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Title: The All-Time Toughest Actor in Hollywood History...
Post by: Shuckins on January 13, 2003, 06:34:07 PM: would be Who? I'm talking about real-life, not screen persona.

Victor McLaglen would get my vote.

Shuckins
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Post by: funkedup on January 13, 2003, 06:35:04 PM: Lee Marvin
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Post by: Hangtime on January 13, 2003, 06:36:41 PM: Steve McQueen
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Post by: mietla on January 13, 2003, 06:37:19 PM: Quote
Originally posted by funkedup
Lee Marvin

yup. He was one bad dude.
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Post by: john9001 on January 13, 2003, 06:39:00 PM: Lee Marvin , former marine , WW2
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Post by: Suave on January 13, 2003, 06:40:08 PM: "I aint got time to bleed."
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Post by: mietla on January 13, 2003, 06:43:32 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Suave
"I aint got time to bleed."

that was not Clint. That was a persona :)
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Post by: RightF00T on January 13, 2003, 06:50:13 PM: Ving Rhames
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Post by: Gunthr on January 13, 2003, 06:58:48 PM: Sterling Hayden

and Lee Marvin - absolutely
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Post by: midnight Target on January 13, 2003, 07:00:25 PM: Audie Murphy
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Post by: Horn on January 13, 2003, 07:08:50 PM: Jack Palance
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Post by: Krusher on January 13, 2003, 07:19:59 PM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
Audie Murphy

agreed !
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Post by: LBE182 on January 13, 2003, 08:05:34 PM: R. Lee Ermey. Full Metal Jacket.
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Post by: Airhead on January 13, 2003, 08:05:42 PM: Patrick Swazie
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Post by: Sandman on January 13, 2003, 08:11:48 PM: Robert Conrad.
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Post by: newguy on January 13, 2003, 08:15:24 PM: Pual Reubens
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Post by: Airhead on January 13, 2003, 08:25:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
Robert Conrad.

Robert Conrad is a short little pompous pants stuffing chump. Did I ever tell you what it was like to work for that guy? That amazinhunk had me fired cause I was taller than him. What a punk.
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Post by: hblair on January 13, 2003, 08:26:20 PM: Mister Rogers.
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Post by: Ripsnort on January 13, 2003, 08:40:33 PM: Carol O'Connor. To put up with what hell he went thru with his son addicted to cocaine, and losing him.
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Post by: poopster on January 13, 2003, 08:57:05 PM: Toss up, wouldn't want to meet up with any of them in an alley..

Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen or Charles Bronson..
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Post by: Seeker on January 13, 2003, 09:43:09 PM: Errol Flynn.

That ain't CGI
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Post by: Dnil on January 13, 2003, 10:01:42 PM: jackie chan
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Post by: Charon on January 13, 2003, 10:03:52 PM: Tough Actor: One who doesn't squeak when his latte's cold.

Gene Hackman was a marine.

Jimmy Stuart was pretty tough.

Audie Murphy (Duh MT, the toughest of the bunch) but only an Army Achievement Medal for his acting chops :)

Lee Marvin

Then it's a toss up between Charlton Heston and Alec Baldwin.

Charon
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Post by: Sandman on January 13, 2003, 10:10:31 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Airhead
Robert Conrad is a short little pompous pants stuffing chump. Did I ever tell you what it was like to work for that guy? That amazinhunk had me fired cause I was taller than him. What a punk.

Score!

Yes, I remember the story. :D
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Post by: Bonden on January 13, 2003, 10:28:35 PM: I remember that story too - comes to mind if I run across Blacksheep Squadron on the tube
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Post by: -tronski- on January 14, 2003, 02:50:48 AM: Richard Burton
Clint Eastwood
Arnie
Chow Yun-Fat

Tronsky
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Post by: Bonden on January 14, 2003, 05:06:31 AM: Johnny Weismuller
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Post by: Dowding on January 14, 2003, 05:47:01 AM: Leonardo DiCaprio.

