I work in movies (lighting). An assistant director I was working with told me that he once had to get Denholm Elliot out of his trailer because they were ready for him but they were six or seven hours behind so he had been waiting all day. The AD apologized and Elliot said that was OK - After the night he was sitting in the tail of his Lancaster one second, and the next second falling through the night sky over Germany, his plane and crewmates completely gone, never seen again, being late to set was really no big deal. I always thought that was pretty cool.Originally posted by Low_Flyer_MkII:
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Denholm Elliot was a P.O.W. Bomber crew, I think.
I heard that Forrest Tucker - Sarge in "F Troup" - was a combat Marine.
And don't forget Charles Durning who was bayoneted, captured during the Bulge, escaped and then was later shot and was in hospital at the end of the war. http://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/wwii/durning.html
All that from the guy who put the moves on Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.
A real man's man, I'd say.![]()
Just in from CNN.com: Thanks to Sharpe26.
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actor Pat Morita, whose portrayal of the wise and dry-witted Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid" earned him an Oscar nomination, has died. He was 73.
Born in northern California on June 28, 1932, the son of migrant fruit pickers, Morita spent most of his early years in the hospital with spinal tuberculosis. He later recovered only to be sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II.
"One day I was an invalid," he recalled in a 1989 AP interview. "The next day I was public enemy No. 1 being escorted to an internment camp by an FBI agent wearing a piece."
Thought it might be of interest.