29. Lee Marvin looked and acted like a badass, because he’d been one in real life
Lee Marvin is best known for his breakout performance in the TV series M Squad, and for his starring roles in the Hollywood blockbusters Hell in the Pacific, The Dirty Dozen, and the Western comedy Cat Ballou, which earned him an Oscar for Best Actor in 1965. Before that, he had been a front line WWII US Marine. Born in New York City, Marvin was a problem child who went on to become a problematic teenage delinquent. He liked hunting and drinking, often both at the same time, and kept getting expelled from various schools for trespasses ranging from smoking to throwing other students out of second story windows.