Charles Bronson: American Badass! The TRUE story of his heroism, devotion and career!

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  • @usmc-veteran73-77
    @usmc-veteran73-77 7 місяців тому +69

    Us Appalachians know all about coal mines, just like Charles Bronson. My Dad worked in the coal mines between WW-2 and the Korean War. Again, thanks for this video about Charles Bronson.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      ♥️♥️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👊👊👊

    • @KathyPetesch
      @KathyPetesch 7 місяців тому

      Q now Atchison weather
      ,,†‰😮😮

    • @nanaforchrist915
      @nanaforchrist915 7 місяців тому +3

      Your Dad must have been a very strong (character wise) man. Respect.

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 7 місяців тому +1

      @@nanaforchrist915 Yes he was. Thank You.

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 7 місяців тому +3

      @Popapilla Southeast Ohio, Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia coal mines everywhere.

  • @Caledoniarose
    @Caledoniarose 7 місяців тому +55

    A wonderful tribute to a great American. Bronson was the real deal. Now I want to go back and watch all those amazing films again. Great job TDIH! Thanks!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +3

      Thank you!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @Caledoniarose
    @Caledoniarose 7 місяців тому +35

    The loss of Ms. Ireland at such a young age was so tragic. Her and Mr. Bronson's marriage reminds me a little of Gable & Lombard only not quite as Hollywood. Each man was so devasted by the loss of their true love. So heartbreaking. 😢💔
    I found it interesting that Mr. Bronson turned to the Arts as a career following his service in WWII. After the abject poverty of his youth, the demoralizing, backbreacking harshness of the coal mines, and the horrors of war, it was as if his soul was seeking peace, purity, solace, and beautiy to heal a brutilized soul. Then he found Jill Ireland and the pieces just fit. Eventhough she was already married, he had to attach her to his heart.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +6

      Beautifully said💔💔

    • @beorbeorian150
      @beorbeorian150 5 місяців тому

      Yes. Unexpected choice. I wonder if he followed a gut feeling or something like that. His wife was an absolute stunner. May they rest in peace.

  • @johnbeckwith8313
    @johnbeckwith8313 7 місяців тому +38

    Truly a member of the Greatest Generation ❤😊

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      Absolutely

    • @TOS_Creator
      @TOS_Creator 7 місяців тому +3

      Amen to that! I was fortunate to know at least one member of our armed forces from then. A better man, I never, nor will ever meet.

  • @johnstickles6789
    @johnstickles6789 7 місяців тому +20

    One of my all time favorite actors and a great human and veteran. RIP Charles Bronson

  • @81hewp
    @81hewp 7 місяців тому +20

    What a man can achieve. One of my heroes.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      Mine too!!!!

  • @sapelesteve
    @sapelesteve 7 місяців тому +19

    A true hero and an amazing person! RIP CB you are not forgotten!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you!

  • @AudriaOdom-fr2zs
    @AudriaOdom-fr2zs 7 місяців тому +13

    When I was a little girl my momma told me that Charles Bronson resembled my grandfather. She lost her dad when she was very young and I have since lost her, so, now, when I see something about Charles Bronson, or one of his movies, he reminds me of her. He was a wonderful man.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +3

      Wow lovely ♥️♥️

  • @bzick405
    @bzick405 7 місяців тому +22

    A REAL MAN

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +3

      Absolutely!

  • @MilosBrajkovic-rc3ik
    @MilosBrajkovic-rc3ik 7 місяців тому +15

    Never forgotten...

  • @patriciatinkey2677
    @patriciatinkey2677 7 місяців тому +15

    Thank-you for this! Charles Bronson was/is my all time Hero! You left out so much from this, though.😢 Still... rags to riches, combat hero, actor, staunch friend, peacemaker, romantic, faithful husband. The story about his birthday gift from K Russell is sweet, too & told in your other video. Lovely man. I miss him & James Gardner SO much! ( Robin Wlliams, too- but that's a different type of story!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      We're gonna do a video on Robin Williams!

