Zab — The Big Red One Character Profile

About Zab

Aspiring writer in the squad who provides voice-over narration. He reflects on the shared survival experiences between American troops and Germans, contrasting them with the many fallen replacements they fought alongside.

Character Facts

Played by

Robert Carradine

Appears in

The Big Red One (1980)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Zab — Professional Squad Leader — The Sergeant (Lee Marvin)

  Direct military command relationship within the infantry squad.

• Zab — Alliance Teammate — Griff (Mark Hamill)

  Fellow squad members sharing combat experiences and survival.

• Zab — Alliance Teammate — Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco)

  Fellow squad members sharing combat experiences and survival.

• Zab — Alliance Teammate — Johnson (Kelly Ward)

  Fellow squad members sharing combat experiences and survival.

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More characters from The Big Red One

• The Sergeant (Lee Marvin)
• Griff (Mark Hamill)
• Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco)
• Vichy Colonel (Maurice Marsac)
• Johnson (Kelly Ward)
• Madame Marbaise (Marthe Villalonga)
• Walloon (Stéphane Audran)
• Woman in Sicilian Village (Giovanna Galletti)
• Kaiser (Perry Lang)
• German Male Nurse (Shimon Barr)
• The Hun (Gregori Buimistre)
• Switolski (Doug Werner)