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Quiz about Movie Actors Who Played Famous Generals
Quiz about Movie Actors Who Played Famous Generals

Movie Actors Who Played Famous Generals Quiz


I enjoy seeing real people portrayed in the movies and the classic actors who bring them to life for everyone. Most of these actors are Academy Award winners and nominees.

A multiple-choice quiz by KIRKEPOO. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
KIRKEPOO
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
137,036
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
15 / 25
Plays
872
Last 3 plays: Guest 212 (9/25), Guest 199 (12/25), Guest 174 (5/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. Who played General Robert E. Lee in 'Gods and Generals'? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Who played General Omar Bradley in 'Patton'? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. Who played General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in 'The Longest Day'? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. Who played General Walter Short in 'Tora! Tora! Tora!'? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Who played General James Longstreet in 'Gettysburg'? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Who played British General Charles Gordon in 'Khartoum'? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Who played future General Robert T. Frederick in 'The Devil's Brigade'? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. Who played General George Armstong Custer in 'Santa Fe Trail'? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. Who played General Frank Merrill in 'Merrill's Marauders'? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Who played General Douglas MacArthur in 'Inchon'? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Who played Napoleon Bonaparte in 'Waterloo'? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. Who played General Lord Chelmsford in 'Zulu Dawn'? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Harve Presnell played General George Marshall in 'Saving Private Ryan'.


Question 14 of 25
14. Which of these Academy Award winners never played a famous, real-life, historical General in the movies? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. Who played Union General William T. Sherman in 'How the West Was Won'? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. Who played British General Lord Cardigan in 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'(1968 version)? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Who played German General Erwin Rommel in 'Desert Fox'? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. Who played the Roman General Julius Caesar in 'Cleopatra'? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. Who played Ex-General Billy Mitchell in 'Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell'? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. Who played British General Roy Urquhart in 'A Bridge Too Far'? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. In 'A Bridge Too Far', Academy Award Winner Maximilian Schell played Polish Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski.


Question 22 of 25
22. Who played the Roman General Marcus Lucinius Crassus in 'Spartacus'? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. Which Oscar winning actor played General George Patton in 'Brass Target'? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Who played the Greek General Alexander in 'Alexander the Great'?

Answer: (Two Words-Think Cleopatra & initials RB)
Question 25 of 25
25. Who played the future Army Air Force General James Dolittle in 'Thirty Seconds over Tokyo'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who played General Robert E. Lee in 'Gods and Generals'?

Answer: Robert Duvall

Sheen played Lee in 'Gettysburg'. Duvall is an Oscar winner for 'Tender Mercies'(1983). Greenstreet, an Oscar nominee for 'The Maltese Falcon'(1941), played Union General-In-Chief Winfield Scott in 'They Died With Their Boots On'(1941). Boone of TV 'Have Gun, Will Travel' fame played General Sam Houston in 'The Alamo'(1960).

This 'Gods and Generals' movie of 2003 covered events in the Civil War leading up to 'Gettysburg'.
2. Who played General Omar Bradley in 'Patton'?

Answer: Karl Malden

Malden was already an Oscar winner for 'A Streetcar Named Desire'(1951), and Scott won his for playing Patton. Hoffman was Little Big Man in the movie of the same name. Binns played General Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower's military whip, in 'Patton'(1970).
3. Who played General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in 'The Longest Day'?

Answer: Henry Fonda

The other three actors played General Norman Cota, Raymond Barton, and James Gavin respectively in this 1962 film. I am fond of Fonda. He played a General Custer replica as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday in the John Ford classic, 'Fort Apache'(1948). He has also played Admiral Chester Nimitz in two movies, 'Midway'(1976) and 'In Harm's Way(1965).
4. Who played General Walter Short in 'Tora! Tora! Tora!'?

Answer: Jason Robards Jr.

Oscar Winner Robards played the short-sighted Army Commander at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. Robards won his Oscar for 'Julia'(1977). This was was very emotional for the actor because he was present and in the military in Hawaii in December of 1941. Andes played Chief Of Staff George Marshall and E.G. Marshall played an aide to General Marshall. Balsam played Admiral Kimmel.
5. Who played General James Longstreet in 'Gettysburg'?

