10 Movie Characters You May Not Know Are Based on Real People
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10. Ahmad ibn Fadlan - The 13th Warrior
9. Ursula - The Little Mermaid
8. Johnny Fontane - The Godfather
7. Zorro
6. Ignacio/Nacho - Nacho Libre
5. Lucy Whitmore - 50 First Dates
4. Frank Costello - The Departed
3. Steve Zissou - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2. Viktor Navorski - The Terminal
1. Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones
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It's funny that, regarding Zorro, that Antonio Banderas' character, Alejandro Murietta and the inspiration for Zorro, Joaquim Murietta both had the same last name. I love it when films acknowledge history.
13th Warrior is such a great movie !
I think The Lone Ranger should've been here. It's a fantastic story and Bass Reeves doesn't get the credit he deserves.
Bass Reeves also counts for Will Smith's character in Wild Wild West. A former slave who escaped to the western territories, was raised by Native Americans and became the country's best U.S. Marshal? I don't know if James West was meant to be based on Bass but that's his life exactly.
Bass Reeves/Lone Ranger is a Simon Whistler stand alone video.
@@vertiac since James West was a preexisting character they probably adapted it to fit Bass Reeves so that when people pointed out how "giant mechanical spiders are fine but a black man in Will Smith's position? Come on now! "They could point to a real-life one.
There should be a proper Bass Reeves movie, or for the remake of the Lone Ranger they could have made the Lone Ranger black since it would actually have made sense in that case.
13th Warrior is such an underrated movie. I friggin loved that movie.
DangerOne - YES! Excellent movie!
so did i. i actually did suspect that movie was based on fact, though.
Some researches believe that Faddlan..? Also wrote out the epic Beowulf for his Norse companions. Michael Crichton also used some themes, and names, from Beowulf for 'Eaters of the dead' when recreating and translating Faddlan's writings
Seriously, not exactly a hollywood masterpice, but for every other reason AMAZING.
It was a great retelling of the Beowulf saga.
Here is one for you...
"The Verdict" starring Paul Newman. Based on lawyer Jack Rudd, from Boston, who passed away a few years ago. They claimed it was a fictional story, but the reporter who wrote it really based it on Jack. Jack was nearly 50 years sober when he died, but he was the terribly drunk, Boston College, MIT, and Harvard Law grad who beat the Catholic hospital in Boston in spite of his drinking.
Man, I remember Jacques Cousteau from my childhood days. The Life Aquatic was a beautiful movie and an obvious nod to him.
The devotion shared by the Philpots is astounding, I can only wish I would be as equally dedicated in their situation.
“Coo Stowe”. That’s how he pronounced his name. I watched every episode as a kid, and he inspired me to become a diver. Cheers.
The runic alphabet is very suitable for writing chronicles. But having neither paper nor parchment (and also having a rather moist climate) made it difficult to write much down for posterity.
typograf62. They did have vellum. Their bibles were written in both Latin and Runic script. Incedentally, in Old English the word writ (which the word write comes from), means to carve or engrave. So they "wrote" on stone, wood, and metal.
Jaques Cousteau was a legend. His book "the silent world" is worth reading if you can find a copy.
Agreed! Know what sucks though? His grandson has a show on the Discovery channel where he just absolutely pimps his granddads name out and drags it through the mud. Truly unwatchable, and it sucks because the premise is intriguing.
yeah, I was a bit shook when I realized he really did have to explain who he was because there are people young enough that they don't remember him...made me feel even older
So my family knew the family at the time he was active and I couldn't figure out from your "Cost-o" that you mean "Koos- tow" until up to the movie comparison!
The story of Jaoquin Murietta is largely false, taken from dime novels. He and his brothers were horse traders, and sometimes thieves. There is no record of his being married, and he and his Gang murdered and robbed over 40 people. Mostly miners returning to their claims with supplies (which they sold to other minors).
@@0311Mushroom Murietta was one bad dude. Not in a cool way, either.
Cousteau pronounced Coo-s-tow. I watched his show weekly and really wanted to be a marine biologist because of that show.
Subsequently, Zissou is pronounced Zee-soo. But I'll forgive it since I love this series.
Really cool episode, Simon! I never knew any of this! KEEP IT UP!
As many of your videos as I've seen, this is one of the best, possibly THE best!
I did enjoy this video. This was very informative and you presented it in a fun way. I am sure the author helped with some of that in wording, but great job Simon.
