Uncle George Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 No idea who he is but it's a striking picture. Looks to me like it might be a movie-still? . A movie-still indeed; but the actor was a GW veteran who had an admirable post-war career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 A movie-still indeed; but the actor was a GW veteran who had an admirable post-war career. Is it Nigel Bruce? (Dr.Watson) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 A movie-still indeed; but the actor was a GW veteran who had an admirable post-war career. Is it Nigel Bruce? (Dr.Watson) Not him, no. Don't let the uniform give you the wrong idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Is he an American actor? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 It's Buster Keaton innit? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Is he an American actor? Mike It's Buster Keaton innit? Mike No, and no. Nor is he British. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Dang! I was sure it was him. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 It's not Gary Cooper playing Alvin York is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 It's not Gary Cooper playing Alvin York is it? It is not. He is playing Stanhope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Colin Clive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Colin Clive? No. This chap's GW service included the Battle of Warsaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Could it be Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó by any chance? Better known as Bela Lugosi....... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Think you may have it Pete. I wonder why he changed his name? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Could it be Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó by any chance? Better known as Bela Lugosi....... Pete. Alas, no. Here he is again: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 It's Lee van Cleef Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 It's Lee van Cleef Mike No. It isn't. Lee van Cleef did not serve at the Battle of Warsaw. Pete was skirting around the right answer when he guessed Bela Lugosi: my chap was in 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'. He was also in 'Casablanca'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Is it Hans Walter Conrad Veidt? If it is, I see what you mean about having an admirable post-war career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Is it Hans Walter Conrad Veidt? If it is, I see what you mean about having an admirable post-war career. Yes! Well done, General Plumb. He starred in the German language version of 'Journey's End', 'Die andere Seite', before, married to a Jewish woman and opposed to the Nazis, he emigrated and continued his career in Hollywood. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Veidt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 Yes! Well done, General Plumb. He starred in the German language version of 'Journey's End', 'Die andere Seite', before, married to a Jewish woman and opposed to the Nazis, he emigrated and continued his career in Hollywood. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Veidt I remember him well from an early Powell and Pressburger set in the Orkneys. RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 I' m not sure if we have had him before. A press cutting of a pilot at his wedding. Bonus if you can get the bride's brother, also a pilot. RM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 No. It isn't. Lee van Cleef did not serve at the Battle of Warsaw. Pete was skirting around the right answer when he guessed Bela Lugosi: my chap was in 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'. He was also in 'Casablanca'. So when Bogart as Rick shoots Veidt as Major Strasser and Claude Rains as Louis Renault utters the immortal line "Major Strasser has been shot..................round up the usual suspects" you have the US Navy, the German army and the British army through the London Scottish represented. Good one. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 So when Bogart as Rick shoots Veidt as Major Strasser and Claude Rains as Louis Renault utters the immortal line "Major Strasser has been shot..................round up the usual suspects" you have the US Navy, the German army and the British army through the London Scottish represented. Good one. Pete. "I have been in every gambling room between Honolulu and Berlin, and if you think I'm going to be kept out of a saloon like this, you're very much mistaken." Gregory Gaye served in the Imperial Russian Navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 28 September , 2015 Share Posted 28 September , 2015 The cast list for Casablancais impressive as it includes several German,Austria-Hungary, French & other European citizens who had escaped the Nazis and fled to America- Peter Lorre, Paul Henreid, Curt Bois, S. K. Sakall, Helmut Dantine, Marcel Dalio and many many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 29 September , 2015 Share Posted 29 September , 2015 I' m not sure if we have had him before. A press cutting of a pilot at his wedding. Bonus if you can get the bride's brother, also a pilot. RM. Is he Billy Bishop VC? His brother-in-law was Henry Burden DSO, DFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 29 September , 2015 Share Posted 29 September , 2015 Is he Billy Bishop VC? His brother-in-law was Henry Burden DSO, DFC. Alas no. My man's brother in law was much less famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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