![]() Served in the Royal Navy during WW2 and was a crew-member on board a Landing Craft for the allied invasion of Sicily and also participated in ferrying supplies to Yugoslav partisans. War movies included Attack!, The Longest Day Alec Guiness (UK). During the battle of Tarawa in 1943, he drove a Landing Craft and was credited with rescuing 70 wounded soldiers whilst under Japanese fire. Served in the US Navy in the Pacific in WW2. War movies included:- Ill-met by moonlight, A Bridge Too Far Eddie Albert (USA). Took part in the liberation of the Belsen death camp in 1945 and he once had to kill a wounded allied officer to put him out of his misery. Served in WW2 as an officer in a British Photo-Intelligence Unit. War movies included:- The Dirty Dozen, From Here to Eternity, All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 remake) Dirk Bogarde (UK). Served in the US Navy in WW2, rising to the rank of Gunner's 1st Mate. War movies included:- The Longest Day, Midway, Battle of the Bulge Ernst Borgnine (USA). However he gained a higher rank (Quarter-Master) and was already an established actor when he enlisted in the Navy in 1943. ![]() Also served in the United States Navy in WW2 and, like Steiger, also fought in the Pacific on board a Destroyer. War movies he appeared in included:- Lion of the Desert, Waterloo, The Longest Day. His first introduction to war was when he was ordered to machine-gun and sink an un-armed Japanese civilian fishing boat whilst his ship was escorting the carrier USS Hornet en route to launching the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942. Served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during WW2 on board a Destroyer. War movies he appeared in included:- Midway, 1941, Hell in the Pacific. Served in the Imperial Japanese Air-Force during WW2 as a member of an aerial reconnaissance and photography unit. War movies he appeared in included:- The One that got away, A Bridge Too Far, The Wild Geese and the Battle of the river Neretva. ![]() He fought against the Allies in Europe in 1945 as an infantryman in the Waffen-SS. Was a member of the Hitler Youth until he was old enough to join the German army during the last stages of WW2. War movies he appeared in included:- The Dirty Dozen, The Big Red One, Hell in the Pacific. He fought in the Pacific against the Japanese and was wounded in the buttocks by shrapnel during the battle of Saipan in 1944. War movies he appeared in include:- The Dirty Dozen, The Battle of the Bulge Lee Marvin (USA) Joined the US Marine Corps at the outbreak of WW2. He flew 25 combat missions as a tail gunner in a B-29 in 1944/45, flying long-range bombing missions over Japan and received a Purple Heart for being wounded by shrapnel from anti-aircraft fire. War movies he appeared in - The Great Escape, The Great Escape II (TV) Charles Bronson (USA) Joined the United States air-force during WW2 and served in the war in Pacific against the Japanese. After the war, he seldom spoke about his wartime experiences. ![]() His plane was shot down in 1944 and he was captured and placed in a POW camp where he was interrogated & tortured by the Gestapo. Donald Pleasance (UK) Flew as a Navigator in Lancaster bombers in British RAF Bomber-Command during the night-air offensive against Germany in WW2. War movies he appeared in included- The Dam Busters, The Longest Day, D-Day: the 6th June, Operation Cross-Bow. He fought at the famous action at Pegasus Bridge and later acted in a scene in a film that re-created this battle. When he was interviewed for the 1970s documentary TV series 'The World at War', he recalled as the biggest fear- "the (German) fighter was the boogey-man.the fighter had eyes!" War movies he appeared in- Strategic Air-Command Richard Todd (UK)- Was a Paratrooper in the British 6th Airborne division in WW2 and he saw action on D-Day in Normandy, 1944. War movies he appeared in included Command Decision Jimmy Stewart (USA)- Trained as a bomber pilot for the USAAF in WW2, he served in the 8th Air-Force and flew 25 bombing missions over enemy territory as the pilot of a B-24. He worked primarily in public relations and morale-boosting but also trained as a gunner and he flew five missions on B-17s over Germany. Clarke Gable (USA)- Served in the US air-force during WW2. To all war movie buffs, here are a list of actors who appeared in war films and who also experienced the real thing at some point in their lives.
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