Lee Marvin: The Untold Stories of a WWII Scout Sniper
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2023
- Welcome to a captivating journey through the remarkable life of Hollywood legend Lee Marvin! In this immersive UA-cam history video, we delve deep into the early years of Lee Marvin, exploring his formative experiences and the pivotal moments that shaped him. Join us as we unravel the extraordinary chapter of Marvin's life in the Marine Corps during World War II, shedding light on his courage, resilience, and the impact this period had on his illustrious career in film. Discover the untold stories and lesser-known facets of Lee Marvin's captivating journey. Don't miss this insightful exploration of a cinematic icon's incredible life! 🎬🔍 #LeeMarvin #HollywoodLegend #MarineCorps #WWIIHero #filmhistory
- Lee Marvin
- Hollywood actor
- Marine Corps
- WWII veteran
- Military service
- Combat experience
- War hero
- Battle of Saipan
- Pacific Theater
- Purple Heart recipient
- Silver Star recipient
- Acting career
- Personal life
- Military honors
- Hollywood legend
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Now I understand why my father, a retired Marine, liked him so much
I would watch Lee's movies with my dad. Never knew that Lee had such a distinguished military career. My dad served in WWII. He was in Hawaii, France and Germany. I wish I had asked my dad more about his service. My son served and fought both in Iraq and Afghanistan. Me, I just did the Navy...
His son Chris was my roommate back in the nineties (he was a great drummer - passed away a few years ago). He had the best stories, and I even got to talk to his mom (she was a pilot, like me) and his ex, Michelle, on the phone. They were both very nice. Chris had a great big family photo album and showed me many AWESOME family photos. He had his dad's gravelly voice and a heart of gold. He told me that when he was 5 years old on the set of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" that he was invited to sit in on a poker game with John Wayne, director John Ford and a few other actors, where he "won" 5 bucks. His dad was in his trailer (not at the poker game), and when Chris proudly showed him the money when he got back, Lee marched him back to the trailer where they were playing poker, and made him give back the 5 dollar bill. Chris shared all kinds of such moments with me. He was obviously very proud of his dad.
Chris was my best friend when we were kids! His dad lived about a hundred yards from our house. I knew all the Marvins really well. The girls and I are all Facebook bunkies now. I loved Lee.
@@mwbright awesome! I remember talking to his sister who I believe she lived in KC. I don't recall her name (Christine?). I was a Niner fan and she was a Chiefs fan, so we had a friendly argument over who was going to win in an upcoming game. This was back in around the 90's, when Chris and I were roomies in Petaluma CA. His other sister, who was in LA I think, sent Chris a couple of shirts that were worn on the Cosby Show...I think she worked in wardrobe. Chris gave me the shirts, which I wore for many years. Never met Lee though, since he had already died. I sure wish I did!
@@mwbright Thats awesome, I have always wanted to speak with Les kids, you are so fortunate!
Dirt Dozen...will always be my favourite...just something about him that embodied everything in a tough GI and super cool..oh and he is a real war hero
Dear Jim and mwbright, I came across this wonderful documentary and pleased to find your comments. I became a close friend with Chris in the latter part of the nineties up until his untimely passing. I had the fortitude of helping Chris through some difficult times that ultimately got him balanced and where he subsequently returned home to help his mother. I would regularly visit in Santa Barbara and cherished the many stories shared around the dinner table. Yes Chris was very proud of his dad and truly missed him following his passing. Thank you for your little stories, it put a smile on my face in remembrance of Chris - Claus
WWII Hollywood types were so much better than what we have today. Having served in the Infantry in Viet Nam I totally get what he went through. RIP Lee.
Lee Marvin a man's man
A marine's Marine
Met him in San Diego in the fall of 1968 if memory serves. Some sort of celebration going on in SD & I along with others partying in a house near Balboa park, Some of our group who were marines ran into him & brought him to thee house. He bankrolled food & drink for two days. Respected by all of us. Good man.
That's a helluva story! Legendary!
My mother and I met him as a tourist when stopped over in Northern Ontario Canada in 1962 .I said " Look mom ,Lee Marvin.He just smiled and continued walking.
But you should have bought him everything .
