US movie stars who served in army during WW2
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- List of some of the most famous movie industry related people, mostly actors, who served in the army during the WW2. Some of them saw heavy combat and others gave their attribution in US.
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They simply say Jimmie Stewart was promoted to Major after a bombing mission. He was actually a decorated and skilled Bomber Pilot, with several combat flying missions off the books as well as the 20 missions for which he's given credit. He was eventually grounded by the Eight Air Force Commander for flying these additional missions, when crews were lucky to survive the mandatory 25 missions. He commanded a squadron and was later the Deputy Group Commander for 2nd Bombardment Wing (when he flew the unauthorized missions) reaching the rank of Colonel. He suffered from severe PTSD, due to the loss of many of his men (and some close friends) by the end of the war and almost quit acting. The director Frank Capra convinced him to come back to acting with a series of thoughtful movie roles. The classic movie "It's a Wonderful Life" allowed him to express his personal anguish while his character "George Bailey" is contemplating suicide for his failures (and display some of his own feelings from PTSD) on screen. His performance is considered one of his greatest roles and was more real than people knew. Many from that time consider the movie itself as cathartic for the many WWII Vets (and others) who saw it. After the war, he joined the Air Force Reserve and was qualified on several Strategic Air Command aircraft including the B-36 bomber from the movie "Strategic Air Command", and later B-47's and B-52's. He even flew an unauthorized mission as an observer on B-52 bombing mission over North Vietnam (and was again grounded by the SAC Commander at the time). He eventually retired from the Reserves as a Brigadier General. He was far more than simply a bomber pilot.
Jimmy Stewart was one of a kind.
Thank you for saving me from having to type all that. When I saw "major" I was outraged.
A Great American!!!!!
I like this actor! He was a very brave man ! Regards from France.
Thank you for telling me that, I didn’t know. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Lee Marvin is burried in Arlington National Cemetery. He was as tough in real life as he was in the movies.
bio here is a real understatement of his service.
Don't forget my dad, 836th aviation battalion South Pacific
Amen.
Although Hedy Lamar didn’t serve in the military she sure deserves to be mentioned.
Beat me to it.
Left out James Arness wounded at Anzio
Audie Murphy. Not one of. The most. Number 1 most decorated soldier in any war . Received every military combat award for valor available from the United States.
Number two was Neville Brand.
to hell and back.....just in time to star in a movie about yourself
Murphy wasn' t in the movies until after the war.
@@ericw3229He was only in the movies because of the wounds he suffered during the action which earned him the MoH. Those wounds made him ineligible for continued service. He had been offered an appointment to West Point. If he had gone, I think he would have been a career Army officer.
And received several medals from allied Nations as well
James Doohan didn’t just fight in Normandy, he was one of the first soldiers out of the landing crafts at Juno beach.
He was also Canadian. Served in the Cdn Army and RCAF.
@@hlafrond965 that was probably why he was at Juno beach.👍
Charles Durning was one of the survivors of the infamous Malmedy Massacre…..
Malmedy massacre
Never mentioned James Arnes, wounded during Anzio envision. They did mention his brother Peter Graves.
Good catch!
Look up Christopher Lee, a commando's commando behind enemy lines
Lee was british.
Corporal Bronson's headstone is a testament to his military service, nothing else is mentioned. Honour.
Thanks for this…didn’t know so many served … Glenn Ford awarded special citation,don’t know the details..
@@FilmbuffWSussexGlenn Ford was in the battle of Midway.
Lee Marvin is a United States Marine ! I write "is" because once a Marine, always a Marine. You can take a man out of the Corps ...but you never take the Corps out of the man.
Semper Fi
OOOHRAH!!!
Gene Hackman was a Marine too.
Lee Marvin was a decorated hero who was wounded in one of the bloodiest battles in the pacific. Most of his division was wiped out and he was wounded in action during the Battle of Saipan on Mount Tapochau. He was one of only 4 or 5 who survived!
My dad, who was in the Marines for 20 years, hates it when someone is referred to as "an Ex-Marine". He always said there was no such thing, "once a Marine, ALWAYS a Marine!"
Robert Montgomery was a highly decorated naval officer, rising to Lt Commander. Victor Mature enlisted in the Coast Guard. Carol Lombard deserves mention. She died in a plane crash flying home from one of the first War Bond rallies, inspiring her husband, Clark Gable, to enlist.
Uncle Fester was a fuckin' BADASS!!!
They all were some bad dudes & dudettes
Damn right! He was a glider pilot. He even was captured by the Japanese.
