These celebs went to war. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for various celebrities who actually saw combat or some type of military action in a war.
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00:00You fought in World War II, you served, you fought, did you see any action?
00:04A little.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for various celebrities who
00:09actually saw combat or some type of military action in a war.
00:12If we could just get the poor kids off the streets.
00:16When conflict came knocking, these stars fought in the theater of war.
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01:16Number 10.
01:17James Blunt
01:18Nothing in James Blunt's early life signaled a career in music.
01:21In school, he excelled at the likes of physics and chemistry, and he later studied aerospace
01:25manufacturing engineering in college.
01:27He then served time with a regiment of the British Army called the Lifeguards.
01:31Blunt went on to serve in the Kosovo War, carrying out aerial reconnaissance and choosing
01:34targets for bombings.
01:35I'm not having my soldiers being responsible for starting World War III.
01:39He was also a part of the so-called Pristina airport incident, which had the potential
01:43of kick-starting World War III.
01:44Now you saved the world from World War III, which is good.
01:47While serving in the Kosovo War, Blunt would play the guitar for locals, signaling his
01:51imminent ascension as a world-famous pop star.
01:54You're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful, it's true.
02:03Number 9.
02:04Rod Serling
02:05Rod Serling is well-known as the creator, head writer, and presenter of The Twilight
02:08Zone.
02:09He's built out of flesh, and because he has a mind, Mr. Romney Wordsworth, who will draw
02:15his last breaths in the Twilight Zone.
02:18The show debuted in October 1959, when Serling was 34 years old.
02:23Sixteen years earlier, he was fresh out of high school and serving in the U.S. Army.
02:26Serling was assigned to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment and saw combat in the Philippines
02:31during World War II.
02:32Logic is an enemy and truth is a menace.
02:35His airborne division served as light infantry during the Battle of Leyte, which resulted
02:39in an Allied victory.
02:40He also served during the Battle of Manila, which lasted one month between February and
02:44March of 1945.
02:46Serling was awarded numerous medals for his service, including the Purple Heart.
02:50Like some goose-stepping predecessors, he searches for something to explain his hunger
02:54and to rationalize why a world passes him by without saluting.
02:58Number 8.
02:59Shaggy
03:00Born Orville Burrell, Shaggy is an eight-time Grammy nominee as of 2023 and is world-famous
03:05for singles like Angel, Boombastic, and It Wasn't Me.
03:12His songs are insanely catchy and his unique voice is instantly recognizable.
03:16In fact, Shaggy practiced and perfected said voice while serving in the United States Marine
03:21Corps.
03:22Burrell enlisted in 1988 when he was 20 years old and worked in field artillery with the
03:2610th Marine Regiment.
03:27Shaggy served during the Gulf War, which began approximately two years after he enlisted.
03:35For his services in the military, Shaggy was eventually promoted to Lance Corporal.
03:39He left the military in 1991 and Boombastic was released to enormous success four years
03:43later.
03:44Number 7.
03:51Charles Bronson
03:52His screen presence was larger than life, and his resume of awesomeness includes roles
03:56in Death Wish, The Great Escape, and Once Upon a Time in the West.
04:13As it turns out, though, Charles Bronson was quite the roughneck in real life.
04:16He became a decorated World War II vet after serving in the U.S. Air Force for about three
04:20years.
04:21During that time, he saw action as an aerial gunner for a multitude of combat missions.
04:25He sustained serious injuries during one operation and found himself wearing the honorable Purple
04:29Heart upon his retirement in 1946.
04:35It was only after his service that Bronson decided to pursue an acting career.
04:39Perhaps his military experience is partially to thank for the iconic characters that he
04:43would later play.
04:50Number 6.
04:51Christopher Lee
04:52This man led one heck of a life.
04:58Lee's time in the military is worthy of its own movie.
05:01He entered World War II at 17 and served during the Winter War with the Finnish Army.
05:05He later entered the Royal Air Force and was stationed across Africa.
