This award-winning Irish actor worked on the London stage before playing an officer of the United States Army who later served in what?
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Peter O'Meara Peter O'Meara is an award-winning Irish actor. Lauded for his work on the London stage he came to the screen in the groundbreaking HBO series "Band of Brothers" playing 1st Lt Norman Dike. He garnered a popular following on USA TV series "Peacemakers" as Det Larimer Finch bringing the science of the future to the old west opposite Tom Berenger as Marshall Jared Stone. For this he received the Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler award.
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Norman Dike Norman Staunton Dike, Jr. (19 May 191823 June 1989) was an officer of the United States Army who later served in the U.S. Army Reserve. During World War II he was a lieutenant and captain in the 101st Airborne Division, where one assignment was company commander of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. After World War II, he became a lawyer and businessman and eventually became a permanent resident of Switzerland. Dike was portrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" by Peter O'Meara.
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Thomas James O'Leary Thomas James O'Leary (born June 21, 1956) is an American actor. O'Leary began his acting career on the theater stage in New York, broadening to Broadway theaters, and finally to film and television.
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Charles B. Gatewood First Lieutenant Charles Bare Gatewood (April 5, 1853 – May 20, 1896) was an American soldier born in Woodstock, Virginia. He served in the United States Army in the 6th Cavalry after graduating from West Point. Upon assignment to the American Southwest, Gatewood led platoons of Apache and Navajo scouts against renegades during the Apache Wars. In 1886, he played a key role in ending the Geronimo Campaign by persuading Geronimo to surrender to the army. Beset with health problems due to exposure in the Southwest and Dakotas, Gatewood was critically injured in the Johnson County War and retired from the Army in 1895, dying a year later from stomach cancer. Before his retirement he was nominated for the Medal of Honor, but was denied the award. He was portrayed by Jason Patric in the 1993 film "".
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Cliff Gorman Cliff Gorman (October 13, 1936 – September 5, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor. He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of "The Boys in the Band", and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version.
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O'Flaherty V.C. O'Flaherty V.C., A Recruiting Pamphlet (1915) is a comic one-act play written during World War I by George Bernard Shaw. The plot is about an Irish soldier in the British army returning home after winning the Victoria Cross. The play was written at a time when the British government was attempting to promote recruitment in Ireland, while many Irish republicans expressed opposition to a war to defend the British Empire.
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John Codd John Codd was an Irish national who, after being captured as a British Army corporal during World War II, went on to serve in the German Intelligence service (Abwehr) and SS Intelligence.
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Paul Lukas Paul Lukas (born Pál Lukács; May 26, 1894 – August 15, 1971) was a Hungarian actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film "Watch on the Rhine" (1943), reprising the role he created on the Broadway stage.
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James Stewart James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer who is among the most honored and popular stars in film history. A major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, Stewart was known for his distinctive drawl and down-to-earth persona, which helped him often portray American middle-class men struggling in crisis. Many of the films he starred in have become enduring classics.
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Audie Murphy honors and awards Audie Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was one of the most decorated United States Army combat soldiers of World War II, serving from 1942 to 1945. He received every American combat award for valor available at the time of his service, including the Medal of Honor. He also received recognitions from France and Belgium. With his 1945 military discharge at the end of the war, Murphy became an advocate of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans. The Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San Antonio and the Sergeant Audie Murphy Clubs (SAMC) on military bases honor his contributions. He joined the Texas National Guard in 1950, transferring to reserve status in 1956 and remaining in the Guard until 1969. He also had a civilian career as a film actor and songwriter. Recognitions he received both during his lifetime and posthumously are listed below.
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Peter Pagan Peter MacGregor Pagan (24 July 1921 – 2 June 1999) was an Australian-American actor from Sydney best known for his role in "The Overlanders" (1946). Following the success of that film, he left Australia for England, then moved to the U.S. where he worked extensively in theatre and TV.
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Samuel S. Carroll Samuel Sprigg "Red" Carroll (September 21, 1832 – January 28, 1893) was a career officer in the United States Army who rose to the rank of brigadier general during the American Civil War. The Maryland native was most known for his service as the commander of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade," an infantry brigade in the Army of the Potomac that played a key role during the defense of Cemetery Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg, as well as in repulsing a portion of Pickett's Charge.
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Frank Novak Frank Novak (born March 4, 1945) is an American character actor who has made dozens of film and television appearances in "Independence Day", "Newsies", "Breast Men", "Seinfeld", "", "NYPD Blue", "Becker", "Charmed", "Diagnosis Murder", "Party of Five", "Monk", and "Las Vegas". He gave a memorable performance as General Douglas MacArthur in the miniseries "The Korean War" made for Chinese television, and played Henry Kissinger in the science fiction epic "Watchmen."
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Andrew Cooney (Irish republican) Andrew Cooney (Irish: "Aindreas Ó Cuana" ; 22 April 1897 – 4 August 1968) was an Irish republican from Nenagh, County Tipperary, who later settled in the United States. He studied medicine at University College Dublin just as the Irish War of Independence was getting underway, and he played for a brief spell with the College's hurling club. He joined the Third Battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Republican Army.
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James Jackson (British Army officer) General Sir James Vaughan Jackson, GCB, KH (1790 – 31 December 1871) was an Irish officer in the British Army.
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Frederick Augustus Starring General Frederick Augustus Starring (24 May 1834 – 11 April 1904) was an American civil engineer, lawyer, and soldier. After the American Civil War, he entered public service as an agent for the U.S. Treasury and examined U.S. consular and diplomatic affairs in Europe.
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Charlie Hurley (Irish republican) Charles "Charlie" Hurley (Irish: "Cathal Ó Muirthile" ) (died March 1921) was Officer Commanding of the 3rd Cork Brigade (West Cork) of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921). He was born near the village of Kilbrittain, and in his adolescence became a clerk working for the government. In 1905 he was offered a promotion and a transfer to Haulbowline Island, but declined on the grounds that this entailed enlisting in the Royal Navy, albeit in a purely administrative role.
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Doyle Overton Hickey Doyle Overton Hickey was an officer in the United States Army who served in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, finishing his military career as a Lieutenant General.
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Alexander Macomb (general) Alexander Macomb (April 3, 1782 – June 25, 1841) was the Commanding General of the United States Army from May 29, 1828 until his death on June 25, 1841. Macomb was the field commander at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812 and, after the stunning victory, was lauded with praise and styled "The Hero of Plattsburgh" by some of the American press. He was promoted to Major General for his conduct, receiving both the Thanks of Congress and a Congressional Gold Medal.
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David P. Casey David P. Casey (1842 – January 4, 1893) was an Irish soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Casey received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia on 3 June 1864. He was honored with the award on 14 September 1888.
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James Beck Stanley James Carroll Beck (21 February 1929 – 6 August 1973) was an English actor best remembered for his role as Private Walker, the cockney spiv in the popular BBC sitcom "Dad's Army".
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Peter John Sullivan Peter John Sullivan (March 15, 1821 – March 2, 1883) was an Irish-American soldier and lawyer, who became United States Ambassador to Colombia.