Walter Brennen played a lot of old guys before his time because he had lost his teeth due to being gassed in World War I.
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/York/diary.html
My Grandfather asked my Grandmother to marry him but she refused because he drank. He told her if she married him he would never drink again. She did and he kept his word.
What great men. They made promises and their word was their bond.