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7. Clint Eastwood
Did anyone actually expect this list to finish without Clint Eastwood being on it? Seriously?
Sure, he didn’t have pistol duels with angry soldiers of the opposing faction but still, it’s pretty awesome when you think about Clint in a uniform. But he didn’t actually get to wear it that often, seeing as how he was a swimming instructor at Fort Ord. But his swimming skills did come in handy quite a lot.
He was hitching a ride aboard a Navy torpedo bomber this once, and the plane’s engine malfunctioned and crashed into the ocean. Not only that, but it was November, the water must’ve been freezing to death. Oh and if you think that’s the end of it, nah. It was also a part of the ocean infested with white sharks, who wouldn’t mind having Clint and the pilot as an afternoon snack. Luckily, they were both versatile swimmers and they swam for over a mile until they got to the shore.
Perfect preparation for the watery trials Eastwood had to undertake in “Escape from Alcatraz.”