William Murphy (actor)

{{short description|American actor}}

{{For|the Irish actor also named William Murphy|Bill Murphy (Irish actor)}}

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{{infobox person

| name = William Murphy

| image = 26 Men (The Recruit) scene.jpg

| imagesize = 180px

| caption = Murphy (right) with Tex Palmer, Hal Hopper, and Don Haggerty in 26 Men, 1957

| othername = Gaines Mors and Red Murphy

| occupation = Actor

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|4|20}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|11|6|1922|1|9}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| yearsactive = 1944–1971

| spouse =

| children = 6

}}

William Murphy (April 20, 1922 – November 6, 1989) was an American film actor active from the 1940s through the 1970s. He played Lt. Edlridge on Gunsmoke in the 1959 episode "Blue Horse" (S4E38).

A long-time friend of John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, Williams also spent many nights with Elvis Presley and his entourage. He reportedly regarded Hollywood as "an open invitation to party all night long".Peter Guralnik, Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, p.72.