Who is the best actor in a War Movie?

[syscom3]

......Sir Alec Guinness as Nicholson in The Bridge over The River Kwai.

A monumental role he played. Probably the best he performed in his career.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

(but then there isn't a shortage of bad ones either).

Matt Damon, Ben Assflick.........

 

[ww1ace]

I don't know who is my favorite, although I like Frank John Hughes for Wild Bill Guarnere. He's pretty funny. I like John Phillip Law in "Von Richthofen and Brown" although it was historically inaccurate.

 

[Gnomey]

(but then there isn't a shortage of bad ones either).

Matt Damon, Ben Assflick.........

My thoughts exactly...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I am sure someone here will think they are the greatest thing to happen to Pearl Harbor.

 

[pbfoot]

Neil Dudgeon as moggy in a Piece of Cake
Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory or Heroes of Telemark
the guy who played Gibson in the Dambusters
Slim Pickens in Dr Strangelove
and just for trivia which actor in The Longest Day was really there

 

[lesofprimus]

Richard Todd, who played Major John Howard, his real life Commanding Officer...

 

[evangilder]

ka-SNAP! Damn Les, that was fast!

 

[lesofprimus]

It is a Trivial Pursuit question lol..

 

[Bustedwing]

Skiiiiidish ! ( Bitch slap ) deluxe ! Lee Marvin in "The Big Red One" !
Other notables:
Donald Sutherland in "Eye of the Needle" and "The Eagle has Landed"
James Caan in " One Bridge Too Far "
Lot of younguns here me thinks !

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Big Red One, that was a good movie and had a lot of good performances in it.

 

[evangilder]

I recently bought the directors cut of the Big Red One. Haven't watched it yet, but remember seeing it many years ago.

Who could forget Lee Marvin and Toshio Mifune in Hell in the Pacific. That was a good one too. The ending kinda sucked, but the rest was great.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I have not seen Hell in the Pacific yet.

 

[evangilder]

Picture Enemy Mine set in the Pacific Islands with a Japanese and American. Similar idea.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Sounds cool, is it out on DVD also.

 

[evangilder]

Yep, it's in my WWII DVD collection.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Hell in the Pacific is a great film...

I also like Charles Bronson in any war film...

 

[reddragon]

Robert Ryan in the Flying Leathernecks was pretty good. I cant remember the name of his charcter in it though, its been a while since I've seen it.

He played Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin in that movie.

 

[lesofprimus]

Lee Marvin Kicks Ass.... If u aint a Lee Marvin fan, u aint a real man...

And I agree with u CC....

 

[evangilder]

Yep, he was great. He was real good in the Dirty Dozen.