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 Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, Belarus. Harrison was a lackluster student at Maine Township High School East in Park Ridge Illinois (no athletic star, never above a C average). After dropping out of Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he did some acting and later summer stock, he signed a Hollywood contract with Columbia and later Universal. His roles in movies and television (Ironside (1967), The Virginian (1962)) remained secondary and, discouraged, he turned to a career in professional carpentry. He came back big four years later, however, as Bob Falfa in American Graffiti (1973). Four years after that, he hit colossal with the role of Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Another four years and Ford was Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).Four years later and he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his role as John Book in Witness (1985). All he managed four years after that was his third starring success as Indiana Jones; in fact, many of his earlier successful roles led to sequels as did his more recent portrayal of Jack Ryan in Patriot Games (1992). Another Golden Globe nomination came his way for the part of Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive (1993). He is clearly a well-established Hollywood superstar. He also maintains an 800-acre ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.Ford is a private pilot of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, and owns an 800-acre (3.2 km2) ranch in Jackson, Wyoming, approximately half of which he has donated as a nature reserve. On several occasions, Ford has personally provided emergency helicopter services at the request of local authorities, in one instance rescuing a hiker overcome by dehydration. Ford began flight training in the 1960s at Wild Rose Idlewild Airport in Wild Rose, Wisconsin, flying in a Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer, but at $15 an hour, he could not afford to continue the training. In the mid-1990s, he bought a used Gulfstream II and asked one of his pilots, Terry Bender, to give him flying lessons. They started flying a Cessna 182 out of Jackson, Wyoming, later switching to Teterboro, New Jersey, flying a Cessna 206, the aircraft he soloed in. Ford is an honorary board member of the humanitarian aviation organization Wings of Hope.On March 5, 2015, Ford's plane, believed to be a Ryan PT-22 Recruit, made an emergency landing on the Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California. Ford had radioed in to report that the plane had suffered engine failure. He was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was reported to be in fair to moderate condition. Ford suffered a broken pelvis and broken ankle during the accident, as well as other injuries.
Bio:
Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, Belarus. Harrison was a lackluster student at Maine Township High School East in Park Ridge Illinois (no athletic star, never above a C average). After dropping out of Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he did some acting and later summer stock, he signed a Hollywood contract with Columbia and later Universal. His roles in movies and television (Ironside (1967), The Virginian (1962)) remained secondary and, discouraged, he turned to a career in professional carpentry. He came back big four years later, however, as Bob Falfa in American Graffiti (1973). Four years after that, he hit colossal with the role of Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Another four years and Ford was Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).Four years later and he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his role as John Book in Witness (1985). All he managed four years after that was his third starring success as Indiana Jones; in fact, many of his earlier successful roles led to sequels as did his more recent portrayal of Jack Ryan in Patriot Games (1992). Another Golden Globe nomination came his way for the part of Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive (1993). He is clearly a well-established Hollywood superstar. He also maintains an 800-acre ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.Ford is a private pilot of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, and owns an 800-acre (3.2 km2) ranch in Jackson, Wyoming, approximately half of which he has donated as a nature reserve. On several occasions, Ford has personally provided emergency helicopter services at the request of local authorities, in one instance rescuing a hiker overcome by dehydration. Ford began flight training in the 1960s at Wild Rose Idlewild Airport in Wild Rose, Wisconsin, flying in a Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer, but at $15 an hour, he could not afford to continue the training. In the mid-1990s, he bought a used Gulfstream II and asked one of his pilots, Terry Bender, to give him flying lessons. They started flying a Cessna 182 out of Jackson, Wyoming, later switching to Teterboro, New Jersey, flying a Cessna 206, the aircraft he soloed in. Ford is an honorary board member of the humanitarian aviation organization Wings of Hope.On March 5, 2015, Ford's plane, believed to be a Ryan PT-22 Recruit, made an emergency landing on the Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California. Ford had radioed in to report that the plane had suffered engine failure. He was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was reported to be in fair to moderate condition. Ford suffered a broken pelvis and broken ankle during the accident, as well as other injuries.