@@leonardkrol2600Yes, and when they realized who they had captured, they turned him over immediately.
Jackie was a Hollywood star prior to the war and he still join the glider corp. He was a bad mofo.
Neville Brand joined the Illinois National Guard in 1939, bent on a career in the military. His National Guard unit was activated into federal service shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. It was while he was in the army that he made his acting debut, in Army training films, and this experience apparently changed the direction of his life. Once a civilian again, he used his GI Bill education assistance to study drama with the American Theater Wing and then appeared in several Broadway plays. His film debut was in Port of New York (1949). Among his earliest films was the Oscar-winning Stalag 17 (1953). His heavy features and gravelly voice made Brand a natural tough guy (and he wasn't just a "movie" tough guy--he was among the most highly decorated American soldiers in World War II, fighting in the European Theater against the Germans). "With this kisser, I knew early in the game I wasn't going to make the world forget Clark Gable," he once told a reporter. He played Al Capone in The George Raft Story (1961), The Scarface Mob (1959), and TV's The Untouchables (1959). Among his other memorable roles are the sympathetic guard in Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and the representative of rioting convicts in Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954). Perhaps his best-known role was that of the soft-hearted, loud-mouthed, none-too-bright but very effective Texas Ranger Reese Bennett of Backtrack! (1969), Three Guns for Texas (1968), and TV's Laredo (1965).
Watching war movies with their participation, I always admired their ease of playing battle scenes. It turns out that they showed what they really participated in. Glory to the heroes. Greetings from Poland.
You missed Richard Boone, US Navy Pacific, carriers, either torpedo or dive bomber aircraft, plane gunner off of aircraft carriers in the Pacific theatre.
Сюда добавил бы и известного Американского актера и бодибелдера Гордона Скотта который служил в военной полиции.
Audie Murphy is first by far and there should be a long pause before the others. I do appreciate these men putting their careers on hold for our great nation. They would be embarrassed by what they see today.
They are doing triple flips in their graves.
Great list. James Doohan was Canadian and fought with the Canadian Army. He was wounded on D Day and later trained as a pilot to assist with artillery spotting.
He lost part of one hand on D-Day- you never see that hand in any Star Trek episode.
Perhaps an honourable mention for Russell Johnson, who played the “Professor” in Gilligan’s Island. He flew numerous combat missions in the Pacific and was injured in 1945 when shot down. Got decorated for bravery. He was a fairly good but underrated actor.
William Conrad (AKA "Frank Cannon") was a fighter pilot in WWII.
Did I miss Don Adams? Marine at Guadalcanal.
Yes you did. Also was a marine drill instructor. He picked up the way he spoke from that. MOS.
Yes. Missed him by that much.
Don Adams was also a spy for Control.
“Sorry about that, Chief!”
You'll see no such lineup of hollywoods current list of denizens.
Audie Murphy was the most decorated enlisted man in the Armed Forces in WWII. Admiral’Chesty’ Puller was the most decorated officer in WWII.
chesty was a marine general not an admiral. LOL
Chesty joined the Marine in 1917. He had many years to collect ribbons. Whereas Audie had less then two years during WW2.
For the record I think Chesty should've been award the MOH three times. He earned them.
Missed George O'brien.
He served in WW1 and WW2.
Just more reasons why they were and still are called "The Greatest Generation". Don't think I saw Brian Keith on this he was a gunner in a Dauntless. I recently finished reading Masters of the air. Always knew Jimmy Stewart flew with the 8th but never knew he flew as many combat missions as he did, eventually becoming commanding officer of his squadron. He even flew combat in Vietnam and retired as an Air Force General. Many generations in our family have served, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War. I feel truly fortunate to have heard some of my father in law's stories first hand USN WWII, as well as some of my brothers father in law USMC WWII, we miss you Brownie & Norm. Thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!
All of them are Great Americans, true heroes.❤️🇺🇸
Peter Graves was originally Aurness. His brother James was in Italy. James dropped the "U" from the last name. Lieu Tenant Edward Albert Heimberger, Senior. With a Landing Craft, Infantry(LCI) he took a 100+ wounded USMC off a Tarawa "hot beach". One LCI was sunk. He boarded a 2nd. He dropped Heimberger because lamebrains called him Hamburger. James Doohan was shot by "friendly fire". Lost THAT right hand finger. Captain Fairbanks, Junior commanded an USN unit that was like "McHale's Navy", but wilder and more dangerous.The unit served in the Med. One night they took on and sank 2 enemy ships. Transferred to the Pacific. The Beach Jumpers were closer to the SEALs. They were intended to be a Psychological Warfare Operation. AKA Cyclops. Ted Knight was awarded FOUR Bronze Stars when THE HARD WAY was the only way to get one. Don Adams was on Guadalcanal.
