Biggest Bad Ass

Cad, can you move this to OT, please

I thought this was going to be about forum members.

Bronson seemed to be a genuine tough guy

Ya, pre Arnold and Stallone.

Eddies brother?

How many 44 magnums did Clint sell? I'm betting thousands and thousand.

Didn’t remember that Audie was only 45 when he died in the plane crash

I think we need to look among our own ranks here. There seems to be plenty of puffed out chests in the political section, heck some of it has bled over into some posts in the hunting and West Central section. There's a couple on here that I would vote for, but I ain't mentioning no names for fear of getting my azz whupped. 😉
P.S. The emoji means this is all in jest so please no hate.

Sheriff Buford Pusser

Lee Marvin was a precursor but i do remember the dirty dozen.

I didn’t know that about Lee Marvin.

A good American and a genuine hero

Some of those actors really proved their grit in that war. Jimmy Stewart comes to mind.

Others were dodgers

"Around the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Wayne was not the big-name actor we remember him being today. He was fresh off the box-office success of the 1939 film, “Stagecoach.”

"Being drafted or enlisting was going to have a serious impact on his rising star. Depending on how long the war lasted, Wayne reportedly worried he might be too old to be a leading man when he came home."

"Other actors, both well-established and rising in fame, rushed off to do their part. Clark Gable joined the Army Air Forces and, despite the studios’ efforts to get him into a motion picture unit, served as an aerial gunner over Europe. Jimmy Stewart was initially ineligible for the draft, given his low weight, but like some amazing version of Captain America, he drank beer until he qualified."
"
"With his leading man competition fighting the war and out of the way, Wayne became Hollywood’s top leading man. "

"Wayne never enlisted and even filed for a 3-A draft deferment, which meant that if the sole provider for a family of four were drafted, it would cause his family undue hardship. The closest he ever came to World War II service was portraying the actions of others on the silver screen."

"At one point during the war, the need for more men in uniform caused the U.S. military brass to change Wayne’s draft status to 1-A, fit for duty. But Hollywood studios intervened on his behalf, arguing that the actor’s star power was a boon for wartime propaganda and the morale of the troops. He was given a special 2-A status, which back then meant he was deferred in “support of national interest.”

"After the war, he made a number of films set in World War II, including some of his most famous, like “The Longest Day,” “They Were Expendable” and “Sands of Iwo Jima.”

"Despite his post-war patriotism, many labeled Wayne a draft dodger for the rest of his life. "

www.military.com/history/why-john-wayne-was-labeled-draft-dodger-during-world-war-ii.html

Robert Shaw deserves an honorable mention here. His role in Jaws was truly bad ass.

Dont forget Steve McQueen....because of his racing.