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Fore! An avid linksman follows through on his swing and watches his ball carry down the fairway. The intricate details of this fine pewter sculpture will delight and inspire the most die-hard golf enthusiast!

AVON COLLECTOR CHARACTER MUG-THE WRIGHT BROTHERS -HANDPAINTED PORCELAIN. AVON COLLECTOR CHARACTER MUG-THE WRIGHT BROTHERS -HANDPAINTED PORCELAIN MUG-MUG IS FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES ONLY. NOT FOR USE FOR SERVING BEVERAGES. THIS IS FASHIONED AFTER THE TOBY JUGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A REAL PERSON. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS : PEOPLE HAD FLOWN BEFORE (more...)

AVON COLLECTOR CHARACTER MUG-THE WRIGHT BROTHERS -HANDPAINTED PORCELAIN. AVON COLLECTOR CHARACTER MUG-THE WRIGHT BROTHERS -HANDPAINTED PORCELAIN MUG-MUG IS FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES ONLY. NOT FOR USE FOR SERVING BEVERAGES. THIS IS FASHIONED AFTER THE TOBY JUGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A REAL PERSON.
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS : PEOPLE HAD FLOWN BEFORE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, OF COURSE, IN GLIDERS AND BALOONS. BUT THE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF POWERED FLIGHT--CONTROLLED, SUSTAINED, POWERED FLIGHT IN A HEAVIER THAN AIR CRAFT HAD ELUDED EVEN THE MOST BRILLIANT SCIENTISTS AND THEORISTS FOR MORE THAN 500 YEARS.AS LATE AS THE 1890'S "FLYING MACHINES" STILL TRIED TO LAUNCH THEMSELVES INTO THE AIR THE WAY BIRDS DID-BY FLAPPING THEIR WINGS. NONE GOT OFF THE GROUND. IT TOOK THE VISION AND BOLD DETERMINATION OF TWO YOUNG AMERICANS, ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT, TO MAKE THE DREAM OF FLIGHT A REALITY. STARTING WITH BASICS, THE TWO BROTHERS BUILD A WIND TUNNEL TO TEST THEIR THEORIES OF AERODYNAMICS. WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE THEY WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A CONTROLLABLE GLIDER. THEN, ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS A POWER SOURCE. THEY DESIGNED A TINY 4-CYLINDER, 12 HORSE POWER ENGINE AND ADDED A PAIR OF HAND-CARVED SPRUCE PROPELLORS.
THE CRUCIAL TESTS WERE STAGED ON A WINDY HILLSIDE NEAR KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA. THE FIRST FAILED AND DAMAGED THE CRAFT. UNDAUNTED, THE BROTHERS MADE REAPAIRS AND TRIED AGAIN. ON DECEMBER 17, 1903, WITH ORVILLE WRIGHT AT THE CONTROLS AND WILBUR RACING ALONGSIDE TO STEADY THE WING THE FIRST AIRPLANE APPROPRIATEL NAMED BLYER, SPUTTERED AND STRUGGLED INTO THE AIR AND A NEW ERA WAS BORN. (less...)

THIS IS A PHOTO COMPOSITION OF PFC LEE MARVIN, US MARINE CORPS , ACTOR AND PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE PHOTO IN AN 11 X 14 MAT. Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6'2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, a (more...)

THIS IS A PHOTO COMPOSITION OF PFC LEE MARVIN, US MARINE CORPS , ACTOR AND PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE PHOTO IN AN 11 X 14 MAT.

Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6'2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hard-boiled characters, but after winning a Best Actor Oscar for his dual roles in Cat Ballou, he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles.