You missed the professor on Gilligan's island
Russell Johnson. Like many who served, he didn't speak much about what he did and his castmates didn't know. Flew 44 combat missions in a B25 in the South Pacific, was shot down and broke both ankles. Among his awards is the Air Medal.
He mentioned in a Twilight Zone episode that he fought for the Republic.
@@kristend344Thanks for your post. Russell Johnson wrote an entertaining book about his life and times. Most of it was about Gilligan’s Island 🏝️ but he briefly mentioned his war service. He wasn’t a big noter and he writes affectionately about his co-stars.
Fun fact: Walter Matthau's CO was (then) Col. Jimmy Stewart. When he worked up the nerve, he asked him about acting.
This is wonderful, but what about James Arness? He served in the US Army and received awards including the Purple Heart Award. He deserved to be on here
Rod serling infantryman during Philippines campaign, wounded
Paratrooper, he also jumped with experimental parachutes after the war for extra money so he could write scripts.
You wonder if All those twilight zones depicting war were therapeutic?
Isaac asimov a soldier in the bikini nuclear tests after the war, he got tiroides cancer.
Although not a huge fan, I believe in giving crddit where/when crddit is due ! Charles Durning not only survived the landings st Omaha Beach and the Battle of the Bulge, but he was one of the very few survivors of the Malmedy Massacre when taken prisoner shortly after that battle !
Jimmy Stewart went on to be a General in the SAC ...
Bronson was wounded. He received a purple heart.
my favorite charles bronson the hero of red sun was a great movie.amazing ❤❤❤
Frank Sutton? Gomer Pyle's drill sergeant. US Army, Pacific, signalman, 14 assault landings.
I'm pretty sure Kirk Douglas was Navy.
❤you left out one of the greats Glenn Miller and his band love Anthony Fed ex lol ❤
James Doohan wasn't technically a "US film star"....he was Canadian and served in the Canadian Army at Normandy.
Shot by "friendly" Canadian fire. Hit by 6 bullets. He could no longer "salute" with his right hand. He was in some US westerns. 1962, "Gun Smoke" Season 8, Episode 3 and "Bonanza" with Majel Barrett. 1966, he was Scrimp in "Scalplock".1993, Officer Scotti in the police comedy "Loaded Weapon". 1965, Agent X-Ray in "The Satan Bug".
@@leondillon8723He lost some fingers due to that. Look closely at ST- you really can't see his hands too well.
Some of the men were too old for combat by the time WW2 came around, so they served in other ways.
@maggiegarber246 I thank them for their contributions, nevertheless! These people are from my grandparents's generation (in fact, my paternal grandfather was also a WWII veteran so, I'll include him regarding contributions).
Clark Gable was one - he was 40. He had a death wish as he was grieving his wife's death in an airplane crash.
Such Edgar Rice Burroughs
Eddie Albert served in the U.S.Coast Guard.
And proved just how brave he was at Tarawa…
Missing Robert Shaw, he was on the Indianapolis when it was sunk, after delivering the core of Uranium bomb to Tinian.
He was found days later floating with many ship mates in shark infested water. Some did not make it.
That was his character in Jaws.
Dead eyes, like a doll's eyes.
Wow! How ironic. As astounding as Jack Nicholson's discovery of his older sister was actually his mother 2 years before Chinatown.
@@richardbutler9217 That was Bonnie Parker's sister/uncle/mother. Wasn't it? So confused!
@@lawrencelewis2592 l recently found out the following people's older sister was secretly their mother.
Merle Oberon
Jack Nicholson
Bobby Darin
Eric Clapton
Ted Bundy
Jack Nicholson said he was glad he found out. But both his sister and mother were no longer alive when he discovered it.
Ted Bundy, on the other hand, was devastated.
Interesting
Clark Gable only flew thost 5 missions because he had to sneak onto a plane to be a gunner. Those in charge were against his going into combat because he was such a big star.
Amazing cast of characters….comment about John Wayne is spot on. He avoided military service to make movies.
John Wayne had a football 🏈 injury which made him unable to join (he wanted to join but was refused by the military because of his injury) truly was heartbroken because of this fact rest of his life
Wayne did not avoid service. He was too old for the draft and tried to serve but was blocked from doing so.
Jason Robards' ship was "sunked" in the Pacific? I never knew that.
Glenn Ford, Charleton Heston, Hal Holbrook, and Henry Fonda were all in the battle of Midway.
