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I would have to say that the prototypical, as well as
quintessential, Marine drill sergeant first appeared as Jack Webb in
1957's *The D. I.,* also directed by Webb, and undoubtedly had its
progenitors in any number of World War II-era films, like *Wake Island,*
*Guadalcanal Diary,* etc.
The actor who portrayed the d. i. in Kubrick's *Full Metal Jacket*
(whose name escapes me) was featured, I believe, on *Entertainment
Tonight* within the last two weeks as an actual Marine d. i. who has
fashioned a successful acting career in playing that specific role.
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William Lafferty
Department of Theatre Arts [log in to unmask]
Wright State University office (937) 775-4581 or 3072
Dayton, OH 45435-0001 USA facsimile (937) 775-3787
"I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody
enters it unless he has some very good reason which he is anxious to conceal."
--- Augustus Fagin, Esq., Ph.D, in Evelyn Waugh's
*Decline and Fall*
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