Lee Marvin


Born February 19, 1924(1924-02-19)
New York City, New York, USA
Died August 29, 1987 (aged 63)
Tucson, Arizona. Buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Years active 1950 - 1986
Spouse(s) Betty Ebeling (1951-1967)
Pamela Feeley (1970-1987)
[hide]Awards won
Academy Awards
Best Actor:
1965 Cat Ballou
BAFTA Awards
Best Actor
1966 Cat Ballou ; The Killers
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical/Comedy
1966 Cat Ballou


Marvin was born in New York City, New York, the son of Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive and the head of the New York and New England Apple Institute, and his wife Courtenay Washington Davidge, a fashion writer and beauty consultant. His father was a direct descendant of Matthew Marvin, Sr., who emigrated from Great Bentley, Essex, England in 1635 and helped found Hartford, Connecticut.

Marvin studied violin when he was young. As a teenager, Marvin "spent weekends and spare time hunting deer, puma, wild turkey and bobwhite in the wilds of the then-uncharted Everglades." He attended St. Leo Preparatory College in St. Leo, Florida after being expelled from several schools for bad behavior.[citation needed]

Marvin left school to join the US Marine Corps, serving as a sniper in the 4th Marine Division. He was wounded in action during the WWII Battle of Saipan, eight months prior to the Battle of Iwo Jima. Most of his platoon were killed during the battle. This had a significant effect on Marvin for the rest of his life. He was awarded the Purple Heart medal and was given a medical discharge with the rank of Private First Class. Contrary to rumors, Marvin did not serve with Bob Keeshan during World War II.

A father of six, Marvin was married twice. His first marriage to Betty Ebeling began in February 1951 and ended in divorce on January 5, 1967; during this time his hobbies included sport fishing off the Baja California coast and duck hunting along the Mexican border near Mexicali. He then married Pamela Feeley on October 18, 1970 and remained her husband until his death. During the 1970s, Marvin resided off and on in Woodstock, New York, and would make regular trips to Cairns, Australia to engage in marlin fishing.
He died of a heart attack on August 29, 1987 after being hospitalized for more than a week because of "a run-down condition related to the flu." He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery. (less...)

THIS IS A PHOTO COMPOSITION OF GUNNERY SERGEANT RONALD LEE ERMEY, US MARINE CORPS (RETIRED), ACTOR AND MILITARY CONSULTANT. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE PHOTO IN AN 11 X 14 MAT. Ronald Lee Ermey (born March 24, 1944) is a former U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor and later Golden Globe-nominated actor, often playing the roles of authority figures, such as (more...)

THIS IS A PHOTO COMPOSITION OF GUNNERY SERGEANT RONALD LEE ERMEY, US MARINE CORPS (RETIRED), ACTOR AND MILITARY CONSULTANT. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE PHOTO IN AN 11 X 14 MAT.

Ronald Lee Ermey (born March 24, 1944) is a former U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor and later Golden Globe-nominated actor, often playing the roles of authority figures, such as Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning and Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. He currently hosts Mail Call, a military history program on The History Channel, where Ermey answers military-related viewer questions. Ermey is also an official spokesman for Glock firearms, Tupperware, Hoover, and the Young Marines, and has also appeared in commercials for Coors Light and Dick's Sporting Goods.

Ronald Lee Ermey
Born March 24, 1944 (1944-03-24) (age 64)


Nickname "The Gunny"
Place of birth Emporia, Kansas
Allegiance Flag of the United States United States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service 1961–1972
Rank Gunnery Sergeant
Unit MCRD San Diego
Marine Wing Support Group 17
Battles/wars Vietnam War
Awards Combat Action Ribbon

Meritorious Unit Commendation
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Other work Actor

Biography

Early life and military career

Born in Emporia, Kansas, Ermey enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1961, after being arrested several times as a teenager. A court judge gave him the choice of the military or jail. He later joked that the Marine Corps "put a screeching halt to my unconventional manner." He spent two years as a drill instructor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California, and Parris Island, South Carolina from 1965 to 1967. In 1968, Ermey arrived in Vietnam where he served for 14 months with the Marine Wing Support Group 17. He then served two tours of duty in Okinawa, Japan, during which he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant (E-6) and was medically retired in 1972 for several injuries incurred during his tours. On May 17, 2002 he received an honorary promotion to Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) by Marine Corps Commandant James L. Jones

