Dale Dye

Dale Dye
Dale Dye
Born October 8, 1944 (1944-10-08) (age 67)
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Occupation Marine, Actor, Radio host
Years active 1964–
Military career
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service 1964–1984
Rank US-O3 insignia.svg Captain
Unit 1-5 battalion insignia.png 1st Battalion 5th Marines
Battles/wars

Vietnam War,

Beirut
Awards Bronze Star
Purple Heart (3)

Dale Adam Dye (born October 8, 1944) is an American actor, presenter, businessman, and retired U.S. Marine Captain who served in combat during the Vietnam War.

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Early life & Marine service

Dye was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the son of Della Grace (née Koehler) and Dale Adam Dye.[1]

Fellow Marine correspondent Gustav Hasford dubbed him "Daddy D.A" (as he was among the oldest of the correspondents) and included him as a character in his first semi-autobiographical Vietnam novel, The Short-Timers, and more extensively in his second, The Phantom Blooper. The movie based on Hasford's first novel, Full Metal Jacket, included the "Daddy D.A" character (played by Keith Hodiak), though neither the character nor Dye's name is explicitly mentioned in the dialogue.

In his book Dispatches, journalist Michael Herr provides a vivid picture of Dye during the chaos of the Tet Offensive and the Battle of Huế:

"And there was a Marine correspondent, Sergeant Dale Dye, who sat with a tall yellow flower sticking out of his helmet cover, a really outstanding target. He was rolling his eyes around and saying, 'Oh yes, oh yes, Charlie's got his shit together here, this will be bad,' and smiling happily. It was the same smile I saw a week later when a sniper's bullet tore up a wall two inches above his head, odd cause for amusement in anyone but a grunt."

Founding Warriors, Inc. & other work

After his retirement in 1984 from the United States Marines, Dye founded Warriors, Inc., a California company that specializes in training actors for realistic military portrayals, for movies of the war genre. In the 1986 movie Platoon, he played Captain Harris and served as military technical adviser. He also wrote the novelization based on Oliver Stone's screenplay.

Dye has also appeared in some of the films of which his company has served. He played a role in the movie Casualties of War and also played Colonel Robert F. Sink in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, on which his company also worked, and is now beginning a directing career. He appeared in Outbreak portraying Lieutenant Colonel Briggs, a US Army officer. He plays Theodore Roosevelt's superior officer, Colonel Leonard Wood, in the TNT miniseries Rough Riders. He has a small role in Saving Private Ryan as an aide to General George Catlett Marshall as well as a role playing the Admiral's aide, Captain Garza, in Under Siege and Under Siege 2. He has another small role in Spy Game as Commander Wiley during the rescue sequence, in Mission Impossible as Frank Barnes of CIA, in JFK as General Y, and in Starship Troopers as a high-ranking officer in the aftermath of the Brain Bug capture.

Additionally, Dye used to host a Sunday evening radio show on KFI AM 640, Los Angeles. He occasionally does fill-in. Dye has also been involved in the Medal of Honor series of video games as a consultant. He was a character in Medal of Honor: European Assault as well as Medal of Honor: Rising Sun and was featured in two tracks on Hoobastank's CD Every Man for Himself. He has also hosted The History Channel's documentary series The Conquerors. He consulted for Lucas Art 2008 scheduled Fracture video game as well as appearing in a cameo role as Col. Robert Sink (Commander of the 101st Airborne Division's 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment) in a video game Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway.

Dye has also worked on the HBO companion piece to Band of Brothers, the ten-part mini-series The Pacific, which was shot in Australia.

Dye was also the technical adviser for the 1994 Oliver Stone movie Natural Born Killers.

Dye has played himself in "Entourage" teaching Vince to scuba dive in preparation for his role in "Aquaman".

Dye currently plays Col. Porter in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He appeared in the 2011 Tom Hanks film Larry Crowne.

Military awards

Dye's military decorations include:

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role
1986 Platoon Capt. Harris
Invaders from Mars Squad Leader
1989 Always Don
Born on the Fourth of July Infantry Col.
Casualties of War Capt. Hill
The Favorite French officer
1990 Kid Garvey
Fire Birds A.K. McNeil
The Fourth War Sgt. Ma.
Spontaneous Combustion Gen.
1991 JFK Gen. "Y"
Servants of Twilight
1992 Under Siege Capt. Nick Garza
1993 Heaven & Earth Larry
Cover Story Jack
1994 Endangered
Guarding Tess Charles Ivy
Natural Born Killers Dale Wrigley
Blue Sky Col. Mike Anwalt
The Puppet Masters Brande
1995 Outbreak Lt. Col. Briggs
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Capt. Nick Garza
1996 Sgt. Bilko
Mission: Impossible Frank Barnes
1997 Trial and Error Dr. Stone
Starship Troopers General
1998 Saving Private Ryan War Dept. Colonel
1999 A Table for One Vernon Harpwood
2000 Rules of Engagement Gen. Perry
2001 Spy Game Cdr. Wiley
2003 Missing Brendan Gen. Temekin
2005 The Great Raid Gen. Kreuger
2007 Music Within Capt. Ruzicka
2010 Knight and Day Frank Jenkins
2011 Naked Run Harry
Larry Crowne Cox
Television
Year Title Role
1987 Billionaire Boys Club Defense attorney
1988 Supercarrier Capt. Henry K. 'Hank' Madigan
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set Assistant Director
1989 The Neon Empire Chief Bates
1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1991 Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Maj. Green
L.A. Law
1992 Raven Col. Paul David Mackay
Dead On: Relentless II Capt. Rivers
1995 JAG Sgt. Maj. Hollis
1996 Space: Above and Beyond Maj. Jack Colquitt
Within the Rock General Hurst
1997 Rough Riders Col. Leonard Wood
1998 Seven Days Gen. Cole
Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday Capt. Halsey Lang
JAG Col. Bill Cobb
2001 Band of Brothers Col. Robert Sink
1999 Air America Capt. Gage
Mutiny
2000 The Others Capt. Ken Radley
2003 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out SWAT Lt.
2005 Entourage
2006 Las Vegas Sgt. Burn
Commander in Chief Gen. Peter Allyson
2007 The Loop Ralph Somkin
Chuck Gen. Stanfield
2010 Cold Case Al Wasserlauf
Entourage
2011 Falling Skies Col. Jim Porter

See also

References

Further reading

  • Herr, Michael (1977). "Chapter 2: Hell Sucks". Dispatches. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 70–85. 

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