Answer: Tom Berenger

Berenger is an Oscar nominee for 'Platoon'. Elliott, who would have been a good Longstreet, was a Union officer as was Daniels, who had played General George Washington in a prior movie. It is interesting that Stephen Lang played Confederate General George Pickett in this movie and General Stonewall Jackson in 'Faith in God and Generals'.
6. Who played British General Charles Gordon in 'Khartoum'?

Answer: Charlton Heston

I had the pleaure of meeting Heston at the premiere of this movie in 1966 and found him to be friendly and intelligent. Heston won his Oscar for 'Ben-Hur'(1959). He had also played General Andrew Jackson in the 1958 movie 'The Buccaneer'. Caine and Baker were the officer heroes of the great movie 'Zulu'. Olivier was the Moslem General known as The Madhi in 'Khartoum'.
7. Who played future General Robert T. Frederick in 'The Devil's Brigade'?

Answer: William Holden

Frederick, as a Lieutenant Colonel, organized a ranger unit of Canadian-American soldiers which was virtually wiped out in WWII combat in Italy. He eventually became Commanding General of the 45th Infantry Division. The other actors, Edwards and Oscar winner Robertson, were playing officers in that unit. Michael Rennie played Lieutenant General Mark Clark. Holden won an Oscar for 'Stalag 17'(1953).
8. Who played General George Armstong Custer in 'Santa Fe Trail'?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Believe it or not, it was Reagan. Flynn played Jeb Stuart and then was George Armstrong Custer in 'They Died With Their Boots On'. This 1940 movie also had Massey as John Brown. Massey also played Army Air Force General Claire Chennault in 'God is My Co-Pilot'(1945). Mulligan, a fine comedic actor, gave a bravado performance as Custer in his first movie ever, 'Little Big Man'.
9. Who played General Frank Merrill in 'Merrill's Marauders'?

Answer: Jeff Chandler

Merrill led an American unit, fighting the Japanese troops along the Burma Road in WWII Asia. This was Chandler's last movie as he died in 1961 of complications from surgery at age 42. Hoyt played General Joseph Stilwell in this movie. Sinatra and Flynn played other Japanese-fighting officers in Burma in other movies.
10. Who played General Douglas MacArthur in 'Inchon'?

Answer: Laurence Olivier

Olivier has played many Generals in in his long career, six to be exact. Peck and Fonda played MacArthur in other movies. Cagney should have, but he was too short so he played Admiral Bull Halsey instead. Olivier won his Oscar in 'Hamlet'(1948).
11. Who played Napoleon Bonaparte in 'Waterloo'?

Answer: Rod Steiger

Steiger was an Oscar winner for 'In the Heat of the Night'(1967) as was Brando who played Napoleon in 'Desiree'. Sellers would have made a great Napoleon if given the chance and patience. Lom played Bonaparte in three different movies.
12. Who played General Lord Chelmsford in 'Zulu Dawn'?

Answer: Peter O'Toole

Caine was in 'Zulu' while the other three were in this less succesful film about the event preceding the battle at Roake's Drift. O'Toole was an Oscar nominee for 'Lawrence of Arabia (1962), 'Beckett'(1964), and 'The Lion in Winter'(1968).
13. Harve Presnell played General George Marshall in 'Saving Private Ryan'.

Answer: True

He was graced with a fine singing voice and was the star of screen and stage in the musical 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'. After appearing in several films, he seemed to vanish from sight in 1976. Twenty years later, he reappeared as a fine actor in films such as this and 'Fargo'.
14. Which of these Academy Award winners never played a famous, real-life, historical General in the movies?

Answer: James Stewart

It is ironic that Stewart was a real-life Air Force Major General, yet he never portrayed a real-life General in a movie although he played the fictitious General Sherwood in'The Big Sleep'(1978). Brando was Mark Antony in 'Julius Caesar'. Tracy was James Dolittle in 'Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo'. Cooper was Billy Mitchell in 'The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell'.
15. Who played Union General William T. Sherman in 'How the West Was Won'?

Answer: John Wayne

Morgan, of TV 'M.A.S.H.' fame, played General Ulysses Grant along side of Wayne. Massey played Abraham Lincoln and Fonda played an Army Scout. Wayne won an Oscar for 'True Grit'(1969).
16. Who played British General Lord Cardigan in 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'(1968 version)?

