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Acting career. Early technical advice and first roles. After his discharge from the Marine Corps, Ermey attended the University of Manila in the Philippines, using his G.I. Bill benefits. [12] . While there, he was cast in his first film role, playing a Marine drill instructor in Sidney J. Furie 's The Boys in Company C (1978).
R. Lee Ermey. Actor: Full Metal Jacket. A talented character actor known for his military roles, Ronald Lee Ermey was in the United States Marine Corps for 11 years.
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- His first job after the military was untraditional. Ermey was medically retired from the Marine Corps and was at a loss about what to do as a civilian.
- His first role was an Army helicopter pilot. It was while in the Philippines that the future Gunnery Sergeant was cast in “Apocalypse Now” by Francis Ford Coppola himself.
- He wasn’t supposed to be in “Full Metal Jacket.” Ermey was doing his job as technical advisor, reading the part of Sgt. Hartman while interviewing extras for the film.
- Ermey is the only Marine to be promoted after retiring. He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant after spending 14 months in Vietnam and doing two tours in Okinawa.
R. Lee Ermey. Actor: Full Metal Jacket. A talented character actor known for his military roles, Ronald Lee Ermey was in the United States Marine Corps for 11 years.
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Apr 15, 2018 · R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine whose barking, foulmouthed drill instructor in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” highlighted a decades-long career in which he frequently portrayed authority...
Apr 16, 2018 · Actor R Lee Ermey, known for his role as foul-mouthed Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket, has died aged 74.
Apr 16, 2018 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” has died. Ermey’s longtime manager Bill Rogin says he died Sunday morning from pneumonia-related complications.