Cool video, Ands its all about who presents them and you do it effortlessly and it makes us connect with you even better, Also standing there rather than just talking over a video makes the viewer think that you respect your content which also sends the message to who's watching, That your also learning with your subscribers!!! 😵 Am i anywhere near close to your thoughts on your excellentt content lol 🙂
Oh and thanks again Simon Whistler 👌
WTF, Nacho Libre is based on a true story. LOL
Stuck in an airport for 17 years. Hell no.
713TEX I know ! He could've written to some politicians or done something to work that out no one woulda just left him there for that long. I feel like he must've really not wanted to leave if he stayed that long.
nevercaughtslippin but they did. French police wouldnt let him leave. And how many politics do you personally know? Ok, now how many from another country, that speak another language? And how would you convince them to help you (someone they never heard of?) NO, Getting out would be hell. Dont think you could just call someone for a ride...
He tried for many, many years writing to various politicians and trying to have his papers replaced, but rules are rules and governments love their rules lots more than people, especially people who have a situation that doesn't fit neatly into their preconceived boxes. IIRC, at one point it was agreed that he could have his papers replaced, but that he'd have to go to the appropriate embassy to collect them ... but that meant he'd have to leave the airport and because he didn't have his papers, he couldn't leave ... to go and get his papers. The whole story is utterly maddening.
"The Terminal" is interesting in Real Life, but as a jazz fan as well as a fan of Spielberg, I love the back-story that was created by the movie to keep him there. It really is one of Spielberg's best!
@@Luubelaar ++ Heck I almost went crazy watching the movie. I would have dug a tunnel.
You forgot Eugene Francois Vidocq: the famed 19th century businessman, fugitive, and detective who was the real life inspiration for Jean ValJean AND Inspector Javert in Les Miserables.
He said Top 10 movie characters. The movie Les Miserables is an adaptation of a musical based on a book, and it's (sadly) not as well known as these examples
He ended as chief of the police.
There was a serial TV about him in the 70's.
Great stuff, but one minor detail: "Truth is stranger than fiction." was not a Twain original. Lord Byron wrote the satirical poem Don Juan in 1823, 12 years before Mark Twain was born in 1835.
' Tis strange - but true; for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction; if it could be told,
It was not until 1897 that Twain borrowed the adage for his "Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World." “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
1. 1823, Don Juan: Cantos XIII, XIII, and XIV, Author: George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron), Canto 14, Stanza 101, Quote Page 165, Printed for John Hunt, London
2. 1897, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), (Chapter 15 Epigraph), Quote Page 156, American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut; Also Doubleday & McClure Company, New York.
Cool info. Thanks!✌
The Departed is a remake of Infernal Affairs, a Hong Kong movie starring Andy Lau. The story was adapted to fit Bulger's tale. Both are great movies!
dameneko what’s so cool is how they adapted a fictional story to a true story and made it so accurate. In before people say it’s not 100% accurate. It definitely hit the high points.
Has anyone noticed that the fictional character in "The Departed," who's allegedly based on "Whitey" Bulger, is named Frank Costello, which, in real life, was the name of an actual Mafia boss?
Andy Lau, swoon, ❤
Also it's benedict cumberbatch that's Connolly
What about the Lone Ranger being heavily based off the famous lawman, U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves?
I think the main hero in the movie "The Magnificent Seven" is also based on Reeves
I was never happier than when I found out the Lone Ranger was based on a real dude😆 I'm told that Django was based on him as well , I frikkin love that movie 😃
I think Bass Reeves was black.
@@not2busy nope. The Magnificent Seven is a retelling of the Japanese move "The Seven Samurai". Which in itself was an attempt to make a "Japanese Western".
Michael Palmieri yes he was. There were many black cowboys performing duties such as bounty hunters, lawmen and vigilante; far more than are depicted in western movies and television shows.
Really cool one Simon!
Thanks.
This probably is my favorite episode. Great job!
I really appreciate how you deliver your information. It is all concise, to the point and you don't mess around. I really enjoy that. I get so tired to people who ramble on as if those of us who want the information have nothing better to do. They seem to be on an ego trip at the listener's expense. Thank you.
Joi de vie, m8
This was a pretty cool list. Thanks.
You do a great job. Very entertaining and educational. Your site is tops!