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He recommended River Phoenix for the role of the young Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Ford and Phoenix had previously played father and son in The Mosquito Coast (1986).Of the famous "friendship circle" of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, he is the only actor to have worked with all three.On 31 July 2000, he piloted his helicopter to rescue dehydrated 20-year-old hiker Sarah George from Table Mountain near his ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.He was initially argued against casting Sean Connery as his father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) because Connery was only 12 years older. He later changed his mind and found he enjoyed working with Connery immensely.He scared director Steven Spielberg and the crew during Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) when, without warning, he ran out across the rope bridge used in the film's climax to test its safety. Spielberg later quipped "What can I say? Harrison really IS Indiana Jones.".Both his Indiana Jones jacket and fedora hat are on display at the Smithsonian Institution.Of all the characters he has played, he frequently cites Indiana Jones as both his favorite and the one he is most proud of.Out of the three leads of the original Star Wars trilogy, he was the only one to appear in all three films without ever signing a contract.He lives in a white-painted ranch house that he built himself in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.He has a species of Central American ant (Peidole harrisonfordi) and spider (Calponia Harrisonfordi) named after him in honor of his conservation work.He worked as a carpenter in Los Angeles before achieving fame in movies, mainly doing home remodeling work. He had a reputation as one of the best cabinetmakers in the city, and his services were much in demand on Los Angeles' trendy Westside long before he became a movie star.He is credited with "creating" what many believe to be the best scene in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) because he was suffering from a bout of dysentery at the time of filming: during the scene in Cairo with the swordsman in black, the script called for a much longer fight, but because of his condition, he quietly asked director Steven Spielberg if they could shorten the scene. Spielberg's reply was that the only way it could be done would be if Indy pulled out his gun and "just shot the guy". The rest of the crew, not aware of the change, laughed at this, and it remained in the final cut.One of his jobs in his early acting days was as a roadie on tour with The Doors.He was a master carpenter before becoming a movie star, a craft he still does as a hobby.He said in an interview that he felt compelled to do his own stunts for the Indiana Jones trilogy because the films were very "action-oriented" and he felt if he were not in the middle of it, there was really not much else for him to do.He has starred in a film that has grossed at least 100 million dollars at the U.S. box office for five consecutive decades.He presented his Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) co-star Sir Sean Connery with the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, telling him, "John Wayne gave us the Old West. James Stewart gave us our town. You gave us the world." (June 8, 2006).During the scene where he is frozen in carbonite in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Carrie Fisher says, "I love you" and Ford was supposed to reply "I love you too", but he suggested changing it to "I know".He was very close with and greatly admired River Phoenix.He is honored for his work with the environment, Ford was asked to name a current breed of butterfly. He named this after his daughter, Georgia.He is a private pilot, single engine fixed wing and helicopter. He owns a Bonanza, Gulfstream IV, DeHavland Beaver, and Bell 407 helicopter. Destroyed first 407 during simulated "engine-out" practice. Regularly flies himself between New York City and Wyoming homes. Has a loft in Tribeca, New York City.He had no formal training as a carpenter. He borrowed books on carpentry from the library, studied them and then practiced in an empty house before he got good enough at this that this became his primary job before becoming a major Hollywood actor. He found he enjoyed carpentry so much that he kept this as a hobby.He suffered a back injury while filming Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and underwent an experimental (at the time) disc operation utilizing a papaya enzyme. While he was away Steven Spielberg filmed around him as best he could, including most of the conveyor belt scene, using Vic Armstrong, a British-born stuntman who looked so much like Ford that members of the crew were always confusing the two. Ford resumed doing his own stunts upon his return, and his close-ups were added later into the finished film.His two most famous roles were actually not written "for him". He became attached to Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) when he was reading lines with other actors doing their screen tests. When it came time to cast Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), George Lucas was adamant about not casting Ford because he did not want every movie he did to be a "Harrison Ford movie". However, after Tom Selleck backed out, Steven Spielberg suggested Ford again, and Lucas gave in.Carrie Fisher had to stand on a box for most of her scenes with him in the original Star Wars trilogy because she was a foot shorter than him and did not properly fit into the frame.He starred in five consecutive films (beginning with Apocalypse Now (1979) and ending with Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)) that are on the IMDb Top 250 list. He has eight films on the list overall, tying for second place with