@@farmrrick He knew we did not have money enough for the style he thought we should have. None was extravagant, pizza, beer, some whisky, some wine, and burgers. We respected him and appreciated his service. He was a good dude.
@farmrrick Maybe,but remember, this was '68, He was already a movie star & making a lot of money. Probably a lot more than the others!
I was in Washington, D.C. for a conference and took time for a walking tour of Arlington National Cemetery. Came across Lee Marvin USMC not knowing he was buried there and checked out his Marine service. Lee Marvin earned those decorations and Brokaw wasn't exaggerating when he called them the Greatest Generation.
Yes a great generation, but the greatest was the Revolutionary War era. By WW2 we were military elite. In the 1700s we were mostly farmers, small businesses & King George resistance. They sacrificed all, fought the world’s best … and won! And now ingrates are tearing down their statues… Despicable!
AMEN!
@@billlewis8711 👍
When men were MEN!!!!!!
Based on another account I read, Marvin's wound was much more serious than what he described to his parents. His sciatic nerve was severed. When he was finally placed on a stretcher, he was soon blown off it by the demolition of a captured Japanese ammo dump. He landed on his wound, further exacerbating his condition. He was evacuated to a hospital ship and spend the next 13 months in Navy hospitals recuperating. During his recovery he learned he had very narrowly avoided being permanently paralyzed. Meanwhile, his brother, Robert, and father, Lamont, were still serving in Europe. Lamont had been a decorated veteran of WWI who volunteered to serve again in WWII. Shortly after the war ended and the entire family was finally reunited, Lamont had a nervous breakdown. All three Marvin men were dealing with stress and depression, so Lee's mother, Courtenay, quit her successful career and relocated the family to the sleepy little hamlet of Woodstock, NY. Lee later tried to reenlist in the Corps, but his disability prevented this. The rest is history.
From his medical records, he actually tried to go back on the line twice after recuperating and began complaining about pain in his sciatic and the doctors did shallow surgeries to get out little bits of shrapnel at least twice
One of my favorite actors, I'd watch anything with him in it.
Have you seen the made-for-TV-movie (but didn't get on TV cause it was too violent) "The Killers?" That one's my favorite after Point Blank.
Me too. I just realized he was 43 when he made Dirty Dozen. He looks at least 10 years older than that in the film. Dude must have lived a hard life.
Have you seen "The Wild One" ?
With Marlon Brando, the motorcycle club, Black Rebels.
Lee Marvin as "Chino" really steals the show, imho.
Always loved Lee Marvin growing up in a military family and my father having seen combat as a tail gunner in a B17, everything was always about service to country.
Many actors from that Era were combat veterans and were great role models for following generations.
Hey jayallen4785 My dad was navigator on a B17 we should start a club lol.
@@2persons that's cool.
Mine went on to become a navigator/Bombardier on a B52.
Those guys were hard men, but they were good men.
Nice to meet you sir.
You know, there wasn't so many of those guys that survived.
@@2persons
I couldnt even imagine being on a B17 in peacetime!! they were just unbelievable
Lee Marvin was a badass, on and off screen, respect.
Lee Marvin , Charles Bronson, David Niven , Telly Savalas, Tony Curtis etc. all WW2 veterans.
james gardner was a korean war vet...loved me some rockfard files
Garner was tremendous. Don't forget Donald Pleasance, his co-star in "The Great Escape". Pleasance was offering advice to the director on the POW experience during filming and was chastised. Legend has it that Garner and Charles Bronson dressed down the director, informing him of Pleasance's WW2 POW experience. @@willl7780
Jimmy Stewart too
Christopher Lee.
Jon Pertwee, Doctor Who #3, was assigned to the HMS Hood. the Hood was lost with 3 sailors plucked from the water and 3 left on land for training, Jon was one of the 3 on land.
You covered this very well. No embellishment, just the straight facts. I liked Lee Marvin as an actor and as a man. Thank You.
I appreciate you sir
Very well!
