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RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:12 pm
by gunny
Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder........[&o]
RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:31 pm
by Grell
ORIGINAL: gunny
Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder........[&o]
LOL! My wife bought me that movie, I think Downey Jr. is a great actor.
Regards,
Grell
RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:38 pm
by Marauders
All the Brit actors in A Bridge Too Far.
... and the Band of Brothers guys.
RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:26 pm
by Sarge
Charles Durning
Landing on Omaha in first wave he somehow managed to walk off the beach as the only survivor of his squad. On the move inland stepped on a mine in Les Mare des Mares sending him to England for months only to be rushed back to the front lines during the Ardennes where his unit was promptly steamrolled.
Durning was found and captured by the Germans suffering from several bayonet wounds inflicted in the previous nights hand to hand fighting but somehow still managed and escape only to find out later some of his unit captured where found at Malmedy.
Three Purple Hearts and Silver Star
I’d say that ranks [&o]
RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:30 pm
by Missouri Rebel
ORIGINAL: Prince of Eckmühl
All the best actors in war movies are British. [;)]
Everything the Brits do is cool. They can make a conversation about lawn fertilizer absolutely fascinating.
This redneck remembers laughing his rear off on some Brit show that has come on a few times. I think its called Keeping Up Appearances. Loved it. Is there something wrong with me?
mo reb
ps...leave it to Briggs to highlight the hot chick in the pic. Man you are right though. She is a babe.
pps. I also liked Dwight Yokum in his role in When Trumpets Fade. He was such a _ _ _ _!
RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:10 am
by mbatch729
Hey, don't forget Sir Sean Connery in The Longest Day... [;)]
RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:00 am
by KG Erwin
ORIGINAL: mbatch729
Hey, don't forget Sir Sean Connery in The Longest Day... [;)]
Sir Sean was also very good in "A Bridge Too Far" in his role as the CO of the British 1st Airborne Division. He played it in a deliberately understated and sometimes humorous way, and it worked well.
RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:10 am
by KG Erwin
Let me add that Ken Watanabe did a great job portraying Gen. Kuribayashi in "Letters from Iwo Jima". I also liked Watanabe in "The Last Samurai".
RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:28 pm
by anarchyintheuk
Bob Mitchum and Curt Jurgens in Enemy Below. Good actors.
RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:12 pm
by Fred98
Clint Eastwood in Kelley's Heroes.
Eastwood is on record saying it could have been a great war movie but the producer sent the movie the "wrong way".
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RE: Best War Movie Actors
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:18 am
by Jeffrey H.
ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk
Bob Mitchum and Curt Jurgens in Enemy Below. Good actors.
Mitchum had one of the greatest lines in a war movie in The Longest Day, "There's only two kinds of men on this beach..."
That was memorable.