Fonda played Admiral Nimitz in the 1976 movie- MIDWAY
James Garner served as did George Bush senior as a Navy pilot.
James Garner served in Korea.
As an ex military man, God Bless Them ❤❤❤❤
The irony was Mr. Patriot John Wayne never served or even joined the USO but years later acted like he was a real veteran...
He was of more value as an actor then as a soldier. Don't be knocking Duke!
John Wayne tried to enlist, but had flat feet. He served by selling war bonds through movies
@@michaelmccormick8562- no, Wayne was 4F because he had many young children at the beginning of the war. Later his studio went to the draft board and blocked Wayne's eligibility because he was too valuable to the studio and his loss would cause a hardship to the business.
Remember, Wayne was 34 when the war started and 38 when it ended, as well as being an established star. It's not like he would have seen any combat unless he was trained to be a pilot. Plenty of young men 15 years younger than Duke drafted to fill combat rolls.
@@michaelmccormick8562 Sure and Trump has bone spurs....
@@user-kn1gr9pc5y and Biden has asthma
Larry Storch ( F Troop tv show) served on the same mine layer as Tony Curtis.
Don Adams USMC Guadalcanal
Marlene Dietrich should be mentioned. She was brave and sang for the troops in the front lines. The Germans would listen, too.
Thanks to all of them for their service ❤
Walter Mathau served as a Staff Sergeant under Captain James Stewart
Mr. Roger's was a marine sniper in Korean War. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Don't think so. Could you imagine using his shows as psychological warfare. I knew you could.
Mr. Roger's was never in the military. I heard him on a talk show be asked that same question back in the 70's (I'm from Pittsburgh and watched him as a kid).
No he was a pastor, not in the military.
His operations were covert.
David Niven served as a junior officer in the British Army in the 1930s and re-enlisted in WWII and served in combat in France and Holland.
Audie Murphy, was something else!! 😮
Normally don't have a use for things that feed the ego of Hollywood, but this was a great honoring video.
Left out Ronald Reagan. If I remember correctly he was a captain in the US Army reserve. He wanted to go overseas but was told he would serve more effectively stateside. If I remember correctly.
He actually made training films,I remember one was for pilots.Actually the film raised some interesting issues for the pilots to solve.
@@jmarlow2153 Him and (among others) DeForest Kelly, Bones from Star Trek.
Missing Victor Mature - In July 1942, Mature attempted to enlist in the U.S. Navy but was rejected for color blindness. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard after taking a different eye test the same day. He was assigned to USCGC Storis, which was part of the Greenland Patrol. Mature was promoted to the rating of Chief Boatswain's mate. (Wikipedia)
Director Sam Fuller should have got an honourable mention. He served ‘The Big Red One’ and fought all throughout Europe.
Chuck Connors was a tank instructor, was at west point.
James arness
Talk about learning something I'm in awe 😊😊😊
Conspicuous by his absence is the Duke who stayed home and made money as a pretend hero instead of even entertaining the troops
No, he served on PT Boats in WWII, and he was a green beret in Vietnam! 😂
@@stepanbandera5206 and he also fought a heap of hostile native American tribes.
Wayne tried repeatedly to sign up, but was graded medically unfit and more useful to the war effort making movies. It wasn't because he was gold-bricking.
@@stepanbandera5206I had a good laugh at your comment, mainly because you had me there for a moment.
@@csbenzo Thanks. Glad you enjoyed.
My father served on PT Boats in WW2. He was a big John Wayne fan. "They Were Expendable" was one of his favorite movies. Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, and Donna Reed starred.
My father told me Robert Montgomery actually served on PT Boats. Not being a JW fan, I asked my Pop what PT squadron JW served in as I was being a smart Alec.
He didnt think that was very funny.😂
Frank capra and john ford served doing military reports and bogart as a military coastguardian, jeff chandler was a lieutenant, clark gable a commander flight instructor, alex raymond captain.
The picture of Paul Newman looks an awful lot like Vincent Price.
My father was in the USAAF and alway resented Clark Gable. "He went on milk runs." he said but James Stewart, he had a lot of respect for. I worked with a guy in the 1980s who was inspected by Brigadier General Stewart, USAAFR in Viet Nam. He said that the attitude was, "Hey it's Jimmy Stewart!" but you never forgot that he was a general.
Jimmy Stewart had to fight the army to be able to "fight" the Germans. They wanted to keep him stateside and make moral boosting films.
To give Gable credit, the missions he flew were unauthorized. He literally conned his way into the bomber crews he flew with. His official role was public liaison and training film production. He enlisted and was later commissioned as a member of the USAAF signal corps.
