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Post by sir veilance on Dec 12, 2008 18:30:27 GMT -5
We lost a great actor today! Van Johnson passed away at 92 He was in many great WW2 movies, White Cliffs of Dover, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, A Guy Named Joe, Command Decision, Go For Broke, Men Of The Fighting Lady ( I know.... that's Korea!), The Caine Mutiny and the best Battle Of The Bulge movie yet......Battleground!!
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2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Dec 12, 2008 22:35:39 GMT -5
He really was in a lot of great ones. I espcially liked him in Battleground and Go For Broke (two of my all time favorites.)
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Post by 5thrangerinfantry on Dec 15, 2008 8:08:26 GMT -5
he was in a musical with Gene Kelly too - Brigadune - I know, I know, my mom made me watch it when I was a little kid...
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Post by Young Blood on Dec 16, 2008 13:12:08 GMT -5
oh damn, I saw this thread when you first posted it and had seen the guy in several movies but I never knew his name off hand, wow he died.. thats too bad, great actor he was.. -Eddie
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