I'd never heard of Joaquin Murieta as the inspiration for Zorro before, I had always heard Zorro was based on William Lamport? It kind of sounds like they both could've been an inspiration for the character, with Joaquian inspiring Zorro's Robin Hood-esque character and Lamport inspiring his political savyness and freedom fighter nature. If you haven't heard of Lamport before you should check him out, pretty cool stuff
Congrats on 1 mill subs!!!!
I once heard Sammy Davis Jr. say that no one in Hollywood dared to say "No" to Frank Sinatra because they knew there would be serious consequences.
Ask Shelly Berman about the consequences of getting under Sinatra’s skin!
Congrats on the 1 million subscribers!!!!
Love this channel ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 Keep up the historic work.
I love these videos, you can learn so much.
There is a historical basis for the Zorro character. While there are many potential candidates, the best seems to be a priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, 1753-1810. He was even called El Zorro in his lifetime. He fought for the independence of Mexico from Spain. He was executed by a firing squad for his deeds. He never wore a mask.
Rambo "Sergeant First Class Jorge A. Otero Barreto[note 1] (born 7 April 1937), a.k.a. "the Puerto Rican Rambo",[2][3] is a retired United States Army soldier. He earned 38 military decorations during his career, and has been called the most decorated U.S. soldier of the Vietnam War.[2][3][4][5] Due to his multiple awards he has received recognition from numerous organizations and has had buildings named after him. He is also the main subject of Brave Lords, a documentary which tells the story of the Puerto Rican experience in the war in Vietnam."
Cousteau Is not pronounced "Cost-o". But it would't be Top Tenz without at least one of Simon's trademark blunders.
Yup.
He's British, so he can't pronounce English properly.
I wonder how many mistakes we would find if you were to put your knowledge to the test on a daily basis?
Curtis, As someone who thinks Cousteau is an English name/word, you probably shouldn't criticise an English person pronouncing his native tongue correctly
@@jameshaye1656 Found the guy who doesn't know what sarcasm is.
Does Simon ever have time for sleep with all these different channels he runs?
Your assuming that Simon is actually real person and not a hologram! Also Simon is simply a presentation of the information. I am certain that someone else or a group of others creates the content for each channel and simple use him to present it.
Visual Politics used to be done by a different person but now Simon has taken it over and running it.
So his ability to speak and popularity have given him an edge to become the personality for most of these channels.
I saw a couple other posts from.his other channels, very concerning. He is a very emotionally aggressive person. I think he needs to stop with the youtube and get interested in life, society in person, and really work out some of that pent up energy in a gym and in bed with a woman. Sheesh, guy is way too intense.
Cocaine.
Allegedly.
@@beverlyanne5699 he is travelling alot, there are rumours that he has a gorgeous wife. I believe he's living a pretty happy life. His work (his videos) are a treasure to mankind in my opinion.
Don't be mean to Simon.
ja ne is klar He’s also mentioned that he has a young daughter and that he loves his family very much, I’d say he’s doing better than a lot of people, and even though he does work a lot he seems to enjoy what he does.
A fantastic video sir!
Super interesting. Thanks.
Mate mate. The departed was an almost shot for shot remake of HK movie Infernal Affairs. You are so well researched, of all people, you should know that.
What about the dildoes and cocaine?
People you need to do in a 2nd volume -
The Lone Ranger - Ranger Reed
The Usual Suspects - Kaizer Sulze (yes really)
James Bond - Ian Flemming
Sherlock Holmes -Sir Arthur Conan Doyal
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Ed Gain
The Machine Gun Preacher
Mulan - Fa Mulan
Pochahantes
The Goonies - Ma Fertellie (Ma Barker)
American sniper
things to think about....as there are quite a few others
Thanks!
Indiana Jones was a composite of several such characters, another of which was Roy Chapman Andrews. I would suggest looking up his various exploits in China in the 1920's. He stopped a mutiny of workers using whip and when their caravan into Mongolia was attacked by bandits, instead of turning and fleeing he drove his vehicles at the bandits firing a pistol at them causing them to panic and flee. He chronicled many of his adventures in books, all of which i read as a teenager. Titles included "Across the Mongolian Plains," and "On the Trail of Ancient Man."