@@boydgrandy5769 I did not know that, thanks! But my father is too dead to change his mind.
Maybe your fagther should have shut up. Gable was in his forties.
Aldo ray served in navy as a demolition frogman
My Grandfather did the same thing, but said they were called "Salvage Divers". Basically the first Unit of UDT.
Eddie Albert’s deeds at Tarawa are described in A Fellowship of Valor: The Battle History of the U.S. Marines…
Entertaining troops in the Continental United States. Thank you for your service.
James Doohan (Star Trek's Scotty) was a Canadian who was wounded on Juno Beach on D-Day . He was severely wounded when he was shot by one of his own men because Doohan forgot the password.
Whaaaat? Paul Newman was in his mid 40s in Bunch-dance and Cassidy in the 60s? Man, I always thought he was thirty years old, tops.
Многие из этих актеров неизвестны в России . Уважение этим людям и вечная память . Благодарность автору.
Jack Pallance was Ukrainian. He refused the Soviet award for the achievement. Hard core nationalist to the end.
Col. (Hon) Martha Raye, USO, WWII, Korea, Vietnam. Buried with full military honors at Ft. Liberty, NC.
Audrey Hepburn, WWII Dutch Resistence.
Russell Johnson, aka the Professor, flew combat missions in the Pacific and was highly decorated.
Audie Murphy was not one of the highest decorated soldiers. He was the MOST decorated soldier in WW2.
Recommendation: include branch and ranks.
None of the current crop of actors in Hollywood would ever fight for this country, they would fight against it
And are.
And good for them , smart 🧠 actors !. Question 🙋 fight for what exactly ?. So the super rich at the top of the food - chain, can get even richer ?......
@alan...you can freely spew your communist rubbish because of these folks, and millions more just like them...heck, you could become a gazillionaire, but evidently you're not that smart...
@@alancrisp1582 You do realize that wealth inequality is even worse under socialism, right?
Many of them are serving for our country by bravely fighting the draft-dodging, malingering, president-for-life, Donald Trump.
They mentioned Peter Graves, but not his brother, James Arness, who was wounded at the Battle of Anzio.
John Wayne, served in the canteen at Warner Brothers
No he didn't! Didn't serve at all.
Not serving in the military in World War II was John Wayne's biggest regret. In 1941 he was 34 years old and had three young children. He qualified for his exemption and took it. Instead of denigrating John Wayne, who did nothing wrong, let's celebrate the accomplishments of the guys who did join.
@@garthornspike3648 🙂nahh, it's more fun denigrating Wayne.
@@qre268Zrtb You're a sad human being.
How come they have Audy Murphy as one of the most decorated soldiers of WW2 when he's THE most decorated soldier of WW2.
Thank you all for your service!
Sterling Hayden served in the OSS in the Balkans
All the trumpets sounded for them on the other side
where is Neville brand?
No Elvis Presley in the Army, or did I miss it?? 🇺🇲
Yep armored division.
The video was about WWII service. Presley served in peace time from 1958 to 1960 with final discharge from Reserve duty in 1964.
@@roberthughes9856 got it, thx 👍
Elvis Presley was not even born during WW2 and this video is about those people
@@madzec Presley was born in 1935. He'd have been 10 years old in 1945. He died at age 42 in 1977.
Love to know more about Johnathan Winters.
You could just turn on the TV after dinner, sit in the floor and watch a real life hero do jokes. Of course back then a lot of folks had one sitting right behind them in an armchair too.
Do Korea, Vietnam & Gulf War.
🤫 No,.outside of America 🇺🇸 no one cares about these stupid wars anymore !!...
None of the actors we have today would do the same...
no doubt.... GREATEST GENERATION...
😢 And today are breeding ground for entitled Karen's !.
James Doohan also served in the R.C.A.F..
Telly boy served in WW2 in the US army going medical.
He was one of Kellys Heroes.
@@stepanbandera5206 And Dirty unit 12.
My father was in the arny in WW!! and he saw his friend died by an airplane.shooting.
Everyone slamming John Wayne should know he served on PT Boats in WWII, and was a green beret in Vietnam!
Audience Murphy. THE MOST DECORATED SOLDIER, not one of.
Notice you did not see that Draft Dodger John Wayne on that group of Heros!!
Or tough guy Sinatra.
You forgot GEORGE Gobel was flight instructor WWW11😊
George Gobel: air training in Oklahoma, Member US Air Veterans.
What a lesson 😅😅😅😊😊