TIL actor Peter Butterworth was a POW who took part in the actual "Great Escape," but was rejected for the film for not looking "convincingly heroic or athletic."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Butterworth#Early_life_and_war_service



Submitted April 14, 2015 at 11:08PM by police-ical http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32l46o/til_actor_peter_butterworth_was_a_pow_who_took/