Ha, ha. When I first saw this I thought you were making fun of all
of the diving in football ( soccer to us North Americans ) :-).

Though the same could be said in most sports now :-(.

How about this guy?

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http://www.audiemurphy.com/
https://www.google.com/search?q=audi...CKABEIke&dpr=1

puttin' it all on the line!
 

Well if your going that route; Go with the King: CLARK GABLE http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._publicity.JPGGable flew five combat missions, including one to Germany, as an observer-gunner in B-17 Flying Fortresses between May 4 and September 23, 1943, earning the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts. During one of the missions, Gable's aircraft was damaged by flak and attacked by fighters, which knocked out one of the engines and shot up the stabilizer. In the raid on Germany, one crewman was killed and two others were wounded, and flak went through Gable's boot and narrowly missed his head.
Der Fuhrer favored Gable above all other actors. During WWII, Hitler offered a sizable reward to anyone who could capture and bring Gable to him unscathed.
Gable's military awards were the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal. He also qualified for and received aerial gunner wings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Gable http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...wart-gable.jpgStewart and Gable-1943 two serious non-shirkers who served while at he peak of their acting careers!:salute:

Daniel Day-Lewis

Not been around as long as most of the greats but still the only person in film history to win the Oscar award for Best Actor three times.

http://i.imgur.com/GPcxWw9.jpg

Jack Palance the ultimate bad guy.

http://i.imgur.com/HdPv1Vs.jpg

Richard Attenborough
 

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The second picture is from the 1950 film Morning Departure, about a doomed RN submarine.

Ignore the bloke in the background. That's John Mills, who always spoke in the same prissy lardydar voice in every film he starred in.

Although not listed high in the credits for Morning Departure, Attenborough's performance, as in all his films, was compelling, especially in The Angry Silence
He often overshadowed more senior actors.

Dustin Hoffman
Notable films include Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Straw Dogs, Papillon, Lenny, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Rain Man, Hook and Wag the Dog etc. etc.

He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning two (for his performances in Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man), thirteen Golden Globes, winning six (including an honorary one) and has won four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, a Genie Award, and an Emmy Award. Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012.

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ARTHUR LOWE
 

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Maybe contentious, but a stalwart character actor (never the lead) in a number of lesser known films, ultimately made famous by the role of Mainwaring in "Dad's Army". To see him playing the part of Mainwaring drunk, yet striving to preserve his dignity, you can see just how good he was. To see him playing Barry Mainwaring (the Captain's wayward brother) properly drunk and not caring: genius...

Anthony Hopkins
http://i.imgur.com/QbqSRZi.jpg
Perhaps Hopkins' most famous role is as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991, opposite Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, who also won for Best Actress. The film won Best Picture, Best Director and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. It is one of the shortest lead performances to win an Oscar, as Hopkins appears on screen for only a little over 16 minutes, less than 14% of the film's running time.

PATRICIA NEAL
 

http://i.imgur.com/GPEqgIw.jpg

Memorable opposite John Wayne in "In Harm's Way" and "Operation Pacific"; other famous movies included: "Breakfast At Tiffany's", "The Day The Earth Stood Still", "Hud" and "The Hasty Heart".

Spencer Tracy
http://i.imgur.com/0OVQwUj.jpg

Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 4

"Bad Day At Black Rock"... what an all time must-see film.

"Judgement at Nuremberg" was my favourite.

SIR JOHN GIELGUD
 

http://i.imgur.com/BAzW9Si.jpg

"OMG, my dear boy, I'm not worthy..."

He would deffo have been in "Star Wars" if Alec Guinness hadn't scooped up the part of Obi-Wan...