pilot actors....
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pilot actors....
With the Academy Awards just out for the year, who do you think has acted as a pilot very well, or quite bad !
A couple that come to mind....... (good)
Sam Sheppard who played Chuck Yeager in the Right Stuff (I think he got an Oscar for this)
Robert Redford in The Great Waldo Pepper
Tom Selleck in High Road To China
...and all the guys in Piece Of Cake did quite well from memory !
A couple that come to mind....... (good)
Sam Sheppard who played Chuck Yeager in the Right Stuff (I think he got an Oscar for this)
Robert Redford in The Great Waldo Pepper
Tom Selleck in High Road To China
...and all the guys in Piece Of Cake did quite well from memory !
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The guy who played Stryker in the Airplane movies - most convincing pilot I've ever seen!
(Although I've never seen any of the lads miss their mouth with a drink!!!).
Brilliantly observed movie.
(Although I've never seen any of the lads miss their mouth with a drink!!!). Brilliantly observed movie.
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Jimmy Stewart ....Twice
1) The Spirit of St. Louis
and
2) Flight of the Phoenix
Oh, and he was an operational (and instuctor) pilot on the B17 for real
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1) The Spirit of St. Louis
and
2) Flight of the Phoenix
Oh, and he was an operational (and instuctor) pilot on the B17 for real
One of my Heros
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Steve McQueen in The War Lover
Not sure if he was pilot qualified at the time they shot the film - or at least the flying parts of the film - at Bovington aerodrome. However, he is seen checking the turbocharger impellers for free rotation in prefilighting the Fort one scene and, despite the usual trembling yoke stuff (no doubt demanded by the director) he looked like a pilot.
Great lines from the film, as the McQueen/Robert Wagner B-17 climbs out of cloud:
Wagner (P2): "Look at that beautiful dawn, Buzz"
McQ (P1): "Dawns are for copilots..."
Not sure if he was pilot qualified at the time they shot the film - or at least the flying parts of the film - at Bovington aerodrome. However, he is seen checking the turbocharger impellers for free rotation in prefilighting the Fort one scene and, despite the usual trembling yoke stuff (no doubt demanded by the director) he looked like a pilot.
Great lines from the film, as the McQueen/Robert Wagner B-17 climbs out of cloud:
Wagner (P2): "Look at that beautiful dawn, Buzz"
McQ (P1): "Dawns are for copilots..."
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It appears that Simtech is correct: see here and here. Stewart was a B-17 instructor in the 'States, though.
I agree that Kenneth Moore and Steve McQueen were both great.
Cliff Robertson is such a pro-aviation actor-pilot that I'd like to give him an honourable mention, although his acting style has always seemed wooden to me.
I agree that Kenneth Moore and Steve McQueen were both great.
Cliff Robertson is such a pro-aviation actor-pilot that I'd like to give him an honourable mention, although his acting style has always seemed wooden to me.
Cliff Robertson used to own a Spit.
There's John Travolta, of course with a couple of aircraft including a Boeing 720 and a GII, and Harrison Ford owns a Beaver and a helicopter among other aircraft.
There's John Travolta, of course with a couple of aircraft including a Boeing 720 and a GII, and Harrison Ford owns a Beaver and a helicopter among other aircraft.
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Speaking of Jane Russel I used to see her walking her dog(s) when I was on my way to high school. At the time she was married to Bob Waterfield of the Cleveland Rams.
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MLS-12D,
Prepared to be proved wrong here. But I seem to remember reading somewhere, that Cliff Robertson was a qualified captain on 707s and occasionally flew for a U.S. airline when he wasn't making a film.
Prepared to be proved wrong here. But I seem to remember reading somewhere, that Cliff Robertson was a qualified captain on 707s and occasionally flew for a U.S. airline when he wasn't making a film.
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Luke,
That's the first I've heard of it, but you could be correct.
Just a thought: are you perhaps confusing him with John Travolta (who definitely flies his own 707 and is an honourary captain for Qantas: see here).
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That's the first I've heard of it, but you could be correct.
Just a thought: are you perhaps confusing him with John Travolta (who definitely flies his own 707 and is an honourary captain for Qantas: see here).
Cheers,
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I've jotted down:
Christopher Reeve (once upon a time)
Treat Williams
Patrick Swayze
Tom Cruise (ha)
John Denver (most promising new actor 1977)
and I may not forget
Sheila Scott
cheers
atb1943
Christopher Reeve (once upon a time)
Treat Williams
Patrick Swayze
Tom Cruise (ha)
John Denver (most promising new actor 1977)
and I may not forget
Sheila Scott
cheers
atb1943