He may have a head shaped like an amusingly deformed turnip, but he's one bad mutha!
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Post by: GRUNHERZ on January 14, 2003, 05:52:27 AM: Richard Gere...
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Post by: Tuomio on January 14, 2003, 06:02:16 AM: Leonardo DiCaprio
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Post by: Krusher on January 14, 2003, 07:22:19 AM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
Audie Murphy

Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross
Silver Star with First Oak Leaf Cluster
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device and First Oak Leaf Cluster
Purple Heart with Second Oak Leaf Cluster
U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal
Good Conduct Medal
Distinguished Unit Emblem with First Oak Leaf Cluster
American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with One Silver Star, Four Bronze Service Stars (representing nine campaigns) and one Bronze Arrowhead (representing assault landing at Sicily and Southern France)
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Combat Infantry Badge
Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar
Expert Badge with Bayonet Bar
French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de Guerre
French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier
French Croix de Guerre With Silver Star
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Medal of Liberated France
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm
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Post by: Eagler on January 14, 2003, 08:37:04 AM: Robert Blake & OJ

both committed real life cold blooded murder

one still walks the streets, will the other one too??
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Post by: H. Godwineson on January 14, 2003, 09:02:16 AM: Eagler,

Stop trying to hijack my thread!

Shuckins
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Post by: lazs2 on January 14, 2003, 09:04:51 AM: audie Murphy. No doubt. He couldn't even live with himself. People say that when he got mad the look he gave would make your blood go cold.

Robert conrad is second... Takes a real man to shoot down all those zeroes in a -4 Corsair.

lazs
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Post by: classy man on January 14, 2003, 10:23:07 AM: Gary Colemna + Rue paul git my nodd.
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Post by: wulfie on January 14, 2003, 10:26:40 AM: Murphy is in my book, but 'toughest' is impossible to really rank. I mean, does this mean it's ok to piss of James Coburn? I don't think so. :)

I'll tell you one thing - I learned about Audie Murphy from my Dad and his Friends as a kid. I always pause in shock for a moment or two when I'm talking to some sub-30 year old in the U.S. military who doesn't know who he was.

For those of you not from the U.S.A., he's the classic American 'storybook hero', but in his case it's all real - a little guy from Texas, who wanted to fight the enemy face to face. He was 'too small' though - the USMC and USN both turned him down because of size (they were following standard guidelines) and in the USA (U.S. Army) they at first put him in a supply unit. His first CO also though him too small for combat duty, but finally relented after repeated nagging by Murphy (must be distantly related to lazs2 ehehheheh - inside joke there) he finally got posted as a replacement to a USA infantry unit (USA infantry was taking alot of losses at the time).

And he went on to become the most decorated guy in WW2...who insisted that there were guys just as brave as him that didn't survive to get the medals he did. A real class act.

Here's a short bio (imdb.com):

http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Murphy,%20Audie

'At Arlington Cemetery, the tombstones of Medal of Honor winners are normally decorated in gold leaf, but Murphy requested that his tombstone remain plain and inconspicous.'

"I never liked being called the 'most decorated' soldier. There were so many guys who should have gotten medals and never did--guys who were killed."

I highly recommend reading and seeing 'To Hell and Back' if you haven't already.

Mike/wulfie
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Post by: Mighty1 on January 14, 2003, 10:36:21 AM: To Hell and Back is one of my all time favorite WWII movies!

I wish I could get it and Battle of the Bulge on DVD.
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Post by: vorticon on January 14, 2003, 10:40:10 AM: there all wimps...why do you think they have stunt doubles...
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Post by: X2Lee on January 14, 2003, 10:42:04 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Charon

Then it's a toss up between Charlton Heston and Alec Baldwin.

Charon

LOL alec baldwin wouldnt make a pimple on a tuff guys butt.
Besides being a sissyboy I think hes gay...
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Post by: ra on January 14, 2003, 10:54:07 AM: <<Besides being a sissyboy I think hes gay...>>>
Yeah, I once saw him make a pass at this boy scout with a canteen.
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Post by: JB73 on January 14, 2003, 10:56:38 AM: Bruce Lee
Jet Li

Keanu Reeves

:eek::D
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Post by: Rover on January 14, 2003, 10:57:54 AM: Meg Rian ;)
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Post by: Sikboy on January 14, 2003, 11:03:23 AM: Quote
Originally posted by vorticon
there all wimps...why do you think they have stunt doubles...

lol, I take it you havn't read the posts about Audie Murphy then?

-Sik
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Post by: H. Godwineson on January 14, 2003, 11:06:36 AM: I'm surprise no one has mentioned Burt Lancaster. He did most of his own stunts I believe.