Wait, Zorro is based on a guy named Joaquin? Yet Antonio Banderas plays his brother? so, not him? Is it supposed to be an alternate reality story? Also, a big piece of this story, is the secret identity and that the person pretends to be a fop. I would like to point out that while Zorro, was created in 1919, The Scarlet Pimpernel, the story of a rich nobleman who pretends to be empty headed but is actually a daring hero that rescues people, was first published in 1905.
galrjkidd Thanks for mentioning The Scarlet Pimpernel. I've been meaning to read the book and you reminded me to! I saw the B&W movie a few times (forgot who plays the lead). It's an awesome classic.
@@MikeS-um1nm Leslie Howard.
@@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164 Thanks! Yeah, I just watched it again on UA-cam and payed attention to the name this time.
All stories have elements based in reality. But being fiction, can change things where and when they want. Zorro was based on several characters and stories from the California area, not just the murrieta story. There was jack powers, for instance, who was well known for his cunning in rebelling against the government of the time. Mcculley used his imagination and stories, myths and legends to create zorro. But the guy himself, zorro, was fiction.
I agree DangerOne. The book mentioned with this movie is highly informative, if not somewhat wordy and a bit drawn out until reaching the Rus.
Truly riveting, Simon!
#5 is also very similar to MEMENTO!!!! I thought thats what you were going to say Simon.
I used to pretend I was Zorro when I was 8 years old. I even joined a fencing club in college. I also wanted to be the Lone Ranger. And Annie Oakley, Roy Rogers. Any hero would do. ❤😌🐴🐎
Goran Ivanisevic was first player with a wild card to won Wimbledon. The movie called Wimbledon from 2004 was based on that event but never admitted.
Vlad Dracula, not Dracula. The Rus we called Viringi: the Byzantine Emperor's personal guard we're the Viringian Guard (Preatorian Guard in the West). Definition: Vikings were raiders from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden and moved West across the sea. Viringians were from Finland, Sweden, and Baltics and moved East across the sea and through the river systems of the Kievan Rus.
My favorite - Dr. Syn, the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, 18th century southern England.
Dr. Syn is a fictional character.
I always enjoy your videos. PEACE ;]
I understand the lone Ranger was too. His name was Bass Reeves.
How can somebody be allowed to live in an airport for 17 years it may be true but it sounds outrageous I figured at some point a country would have offered him Refuge
In "Black Mass," Connelly was played by Joel Edgerton. Benedict Cumberbatch played Whitey's older brother Bill.
For those who don't know Boston politics, Billy Bulger was head of the Massachusetts Senate and later was named President of the University of Massachusetts. There was a third brother named John who was a Court Clerk Magistrate.
17 years? That’s cruel.
harry steel was based on Doc Savage man of bronze hence the Steel connection, even raiders of the lost ark had a make believe flying wing plane described in one of Doc Savage's novels.
Doc Savage is also believed to have been the inspiration for Superman.
I'm 58 now, and was a huge, I mean HIGE fan of Doc. Savage! I bought those books with any money I got for doing chores, etc. I think I was 14, and had 20 Doc Savage books. I always got a kick out of how everything "lipped blue flame". LOL I could hardly wait until the next book was out.✌
(wonder if Amazon has them? hmmm)😸
The Lone Ranger was based on Bass Reeves and King Kong was based on Jack Johnson(The Boxer).
Saw 13th warrior and hairspray in the theater. Underrated. Godfather- classic. Zorro is a sad historic story. A wrestling priest? That’s so cool. I’d wrestle and talk with him 😂🤣. Thanks again for your show. When I get a little richer, I’ll definitely pay ya back.
General Daniel Webb and Colonel George Munro from The Last Of The Mohicans deserve a spot on the list.
It was a surprise to see a shot of my home town Adelaide during the piece about Lucy Whitmore!
Yes, I could see where you were going with the Frank Sinatra based character. I would recommend the A&E Biography documentary on the Rat Pack. It speaks about Frank Sinatra's ties to organized crime and how he managed to get involved with the movie that brought him back to stardom. Apparently Ava Gardner was involved.
Does anyone else say "Hi Simon" after he introduces himself? Just me? It's ok, I know I'm weird 😂😂😂
Julie T yep. I do that. It's impolite not to isn't it?
Just a "Hi?!" I talk to him as if he's in the room, mostly when he's especially cheeky......"Oh Simon, you always......" is commonly used here.
Lol wow
Every time.
Yeah I do that too and argue with him!
Should do a video on differences in pronunciations that are quite pronounced, like "Zed" and "Zee" are.
