world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #251 Posted March 9, 2014 Yigal Naor as Saddam Huessein in HBO's "House of Saddam" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #252 Posted March 9, 2014 Peter O'Tool as Lord Chelmsford in "Zulu Dawn" I think that's 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted March 9, 2014 Share #253 Posted March 9, 2014 I am having difficulty with pics, but here are some more ideas. Errol Flynn as Frank Merrill in Objective Burma, Benjamin Bratt as LTC Mucci in The Great Raid, Several renditions of the Tuskegee Airman story with various actors, Martin Sheen as Robert E Lee in Gettysburg as well as Tom Berenger as Longstreet, some other great portrayals in this movie as well as Gods and Generals, Gary Cooper as Dr. Corydon Wassell in the Story of Dr Wassell "Good gravy ;)", and of couse Brad Pitt as Achilles along with the rest of the cast of Troy. Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #254 Posted March 9, 2014 ScottG, Here are some of your selections. I don't know any of the names of the Tuskegee airmen. If you can, please post some names (actual airmen and the actors who played them) and I'll see if I can find them. I also didn't do Achilles because as near as I can tell, he's a character from Greek mythology. Errol Flynn didn't play General Frank D. Merrill in "Objective Burma, he played a captain whose name I don't know who was loosely based on General Frank D. Merrill. However your post spawned this: Jeff Chandler as General Frank D. Merrill in "Merrill's Marauders" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #255 Posted March 9, 2014 Benjamin Bratt as Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Mucci in "The Great Raid" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #256 Posted March 9, 2014 I was going to do some of the historical personalities from "Gettysburg" and "Gods and Generals", but the beards were so bad, I just couldn't do it. Anyway, here's Martin Sheen as Robert E. Lee in "Gettysburg" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #257 Posted March 9, 2014 And Tom Beranger as Lieutenant James Longstreet in "Gettysburg" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #258 Posted March 9, 2014 Finally, Gary Cooper as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell in "The Story of Dr. Wassell" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 9, 2014 Share #259 Posted March 9, 2014 Game, set and match to WW1 nerd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted March 9, 2014 Share #260 Posted March 9, 2014 A couple of actors from the various Tuskegee movies are Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding, and Laurence Fishburne. As to who they actually played I think one was Benjamin Davis, another may have been Alexander Jefferson but not sure... Great job on the others and I will try to think of more. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #261 Posted March 9, 2014 Sabrejet, You can't quit now. There's still too many to do. I have at least 30 circling the airport as I write this and at least another 10 in mind that I haven't looked for yet. But I must admit my knowledge of historical films is wearing thin. Gerard Butler as Attila the Hun in "Attila" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #262 Posted March 9, 2014 Robin Williams as President Dwight D. Eisenhower in "The Butler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #263 Posted March 9, 2014 Laurence Olivier as King Henry V in "Henry V" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted March 9, 2014 Share #264 Posted March 9, 2014 A female from a Bridge Too Far although not a soldier would be Kate Ter Horst who was still quite the hero, played by Liv Ullman. Seems to me there is a WWI film that depicts Mustafa Kemal as well, but not sure of the actors... Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #265 Posted March 9, 2014 Kenneth Branagh as King Henry V in "Henry V" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted March 9, 2014 Share #266 Posted March 9, 2014 You could also add Matthew Fox as General Bonner Fellers in The Emperor. The movie Raid on Entebbe features many portrayals of historic figures. Dominic Cooper as Latif Yahia/Uday Hussein in Devils Double. Tom Wilkinson as Lord Cornwallis in The Patriot. I will post more as they come. Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #267 Posted March 9, 2014 You were right Scott. There was a Turkish biopic about Mustafa Kemel made in 2010. He's the guy who fought the British and Australian troops at Gallipoli in 1916. Sinan Tuzcu as Mustafa Kemel 'Ataturk' in "Veda" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #268 Posted March 9, 2014 Here you go Scott ... Matthew Fox as General Bonner fellers in "The Emperor" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #269 Posted March 9, 2014 And Tom Wilkinson as General Lord Charles Cornwallis in "The Patriot" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #270 Posted March 9, 2014 Al Pacino as King Richard III in "Looking for Richard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share #271 Posted March 9, 2014 Tom Berenger as Lt. Gen. James E. Longstreet in "Gettysburg" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted March 9, 2014 Share #272 Posted March 9, 2014 Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager in "The Right Stuff" and Chuck Yeager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted March 9, 2014 Share #273 Posted March 9, 2014 Benjamin Bratt as Lt Col. Henry Mucci from "The Great Raid" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #274 Posted March 9, 2014 Liv Ulman as Kate Ter Horst in "A Bridge Too Far" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 9, 2014 Share #275 Posted March 9, 2014 Bruce Greenwood as President John F. Kennedy in "13 Days" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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