Tom Selleck
Are you really surprised to hear that Tom Selleck turned heads when he served in the U.S. Army as a young man? As a matter of fact, the California National Guard used photos of him to recruit youngsters! From 1967 to 1973, he was a National Guard sergeant in the U.S. Army infantry. He once talked about those days and said this with pride: “I am a veteran, I’m proud of it.”
Roy Scheider
Before we saw him hunt down the shark in Jaws, Roy Scheider spent some time in the U.S. Air Force. In the mid-‘50s, he was also an active-duty officer of the Air Force. He did not leave the military completely after that either. In fact, he became a reservist in the Air Force Reserve Command!