Simon, tried to find your brainfood podcast and the itunes link on the debut episode basically refreshes the page...
A great list, everyone knew Johnny Fontaine was Frank Sinatra. And the godfather was rumored, to be Frank Costello of Murder Inc. Both thumbs-up.
When I first saw the movie Godfather, when it was first released, when I was a teenager, when I saw the Johnnie Fontaine character, with what little I knew about Frank Sinatra (my mother positively adored him), there wasn't a doubt in my mind, I knew immediately, the character was a stand-in for Frankie.
Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones _Junior_! Dr. Henry Jones was Indiana's father.
“Indiana? We named the DOG Indiana!”
@@FastEddy1959 That line is right up there with "Snakes. Why does it always have to be snakes?" LOL Love the Indy franchise! I have my own Khyber Bowie knife just like Indy's.✌
Phoenix Lyon - the inspiration for Indiana Jones was a real-life professor named Hiram Bingham... a distant relation.
This helped me understand Bolger and FBI better, which helps me understand something else better, and something else too.
I don't understand...
You left out Rocky Balboa, Robinson Crusoe, and also Emmett Ray from "Sweet and Lowdown". If we're talking about cartoon characters, Aladdin's moves were inspired by Tom Cruise. Lampwick, from "Pinocchio" was inspired by Mickey Rooney. Edna Mode from The Incredibles" was based on Edith Head, the legendary Hollywood costume designer. Even The Big Bad Wolf was inspired by a Hollywood producer everybody loathed. Dr. Strangelove was inspired by Edward Teller, the father of the nuclear bomb. Julianne Moore's Maude Lebowski from "The Big Lebowski" is an impersonation of Eve "The Vagina Monologues" Ensler.
In the 70s l sold firewood one winter. I sold a chord of wood to the actor that played sgt.Garcia the man Zorro was alway carving a z on the stomach on Disneys Zorro. He was a very nice man and so glad someone recognized him. He sent me a Christmas card every year until his death.
You left one out.
In the movie "Lincoln" Daniel Day Lews plays the part of a US president, the president's name was Abraham Lincoln and there actually was a President named Abraham Lincoln who was a real US president during the Civil War and some people think that the character in the movie "Lincoln" was based off of him.
"Many of us grew up with Indiana Jones as a role model." Truer Words! Along with Tin Tin, James Bond and LZ's music--major influence on many an adventure!
Simon: Did you say that Spalding is in south-east England? It's in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.
The runic alphabet is not sites for record keeping? There are whole books written in runes and they are actually much tidier and easier to read than ones written in contemporary medieval Latin script. There would be libraries of runic books if Protestant iconoclasts had not amused themselves by burning down monastic libraries in Norway and Sweden during the Reformation.
Well the Danes and viking raiders of other nations did murder priests and burn monastic libraries in England, but still I agree with you that they deprived our modern world of treasured knowledge we can never get back.
I was curious about that too. I've heard similar things in other places and I don't understand. Either you can write words or you can't. If you can write words you can keep records. So how are runes "not suited" for record keeping?
@@JimFortune Don't even need words/symbols necessarily. Incans or Mayans (can't remember 100%) used knotted bits of string.
@@James-co2nb The Inca used the knotted strings. How are knots on a string any less a symbol than ink on paper? Or pressings in clay? Or dots and dashes on a telegraph?
@@JimFortune Gotta agree with you.✌
I think Zissou (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) is more a tongue and cheek parody of Cousteau than a "based on"; that's what makes it so funny: the parody of the wine sipping adventurer turned "evil" and going after a shark in revenge is particularly hilarious. Thanks for (re) pointing it out. LOL.
Perhaps the British pronounce words and names differently than us. We did take a proper sounding language and gradually forget how to enunciate our vowels.
oops, replied under the wrong comment. disregard
The first scuba was worn by a man who entered one end of a flooded partly dug rail tunnel that crosses now, the upper Bristol channel in the 1880s. He was the third diver to attempt closing a valve so pumping could save the project.
Closer to the real Indiana Jones: ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS who led an expedition which discovered incredible fossil formations in Mongolia during the 1920s.
“The Queen”, the 2006 movie starring Helen Morten, is heavily based on the life of Queen Elizabeth II of England.
Helen Mirren.
