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Great tough guy's of yesteryear
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Hwang Jang-Lee: Star of a huge slew of martial arts films from the 1970’s and 80’s (in which he typically played the baddie).
Still one of the greatest screen kickers ever and apparently once killed a real life assailant with a single roundhouse kick to the head(!!!) |
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"Agree with Lee Marvin. Ex USMC, fought in the pacific against the Japanese, and is buried in Arlington Military Cemetery.
And he could sing too, sort of .."
Do you reckon he was born under a wandering star?? |
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"Agree with Lee Marvin. Ex USMC, fought in the pacific against the Japanese, and is buried in Arlington Military Cemetery.
And he could sing too, sort of ..
Do you reckon he was born under a wandering star??"
Possibly..  |
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"Sean Connery.
Michael Caine."
Michael Caine is a Korean War veteran. He said in an interview a few years ago that he still has nightmares about his experiences during the war.
Respect to him |
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"Agree with Lee Marvin. Ex USMC, fought in the pacific against the Japanese, and is buried in Arlington Military Cemetery.
And he could sing too, sort of ..
Do you reckon he was born under a wandering star??
Possibly.. "
Ha ha, yes...you were right to add "sort of". He more growls than sings.
I found it admirable that despite being a massive Hollywood film star of so many great movies, he chose to be buried in Arlington, and his Grave Stone simply reads:
Lee Marvin
PFC
US Marine Corps
World War 2
No Hollywood glitz or glamour. Just a simple grave among fellow servicemen |
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By *TG3Man
over a year ago
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"Norman hunter and Lee Dixon 
I think you mean Francis Lee and Noman Hunter at The Baseball Ground, Derby v Leeds Nov. 1975. I was there 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZnXgKl70I"
lol I didn't but you could be right  |
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By *TG3Man
over a year ago
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"Norman hunter and Lee Dixon
I think you mean Francis Lee and Noman Hunter at The Baseball Ground, Derby v Leeds Nov. 1975. I was there
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZnXgKl70I"
wow Billy bremner was like a boxer |
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By *TG3Man
over a year ago
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"Are they tough guys or did they play tough characters?
Take it as read we are talking about the stereotypes they were in ....... the roles.... the scripts..
e.g. I won't put Mary Poppins in. "
damn I didn't know she was a guy |
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"Nobby stiles..
Nigel Benn
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Ooh if we are going down that route..
Tommy smith
Chopper harris
Norman hunter
Billy bremner
And on...
Tom dearden the rugby league player who played on and won man of the match with a ruptured testicle
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Some of the names mentioned in this thread just go to show you how effective actors’ personal brands and marketing of said brands were even back then. Cos a lot of them weren’t actual tough guys at all, just portrayed that way.
Anyway Jackie Chan was/ is a tough SOB. The amount he put his body through to nail fight choreography, and do the majority of his own stunts - multiple injuries. |
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