    • @patriciatinkey2677
      @patriciatinkey2677 7 місяців тому

      It didn't hit me till I watched this again, but not having 3 meals a day till he was in the Army means he was 20 YEARS OLD before he was well fed! It's a wonder he grew up so big & strong! My Dad was also in WW2 in the Army. Korea, too. RIP to both of you heros!

  • @josephryan9230
    @josephryan9230 7 місяців тому +11

    "Charlie and I never spoke of our experiences during the war, but there was a shared understanding" (Lee Marvin).
    Wow!!! That truly captures the essence of what I've envisioned the interactions were on-set between these actors who served in WW2.
    Thanks Nick, as always!!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      Thank you for watching!

  • @DrMatey215
    @DrMatey215 7 місяців тому +8

    Incredible man.

  • @georgewest9998
    @georgewest9998 7 місяців тому +11

    That was great. The poem at his grave really was beautiful .

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +3

      Thank you!

  • @savannahdockins7022
    @savannahdockins7022 7 місяців тому +7

    One of my all time favorites.

  • @MrTexasDan
    @MrTexasDan 7 місяців тому +13

    Superb bio, TDiH!
    Bronson was always a big favorite growing up ... but it wasn't until my 60s that I learned of his real toughness and heroics from your channel.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for watching!

  • @mauricewascom658
    @mauricewascom658 7 місяців тому +7

    A fan since I was 12 y/o. ALWAYS A HERO, EXEMPLAR of the GREATEST GENERATION ‼️🇺🇲❤️🫡💜🇺🇲

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      Truth!

    • @mauricewascom658
      @mauricewascom658 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@ThisDate
      You Betcha❗👍🏼
      & TY Mr. RAGONE 🇺🇲💜🇺🇲

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      👊👊

  • @prestonvinyard8725
    @prestonvinyard8725 7 місяців тому +4

    As a Bronson fan this was much appreciated! Thank you!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Thanks!

    • @prestonvinyard8725
      @prestonvinyard8725 7 місяців тому

      @@ThisDate is there any chance you found out about what kind of workouts Charles did?

  • @ΘανασηςΞενος-τ7ρ
    @ΘανασηςΞενος-τ7ρ 7 місяців тому +13

    Great video sir , i really appreciate your work .. ! ! ! 👍❤🇺🇸

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      Thank you♥️♥️♥️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @Patriot46426
    @Patriot46426 7 місяців тому +12

    Legend

  • @roberthunerberg1509
    @roberthunerberg1509 7 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for your service and your great movie career! RIP

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      ♥️♥️♥️♥️💪

  • @CapitanFantasma1776
    @CapitanFantasma1776 7 місяців тому +9

    Wow! That was great! Thanks!

  • @Hawken54
    @Hawken54 7 місяців тому +12

    I recently watch Bronson in The Twilight Zone with Elizabeth Montgomery called, TWO.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +3

      My favorite episode!

    • @georgewest9998
      @georgewest9998 7 місяців тому +2

      That is a great episode and Elizabeth montgomery.bronson were fantastic.

  • @jeanettecoleman-mz7ie
    @jeanettecoleman-mz7ie 7 місяців тому +11

    Beautiful couple!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +5

      Definitely!

  • @moiragoldsmith7052
    @moiragoldsmith7052 6 місяців тому +1

    He seemed all decency and genuine talent...no hype, no swank. Thanks for sharing. 💞

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  6 місяців тому

      Yes! True!Check out our video on Top 10 Hollwood Heroes: ua-cam.com/video/IRM4-mesfI4/v-deo.html

  • @theminutemen1275
    @theminutemen1275 7 місяців тому +3

    Thanks Nick - Awesome Video!!🇺🇸

  • @leibrown9346
    @leibrown9346 7 місяців тому +9

    Great American. RIP

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🫡🫡🫡

  • @kungfutaichibocaraton9587
    @kungfutaichibocaraton9587 7 місяців тому +6

    Thank you for posting!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @patriciafeehan7732
    @patriciafeehan7732 7 місяців тому +10

    The Greatest Generation.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely!