Shuckins
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Post by: vorticon on January 14, 2003, 11:10:16 AM: i still think there all whimps
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Post by: Charon on January 14, 2003, 11:21:49 AM: Quote
i still think there all whimps

I don't know Vorticon, he was only about a year or two older than you when he was fighting and killing and getting shot at and becoming the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. If that makes him a whimp, then how would you describe yourself :)

Charon
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Post by: Airhead on January 14, 2003, 11:47:38 AM: I'm surprised nobody mentioned Gentle Ben. He weighed 600 pounds, had sharp claws and big teeth and could run 30 MPH. Really, who would YOU rather run into walking in the woods- Burt Lancaster or Gentle Ben?
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Post by: midnight Target on January 14, 2003, 11:50:15 AM: It is not well known, but absolutely true...

Gentle Ben had a stunt double..

Robert Conrad
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Post by: -dead- on January 14, 2003, 11:51:02 AM: While Chow Yun Fat's from my home island, he's got nothing on that plastic-skulled lunatic, Jackie Chan. The man is utterly insane and should, by rights, be dead several times over. Way cool, but utterly insane. Although I believe the Hollywood execs now frown on him doing his own stunts for monetary reasons.
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Post by: Krusher on January 14, 2003, 12:35:07 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Airhead
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Gentle Ben. He weighed 600 pounds, had sharp claws and big teeth and could run 30 MPH. Really, who would YOU rather run into walking in the woods- Burt Lancaster or Gentle Ben?

Gentle ben is a rug near my fireplace.... wusss !
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Post by: udet on January 14, 2003, 12:41:08 PM: Woody Allen. He can kick your prettythang
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Post by: H. Godwineson on January 14, 2003, 12:44:09 PM: Woody Allen aint so tough! Me and a couple of my boys could take him...no problem! Wuss!

Shuckins
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Post by: 28sweep on January 14, 2003, 12:44:23 PM: How about that dude that kicked VanDams ass....whats his name..that convict guy
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Post by: AKDejaVu on January 14, 2003, 12:52:35 PM: Wow...

It might be latent... but it sure is rampant.

This thread reminds me of a quote from "Dirty Work":

"Did you ever say you could see how a woman might find Sean Connery attractive?"

AKDejaVu
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Post by: 2stony on January 14, 2003, 04:01:40 PM: Quote
Victor McLaglen would get my vote

Victor McLaughlin! John Wayne whipped his bellybutton in "The Quiet Man."

Stony

:eek:
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Post by: UserName on January 14, 2003, 04:21:23 PM: Quote
Originally posted by AKDejaVu
Wow...

It might be latent... bit it sure is rampant.

This thread reminds me of a quote from "Dirty Work":

"Did you ever say you could see how a woman might find Sean Connery attractive?"

AKDejaVu

Hehe..

Like calling dolls "action figures."
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Post by: Airhead on January 14, 2003, 05:31:32 PM: OK, OK, how bout Clyde from the "Every Which Way" Clint Eastwood movies? Not only is he better looking than Charles Bronson but he's tougher too.
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Post by: midnight Target on January 14, 2003, 05:43:26 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Airhead
OK, OK, how bout Clyde from the "Every Which Way" Clint Eastwood movies? Not only is he better looking than Charles Bronson but he's tougher too.

Conrad in a monkey suit.
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Post by: Airhead on January 14, 2003, 05:56:21 PM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
Conrad in a monkey suit.

Oh no, Bob Conrad is too short to play Clyde. If we're going to qualify the question to toughest actors who can SPEAK then my vote goes to Mister Ed. Not only is he the toughest actor, but he's also the fastest actor in a six furlong race.
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Post by: Shuckins on January 14, 2003, 07:11:11 PM: 2Stony,

Wayne couldn't have done it in real life. Victor McLaglen once fought Jack Johnson for the heavyweight title. He used to wrestle the Hollywood tough guys between shoots and almost literally tied them in knots.

Shuckins
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Post by: Cobra on January 14, 2003, 08:24:47 PM: Shelly Winters.
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Post by: Animal on January 14, 2003, 08:38:50 PM: Vanilla Ice
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Post by: Airhead on January 14, 2003, 09:14:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Animal
Vanilla Ice

VANILLA ICE?!? Dude, Todd Bridges kicked his bellybutton in Celebrity Boxing, and he's a drug addict!! LOL Damn Animal, you don't know jack about tough actors. ;)