Many great role’s, i really liked emperor of the north 👌🏻
If it could be found, Johnny Carson on the "Tonight Show" went after Lee Marvin about his service, and had dug up some of the "dirt" ahead of time. Lee, as most vets, didn't want to talk about it, but Johnny persisted. Johnny knew he had been shot and awarded the Purple Heart, and kept after Lee, "Where did you get shot at"? Lee finally answered that he was carried off the battlefield laying on his stomach. And that was all he would say. Class act!
On the "Tonight Show" replays, I keep looking for it, yet have never seen it. Glad I at least got to see it.
@@ronfullerton3162 On the Dick Cavett Show back in '70, he was asked the same thing by Dick and he just lit a cigarette, took a long drag off of it, then looking at the crowd and not Cavett, told him that he got shot in the ass...the crowd was rolling in the floor!...pure gold!
He is buried Arlington. Of all his accomplishments in life, read his headstone. It says it all. Thanks for this wonderful video.
Thank you! Where do you think this video will do the most good? Share it!
My brother is laid to rest there also.RIP Brother.
Lee Marvin was an original bad ass!
Burt Lancaster was older but those two together would be a reckoning
you can just picture him in any tough guy role doing it better than the guy who was cast. I always thought he would have made a great Max Cady or Quint from Jaws.
Thank you for showing Lee Marvin's WW2 documentation. I was a big pharma rep [ Up John ] in 1974 and headquartered out of the reginal office in LA. We had some training exercises in infectious disease to attend to and stayed at the Universal Studios Hotel at Universal City. Lee used to hang out there and spent some time in their bar for sandwiches and libation. Af ew of our sales reps were there one evening talking to him and I will never forget what he told them., He said "regardless of what I ever achieve in Hollywood, I want to be remembered for my service to my country in WW2 as a US Marine. Everything else is secondary and non important in comparison." Being a disabled Vn Era Combat Medic and Surgical Technician. I was most impressed and proud to have Lee as a fellow veteran who served his country with honor in time of war....Dana First Army MEDDAC Dept, Surgery and CMS Veteran Representative retired,, ex big pharma rep. and Science Teacher.. Thank you all veterans for your service to our country !
Thank you, Sir, for your service to our Nation and her Constitution. We had family members in Vietnam. It was real for them. God Bless you, Welcome Home, soldier! We don’t take it for granted, ever.
I think we all could sense there was something very special about Lee Marvin and of course here it is.. God bless you for telling us what Marine hero Lee Marvin would not
MARKETING TO THE SHEEPLED HERDS OF PATRIOTIC VOLUNTEERS OF THE VERY-OVERLY EQUALIZED US TAX SYSTEM.
Been to Arlington, seen Lee Marvin's site.
Lee Marvin is buried next to Joe Lewis (Barrow).
According to Tour Guides at Arlington. When Joe Lewis died, he was pennyless having been cruelly "Robbed" by former managers.
Lee Marvin, being a "friend", paid for Joe Lewis' monument at the grave site and then "requested" the site next to Joe Lewis be reserved for him.
This was against Cemetery policy, but the site was reserved for Lee Marvin.
Lee Marvin is buried with a typical Veteran's headstone right beside the Monument to Joe Lewis.
That is incorrect, Max Schmeling, a friend, heavyweight boxing world champion (and one of Joe Lewis' pallbearers) paid for the monument, the VA covered the costs of burial (except the casket) as they do for every honorably discharged veteran. And had it not been for President Reagan, Joe Lewis would not have been buried in Arlington, as he did not meet the qualification criteria established by the Dept of the Army (Arlington is not a part of the VA administered National Cemetery System, it is an Army administered cemetery)
@@printman90606 Joe Louis is the correct spelling ofthat great champion
@@jimmeerpohl8094 Sad! If you're going make a post at least spell the man's name correctly along with the the correct FACTS of what you're trying to say. How BTW did Joe Louis rate a burial in Arlington? He was NEVER in any combat at all. Is being buried in Arlinton that political? I guess it is... Now Max Schmeling, who really was a good friend of Joe Louis', helped pay Louis' medical bills later in life and was a pallbearer at his funeral. Boxing wise they were 1-1 with Schmeling winning the first of the two bouts that they had. Max Schmeling was a German Paratrooper in WW2 that btw was a combat veteran and by all accounts NOT the fanatical Nazi that he was portrayed to be by the American press.
