Ronald Lee Ermey March 24 1944 April 15 2018 was a retired United States Marine Corps drill instructor and actor Ermey often played the roles of authority figures such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story films He hosted two programs on the History Channel Mail Call in which he answered viewers questions about various militaria both modern and historic and Lock N Load with R Lee Ermey which focused on the development of different types of weapons He was a candidate for the National Rifle Association board of directors Description above from the Wikipedia article R Lee Ermey licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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