{"id":52980,"date":"2018-04-16T09:12:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T23:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=52980"},"modified":"2018-04-16T09:14:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T23:44:35","slug":"vale-r-lee-ermey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2018\/04\/16\/vale-r-lee-ermey\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – R Lee Ermey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant and Hollywood actor R Lee Ermey, best known as the vicious and uncompromising drill instructor in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket<\/em>, has passed away.<\/p>\n

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Arliss Howard and R Lee Ermey in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ermey enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17, in 1961, serving his country with distinction (including a tour of Vietnam in 1968) until a medical discharge in 1971. He first entered the film industry playing an advisory role on Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now<\/em>, as well as playing a small role of a helicopter pilot. He would also score a minor role in The Boys From Company C<\/em>, for director Sidney Furie. His most memorable role on screen is undoubtedly that of\u00a0 Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket<\/em><\/a>, released in 1987. Ermey’s commanding performance earned him a Golden Globe Nomination. He would play similar roles in Space: Above And Beyond<\/em> and Peter Jackson’s spectral spook-fest The Frighteners<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr Ermey would have a successful acting career following Full Metal Jacket<\/em>, including roles in films such as Mississippi Burning, Se7en<\/a>, On Deadly Ground, Toy Soldiers, Toy Story<\/a><\/em> (as the voice of the toy soldiers’ commander), Willard<\/em>, and a pair of Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/em><\/a> remakes. His television roles include guest appearances in\u00a0X-Files, Spongebob Squarepants, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit<\/em>, and Family Guy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

R Lee Ermey passed away on April 15th, aged 74.<\/p>\n

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R Lee Ermey in David Fincher’s “Se7en”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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