William Murphy

Acting

William Murphy

Born — Died

1921-01-09 — 1989-11-06

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 11 titles

The Big Heat poster
7.7

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.

The Big Heat

1953

Sands of Iwo Jima poster
6.4

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.

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950

Fighting Coast Guard poster
6.7

Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II.

Fighting Coast Guard

1951

Six Bridges to Cross poster
6.3

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.

Six Bridges to Cross

1955

Fair Wind to Java poster
5.6

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...

Fair Wind to Java

1953

Red Skies of Montana poster
6.0

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.

Red Skies of Montana

1952

No Down Payment poster
6.3

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.

No Down Payment

1957

Ain't Misbehavin' poster
5.7

Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.

Ain't Misbehavin'

1955

Hoodlum Empire poster
6.5

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.

Hoodlum Empire

1952

Outlaw Queen poster
4.0

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.

Outlaw Queen

1957

No artwork available
NR

Gil Lamb gets tangled up in a series of fast-paced, foolish misunderstandings and physical gags as he tries to navigate everyday tasks and romantic aspirations with Wanda McKay's character, only for his hyper-clumsy nature to turn simple situations into complete, chaotic disaster.

Fast and Foolish

1951

1940s · 13 titles

A Foreign Affair poster
7.1

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.

A Foreign Affair

1948

I Was a Male War Bride poster
6.9

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.

I Was a Male War Bride

1949

Story of G.I. Joe poster
6.5

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.

Story of G.I. Joe

1945

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now poster
7.5

A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among many others. Mark Stevens was dubbed by Buddy Clark, well known singer of the 30's and 40's

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

1947

Salty O'Rourke poster
6.0

A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.

Salty O'Rourke

1945

It Happens Every Spring poster
6.6

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.

It Happens Every Spring

1949

The Burning Cross poster
7.0

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.

The Burning Cross

1947

The Jungle Captive poster
5.6

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.

The Jungle Captive

1945

Secrets of a Sorority Girl poster
9.0

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.

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

1945

Faces in the Fog poster
4.3

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....

Faces in the Fog

1944

Young Widow poster
4.8

A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.

Young Widow

1946

The Prairie poster
6.5

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

The Prairie

1947

Jungle Patrol poster
6.7

Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.

Jungle Patrol

1948