Hell In The Pacific is a pretty amazing film. It's just Lee and Toshiro Mifune! I would think that this was a very profound and cleansing project for this Marine Scout Sniper. So many actors served in WWII, it's incredible!
Thank you!
It’s always interesting that a couple of decades earlier- they really were trying to kill each other.
Toshiro Mifune was also a veteran, but on the opposing side.
In the early 70’s I was fortunate to have met him while he was shooting a movie in Canada. The conversation didn’t last long but I will never forget it. He was larger than life.
I had the same pleasure. He was filming in and around Calgary Alberta. I met him in front of the Paliser hotel.
@@484848474 His movie was being shot just east of Strathmore. We gleaned at the time he was staying at the Palliser so this was exactly the same time. When we encountered him he had just left the set and was returning to Calgary.
Lee Marvin and Lee Van Cleef are my two favorite movie "tough" guys of all time. Both veterans of WWII. Both always stood out in whatever roles they played.
I went to Saint Leo in the late 60s early 70s there is Saint Leo Hall. He was one of our heroes. I looked into his military service and made him even more of a hero. My dad was third armor division and he looked at me when I mentioned his name, and said one of the best.
I am among the many fans of Lee Marvin and thank you so much for your efforts in putting this impressive 'short/mini' documentary of him. The quality of your research, content, editing, and finished product is very impressive and did Lee Marvin right.
Thank you very much! Share it where you think it'll do some good!
A lot of actors and professional athletes served in WW II. They were the greatest generation. No wonder Mr. Marvin played the part of military men so well; he was a bad ass Marine. Thanks for great video!
When it comes to UA-cam, you can only do what you can do. No one can figure them out. There is zero consistency. This was an outstanding video on Lee Marvin -- fantastic job!
Thank you!
A+ for sure
I am a retired Marine and was stationed just about everywhere Lee was stationed in his early enlistment! I did not know this until watching your video! I always admired Lee Marvin (the good and bad stuff) as well. I now plan to buy a couple of the books about him. Thanks for covering him in this video! Once a Marine, always a Marine as they say!😊
Thank you for your service
Ooo-Rah! SEMPER FI, Marine!
I always liked Lee Marvin's performances on screen and have heard some things about his military experiences but nothing as detailed as this. You did a great job presenting this information and I thank you for it. Lee Marvin was a Man's man and a damned good Marine as well. Thanks for bringing this to us all.
My Uncle was an Army sniper in WWII and I watched this to understand what his experience was like,
Christopher Lee is an actor who was definitely a ‘bad ass’ and his exploits are still subject to Top Secret classification….. started his experience in Finland before WW2 started in Europe fighting the Russians in the ‘Winter War’ then into the SOE and it was said by Ian Fleming that part of the James Bond character he wrote was based on Lee…. Then of course David Niven, an officer in the commandos who was a famous actor who could have avoided wartime service let alone service in the commandos by staying in the US upon UK declaration of war against Germany….. but one actor I always think of is the British actor Richard Todd a very well known actor who was an actor in the movie The Longest Day he played Major Howard who led British airborne assault on Pegasus Bridge on early morning of DDay…. his character Major Howard was in dialogue on the bridge with another character, a Lt. Richard Todd played by another actor….. as Richard Todd himself was one of the airborne forces that were also on the bridge that day…. must have been surreal to be acting alongside someone acting as you….!! Then of course, there’s Donald Pleasance, actor from the Great Escape and Halloween etc…. He was part of a bomber crew who flew 60 operations over Europe and was shot down towards the end of the war and was a POW for the last year of the war…. There’s a great story about him on the set of the Great Escape making a suggestion to the director Sturges and being vilified for doing so… but James Garner and Charles Bronson (both veterans themselves) had a word with Sturges and put him straight about Pleasance… indeed some say Bronson had a very colourful discussion with the director and from that day on, Sturges would always ask for Pleasance’s input on his scenes….. it was Donald Pleasances idea about placing the pin on the floor in order to convince Richard Attenboroughs character that he could see just fine….! Another great actor rarely mentioned is Anthony Quayle who spent a lot of his service behind enemy lines and was awarded several medals for his actions…. So many great actors proved their mettle in WW2…. Thanks for sharing mate 👍
Thank you!
