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) - Director · ScreenplayThe 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