Dale Dye

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  • Birth Name: Dale Adam Dye
  • Birth Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/08/1944, Libra
  • Profession: Actor; businessman; talk-show host
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Dale Dye Fast Facts:
  • Enlisted in the U.S. Marines at age 19; was wounded three times (and received a Bronze Star) during three tours of duty in Vietnam.
  • Was a public-affairs officer in Beirut  when the Marine base there was attacked by terrorists in 1983; retired from the USMC as a captain in 1984.
  • Trained anti-communist guerrillas in Nicaragua and El Salvador while writing for Soldier of Fortune magazine in 1984-85.
  • Founded Warriors, Inc., a company offering military advice to filmmakers, in 1985. First client: Oliver Stone, for Platoon (the first of seven Stone collaborations).
  • All told, has advised on more than 40 movies and TV shows, including Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, The Pacific,The Thin Red Line, and Forrest Gump.
  • Has acted in many of the films he advised on, as well in as such TV series as L.A. Law, JAG, Chuck, Cold Case and Entourage.
  • Hosted a talk show on KFI radio in Los Angeles from 2003 to 2010. 
  • Has published numerous novels, including a novelization of Platoon.
  • Son Chris is a member of the rock band The Fire Violets.
  • Dale Dye Relationships:
  • Della Grace Koehler - Mother
  • Dale Adam Dye Sr. - Father
  • Kathryn Gwen Clayton - Ex-wife
  • Adrienne Kate Dye - Daughter
  • Julia Dewey Rupkalvis - Wife
  • Christopher Dye - Son
  • College:
  • University of Maryland, College Park, MD (BA in English)
Falling Skies,  Will Patton, Dale Dye, Noah Wyle Ken Woroner/TNT
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