Hollywood and the W.W.II Jeep. Jeeps have long starred in and played supporting roles in many films and television shows to come out of Hollywood, California, USA.

WWII Jeeps in Movies and on TV

Hollywood and the W.W.II Jeep.
Jeeps have long starred in and played supporting roles in the many films and television shows to come out of Hollywood, California, USA.

Here's a list of some of the television shows and movies that the Willys, Ford & Bantam jeeps made appearances in.

Rat Patrol Fan Club for the TV show. The famous LRDG Rat Patrol Desert Rats and their World War 2 Jeeps flying across the sand dunes .50cal's blazing away! How I fell in love with jeeps as a kid. The famous LRDG Rat Patrol Desert Rats and their World War 2 Jeeps flying across the sand dunes .50cal's blazing away. Another Rat Patrol site list / index. LRDG = Long Range Desert Group, by the way. This series, set in North Africa during World War II, chronicles the adventures of a 4-man team of LRDG commandos. Consisting of 1 British, and 3 American (huh? that part is historically inaccurate as the LRDG was a UK operation), the team was equipped with several Browning M2 HB .50-caliber machine gun armed Jeeps, and an almost endless supply of ammunition, and daring-do. The Desert Rats waged a highly irregular war against Rommel's Afrika Korps. 
The WW2 action show Combat! - TV Series Fan Club. Many shows featured the World War Two Willys MB and Ford GPW Jeeps. COMBAT! : The classic WWII drama. The WW2 action show COMBAT! - TV Series Fan Club. Many shows featured the World War Two Willys MB and Ford GPW Jeeps. On ABC from 1962 through 1967, COMBAT! was TV's longest running WW2 drama. For 5 1/2 years, the one-hour WWII drama series centered on the lives of the men from King Company. The men of King Co. faced the enemy starting with the landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and it followed this frontline American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe. These frontline U.S. infantrymen evolved as the show progressed from a squad of individual men into a family. With mud-splattered realism, COMBAT!, which starred Vic Morrow as Sergeant Saunders and Rick Jason as Lieutenant Hanley, offered character studies of men trying to maintain their own humanity in the midst of a world torn by war. Best of all, many episodes involved a Jeep at some point in the action.
M*A*S*H Fan Club: The image of Hawkeye, and the rest, sitting in a WWII era MASH Jeep is one that is MASH 4077 : Hawkeye, Trapper, BJ, Radar, et al. in the Korean War. Who can forget the theme song from MASH - the Movie/TV show? The image of Hawkeye, et al sitting in a WWII era MASH Jeep is one that is burned in many a TV viewer's mind. There were some goofs made in the filming of the movie M*A*S*H, several involved a jeep. Where are the mash Jeeps, Ambulances, etc. today?  Mash Filming Location. Here is a photo of some of the Mash Vehicles in the wilderness as they are today. After being abandoned where they were when filming was over, a brush fire burned through the site. Add to that several years of rusting away and they are no longer in very good shape.  A Jeep and an ambulance were some of the abandoned vehicles. Rumor has it that what happened is: In the final episode Klinger looks up and comments on the sunset and Potter tells him that it is the smoke in the East and it is a fire. This was a real fire that was not planned, but it was written into the script and the vehicles still on the site were destroyed by this real-life fire. The area was a ranch then, but is now a California State park. UPDATE: M*A*S*H movie site restored!!
HBO's Band of Brothers was one of the best mini-series ever made. The authentically restored World War Two MB/GPW Jeeps played a prominent role in several episodes and in many scenes! HBO's Band of Brothers was one of the best mini-series ever made.  Jeep Corporation helped support this 10 part series. Authentically restored WW2 MB/GPW Jeeps played a prominent role in scenes in several episodes! (Easy Co. 506PIR, 101 AB Reality).
Reality of world war two depicted in Saving PVT Ryan. WWII Jeeps played a very small role in this movie. Saving Private Ryan was awesome, but did anyone notice that the jeep in the glider had a homemade spare tire mounting plate, and it was missing the jerry can strap as well. WWII Jeeps played a very small role in this movie.
Message Board from Hollywood Military Movie Advisors. They can advise on many details re: military life, weapons, military vehicles, and equipment. HOLLYWOOD vs. MILITARY HISTORY! Message Board from Hollywood Military Movie Advisors. They can advise on many details re: military life, weapons, military vehicles, and equipment.
The History Channel shows many shows featuring the WWII Willys MB and Ford GPW Jeeps are shown on this cable TV channel. The History Channel's Web site. Airplanes, Tanks, Battles, Spies, Events Leading to WW2. The History Channel shows many shows featuring the World War Two Willys MB and Ford GPW Jeeps
The latest World War Two Jeep to be immortalized on film is 'Sarge', from Walt Disney / PIXAR's Animated movie CARS. The latest World War Two Jeep to be immortalized on film is 'Sarge', from Walt Disney / PIXAR's Animated movie "CARS".
Real Hollywood Heroes of WWII A website where actors who served in the military are identified along with what they did, and what medals & awards they earned. Unlike many of today's misguided Hollywood stars, the movie stars of the past were as patriotic as everyone else in the country. Many risked their lives.

