Richard Murphy
Writing · Screenplay · Writer · Director
Born May 8, 1912 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Active 1938–1993 · Awards: Writers Guild of America Award
Richard Murphy was an American screenwriter and director known for his work in film during the mid-20th century. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he began his career as a journalist before transitioning to screenwriting.
Filmography
Compulsion (1959) — ScreenplayPanic in the Streets (1950) — ScreenplayBoomerang! (1947) — ScreenplayBroken Lance (1954) — ScreenplayCry of the City (1948) — ScreenplayThe Desert Rats (1953) — WriterThe House on Telegraph Hill (1951) — Additional WritingThe Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) — Screenplay · DirectorThe Last Angry Man (1959) — AdaptationThe Singing Hill (1941) — WriterThe Apache Kid (1941) — Story · ScreenplayLife in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938) — WriterThree Stripes in the Sun (1955) — Director · ScreenplayWrecking Crew (1942) — ScreenplayLes Miserables (1952) — WriterFelony Squad (1966) — CreatorDeep Waters (1948) — ScreenplayI Live on Danger (1942) — ScreenplayYou're in the Navy Now (1951) — WriterThe Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967) — AdaptationVoltus 5 (1979) — Big Bert Armstrong (voice)Slattery's Hurricane (1949) — ScreenplayBack in the Saddle (1941) — WriterThe Kidnapping of the President (1980) — Screenplay