  • @m3horn
    @m3horn 7 місяців тому +2

    Charles Bronson a real American hero, veteran, movie star, and tuff guy. 💪💪👍👍 Thanks for the video I enjoyed it. 👍👍 keep them qulity videos coming and I will keep watching. 👍👍

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you!!!!

    • @m3horn
      @m3horn 7 місяців тому +1

      @@ThisDate You're Welcome 👍👍👍👍

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      👊👊

  • @pyrog.c.c89
    @pyrog.c.c89 7 місяців тому +5

    Awesome man. 🇺🇲

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @LovingAtlanta
    @LovingAtlanta 7 місяців тому +7

    👍🤩💝Thank you

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Thanks!🇺🇸♥️

  • @user-vm5ud4xw6n
    @user-vm5ud4xw6n 7 місяців тому +2

    My husband always liked Charles Bronson. I remember going to see his movie Death Wish. I was a little miffed at first when I heard about him and Jill but that was because I always liked David (Ducky) McCallum. But I guess the heart will have what it wants. I always enjoy hearing the small amounts of backstory heard in videos like this. The selfless duty to our country during that awful time is wonderful to hear. It shows where true heroes are.

  • @josephhendricks2073
    @josephhendricks2073 7 місяців тому +5

    Great guy

  • @jackdorsey4734
    @jackdorsey4734 7 місяців тому +2

    1 of my favorite 🎬 🎬 actors

  • @saritasolina-9404
    @saritasolina-9404 7 місяців тому +1

    Thank you sooooooo much for this documentary about my idol,I used to have a book about his life
    Manilla, Philippines

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  6 місяців тому

      ♥️♥️♥️

  • @szeleddie
    @szeleddie 5 місяців тому +1

    I just hope bad times bring STRONG MAN like him!!! He was just as hard and strong as he looked!!!

  • @nelsonwestrick9241
    @nelsonwestrick9241 7 місяців тому +2

    ❤great story! 🇺🇸

  • @samanthasimental3788
    @samanthasimental3788 7 місяців тому +4

    WOW!

  • @patriciatinkey2677
    @patriciatinkey2677 7 місяців тому +7

    1 quick unrelated question...was Earnest Borgnine ever in the service?

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +7

      Yes served in WW2 in the navy! Gonna do a video on him!

    • @patriciatinkey2677
      @patriciatinkey2677 7 місяців тому

      Yea! He seemed such a good hearted man!​@ThisDate

  • @JohnPennock-d3y
    @JohnPennock-d3y 6 місяців тому

    WOW, TURNS INTO A REAL STAR! Thanks Charles B. John P.

  • @EASTSIDERIDER707
    @EASTSIDERIDER707 7 місяців тому +3

    I watched The Great Escape in a movie theater with an intermission to change reels and visit the snack bar. In the 60’s movies were good and affordable. Now popcorn costs more than the movie did then.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      True!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      What did you think of this video?

    • @EASTSIDERIDER707
      @EASTSIDERIDER707 7 місяців тому +2

      @@ThisDate Informative. My parents generation was the last good one. One uncle survived the Nazi POW camp.

  • @ralsharp6013
    @ralsharp6013 7 місяців тому +1

    I was addicted to Charles Bronson movies during the 80s. I've never seen him playing the part of Igor though!🧐
    A responsible strong lad who grew into leader in his own rights. I imagine he would have made a most excellent Lieutenant Colonel of any assigned Battalion, given the opportunity.🙌
    With the invention of video recorders, we would religiously watch 'Death Wish' to a point we could just about narrate the whole movie. I will always love Charles Bronson.
    ❤ great upload thank you

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you♥️♥️♥️♥️

    • @ralsharp6013
      @ralsharp6013 7 місяців тому +1

      @@ThisDate thank you for thanking me, for thanking you! 🙏 👣💛

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      ♥️♥️

  • @beorbeorian150
    @beorbeorian150 5 місяців тому

    Once Upon a Time in the West is my favorite Bronson movie.

