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After thinking about it some, (and my favorite of the actors is still Tom Selleck), I would have to add Roy Boehm and Chesty Puller. And Lee Marvin would fit both hero and film categories.
Roy Boehm was the first Navy Seal, Chesty Puller commanded the Marine Battalion on "Heartbreak Ridge", battle of Guadalcanal, and Lee Marvin gets alot of respect because he went up Iwo Jima hill. Come to think of it, anybody who was on Iwo Jima is my hero, man's man!
I wish there was a "salute" smiley face.
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Going waaaay back-
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Those Japanese workers at the power plant know that they're not going to survive long. They're doing it for their peeps.
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Who are your TOP MAN’S MAN choices?
Sorry Scott, but after much thought  and the process of elimination, the choice was glaringly obvious...
ME, MYSELF, and I !!! 
(the REAL Rooster).
And you may see me tonight
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Chuck Norris
The only clear obvious choice
Thank god someone saw the comedy in this! 
Some people wear Superman pajamas. Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas.
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Chuck Norris
The only clear obvious choice
Thank god someone saw the comedy in this!
Don't worry Scott. Yep, when I first spotted your pick, I got a good..ahem..."chuck"le out of it too!  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Dwight Eisenhower
Lincoln
Washington
Coach K (and I hate Duke)
Gen. Wesley Clark (halted the genocide in the Balkans without losing a single soldier's life)
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Well If I listed all of them myself,,,, what would you guys have to add? everyone has had a good say and I must say the additions were some I had to look up. very informitive. cheers!
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So who wins??? and what do I get???
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Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Dwight Eisenhower
Lincoln
Washington
Coach K (and I hate Duke)
Gen. Wesley Clark (halted the genocide in the Balkans without losing a single soldier's life)
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Pat Tillman comes to mind.
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Nice one Paul. +1 million
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One of my all time heroes was Robert Edison Fulton Jr. He rode from London to Tokyo in 1931 or 1932 (yes, that far back!) on a twin cylinder Douglas. He then wrote the book One Man Caravan. He was also an inventor of several wonderful contraptions. Both ballsy and creative (brains). Wikipedia Link for anyone interested.
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"you've no got a sense of humoour" 
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Nice one Paul. +1 million
Exactly, I had posted something more like that, but then deleted the second line; it's implicit!
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The men who best meet the ideal (at least my ideal) of manliness are the ones who risk everything to protect their loved ones and country and to ensure liberty and independence for others. Not too afraid to stand up to tyranny even if they are hooted down by their fellow citizens or pursued and punished by those in authority. Men who put duty and honor above personal gain, comfort or popularity. Men who are honest when dishonesty pays. Men who are courteous, even chivalrous, when being a selfish lout seems to be the norm.
John Wayne played those kind of men in the movies. Russell Crowe has played a few of those parts too. But there are plenty of real life examples out there too. I've been blessed to know quite a few of them. Most live in relative obscurity, some are quite famous. They are the kind of men we should all aspire to be.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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I'll throw in:
Stonewall Jackson
Archie Bunker
Matt Damon as Jason Bourne
Peter Griffin (to fulfill the beer drinking, bodily gas expelling, dogmatic fool criteria)
There I threw in military, fictional, movie and cartoon. That should cover all categories!!
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Sitting Bull. Jackie Robinson. My father-in-law, whom I never met.
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I'm sticking with films...
-Robert Mitchum
-Dean Martin as Matt Helm
-Cary Grant
-Humphrey Bogart
I liked the men that got the ladies.
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John Bloor His vision with creation of the Hinckley Triumph plant after the demise of the Triumph Meriden mess has meant that most of the people on this forum can enjoy our Speedie's and America's. 
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"you've no got a sense of humoour"
Liked him better as Toad in the Australian classic "Stone".
"Me guts is in a knot son".
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The Toecutter ... Give us a kiss then
"you've no got a sense of humoour"
Liked him better as Toad in the Australian classic "Stone".
"Me guts is in a knot son".
Yeah ... the scene in the pub where he goes up to the young guy and says " Give us a kiss then "
and puts his tongue out.
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Larry (ladisney) - you've nailed it!
Macho'ness', skills in sports or other areas, ruggedness, business success or success in other endeavors are all good ... BUT they don't come anywhere near the qualities you outlined. That's my definition of manhood too.
Cheers, Richard
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I like your thinking there Harald!
Mind you we were asking about mortal man not living rockgods.
If anyone get's the chance to see the film "Lemmy" I would say do so.
Before the war on terror, if I saw an unattended package I used to think "I'll be having that!"
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Richard I agree with you and Larry, but there are plenty of actors who lived their lives with esteem and "machismo" Gary Cooper comes to mind.
I'm surprised not to see Chuck Yeager or John Glenn mentioned, both lives well lived.
Others I admire: Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Douglas Mac Aurthur, Milton Friedman, Reagan, Both Bushes. The list could go on and on. But, the man I admire most is my father, a lifer fighter pilot, and his comrades I have been blessed to know. They were bad ass, but gentlemen.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Let's throw in Jimmy Dolittle, Paul Tibbits and those who were with them.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Let's throw in Jimmy Dolittle, Paul Tibbits and those who were with them.
Don't forget Jimmy Stewart, he left Hollywood to fly B-17's over Germany.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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And ya know... most noteworthy is Mahatma Gandhi who spearheaded the independence movement in India and succeeded without a stitch of violence.
Live to love, love to live.
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+1 on Mr.Bloor! I didn't think of him until you brought him up but if he hadn't reincarnated our beloved Triumph we would all be talking,[not to each other,as there'd be no B.A.forum], of "what could have been,IF only"
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... But, the man I admire most is my father, ...
The best answer yet - I suspect that not many of us can say that though (I can't) - although we would love to be able to say it. But we can try to be that to our kids and those we influence - which, at our age, is usually quite a few people.
Cheers, Richard
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... But, the man I admire most is my father, ...
The best answer yet - I suspect that not many of us can say that though (I can't) - although we would love to be able to say it. But we can try to be that to our kids and those we influence - which, at our age, is usually quite a few people.
My father.As you say Richard the best answer.  I was lucky enough to have the greatest dad.
Dinosaur.
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"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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I like your thinking there Harald!
Mind you we were asking about mortal man not living rockgods.
If anyone get's the chance to see the film "Lemmy" I would say do so.
Ok, if not gods then him:
Lauri Törni aka Larry Thorne
P.S. The film "Lemmy" is a great movie.
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Alexander Fleming. Without whom a lot of us wouldn't be here.
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