Acting career

Ermey was cast in his first movie while attending the University of Manila in the Philippines, using his G.I. Bill benefits. He first played a Marine drill instructor (SSgt Loyce) in the 1978 Vietnam-era film The Boys in Company "C", which brought Ermey to the attention of Stanley Kubrick in later years. Ermey then played an Air Cavalry Officer in Apocalypse Now, doubling as a technical advisor to director Francis Ford Coppola on that film. For the next few years, Ermey played a series of minor film roles until 1987, when he was cast as tough drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket; Ermey also served as the technical advisor on the film. Initially, he was only intended to be the technical advisor, but Kubrick changed his mind after Ermey put together an instructional tape to convince Kubrick he was the right person for the role, in which Ermey went on an extended hair-raising drill instructor tirade towards several Royal Marines cast as extras, all the while being pelted by oranges and tennis balls, and managing to do so without repeating himself, stopping, or even flinching. Kubrick allowed him to write his own dialogue and improvise on set, a noted rarity in a Kubrick film. Kubrick later indicated that Ermey was an excellent performer, often needing just two or three takes per scene, also a noted rarity for a Kubrick film. Ermey was so convincing on set as the DI, that in one instance, he barked an order at Kubrick, at which point Kubrick instinctively stood at attention and followed orders before realising what happened. Ermey's performance won critical raves and he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor. He would subsequently play tough drill instructor in the pilot episode of Space: Above and Beyond and ghost of a drill instructor in the film The Frighteners, both similar to his character in Full Metal Jacket.

He has since appeared in approximately sixty films, including Mississippi Burning, Dead Man Walking, Se7en, Leaving Las Vegas, Prefontaine, Saving Silverman, On Deadly Ground, Life, Man of the House, Toy Soldiers, as well as the remakes of Willard and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Ermey also lent his voice to The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Toy Story and Toy Story 2, as well as Roughnecks and X-Men 3. He has also served as a voice-actor, usually in a commanding military role, for shows such as Kim Possible, The Simpsons, Family Guy, SpongeBob SquarePants, Miami Vice, House, Scrubs, My Life As a Teenage Robot and Invader Zim, in addition to hosting the documentary series Mail Call. Many rumors put him in the role of Colonel Hoffman of the upcoming Gears of War movie.

Ermey has lent his distinctive voice to several video games, including Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (as General Barnaky) and Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (as Wa-Wa). He also made a cameo in Real War: Air, Land, Sea, a retail real-time strategy computer game based on the official Joint Chiefs of Staff training game. Ermey traveled to Kuwait in June 2003 during the first phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom to film mail distribution by the Defense Department to service personnel for an episode of "Mail Call". According to a 2005 episode of Mail Call filmed at Whiteman Air Force Base, he is the 341st person to fly in the B-2 Stealth Bomber.

On May 17, 2002 he received a promotion to Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) from the Commandant of the Marine Corps (later Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)) United States Marine Corps General James L. Jones, becoming the first retired military member in the history of the United States Marine Corps to be promoted.

He has also conducted morale tours visiting U.S. troops in locations such as Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan in which he filmed parts for his television show Mail Call. While at Bagram Air Base he held a USO type show in which he portrayed GySgt Hartman and conducted a comedy routine. He also did the same thing at Doha, Qatar in 2003.

On Mail Call, Ermey discusses weaponry, tactical matters, and military history. 'Mail Call's subject matter is dictated by viewer emails; one episode may focus on an M1A1 Battle Tank, while another may involve World War II secrets, while a third might focus on elements of Medieval warfare. The set consists of a military tent, other military gear and weapons, and Ermey's personal jeep armed with his own 30 cal. M1919 Browning machine gun. Commercial breaks are signaled with typical DI type language, such as,"Goin' to the can? I don't think so. Keep your butt parked on that couch!"

