Marines Who Have Made it in the Limelight

Dozens of Marines have distinguished themselves off the battlefield after they left the Corps. Here are a few individuals who have made it big on the small or silver screen.

Don Adams
Get Smart

Hugh O’Brian
Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp

Bea Arthur
The Golden Girls

Drew Carey
Drew Carey Show

James Carville
Crossfire

Brian Dennehy
Tommy Boy

Dale Dye
Band of Brothers

David Eigenberg
Sex and the City

R. Lee Ermey
Full Metal Jacket

Mike Farrell
M*A*S*H

Glenn Ford
Superman (1978)

Chris George
Chisum

Gene Hackman
Behind Enemy Lines

B. Gerard James
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Bob Keeshan
Captain Kangaroo

Harvey Keitel
Reservoir Dogs

Mills Lane
Judge Mills Lane

Jim Lehrer
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Lee Marvin
The Dirty Dozen

Ed McMahon
The Tonight Show

Steve McQueen
The Great Escape

Oliver North
War Stories

Randy Orton
World Wrestling Entertainment

George Peppard
The A-Team

Tyrone Power
The Mark of Zorro

Robert Remus
World Wrestling Federation

George C. Scott
Patton

Montel Williams
The Montel Williams Show

Jonathan Winters
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Ed Wood
Plan 9 from Outer Space