Just been looking at pics of James Mason & Rommel, not a bad lookalike, which got me wondering who looked most like the real person they were depicting in a war film ? Who would you vote as best film lookalike ?
not a war film but certainly a wartime character Oliver Masucci as Adolf Hitler in Er Ist Wieder Da! Kyle
I immediately thought of Brian Keith as Teddy Roosevelt in "The Wind and the Lion" I was looking for a picture of him in character and found this site: Hollywood Portrayals Of Actual Military Figures - Page 7 - MOVIE & TV REVIEWS Keith as T.R.
Richard Todd looked very like Richard Todd but older in The Longest Day. Of course he played Major John Howard in the film and someone else (uncredited) played him.
Michael Bates as Montgomery in "Patton". Then there was Audie Murphy as Audie Murphy in 'To Hell and Back".
Idler's mention of Clifton James is spot-on, particularly his mannerisms. I write as someone who saw Monty twice ! Ron
Prompted me to look up the man on Google. First took me to the guy who played the broad rough talking Deputy in a couple of James Bond movies......then found the 'other' one!
Actually, A Bridge Too Far hits the marks pretty well, even though Urquhart was more round faced than Connery. "Churchill and the Generals" was pretty good too; Patrick Allen as the Auk; Ian Richardson as Monty; Eric Porter as Brook; Patrick Magee as Wavell...
Audie Murphy as Audie Murphy in 'To Hell and Back’. Audie Murphy was the spitting image of himself, did a good impression of himself and even sounded like himself.