  • @nateandnoahentertainment7379
    @nateandnoahentertainment7379 7 місяців тому +1

    Charles Bronson….. He’s the best

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Definitely! ♥️♥️♥️💪💪💪Check out our video on Top 10 Hollwood Heroes: ua-cam.com/video/IRM4-mesfI4/v-deo.html

  • @WILLIAM1690WALES
    @WILLIAM1690WALES 7 місяців тому +1

    A strange connect that Charles had with Jill Ireland when they met. She was then married to David McCallum, who was starring in the film the great escape. They then had a relationship, and amazingly McCallum was very stoic about it, but of course, Charles and Jill truly loved each other.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      Yes correct!

  • @jorgeposadas1192
    @jorgeposadas1192 7 місяців тому +2

    I remember going to the movies when I was a little kid in to 70's, go watch a Death Wish movie.

  • @itsjohndell
    @itsjohndell 7 місяців тому +5

    Paramount insisted he change his name before they would offer him a contract.. He wracked his brain while waiting at the bus stop across the street from the main gate at the studio. Finally he looked up at the corner street sugn. Melrose Avenue and North Bronson Avenue . And that's how Charles Bronson was born. True story. You cam stamd on that corner today.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Wow amazing!

    • @josephryan9230
      @josephryan9230 7 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for that information!!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      👊👊👊👊

  • @carlosmoreno8283
    @carlosmoreno8283 5 місяців тому +1

    I meet Charles Bronson in 1909 s.union Ave my mom bldg ok he was filming there and he coming I was coming up so sir came I have autograph I hardly do these I didn't even have a pen or paper I took off my t shirt and signed Charles Bronson to Carlos and smile.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  5 місяців тому

      Wow! Very cool!

  • @dlewis9760
    @dlewis9760 6 місяців тому

    A couple of years ago, found his grave in Vermont. Nice View. Jill Ireland is supposedly buried with him, BUT isn't mentioned on the grave stone and supposedly it's her ashes in a hollow cane that was buried with him.

  • @DarkTerritory71
    @DarkTerritory71 7 місяців тому +1

    This was good

  • @charlesloomis2224
    @charlesloomis2224 7 місяців тому +3

    When actors were patriots.

  • @billgrandone3552
    @billgrandone3552 7 місяців тому +1

    Growing up in a coal mining town makes you think about the days that you won't have to live in a coal mining town and provided and impetus for a lot of people to become successful in all sorts of occupations just to never have to live the rest of their lives underground or caring for someone who did, and was dying before his time. I know that I grew up in one and left for the Air Force and a law profession . We have a man who left my hometown as boy to become an actor. His name is Howard Keel, and he had an incredible career., Now the mines have been closed for quite a while in my hometown and it is now a "bedroom community" for people who work elsewhere. And I am back to work as a country lawyer and retire. It is now a small town of 3200 people or so with clean air, no frieght trant coal drags in the middle of the night, clean streets and well kept, if small and older houses. No one locks their doors and there's always someone to reach out to if you need a helping hand.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      Wow. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for serving.🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @halthammerzeit
    @halthammerzeit 6 місяців тому +1

    Young Charles resemble Josh Brolin very much.

  • @jacquelinedavis6607
    @jacquelinedavis6607 13 днів тому

    With today's advancements in the technology of breast cancer, I believe Jill would have lived longer. Two.years. ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer.. I.was told that I only had a 3% chance of it ever returning. I had a biopsy done with radiation for 16 days. There was no chemotherapy, and I was extremely happy. Even though it's been 2 years, the different doctors keep a regular routine in my care. I am fortunate for the loving and kind care I received.
    Just make sure you have a mammogram once a year. That's how I found out.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  13 днів тому

      Wow. Wow! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @chichiboypumpi
    @chichiboypumpi 6 місяців тому

    These are the people who deserve not just a day but a whole month to honor them, not black history, not pride month.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  6 місяців тому

      👊 Check out our Hollywood Heroes part 2: ua-cam.com/video/BLrPnMzOSXk/v-deo.html

  • @buickinvicta288
    @buickinvicta288 7 місяців тому +2

    My favorite. ☦️

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Mine too!

