Toughest Man....?

Clint Eastwood – “a man’s got to know his limitations.”

Besides Clint, I got to say George C. Scott in Patton! When he’s standing there in front of the American flag, you just know there is nothing that’s going to stop him from pulling out that ivory-gripped handgun and blow your head off were you to say anything derogatory!

Heck – think of the remarks made when the reporter asked him about his "pearl-handled revolvers", Patton retorts, "They're ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol." LOL, the man’s a demy god! :)
 
Being realistic? IMO? Tom Ludlow from "Street Kings" he lays down countless perps to their graves with a few 1911's ;)


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Audie Murphy

I actually live in Audie Murphy's home town. Several members of my church grew up with him. And they all say he was the real deal. He was what Rambo wished he could be! Check out his story some time.

As for a gun, how about the gun John Rambo unhooked off the helicopter and used to shoot up the office. He blows away the computers and electronics and then shoots up in the air, giving his signiture yell. Pretty cool gun! ;)
 
Isn't it strange that the tuffest guy, Audie, went on to father one of the funniest, Eddie... ;)

As to the gun - S&W 29. The original "most powerful handgun in the world" !
 
Wild Bunch

Holden,Borgnine,Oates,and Johnson in the final shoout scene.
Also the SF operators who received the Medal of Honor at Mogadishu played by actors unfamiliar to me.
Of course,that was a real situation being depicted.
Sam Sheperd playing the SgtMajor during the overrun attempt during We Were Soldiers-that too,a real event.
 
I might be having too much fun with this thread...

sandbag:
Wild Bunch
Holden,Borgnine,Oates,and Johnson in the final shoout scene.
Also the SF operators who received the Medal of Honor at Mogadishu played by actors unfamiliar to me.
Of course,that was a real situation being depicted.
Sam Sheperd playing the SgtMajor during the overrun attempt during We Were Soldiers-that too,a real event.
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Hear, hear! to The Wild Bunch, especially Borgnine! And remember, those guys wielded 1911s, which would have just been issued at that time.

'Speaking of Sergeants Major, Dennis Haysbert is pretty darn impressive as SGM Jonas Blane on The Unit. But then, so is his whole team, with a wide variety of firearms. In h2h, though, I'd bet on Mack Gerhardt, played by Max Martini.

How 'bout a mention of NCIS's Leroy Jethro Gibbs? 'Hard to believe that Mark Harmon isn't a Marine, but series creator/producer/screenwriter Don Bellisario is.

But Have Gun, Will Travel's Paladin still tops my list. I'm a little disappointed that I'm the only one who mentioned him. I know there are a few other dinosaurs here on TFL who remember that show, from 1958 to 1962.

And, speaking of black-clad gunslingers, I have to mention a real esoteric one, El Topo, played by writer/producer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky in the flick by the same name. It's a surrealistic, metaphysical Western in which the hero must, among other things, seek out and vanquish the four master gunfighters of the desert. 'Great soundtrack, too. And in violence it rivals anything by Sam Peckinpah.
 
There are lots of well-remembered actors who played fairly tough men but who didn't take themselves all that seriously, surprisingly not mentioned so far. There was Jack Palance, Jack Elam, James Coburn and one virtual unknown in the movie The Wild Bunch, Emilio Fernandez, who played the Mexican general. He had been a real life Mexican revolutionary in the 1920s but was on the wrong side, so he had to leave the country. He went to L.A. and wound up in the movies.

It ain't like it used to be; but it'll do.
 
I have to pick Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction for toughest.

For toughest gun, the only one that comes to mind is Dirty Harry's Model 29.
 
sandbag, not to be a jerk, but you meant Sam Elliot.

I think Sam Shepard played the general in BlackHawk Down.
 
Audie was the Real Deal, but Alan Ladd played "Shane."
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Yep, I messed up there, maybe I was thinking of destry another I like, unarmed deputy etc :)

Jimmy Stewart was instrumental in getting SAC started here in Nebraska, there are pics of him in the basement of the storz mansion, he stayed there when he visited Omaha. Old Aurther used to take us around and show us how his family used to live and the folks they used to have over. I was told he could put a whupping on ya, he looked slim and weak but was wirey and very strong, fast too. Flew a lot of missions too.

Audie was instrumental in getting help for our returning soldiers, he knew what they were going thru, he was going thru it too.

Them guys back then worked harder, longer and a lot more physically than we all do, they was a lot tougher then.
 
The toughest guy I've ever known was a fella I went to high school with. The guy was built like a tank, and I didn't envy my best friend having to wrestle him in practice for the high school wrestling team.

This guy went on to be a pretty well known figure. He bacame an American professional mixed martial arts fighter, actor, and professional wrestler.

I knew him as JR Frye; some of you might recognize him by his later handle that included his given name.

His given name is Don Frye, AKA "The Predator" Don Frye.

But he gets my vote for "Toughest guy".

Daryl
 
1) tough one... clint is the icon of stone face cop, chuck norris is...well chuck norris, and jack bauer is general all around badass.

but i give it to bond because he always takes a beating but still has what it takes to please his 'lady friends'

2) toughest gun? in the imaginary world: there is an anime with a 13mm handgun http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Hellsing#Jackal

real world: the composite pistol from In The Line of Fire. It might only be a .38, but anything that can be taken anywhere is fairly tough.
 
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Ditto Bronson on question 2. That was a mean gun.

I will have some fun with question 1. How about Jane Fonda in " The Quick and the Dead?" .....tough man? Naw! Nothing beats the wrath of a wronged woman! :cool:
 
Get her name right!

Eagle Eye:
I will have some fun with question 1. How about Jane Fonda in " The Quick and the Dead?" .....tough man? Naw! Nothing beats the wrath of a wronged woman!
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Eagle Eye, I don't know how old you are but, to many Americans "of a certain age", that woman does not deserve to be called by her legal name; she was, is, and always will be infamous as Hanoi Jane.

A popular slogan in the '70s was "Frag Hanoi Jane"; I can only add "Better Late Than Never!"
 
Oops! And I am a Vietnam Marine vet. I should know better. I am not positive she was in that movie, but I think she was the one. Maybe someone can tell me if HJ was the bad girl? If so, I guess it is too bad I enjoyed the movie.:barf:
 
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