The point being, some of the cast members had more than enough real-life credibility to be playing those characters. Can’t say that about too many actors today, especially ones in ridiculous war films.
I was just having a good laugh......and yes, I knew your point. Audie Murphy played himself in fact, if I’m not mistaken. Lee Marvin was a bad ass marine in real life too I think (and we know that the Dirty Dozen was also a documentary...../SARC)
Every major German character in HH was played by Jewish actors.