List of MOVIES and TV SHOWS
that Military Jeeps have appeared in:

Bantam BRC-40 Jeep 
   on TV & in the movies:		 Laurel and Hardy Join the Army; 
Rat Patrol;
Ford GPA in Movies: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 
Willys MB / Ford GPW Jeeps 
   in the movies:		 A Beautiful Mind;
A Bridge to Far; 
A Midnight Clear; 
Battle Hymn; 
Battle of Bastogne; 
Battle of the Buldge; 
Blastfighter;
Brass Target; 
Bridge at Ramegen; 
Canterville Ghost; 
Cars; 
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion; 
Come September; 
Das Todesauge von Caylon; 
Devil's Brigade; 
Eagle Has Landed; 
The English Patient;
Enola Gay; 
Execution of Private Slovik; 
Exorcist: The Beginning
God is My Co-Pilot; 
Gomer Pyle; 
Guadalcanal Diary; 
Guns of Navarone; 
Hell is For Heroes; 
In Harm's Way; 
Independence Day; 
Island of Dr.Moreau; 
Kelly's Heroes; 
M*A*S*H; 
McHales Navy; 
Memphis Belle; 
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence;
Naked Gun; 
Never so few; 
Packing It In; 
Patton; 
Philadelphia Experiment; 
Play Dirty; 
The Purple Rain (1954); 
Remo Williams; 
Run Silent Run Deep; 
Sahara; 
Salem's Lot; 
Saving Private Ryan; 
Spy Game; 
Stalag 18; 
Teahouse of the August Moon; 
Theirs is the glory; 
Three Jills in a Jeep; 
To Hell and Back; 
War and Remembrance; 
White Christmas; 
1942
Willys MB / Ford GPW Jeeps 
   on TV:		 Band of Brothers; 
Combat; 
Hogan's Heroes; 
Hulk; 
M*A*S*H; 
Rat Patrol; 
Spiderman; 
Pokemon; 
M-38, M-38A1, M-151 Jeeps 
   on TV & in the movies:		 A Bridge to Far; 
Air America; 
The Argentine;
The Assignment;
Blues Brothers, 
Camouflage; 
Carnosaur 3: Primal species;
Chill Factor;
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion;
Coming Home;
Command 5;
Coming Unglued; 
A Decade to Remember: The 1950's;
Deer Hunter; 
Desert Warrior;
Diamonds Are Forever;
Doctor Who;
Eva Perón;
Freedom Strike;
Gojira tai Megagirasu: Jî shômetsu sakusen;
Good Morning Vietnam; 
In Harm's Way; 
Invasion of the Bee Girls;
Iron Eagle;
Kingu Kongu no gyakushû;
Long Hot Summer; 
Man in a Suitcase
The Mist;
Octopussy;
Riding with Death;
Sliders;
The Swarm;
Venomous;
Zhong hua zhan shi;
*Notes:  Many war movies were made with civilian jeeps painted OD green. 
Many WWII movies were made using 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's jeeps that were passed off as WWII Jeeps. How lame.

WWII MB / GPW If you spot a Military Jeep on a TV Show or at the moives on a Film screen and you check this list and it isn't listed, please drop me a line and let me know. - Brian
 
Four Jills in a Jeep? I want the Jeep! Not that I wouldn't like 4 Jills too.
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