Sinatra linked to the Mafia? His Godfather was Willie Moretti, who was the New Jersey Capo for the Morello/Luciano Crime Family, based in Italian Harlem. It was Willie Moretti who threatened Tommy Dorsey to release Sinatra from his contract. While Moretti was Sinatra's Godfather, Blue Eyes link to Luciano was strengthened when Lucky discovered that Antonino Sinatra, Frank's father, was from Lercara Friddi, Sicily. The birth place of Salvatore Lucania, who became Charles 'Lucky' Luciano.
This is So cool!
I know it's a tv show not a movie but Larry Henderson in the show Trial and error is based on The 'staircase killer' Michael Peterson.
I really enjoy your site
WOOH...This was on auto play and on my way home 10 minutes ago they mentioned the Wrestler of today called Nacho Libre had a heart attack in the ring today.
RIP 😢
GREAT VIDEO...............
The 2 Godfathers,Don Vito and Michael Corleone,are inspired by Charles ''Lucky'' Luciano,the most powerful mafiaboss in the US.The whole storyline,in Godfather 2,with Michael in Cuba,making a deal with the cuban dictator,to use the casinos of Havanna for money laundring,is inspired by Luciano,doing it in real life.He was also a friend of Sinatra and it's rumoured,that he bullied the Hollywood producer,to give SInatra the part in ''From Here to Eternity'',by sending a couple of goons who threaten to kill said producer.Sinatra himself,had very close ties with the italian mob of NY,even after Luciano died,he was even under invistigation by the feds and it's rumoured that he acted as a ''middleman'' between the italian mob and the Kennedy family.
in the 50 first dates section the visual location thats been used is the torrens river in adelaide however youve stated it was in england
Zorro is based off an Irishman William Lampart who was executed for sedition by the Mexican inquisition. He was known by another name by the Spanish which I don't recall now but there's a statue of him in I think Mexico City.
Bass Reeves was the inspiration for the "Lone Ranger"
My fiancé has epilepsy from head injuries and she’s terrified of ending up like the woman in #5
Bingham didn't discover Machu Picchu. Two German travelers had passed by there in the 1860's and had published drawings. In fact the natives of the town of Aguas Caliente took him to the site , which was well known to the locals.
Simon, usually I let slide your many mispronunciations, but with the well-known-to-all Jacques-Yves Cousteau, rather than Jack KAHSS-toe, it's ZHOCK (eve) coo-STOW , with the 'zh' being the same sound as the 's' in 'measure'. However, as always, this video was well done and informative. Thank you.
Perhaps the British pronounce words and names differently than us. We did take a proper sounding language and gradually forget how to enunciate our vowels.
Johnny Fry is a Vietnam vet. Both of his legs are removed. He flys airplanes, drives his car, and also teaches Ti Quan do.
Just because someone doesn't have certain things doesn't mean they can't do what you can.
The human body is only as great as the mind.
Also based on real people: Count of Monte Cristo, Schindler, The Imitation Game, Catch me if you can and Midnight Express.
Except for the Count of... those were all biopics. That is to say they were presented as at least semi-accurate depictions of their subjects.
I kind of assumed Roy Chapman Andrews had some influence on the Indiana Jones.
What about the serial killer Ed Gein who inspired such movies like Silence of the lambs, Dirty Harry, and Texas Chainsaw massacre???
Pal Dali everyone knows that though. 😛 even if your not a film buff. These facts that he mentions are not so widly known.
Or Sherlock Holmes?
also was Alfred Hitchcock's inspiration for Norman Bates. Alfred was nearly obsessed with Ed Gein.
I'm pretty sure you have to kill at least 3 people to be considered a serial killer, Gein only actually killed 2.
@@sarahquill7423 2 people that we know of, Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden. But don't forget his older brother Henry died under mysterious circumstances during a fire in 1944. Could Henry be the first victim of Ed?
Hiram Bingham III would probably make a really interesting Biographics episode!
Author: Adrian Chirila! LOL , romanians are everywhere :))) that kinda makes me proud.
A much more accurate basis for Indiana Jones is Roy Chapmen Andrews of the American Museaum of National History, who led the pioneering expeditions to the Gobi Dessert in the1920's uncovering a huge trove of dinosaur fossils. Indiana Jones outfit with hat was obviously based on Chapmen Andrews.
Fascinating!!
I love the Thirteenth warrior lmao
Agustin Morales - Me too! Excellent movie!
Awesome video. Nachooooooooooooo!!!
Tiburcio Vasquez was also reportedly a source as the basis is Zorro