On his death bed, Lee Marvin's last words were , once a Marine, always a Marine...
Semper Fi Mac
Oorah
@@VestigesofHistory oohrah!
Semper Fi.
Not only was Lee a scout Sniper, he was also Battalion Recon, their patch consisted of a black diamond with a skull and crossbones and 5 stars, with the words swift, silent and deadly. Very impressive group, not quite force Recon, or Marine Corps Raiders, but still TOP SHELF...
Semper Fi Mac
This is a well done documentary, love the details and the sources cited. Lee was a true war hero like so many of that generation. Well done.
There was a document that was briefly shown I think it was his service history or dd214? Can you post it or identify it?
Lee Marvin, an actor and a man (today a rare combination).
Wonderful recollection! A favorite actor on TV and on the big screen. M Squad, The Dirty Dozen among so many. Thank you for this recollection!
What a great story! I knew he was a war veteran (as many of my family members) but didn't know he was that quality of a Marine! My uncle Lawrence never came home from the Philippines. I have his 48 star flag that was on his casket! Thank you all for your service in hopefully our last WW!
This was awesome. He was always one of my favourite actors. Thank you for making this.
I'm going to take a different track. I LOVE it when a historian gets excited about the material he is telling the story about.
Lee spent a lot of time in Tucson AZ,
Met an old coin dealer that knew him.
He had tremendous respect for Lee.😊
Met Lee in cairns of Australia in the 70’s. lee loved marlin fishing and that’s what he came here for. He was a great guy, and that voice …
RIP Mr Marvin
This is a well done synapsis of a certain period of life of an American icon. Thank you.
What a great coverage of not only a Hollywood star, but a true American! Thank you for that, Lee was one of my favorites as a kid, The Dirty Dozen, Cat Balou, The Big Red One, and so many others were really great, I did not know the rest of the story. So many actors fought in WWII, I am not sure that would happen today, they volunteered.
Very well put together production. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Great story about a Hollywood hero from the greatest generation
Funny as you were closing his military service part and talking about his start in Hollywood I thought about his roles (2 characters) in Cat Ballou just before you mentioned it, I did not know he won an Academy Award for those roles. I remember him being an unlikely singer "I WAS BORN UNDER A WANDERING STAR". He was the perfect senior NCO in "THE BIG RED ONE" which came out just before my time in the service began. In that one he picks up a new sqad member's shot out testicle and told him how lucky he was to be going home mostly intact and said "THAT'S WHY GOD GAVE YOU TWO". I just learned that he died a couple of weeks ago and celebrate who he was and thanks to his work who he will always be. A HERO THEN AND NOW! UHHH WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR!!!!! A Marine!
So glad I found this channel! ❤❤❤❤
Welcome!!
I always liked Lee Marvin, he was a great actor!
Thank You for the exposure to Lee Marvin's story
Gilhooly! A distant cousin that I didn't get to meet. Love his shows and persona. Really appreciate hearing and seeing these stories come with new life. They need to be told everyday. So thankful for the greatest generation and those who proceeded them.
Well told story. Didn't realise that apart from being a WW2 hero, he was a nice guy.
I will never forget our great American heroes, and I loved watching Lee in the movies. Some of my favorite: Death Hunt, Donovan's Reef,and of course the Dirty Dozen.
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“Emperor of the North” was another good movie with Lee Marvin.
Great actor I always enjoyed watching. He had intensity like Burt Lancaster but could pull off a comedy role too. A good bloke too so they say, a courageous veteran of WWII who will live on in his many films.
always likes Marvin, Emperor of the north is a cozy film imo
My dad was in the 4th (Motor-T). I still have his uniform, French trench knife, and bayonet. I lost his pack, floatation belt, and helmet playing army as a kid (or they were stolen). He loved the Marines but got out to care for his mom. His sporterized Arisaka is still in the family. I don't know if he had it done or if he bought it that way post war. The bore is still perfect. Thanks for your respectful and interesting doco.
Thank you for giving well-deserved respect to a GREAT AMERICAN! May he never be forgotten!
Semper Fi and RIP to legend.
