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Dead or Alive; who's your fav.actor in uniform? Eastwood? J.Wayne? Others?
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John Wayne! He bloody won the Pacific war! 
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July 28th, 2004, 05:06 AM
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With an avatar like mine it has to be Richard Todd !
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July 28th, 2004, 04:13 PM
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OK! It has to be Anthony Quinn! Great Actor, character!
The 25th Hour
The Guns of Navarone
Lawrence of Arabia
Lion of the Desert
Back to Bataan
Guadalcanal Diary
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July 28th, 2004, 04:25 PM
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There are some great ones - no doubt. My favorites ...
Gregory Peck - Guns of Navarone
Donald Sutherland - who doesn't love Oddball?
Jürgen Prochnow - Das Boot.
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July 28th, 2004, 05:01 PM
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I was thinking of Donald Sutherland but besides, Kellys Heros and Dirty Dozen he isn't in any other war movies, that I know of anyway!
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July 30th, 2004, 11:04 PM
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A recent one would definetly be Tom Sizemore.
He's kind of becoming the next war actor icon, sort of. 
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July 31st, 2004, 10:58 AM
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I kinda like Richard Burton or Gregory Peck. Eastwood is an excellant cowboy and/or "Inspecter".IMO. What did Tom Sizemore star in OTF?
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Sizemore was pretty good as the Sergeant in 'Saving Private Ryan'.....
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July 31st, 2004, 01:21 PM
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Check out my avatar!
Telly Savales was a good war movie actor. Tough and gritty in Kelly's heroes. Creepy in The Dirty Dozen. "Scream, bitch!"
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Wasnt Sizemore in Black Hawk Down too?
I go with Eastwood, just for the fact that he is the only man who can use TWO MP40s and get away with it... (see Where Eagles Dare, corridor of death scene!  )
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July 31st, 2004, 05:12 PM
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Quote:
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Wasnt Sizemore in Black Hawk Down too?
I go with Eastwood, just for the fact that he is the only man who can use TWO MP40s and get away with it... (see Where Eagles Dare, corridor of death scene! )
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But Red, Burton wrecked the Luftwaffe planes with a snowplow ! 
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True, but Eastwood had TWO MP40s... And he kills a whole Regiment in that corridor... But he is "a second rate punk"...
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I go for the great Lee Marvin, an ex-marine, wounded at Saipan!
The Big Red One, The Dirty Dozen, The Caine Mutiny, the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (off-topic but a hell of a movie  )
He's buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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- "Yeah, yeah... I got shot square in the ass and they gave me the Cross for securing a hot spot about halfway up Suribachi...
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August 2nd, 2004, 04:26 AM
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Yeah Red, Sizemore was in Black Hawk Down also and is now in Paparazzi
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Richard Burton is great but I have to say David Niven or Errol Flyn. An alternative would be William Hartnell, who makes a fantastic job of being no nonsence sergeants (The Way Ahead is without a doubt one of the finest war movies ever).
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What about Anthony Quayle?
The Eagle Has Landed; Lawrence of Arabia; The Guns of Navarone; Battle of River Plate
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I'd agree about Anthony Quayle as well. Always does the same kind of characters. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Tom Sizemore played the sergeant major in "Saving Private Ryan", the mechanic sergeant in "Pearl Harbour" and a lieutenant colonel in "Black Hawk Down".
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Anthony Quayle had great presence, especially in 'Ice Cold In Alex'.
In an interview, I remember him saying that one of the most satisfying experiences in his acting career was to be approached by a South African fim critic after the movie premiered ; he was asked 'Where in South Africa were you born ?'
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Is'nt David Nivan the "explosive expert" in Guns of Navarone and Force Ten /Navarone? Did'nt Anthony Quinn die recently? 
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Anthony Quinn died in 2001. Anthony Quayle died in 1989, which gives me an excuse to post ; -
( Anthony Quayle is on the left )
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I'd say another one is Barry Pepper. He's definetly one of those emotional war actors which I prefer anyway. He was the sniper in S.P.R. and the photographer in We Were Soldiers (also in Green Mile and 25th Hour)
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Anthony Quayle played ... Canaris in "The Eagle Has Landed" - did a smashing job - a great movie to boot.
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