Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – Navy

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. used to work as a clerk before he gave got a crack at a Hollywood career. By 1939, he had already secured his place in the industry as well as his bank account balance, but only two years later, he was leaving his comfort zone and taking his patriotic duty. In 1941, around the time that the USA joined World War II, Fairbanks was assigned to the special envoy in South America by President Franklin Roosevelt. Thanks to the military deception skills he developed while observing British training, Fairbanks would play an important role in the combat, partly due to establishing the Beach Jumpers, which was a Navy special unit that specialized in psychological warfare and deception. In 1954, the actor retired from the Navy holding the rank of a captain.