Loved him in the movies.
What a man , and what a life and what a legacy.
Lee Marvin a true legend and gentleman and sorely missed .
Find historical work. Appreciate this very much carry forward sir. I’ll be watching.
Very interesting. I saw him in an interview with Dick Cavet and he really down played his military service. From this I realize how deeply he was involved in WWII. THanks for posting.
Semper Fi!Mr.Marvin you were always one of my Favorite Americans!
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Brilliant! Well researched and documented on one of my all time favorite Hollywood actors.
Thank you very much!!
Great actor.
Always a fan of great American veteran and actor Lee Marvin.
Always a favorite of mine,seemed like a great guy and a badass in real life. They sure don't make em like that anymore. Much respect,RIP brother.
Lee was my favorite actor, he was certainly a man's man! As a combat marine in Vietnam I feel like I know what hell he must have gone through on siapan! Thank you for this great insight on Mr. Lee Marvin's life!
Lee Marvin was a solid straight up Marine! Semper Fi, Brother! No wonder he was so authentic in "The Dirty Dozen", like Gunny, he lived it, breathed it, held it high and Honored His Blood Covenant Oath.
I have to correct you on something in your narration, we (the US military and US citizens) did not have/use the 5.56mm NATO M16 platform during World War Two. The Marine Corps standard service rifle he qualified on was the Springfield 1903A3 bolt action rifle in .30-‘06, sniper rifles were typically hand selected for better accuracy and had a Unertil optic mounted on it. Sometimes also a Weaver 10X scope. He would also have qualified with the 12guage pump shotgun( usually the Winchester 1897, but Ithaca’s, Savage’s and Remington’s too) and by late 1943 the M1 Garand in our standard service caliber .30-‘06 and the 110 grain .30 caliber Ball round for the Winchester carbines. So, with all due respect, correct your narrative so it is accurate. Thank you!
He was always one of my favorite actors ! They don't make-em like the used too. Very impressive 👏
What a great actor and patriot. That generation produced many men like that. My father was in the battle of the bulge among many others. They were indeed the greatest generation.
I can watch any of his movies and not be disappointed one bit.
Even Paint Your Wagon? 😁
JUST! WATCHING SOOTHS THE FERVIDNESSES OF A NO SKIN IN ANY WAR "GAME" OF ALL COUCHED PATRIOTS!
@@Paladin1873 for sure..! One of the best…
always loved Lee Marvin he looked a lot like my grandfather and he was a great man
Interesting information on a great actor. Thanks for sharing
You did a great job for a great man! Thank you.
Thank you too!
The thing about LB, was, he was just so damn likeable. I wish I had that attitude of 'having no attitude'.
Great guy.
I'm actually holding a old coral encrusted brass caseing from a marines rifle that I picked up on Kwajalein in the early sixties
That's cool!
When men were men. My father respected Lee Marvin. My father respected men!
My father was in the 2nd division he was in Okanawa in the 60s he was a fan of Lee Marvin as I
WOW! Great story! Lee Marvin, great American!!
1 month boot camp that would have been nice. I entered the Marine Corps June 1981 our boot camp MCRD San Diego was 11 weeks. I realize during WWII the Marine Corps needed men and needed them now. Semper Fi brother.
Love this story such a great guy and a great career.
I was at Cairns game fishing club the day it was announced he was gone, quite a character and massive influence and person in the town when visiting.
Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson...two guys who survived that conflict. Thanks.
Bronson was a real bad ass for sure, but I don't think he ever went overseas while in the service.
@@portnuefflyerSomewhere I read that Bronson was a gunner on a B-24...? thanks.
@@darrellborland119 I read something about him undergoing training for that, but never left stateside. Which doesn't diminish his badassness at all, probably some PR guy's referring to it and not mentioning he never went "over there."
@@portnuefflyerThank you for your reply. Dad flew Wellington's and Lancaster's RCAF during the Ruhr offensive. And I became engaged several years ago with "Manifest Destiny" era of our American history, concentrating on those men who made it happen, such as Grenville Dodge, Grant, Sherman, the Casement Bro.'s and Andrew J. Russell, who took the most seen photo of the 19th Century, the "Wedding of the Rails". I am also looking for a venue where other's share photos, etc. of "said era. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks again, for your reply, from Darrell.