Ermey also made guest appearances on the hit TV drama House, playing the role of Dr. Gregory House's father, who was a decorated pilot of the USMC (Birthmarks,Daddy's Boy), and the sitcom Scrubs, playing the Janitor's father. In 2009, Ermey will provide the voice of the aged superhero Wildcat (Ted Grant) in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Military awards

* Combat Action Ribbon
* Meritorious Unit Commendation
* Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
* National Defense Service Medal
* Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
* Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze service star
* Drill Instructor Ribbon
* Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
* Vietnam Campaign Medal
* Rifle Expert Badge
* Pistol Sharpshooter Badge

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1978 The Boys in Company "C" Staff Sergeant Loyce (Drill Instructor, Co. 163)
1979 Apocalypse Now Eagle Thrust Seven helicopter pilot uncredited
1984 Purple Hearts Gunny
1987 Full Metal Jacket Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann
Miami Vice Detective Sergeant
Ernest Haskell guest star
"Rising Sun of Death"
Episode 9, Season 4
TV series
1988 Mississippi Burning Mayor Tilman
1989 The Siege of Firebase Gloria Sergeant Major Bill Hafner/Narrator Uncredited screenwriter
Fletch Lives Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Demonstone Colonel Joe Haines
1990 The Take Weller television movie
I'm Dangerous Tonight Lieutenant Ackman television movie
83 Hours 'Til Dawn Glen Fairling television movie
The Terror Within II Von Demming
The Rift aka Endless Descent Captain Phillips
1991 Toy Soldiers General Kramer
True Identity Houston's Boss uncredited
Kid Luke
1993 Hexed Detective Ferguson
Sommersby Dick Mead
Body Snatchers General Platt
Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Marshal Brisco County Senior
Double Switch (Video Game) Lyle (the handyman) Credited as R. Lee Emrey in the Sega CD version
1994 French Silk Chief Crowder television movie
On Deadly Ground Stone
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story Mr. Byrd uncredited; television movie
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult Mess Hall Guard uncredited
Chain of Command Benjamin Brewster
Savate Benedict uncredited
Love Is a Gun Frank Deacon
Kidnapped

1995 Murder in the First Judge Clawson
Leaving Las Vegas Conventioneer
Se7en Police Captain
The X-Files Reverend Findley episode "Revelations"
uncredited
TV series
The Simpsons Colonel Leslie Hapablap voice only
episode "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"
animated series
Toy Story Sergeant voice only
animated film
Under the Hula Moon Lt. Col. J. P. McIntire
Dead Man Walking Clyde Percy
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back Preacher Brian uncredited
1996 Space: Above and Beyond Sgt. Maj. Bougus television movie
The Frighteners (ghost of) Sgt Hiles
Soul of the Game Wilkie television movie
1997 Dead Men Can't Dance Sen. Pullman T. Fowler
The Angry Beavers Sergeant Goonther voice only
episode "Fancy Prance/H2Whoa!"
animated series
Weapons of Mass Distraction Billy Paxton television movie
Rough Riders Secretary of State John Hay
Prefontaine Bill Bowerman
Cracker Lieutenant Fry TV series
Switchback Sheriff Buck Olmstead
The Sender Colonel Rosewater
1998 Gunshy Jerry
1999 You Know My Name Nix television movie
Life Older Sheriff Pike
Avalanche Gary
SpongeBob SquarePants Prison Guard voice only
episode "The Inmates of Summer"
and
To Save a Squirrel"
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot General Thorton TV series
The Apartment Complex Frank Stanton
Toy Story 2 Army Sarge voice only
animated film
2000 The Chaos Factor Col. Ben Wilder
Skipped Parts Caspar Callahan
Roughnecks: STC Sky Marshall Sanchez
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins Sarge voice only
animated direct-to-video film
Jericho Marshall
2001 Saving Silverman Coach Norton
Recess: School's Out Colonel O'Malley voice only
animated film
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 President Richard Benson
Family Guy Coach voice only
episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"
animated series
Taking Sides General Wallace
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel General Barnaky voice only
video game
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Wa-Wa the Water Elemental voice only
video game
On the Borderline Captain Elias
Real War: Air, Land, Sea
voice only
video game
Real War: Rogue States
voice only
video game
2002 Run Ronnie Run! Lead Kidnapper
The Salton Sea Verne Plummer
Invader Zim Sergeant Hobo 678 voice only
animated series
History Channel's Mail Call Gunny (Himself) TV series
Frank McKlusky, C.I. Jockey Master uncredited
direct-to-video
A.K.A. Birdseye Sheriff Gathers
Scrubs Janitor's Dad guest star
episode "My Old Man"
TV series
Y.M.I. John
2003 Willard Frank Martin
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Sheriff Hoyt
2004 The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Drill Sergeant voice only
animated series
Father of the Pride Sergeant Bunny voice only
animated series
episode "One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Girlfriend"
2005 House John House Appeared in the episode "Daddy's Boy"
TV series
Man of the House Captain Nichols
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Sergeant voice only
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Charlie Hewitt/Sheriff Hoyt
2008 Solstice Leonard
House John House Appeared in the episode "Birthmarks"
TV series
Eleventh Hour Bob Henson (Farmer) Appeared in the episode "Agro"
TV series