Answer: Trevor Howard

Howard gave another fine performance as the despicable Cardigan. Andrews was Lord Lucan, his brother-in-law, commanding officer, and nemesis. Gielgud was the properly befuddled Lord Raglan. Errol Flynn starred in the 1936 version of this movie.
17. Who played German General Erwin Rommel in 'Desert Fox'?

Answer: James Mason

After this 1951 film, he again played Rommel in the 1953 movie 'The Desert Rats' with Richard Burton. Kurt Jurgens, a real German, played General Gunther Blumentritt in 'The Longest Day'. Plummer was the Duke of Wellington in 'Waterloo', and played Rommel in 'The Night of the Generals'(1966).
18. Who played the Roman General Julius Caesar in 'Cleopatra'?

Answer: Rex Harrison

Harrison was an Oscar winner in 'My Fair Lady'(1964). Burton played Mark Antony. Rains played Caesar in 'Caesar and Cleopatra'(1946) and Napoleon in 'Hearts Divided'(1936). Calhern was Caesar in 'Julius Caesar'(1953).
19. Who played Ex-General Billy Mitchell in 'Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell'?

Answer: Gary Cooper

Cooper played Colonel Mitchell of the Army Air Force who had been reduced in rank from Brigadier General for his criticisms of military air policies. Mitchell was a Brigadier General from 1918 to 1925, but was a Colonel at the time of his court-martial. Cooper also won Oscars for 'High Noon'(1952) and 'Sergeant York'(1941). Robinson played ex-General Carl Schurz in 'Cheyenne Autumn'. Bogart and Douglas never made it to the official rank of General.
20. Who played British General Roy Urquhart in 'A Bridge Too Far'?

Answer: Sean Connery

Connery won his Oscar for 'The Untouchables'(1967). Fox played General Brian Horrocks with exhuberance. Bogard played General Frederick Browning. Hopkins played Lieutenant Colonel Frost.
21. In 'A Bridge Too Far', Academy Award Winner Maximilian Schell played Polish Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski.

Answer: False

The Polish general was played by Oscar winner Gene Hackman. Schell played German General Wilhelm Bittrich. Schell won his Oscar for 'Judgement at Nuremberg'(1961). Hackman won Oscars for 'The French Connection'(1971) and 'Unforgiven'(1992).
22. Who played the Roman General Marcus Lucinius Crassus in 'Spartacus'?

Answer: Laurence Olivier

In this 1960 film, Laughton was Sempronius Gracchus, Ustinov was Lentulus Batiatus, and Gavin was Julius Caesar.
23. Which Oscar winning actor played General George Patton in 'Brass Target'?

Answer: George Kennedy

Newman played General Leslie Groves in 'Fat Man and Little Boy'(1989). Arthur Kennedy played fictitious General Lesly (based on the real General Lucas) in 'Anzio'(1968). Barry Bostwick played that famous General in 'George Washington'(1986). George Kennedy won his Oscar appearing with Paul Newman in 'Cool Hand Luke'(1967).
24. Who played the Greek General Alexander in 'Alexander the Great'?

Answer: Richard Burton

This not-so-good 1956 movie had the great American actor Fredric March as Alexander's father, Philip of Macedonia. Stanley Baker and Harry Andrews were also in the cast. Burton was repeatedly an Oscar nominee for 'Anne of the Thousand Days'(1969), 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'(1966), "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold'(1965), 'Beckett'(1964), 'The Robe'(1953), and 'My Cousin Rachel'(1952).

He never won that Best Actor Award.
25. Who played the future Army Air Force General James Dolittle in 'Thirty Seconds over Tokyo'?

Answer: Spencer Tracy

He played Dolittle when he was a Lieutenant Colonel and led the famous air raid on Tokyo early in WWII. Taylor played Colonel (later General) Paul Tibbits in 'Above and Beyond'(1953) about the dropping of the atomic bomb in WWII. Gable and Grant never portrayed a General in the movies. Tracy, of course, is one of the greatest American actors ever.
Source: Author KIRKEPOO

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