He was a tail gunner.@@portnuefflyer
He was quality.
Thanks for this. Lee Marvin was always one of my favorite actors. Especially knowing he was on Enewetak. I was there in the late 70’s for the radiation cleanup. Thanks for the info.
Cat Ballou was epic. Lee was perfect as a good guy and as a bad guy.. the music was wonderful. Jane was Cute for the last time. Thank you, Lee
His best roll was Liberty Valance.
Nobody will ever top him as the meanest, badassiest bad guy in cinema history!!😂❤👏👍
Great job. I guess he iused to show up at a bar in Tucson AZ in the early 70's, just a regular guy. Always liked him.
Excellent presentation, Lee was one of my favorite actors. First time I saw him was when he played Chino in The Wild One with Brando. He also impressed me when he was in the twilight zone episode Steel.
I watched an episode of my favorite prime time show when I was in junior high school named 'Combat' this evening. Its reruns on an antenna tv network on Saturday nights from 10 PM EST to midnight 2 episodes. Lee Marvin co stared in one episode this evening & he just blew the top off the character (an ultra tough Sargent) he was playing. As good as acting as I've ever seen on tv. And like this video mentions he handles & in this show is an expert in class C explosives.
OMG Earl, I am a 61yrs young man.., used to watch “Combat” and “Rat Patrol”…, your comment made me think of them, and I had completely forgot about “Combat”.
Thank you sir.
LEE MARVIN ROCKS!!!! TO LEE regarding your service with the USMC .... THANK YOU SIR!!!
I watched. ''Cat Ballou'', at the drive-in theater, in May of 1965. Lee Marvin continued to captured my attention for sixty tears. His iconic representation of the American alpha male continues to guide me through thick and thin.
I knew Lee Marvin personally and I knew him to be a real good guy.
Good job! Well done research and presentation.
Lee Marvin the legend
Rest In Peace 🫡🇺🇸🙏🏽Lee Marvin you where the Best God Bless you 🏝️🇲🇵🇺🇸🇲🇽
Good video 👍
Thanks, I really enjoyed your great video. I have a military history channel myself, so I know how much hard work goes into it! Well done and keep up the good work.
Rhodesians never die. I subbed, are you on IG? @fightingmenofrhodesia
@@VestigesofHistory thank you so much! Yes I am on IG but not too active @john.vanzyl
50 yrs of seeing him on TV as a irritating character now makes sense in a different light. Respect.
A profile on Sterling Hayden would be amazing.
Sterling's in the queue!
One of my faves of that era, the best era of actors. Many of that crew served like Clark Gable as a door gunner on a bomber with several combat missions and with a Hitler price tag on his head.
The actors of today don’t serve. Very few have.
@@dave-d-grunt Jimmy Stewart was an Army air corps B24 pilot ,flew 25 missions over Germany. He transferred to the reserves after the war ,he received the Distinguished Flying Cross the Croix De Gerrie with Palm leafs from France and the Distinguished Service Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters . He transferred to the newly formed U.S.Air Force in 1947 ,he flew a few missions in Vietnam in 1966 and was mandatorily retired from the Air Force in 1968 at age 60 as a Brigadier General . He served 27 years military service.
@@donaldpiper9763 he served a very long time. Good man!
OOHRAH! Pfc Marvin was ine of my favorite actors as a kid. I didnt find out he'd been a Jarhead until after i graduated from bootcamp. 1982. After that, i saw every movie he was in. My favorite its, oddly enough, "Paint Your Wagon " (its my favorite Clint Eastwood movie as well).
Thank you , Lee Marvin !
Lots of GREAT shots in this! My only complaint is I had to keep hitting pause to look a the documentation, photos! LOL! Thanks!
Thank you! This is my favorite comment! You're awesome!
Battle War Actors Jimmy Stewart, Harold Russell Both Academy Award Winners.
WOW! Great video! Lee Marvin was always one of my favorite actors. And I have seen his grave at Arlington Cemetery.
To Lee Marvin, thank you for your service to our country you were a great man you rest in peace, sir