Christopher George(1931-1983)

During the Korean War he skippered a Marine Corps crash boat and served as a gunner aboard the type of rescue aircraft used to fly wounded out of Korea. He completed a three-year enlistment with the Marines and stayed for an additional fourth year of service before being discharged and returning home to Miami.

Sam Troy doesn't like authority. He doesn't want anyone trying to control his life. He wants to guide his own destiny -- and in that desert patrol, he's found a way to do it. That desert patrol is Sam Troy's world. Anything that comes near it, that will endanger it, he destroys. He's absolutely dedicated to his own values. He'll shoot an enemy cold-bloodedly if it's necessary, to protect these values. {Christpher George on "Sam Troy" in Commando du désert (1966)].