05:19He was an intelligence officer in the No. 260 Squadron RAF and completed various air
05:24duties, including bombings and ground support.
05:26He directly helped in the Allied invasion of Italy, caught malaria six times in one
05:30year, climbed Mount Vesuvius, survived a plane crash, and even quelled a mutiny.
05:34He then hunted Nazi war criminals before retiring in 1946.
05:38Like we said, one heck of a life.
05:45Number 5.
05:46Mel Brooks
05:47It's amazing how life works out sometimes.
05:48If Mel Brooks' career panned out as he planned, we wouldn't have gotten some of the funniest
05:52movies ever made, and Brooks could have been just another psychologist.
05:56Brooks hoped to study psychology at Brooklyn College but was drafted into World War II
05:59at the age of 18.
06:00He was placed in the Army and diffused landmines
06:11with the 1104th Engineer Combat Battalion.
06:18He even saw action in the Battle of the Bulge, which is the third deadliest battle in American
06:22history.
06:23It was after the war that Brooks got into comedy, finding work as a TV writer and performer
06:27at various Catskills resorts.
06:33Number 4.
06:34Alec Guinness
06:35A widely acclaimed actor, Alec Guinness enjoyed decades worth of success and is perhaps best
06:40known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars.
06:53Guinness was an accomplished Shakespearean actor before serving in World War II.
07:03During his time in the war, Guinness was a temporary lieutenant who commanded landing
07:06crafts during Operation Husky.
07:08This was the official name for the Allied invasion of Sicily, which took place throughout
07:12July and August of 1943.
07:21He later returned from the war and continued acting in various Shakespeare productions.
07:25In 1953, he uttered the very first line of the now-famous Stratford Festival in Ontario,
07:31Canada.
07:32Number 3.
07:33Clark Gable
07:38The King of Hollywood enjoyed one of the most storied careers in movie history, starring
07:42in classic films like It Happened One Night and Gone with the Wind.
07:49He was a major star before the outbreak of World War II, and in 1942, Gable enlisted
07:54in the army.
07:55His reputation as a screen legend preceded him, and he was assigned to film a recruitment
07:59video for aerial gunners.
08:00While in England with the 351st Bomb Group, Gable took part in various combat missions
08:05and was nearly killed in action.
08:07With the influence of the movie studios behind him, Gable was subsequently placed on inactive
08:11duty and was personally discharged in 1944 by future president Ronald Reagan.
08:16Gable's video Combat America was released in January of 1945.
08:24Number 2.
08:25Oliver Stone
08:26This filmmaker has an intense fascination with American history and politics, and he
08:29made a trilogy of films detailing the Vietnam War.
08:44These films were Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, and Heaven and Earth.
08:56Stone had a personal interest in the Vietnam War, having served in it himself.
09:00Stone volunteered for combat in 1967 at the age of 20 and enlisted in the army.
09:05He undertook many roles during his time in Vietnam and received numerous awards.
09:09These include the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts.
09:13After leaving the army, Stone studied film at New York University and graduated in 1971,
09:18which helped put him on his now-historic path.
09:26Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
09:30Paul Newman earned the Navy Good Conduct Medal serving in World War II.
09:40Michael Caine served in the Korean War with the Royal Fusiliers.
09:52Ed Wood served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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10:16Number 1.
10:17Jimmy Stewart
10:30This legendary performer was as much a military pilot as he was an actor.
10:34Stewart had a long military career, serving with the army between 1941 and 1947, and with
10:38the Air Force from 1947 to 1968.
10:40In fact, Stewart was the first movie star to enlist in the Second World War, having
10:44proudly come from a long line of soldiers.
10:55In four years, Stewart rose from private to colonel and later to brigadier general and
10:59earned both the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
11:03Stewart remained in the military until he was forced to retire at 60.
11:06He was awarded the United States Air Force Distinguished Service Medal for his valiant
11:10career.
11:19What do you make of these celebrities' actions?
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