Comments on: 7 Movie Stars Who Really Were Heroes

By: fritz pollard

fritz pollard — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:53:22 +0000

Paul Robeson was not the first African-American college football All-American.

See: William Henry Lewis (1892 and 1893) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Lewis)

and Fritz Pollard (1916)(http://www.racematters.org/fritzpollard.htm)

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:35:40 +0000

The day after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Buscemi went to his old firehouse to volunteer for recovery work at Ground Zero. That week, he worked 12 hour shifts digging through the rubble, while refusing to do interviews or have his picture taken.

(from Wikipedia)

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:34:41 +0000

Steve Buscemi?? Went to work with the Fire Department in NY after 9/11 – thats pretty heroic I think.

By: hidden sunshine

hidden sunshine — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:55:56 +0000

celebrities back then had the guts to defend their country instead of bashing it at every turn. I’m ashamed for most in hollywood now. And I do agree that we should include Bob Hope as well, his support of the troops kept their morale up and that’s always good.

By: hidden sunshine

hidden sunshine — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:49:52 +0000

Whoah!!! you forget the most condecorated soldier of them all?!?!? How? Audie Murphy should have been at the top of this list. You want the epitome of a hero? Well, that was Audie Murphy. It’s no surprise he was a Texan too. Anyway, you should revise this list and include him a.s.a.p.

At least you didn’t forget Jimmy Stewart.

By: Hailey

Hailey — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:56:47 +0000

How about Leslie Howard? He served in both World Wars, and it’s thought that his intelligence-gathering activities during the second led the Nazis to target him personally. Whether it was intentional or not, he was killed during the war when his plane was shot down.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:28:31 +0000

@Hurricane

Agreed. Living in Germany during the Nazi era doesn’t make someone a hero.

“The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference.”

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:01:37 +0000

Thank you so much for including Jimmy Stewart. I went to college in Jimmy’s home town of Indiana, PA which always took pride in their “hometown boy.” At him museum, the top floor of the local library, there is a photograph of Jimmy at his father’s story after returning from war. Rather than return to the movies right away he chose to be with his parents. They really don’t make many stars like him today.

By: JMS

JMS — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:59:44 +0000

What about Paul Newman?

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:48:49 +0000

Well, as long as we’re talking about wartime contributions, Bette Davis started the Hollywood Canteen where American soldiers rubbed elbows with movie stars, who did everything for them–cooking, serving, entertaining. Very cool.