    • @buickinvicta288
      @buickinvicta288 7 місяців тому +1

      Loved him, so strong. 💪​@@ThisDate

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      💪💪

  • @stevenholquin2127
    @stevenholquin2127 7 місяців тому

    Outstanding Yes Thank You For The Link
    ( Hard Times)
    Is a Movie That’s All
    Characters Actors
    If You’re Character Was Not Strong Enough The Rest Of
    The Cast Would
    Eat You Alive….!
    This is a Perfect Movie 🎥
    For Charles and Jill
    They Just Pop Out On
    The Silver Screen
    The New Generation Of Actors
    All Have Perfect Skin
    Perfect Teeth
    Perfect Weight And perfect Height
    Perfect Vocal Delivery
    Yet Not In
    Hard Times
    Every One Cast in
    Hard Times
    They All Had a
    Unconventional
    Quirkiness and Many
    Flaws Yet This Movie 🎥
    Is Past Up By
    Most Movie 🎥 Historians
    Jill “” I Got a New
    Sponsor “” Jill Was
    All Bussiness in
    Hard Times
    She Didn’t Mix
    Love and Pleasure and
    Charles Understood
    The Terms of
    This Relationship
    Hard Times Ladies and Gentlemen
    Thank You

  • @chipngo9758
    @chipngo9758 7 місяців тому +3

    A real man hero.

  • @micahfrancisco8638
    @micahfrancisco8638 7 місяців тому +2

    Us natives dont cry for our dead. Must respect.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +1

      Amazing man indeed!

  • @JohnPennock-d3y
    @JohnPennock-d3y 6 місяців тому

    WOW, guess Charles fooled every one! John P.

  • @LordMondegrene
    @LordMondegrene 7 місяців тому +1

    One of Bronson's earlier roles billed him as "Charlie Buchinski" as a comic gangster in a screwball comedy with Kate Hepburn. It's fun to see him, so young, before he hit the big time.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      Wow love it!

    • @LordMondegrene
      @LordMondegrene 7 місяців тому +1

      @@ThisDate Found it. It's the 1952 "Pat and Mike." Bronson only has one or two scenes, but he'd already found the character he'd play. The Tough Guy.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      Wow!

  • @martinfisher7803
    @martinfisher7803 5 місяців тому +1

    Ma-cheese-mo 🤭good story though!

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  5 місяців тому

      Haha! Very macho!

  • @davidboysel4509
    @davidboysel4509 6 місяців тому

    B.M.F❤

  • @LETSBESTRONGER
    @LETSBESTRONGER 6 місяців тому

    There’s a good story about him, Kurt Russell bought him a remote control airplane in 1964. !

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  6 місяців тому

      Yes we did that video!!!!!!!!

  • @mahigir2784
    @mahigir2784 6 місяців тому

    چالز برانسون ، یک همیشگی برای دوست داشتن

  • @ReillyWilde
    @ReillyWilde 5 місяців тому

    Who is the narrator? Uniquely strange voice.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  5 місяців тому

      A guy we hired, Tom. People seem to like it.

  • @mariomancini7469
    @mariomancini7469 7 місяців тому +4

    I like him. However, he destroyed a union under God. 😢 wrong to do.

    • @Patriot46426
      @Patriot46426 7 місяців тому

      She left him

    • @mariomancini7469
      @mariomancini7469 7 місяців тому

      He let it be known, between sets im going to have your wife. ​@Patriot46426

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      💔💔💔💔

    • @patriciatinkey2677
      @patriciatinkey2677 7 місяців тому +5

      That "union" was already shredding at the seams. He was into the whole "Hollywood Hearthrob" thing, while Jill wanted a quieter, more private life.

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому +2

      @@patriciatinkey2677 true!

  • @mariosebold3004
    @mariosebold3004 7 місяців тому +1

    No, CHARLAO, don't go,don't go,
    you'll always be my eternal hero, forever and ever, missed you, RIP!!! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

    • @ThisDate
      @ThisDate  7 місяців тому

      Beautifully said♥️♥️Check out our video on Top 10 Hollwood Heroes: ua-cam.com/video/IRM4-mesfI4/v-deo.html