Other media

Samples of Ermey from Full Metal Jacket are used in several albums:

* Fear Factory's Suffer Age.
* Ministry’s album The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste, on the track "Thieves". Contrary to some reports, the voice credited as "Sgt. Major" on the same band's Rio Grande Blood is not Ermey.
* Front Line Assembly's track "Millennium"
* Grendel's track "Soilbleed V.3"
* Combichrist's track "This Is My Rifle"
* Killarmy's track "War Face"
* Terre Thaemlitz's release "Soil", on the track "Yer Ass is Grass"
* Quotes of Ermey saying, "Now go home and snuff that bitch!" "Here you are all equally worthless." "Get on your knees, scumbag!" "Who's the slimy little communist shit, twinkle-toed cocksucker down here who just signed his own death warrant?" and others appear on multiple songs by the band Killwhitneydead.
* Samples of the line "Here you are all equally worthless" from Full Metal Jacket are repeated throughout the song "Never Get Caught" by American Head Charge.
* April 27, 1997. He played a Leppazoner trainer in "Fancy Prance," an episode of The Angry Beavers, where Norbert trains to become, instead of being a "lolligagger."
* November 23, 2007. He played the Warden in "The Inmates of Summer" in an episode of the SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon (Nickelodeon).

In other media:

* Provided the voice for a speaking "motivational action figure" depicting him in USMC drill instructor uniform with preprogrammed voice messages activated by pressing a button on the figure. The figures' dialogue comes in two versions, one with (somewhat) family-friendly language and one with "Extra-Salty" dialogue which includes profanity, the latter of which is packaged with an R rating as a warning to consumers (pictured at right). One of these figurines also appears on occasion on Mail Call, wherein it is often referred to as 'Mini-Lee' by the host, sometimes seen berating a G.I. Joe figurine.
* In one showing of a UFC: Fight Night Live event, Ermey was shown on camera as a guest along with an audience of US Marines.
* A Japanese audiobook/comic parody on "Learning Japanese"-books; Drill Sergeant Maritan contains several quotes of Ermey from Full Metal Jacket, such as "I bet you could suck a golfball through a garden hose" and "Who said that? Who the fuck said that? Who's the slimy little communist shit, twinkle-toed cocksucker down here who just signed his own death warrant?"
* Pani Poni Dash, an anime which bases its humor heavily on parody and references has one scene which clearly parodies Ermey from Full Metal Jacket, featuring an animated drill instructor who looks just like Ermey.
* Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, another anime series, features one episode where the main character is put in charge of a weak, effete rugby team and whips them into shape, berating them in a similar manner as Hartman and using similar quotes from Full Metal Jacket.
* The computer game Star Trek: Armada II contains a reference to Ermey. The random name cycle of the Federation's Iwo Jima-class boarding vessel will eventually create a ship named the R. L. Ermey. (less...)