1960年被导演约翰·斯特奇斯看中投资百万拍摄《七侠荡寇志》中扮演一位会扔飞刀神枪手侠士斯特奇斯回忆说柯本表演才华给留下了深刻印象3年后为另外一部电影大片《大逃亡》(The Great Escape)挑选演员时再一次想到了柯本让柯本扮演澳大利亚战俘塞奇韦克此后柯本片约越来越...
这个如今看来貌不惊人的老者，却是全世界无数影迷心目中不老的传奇、永远的英雄。
George Wallace was born in New York and, at age 13, moved with his mom and her new husband to McMechen, West Virginia, a coal mining town where the boy began working in the mines. He joined the Navy in 1936, got out in 1940, and then went right back in again when World War II started. A chief boatswain's mate, he ended up in Los Angeles after a total of eight years in the service. Wallace supported himself with an array of odd jobs, from working for a meat packer ("knockin' steers in the head") to lumber-jacking in the High Sierras.
