The 10 Toughest Actors in Hollywood History | #1 Is Unbelievable!

Some men played tough on screen. The men on this list were already the real thing long before any camera found them. One survived the Pacific War as one of six men out of two hundred and forty-seven who walked away. Another was demoted seven times by the Marines and then pulled five men out of freezing Arctic water alone. And the man at number one did something so extreme that the Hollywood film about his life had to be softened because the truth was considered too unbelievable for audiences to accept. In this video: Robert Mitchum's chain gang escape and what it built in him Charles Bronson working coal mines at ten years old before becoming a combat gunner John Wayne filming through a removed lung and the nuclear test site that changed everything James Cagney combining street-fighter instincts with professional dance training Anthony Quinn boxing professionally for money before Hollywood found him Kirk Douglas surviving a helicopter crash and rebuilding his voice after a stroke Lee Marvin on Saipan, one of six survivors out of two hundred and forty-seven men Steve McQueen's seven Marine demotions and the race he finished with a broken foot Charlton Heston's combat service and his role in the civil rights movement Audie Murphy and the burning tank destroyer at Holtzwihr OldTapes brings you the complete, uncut stories behind the legends of Hollywood's golden age. 📺 Subscribe — new stories every week. 🎬 @OldTapes