bone Eater
Title: Bone Eater
Character: Jack
Released: February 15, 2008
Type: Movie
Ancient Native American legend of the Bone Eater rises up and begins terrorizing the local townspeople
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Thumb Tripping
Title: Thumb Tripping
Released: October 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Gary and Shay are two happy-go-lucky flower children who hitchhike in the beautiful Big Sur-Monterey area of California.
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No Down Payment
Title: No Down Payment
Released: October 30, 1957
Type: Movie
The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne'er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard-working Herman Kreitzer and his understanding wife Betty, and newlyweds Jean and David Martin.
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Outlaw Queen
Title: Outlaw Queen
Character: Brandon
Released: April 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Christina, the daughter of a Greek-immigrant family who does not share their belief that a woman's place is with her husband at the fireside, is a trick-shot artist. With her Uncle Jim, a strolling troubadour, and his sidekick Andy, a mandolin player, heads west to make her fortune.
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Ain't Misbehavin'
Title: Ain't Misbehavin'
Character: Bucky/a Sailor (uncredited)
Released: June 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.
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Six Bridges to Cross
Title: Six Bridges to Cross
Character: Red Flanagan
Released: January 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million. The story delves into the psychology of the perpetrators, as well as the intricate mechanics of the hold-up.
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The Big Heat
Title: The Big Heat
Character: Reds (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1953
Type: Movie
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.
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Fair Wind to Java
Title: Fair Wind to Java
Character: Ahab
Released: January 28, 1953
Type: Movie
The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also that volcano on the nearby island of Krakatau, waiting to explode in its historical, disastrous eruption...
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Hoodlum Empire
Title: Hoodlum Empire
Character: Pete Dailey
Released: April 15, 1952
Type: Movie
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
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Red Skies of Montana
Title: Red Skies of Montana
Character: Winkler (uncredited)
Released: January 23, 1952
Type: Movie
When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of 'Smoke Jumpers', the paratroop-corps of fire-fighters in the U. S. Forest Service, is flown to the scene from their regional headquarters in Missoula, Montana. The Forest Rangers, under Cliff Mason, put out the blaze, but several of the fire-fighters are killed. Ed Miller, son of one of the dead rangers, thinks he died because Mason was a coward, and sets out to prove it.
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Fast and Foolish
Title: Fast and Foolish
Released: November 16, 1951
Type: Movie
Gil Lamb's got a rival for his girl.
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Fighting Coast Guard
Title: Fighting Coast Guard
Character: Sandy Jessup
Released: May 31, 1951
Type: Movie
Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II.
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Sands of Iwo Jima
Title: Sands of Iwo Jima
Character: PFC Eddie Flynn
Released: January 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
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I Was a Male War Bride
Title: I Was a Male War Bride
Character: Staff Sergeant at Troopship (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1949
Type: Movie
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
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It Happens Every Spring
Title: It Happens Every Spring
Character: Tommy Isbell
Released: June 10, 1949
Type: Movie
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
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Jungle Patrol
Title: Jungle Patrol
Character: Lt. Johnny Murphy
Released: November 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.
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A Foreign Affair
Title: A Foreign Affair
Character: Joe
Released: August 20, 1948
Type: Movie
In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.
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The Prairie
Title: The Prairie
Character: Jess Bush
Released: November 27, 1947
Type: Movie
The Prairie is set at the time of the Louisiana Purchase. Hoping to find their destiny in the new territory, the Bush Family heads southward in a covered wagon. Sharing the family's numerous dangers and hardships are Ellen Wade (Lenore Aubert), sole survivor of an Indian attack, and army mapmaker Paul Hover (Alan Baxter). Cousins Abiram (Russ Vincent) and Asa (Jack Mitchum) duke it out over Ellen's affections
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The Burning Cross
Title: The Burning Cross
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.
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Young Widow
Title: Young Widow
Character: Army Lieutenant Hope
Released: March 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
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Secrets of a Sorority Girl
Title: Secrets of a Sorority Girl
Character: Andy Jones
Released: August 15, 1945
Type: Movie
In this crime drama, a sorority girl is photographed hanging around with known criminals in illicit gambling dens. The resulting pictures are then used to blackmail her father, a district attorney.
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Story of G.I. Joe
Title: Story of G.I. Joe
Character: Private Mew
Released: July 13, 1945
Type: Movie
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
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The Jungle Captive
Title: The Jungle Captive
Character: Johnny - Errand Boy (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps a nurse in order to have a female blood donor.
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Salty O'Rourke
Title: Salty O'Rourke
Character: Bennie
Released: March 22, 1945
Type: Movie
A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.
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Faces in the Fog
Title: Faces in the Fog
Character: Russell
Released: November 30, 1944
Type: Movie
Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the doctor at the defense plant employing Tom, worries about the effect that Tom and Cora's drinking and socializing have on the children....