307 - Percy Herbert: From POW to Hollywood

The WW2 Podcast by Angus Wallace

May 24, 202643:04Society & Culture

Before he became a familiar face on screen, appearing in over 70 films like 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', ' The Cockleshell Heroes' , ' The Guns of Navarone' and 'The Wild Geese' , Percy Herbert survived one of the mos...

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