General
Major General Sherman in How
the West was Won
Brigadier General Mike Randolph in Cast
a Giant Shadow
John Wayne was originally asked to play General Stillwell in 1941,
but his health was not very good at the time and he turned the role down
(to Robert Stack).
Colonel
Cord McNally in Rio
Lobo
John Henry Thomas in The
Undefeated
Navy Captain Rockwell Torrey in In
Harm's Way
Mike Kirby in The
Green Berets
Davy Crockett in The
Alamo
Shannon in Jet
Pilot
John Marlowe in The
Horse Soldiers
Joseph Madden in Back
to Bataan
German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich in The
Sea Chase
Lieutenant Colonel / Major
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke in Rio
Grande (aka Rio Bravo)
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort in The
Longest Day
Coast Guard Commander Bob Randall in Sea
Spoilers
Major Dan Kirby in Flying
Leathernecks
Captain / Lieutenant
Captain Kirby York in Fort
Apache (compare to Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke)
Captain Nathan Brittles in She
Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Navy Lieutenant Rusty Ryan in They
Were Expendable
Navy Lieutenant Dan Brent in Seven
Sinners
Lieutenant Bob Denton in Men
Are Like That
Captain John Holmes in The
Man from Monterey
Captain Dooley in Island
in the Sky
Midshipman in Salute
Sergeant
Sergeant John M. Stryker in Sands
of Iwo Jima
Rank Unclear
Navy patrol pilot Frank W. "Spig" Wead in Wings
of Eagles
Merchant marine captain Tom Wilder in Blood
Alley
Kentucky militiaman John Breen in The
Fighting Kentuckian
Clipper ship captain Jack Stuart in Reap
the Wild Wind
Submarine commander Duke Gifford in Operation
Pacific
Tom Wayne in Desert
Command
Mercenary pilot Jim Gordon in Flying
Tigers
Radioman in Men
Without Women
Army dispatch rider Hondo Lane in Hondo
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