Richard Murphy (May 8, 1912 – May 19, 1993) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer.
Murphy's first screenwriting credit was for providing the story for Back in the Saddle, a 1941 Gene Autry western.
While in the Army Air Forces during World War II, Murphy reached the rank of captain seeing action in the Pacific theater countries of New Guinea and the Philippines.
Murphy returned to the States and started working for 20th Century Fox.
He received the first of two Oscar nominations for this screenplay, with his second in 1953 for the World War II film The Desert Rats.