world war I nerd Posted March 10, 2014 Share #301 Posted March 10, 2014 And ... the only Tuskegee airman that I could determine was not a fictitious character: Andre Brauer as Benjamin O. Davis Jr. in "The Muskegee Airmen" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 10, 2014 Share #302 Posted March 10, 2014 Oops, I think I forgot this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 10, 2014 Share #303 Posted March 10, 2014 And this!!! Ahhh ... the miracles of modern technology, it actually attached! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted March 10, 2014 Share #304 Posted March 10, 2014 Good stuff! I will try and think of more. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #305 Posted March 11, 2014 Here's a series on actors who have portrayed Winston Churchill in film. Churchill's has always been one of my favorite WW II personalities to read about. One anecdote that come to mind is from a book I read years ago about FDRs and Churchill's relationship during the war. Both men got on very well. Anyway on Churchill's second visit to Washington he stayed at the white house. FDR went to speak to Churchill in the room he was staying in. Churchill happened to be in the bathroom with the door open, and when FDR called his name, Churchill called FDR inside. Upon entering the room FDR was shocked to Churchill soaking in the bathtub (something he often did). I'm paraphrasing here, but a very uncomfortable FDR muttered something about coming back at a more appropriate time when Churchill stood up buck naked and said, "Mr. Roosevelt, the Prime Minister of England has absolutely nothing to hide from the president of the United States. Please, say what you came to tell me." I posted two of these already, but I wanted to put them all in one place. Richard Burton as Winston Churchill in "Walk With Destiny" (1974) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #306 Posted March 11, 2014 Bob Hoskins as Winston Churchill in "When Lions Roared (1994). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #307 Posted March 11, 2014 Rod Taylor as Winston Churchill in "Inglorious Bastards" (2009) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #308 Posted March 11, 2014 Albert Finney as Winston Churchill in "The Gathering Storm (2002) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #309 Posted March 11, 2014 Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill in "The King's Speech" (2010) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #310 Posted March 11, 2014 Brendan Gleeson as Winston Churchill in "Into the Storm" (2009) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #311 Posted March 11, 2014 I can't believe that no ones done John Wayne as Colonel Davy Crockett in "The Alamo" (1960) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #312 Posted March 11, 2014 Or Laurence Harvey as Colonel William Barret Travis in "The Alamo" (1960) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #313 Posted March 11, 2014 And then there's Rubin Padilla as generalissimo Antonio Miguel Lopez de Santa Anna in "The Alamo" (1960) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #314 Posted March 11, 2014 Then there's Emilio Echevarillia as Generalissimo Antonio Miguel Lopez de Santa Anna in "The Alamo" (2004) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 11, 2014 Share #315 Posted March 11, 2014 And Patrick Wilson as Colonel William Barret Travis in "The Alamo" (2004) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 11, 2014 Share #316 Posted March 11, 2014 Another Churchillian performance, British Actor Timothey West in Churchill and the Generals 1979. He also reprised his role as Churchill in the 1995 movie Hiroshima. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted March 11, 2014 Share #317 Posted March 11, 2014 I think there is a Churchill in the Eagle Has Landed as well. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 11, 2014 Share #318 Posted March 11, 2014 I know we've already touched on a few but there have also been a bunch of "FDRs" and "Hitlers" in the movies too. British actor Robert Carlisle as the bad guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 11, 2014 Share #319 Posted March 11, 2014 Aussie Martin Sommerlatte in "The Producers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 11, 2014 Share #320 Posted March 11, 2014 Actor Ian Hart in a BBC production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 11, 2014 Share #321 Posted March 11, 2014 My fellow Welshman, Sir Anthony Hopkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 11, 2014 Share #322 Posted March 11, 2014 Albert Welling as Hitler in an episode of the cult sci-fi series "Doctor Who." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 11, 2014 Share #323 Posted March 11, 2014 Michael Sheard as you-know-who. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 11, 2014 Share #324 Posted March 11, 2014 A trio of Adolfs! L to R...Sir Alec Guiness, Martin Wuttke and Charlie Chaplin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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