Peter J. Ortiz
United States Marine Corps officer (1913-1988) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 74
Pierre (Peter) Julien Ortiz OBE was a United States Marine Corps colonel who received two Navy Crosses for extraordinary heroism as a major in World War II.
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The Halliday BrandFilm, Manuel
The Wings of EaglesFilm, 1957Lt. Charles Dexter (uncredited)1956
7th CavalryFilm, Pollock1955
A Lawless StreetFilm, Hiram Hayes (uncredited)1954
Hell and High WaterFilm, Crewman (uncredited)
King Richard and the CrusadersFilm, 1954Castelaine1953
The Desert RatsFilm, Wireman (uncredited)1952
Blackbeard, the PirateFilm, Pirate1951
Flying LeathernecksFilm, Captain (uncredited)
SiroccoFilm, 1951Maj. Robbinet (uncredited)1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionFilm, Corporal (uncredited)
The CaptureFilm, 19501949
She Wore a Yellow RibbonFilm, Gunrunner (uncredited)
Twelve O'Clock HighFilm, 1949Weather Observer1913Born5 July 1913People around Peter
Close ties
John Ford Directed Rio Grande and The Wings of Eagles
Joseph H. Lewis Directed 7th Cavalry and A Lawless Street
Jack Pennick Also in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande
John Wayne Also in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande
Merian C. Cooper Produced She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande
Robert Douglas Also in The Desert Rats and Panther's Moon
Michael Pate Also in The Desert Rats (1953)- Harry Joe Brown Produced 7th Cavalry and A Lawless Street
Randolph Scott Produced 7th Cavalry (1956)
Alfred Newman Wrote Hell and High Water (1954)
Dan Dailey Also in The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Paul Fix Also in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Kenneth Tobey Also in The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Märta Torén Also in Sirocco, Panther's Moon and Spy Hunt
Jay C. Flippen Also in Flying Leathernecks and Devil's Canyon
George Sherman Directed Panther's Moon (1950)
Harry Lauter Also in Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Fred Graham Also in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Jeanette Nolan Also in 7th Cavalry and The Halliday Brand
Walter Slezak Also in Panther's Moon and Spy Hunt
Harry Tenbrook Also in When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
James Bell Also in Flying Leathernecks and Devil's Canyon
Humphrey Bogart Also in Sirocco and Chain Lightning
Sol C. Siegel Produced What Price Glory (1952)
Known for
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Twelve O'Clock High 1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949
Rio Grande 1950
The Wings of Eagles 1957
The Desert Rats 1953
Also in Français
Filmography 20
Media & music
Photos 2
Awards
About this person
He served in North Africa and Europe during the war, as a member of the French Foreign Legion, the Marine Corps, and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), operating behind enemy lines several times. Ortiz also acted in Hollywood films after the war. He was one of very few Marines who served in combat in Europe during World War II, and one of the most decorated Marine officers of the war.