Robert De Niro. James Stewart has the most with nine.He adopted then-fianc��e Calista Flockhart's son Liam Flockhart.Neither of his two most famous roles (Han Solo and Indiana Jones) were offered to him first. Tom Selleck was the first choice to play Indiana Jones but there were issues with his contract with Magnum P.I.and Christopher Walken was the first choice to play Han Solo. Han Solo was also turned down by Al Pacino.He said one of the things he enjoyed most about making both Witness (1985) and The Mosquito Coast (1986) was getting to apply his real life skills as a carpenter (example: the barn raising scene from Witness (1985)).His ex-wife, Melissa Mathison, wrote the screenplay for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).He was originally brought in by George Lucas to feed lines to other actors auditioning for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) because he wasn't allowed to audition (Lucas wanted new faces for the film). He eventually won Lucas over and the role of Han Solo went to him.He turned down Jack Nicholson's role in Terms of Endearment (1983), Kurt Russell's role in Vanilla Sky (2001), Kevin Costner's roles in JFK (1991), The Untouchables (1987), Dragonfly (2002), the role of Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990) and The Sum of All Fears (2002), Michael Douglas's role in Traffic (2000), Russell Crowe's role in Proof of Life (2000), Nick Nolte's roles in Cape Fear (1991) and The Thin Red Line (1998), Warren Beatty's role as Dick Tracy (1990), Liam Neeson's role in Schindler's List (1993), Mel Gibson's role in The Patriot (2000), George Clooney's roles in The Perfect Storm (2000) and Syriana (2005), Val Kilmer's role in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), a proposed sequel to The Fugitive (1993), and Tom Skerritt's role in Alien (1979). He was considered for the leads in Jurassic Park (1993), Insomnia (2002) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).He was friends with Billy Dee Williams before they appeared together in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Williams had tested for the role of Han Solo in the original film.His children with Mary Marquardt, sons Ben Ford (Benjamin) (b. September 22nd 1966) and Willard Ford (b. May 14th 1969); with Melissa Mathison, son Malcolm Ford (b. March 10th 1987) and daughter Georgia Ford (b. June 30th 1990).In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Harrison's character refers to a philosophy class taught down the hall by a Dr. Tyree. In real life, Dr. Tyree was Ford's college mentor as a philosophy major at Ripon College.He joined a talent agency for the first time in his career in 1999, following the box office failure of Random Hearts (1999).He stars in four of the American Film Institute's 100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) at #10, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) at #27, The Fugitive (1993) at #33 and Blade Runner (1982) at #74.He had a role as the school principal in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) who reprimands Elliott about the dangers of alcohol. The scene was cut because director Steven Spielberg felt that Ford's presence would break the flow of the film. The only footage known to exist appeared in The E.T. Storybook released at the same time as the film.He was billed as Harrison J. Ford until 1970 for less confusion between him and silent-screen actor Harrison Ford. He actually has no middle name.He first worked with George Lucas on American Graffiti (1973). This actually almost cost him his iconic roles of Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Lucas originally decided he would not used any of the cast of American Graffiti on Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), but changed his mind after asking to Harrison to read for an audition, just so he would have the same number of actors reading for Han as were reading for Luke and Leia. He was later Steven Spielberg's first choice for the role of Indiana Jones, but Lucas initially resisted, saying that, having made two films with him already, he did not want Ford to "become my Robert De Niro", referring to Martin Scorsese's use of him in several films.He considers The Mosquito Coast (1986) to be the favorite of all his movies.Indiana Jones was voted the second greatest screen hero of all time by the American Film Institute, just behind Gregory Peck's Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Han Solo was ranked at #14.He has a scar on his chin which he got in 1968 when he tried to "buckle up" while already driving, and lost control of the car. The scar has been explained in two of his films: in the River Phoenix introductory sequence in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), an inexperienced young Indy hits himself in the chin the first time he tries to use the whip; and in Working Girl (1988), he first says that he got the scar in a knife fight, then admits that the true story is that he knocked his chin on a toilet after fainting during an ear-piercing.He replaced Kevin Costner in Air Force One (1997) after Kevin had to turn the part down with still being heavily involved in filming The Postman (1997) and suggested Harrison for the part.He was listed in the 2001 Guinness Book of Records as the richest male actor.On 19 December 1996, he was listed as one of 50 people barred from entering Tibet. Disney clashed with Chinese officials over the film Kundun (1997), which Ford's second wife, Melissa Mathison, wrote.He was offered the role of Mike Stivic on All in the Family (1971), which he turned down, citing the bigotry of Archie Bunker was too offensive.He once described Han Solo as "the great rapscallion of the universe".He tore a ligament in his knee while filming the special shoot trailer for The Fugitive (1993), in which he took the lead role after Alec Baldwin backed out (as had happened with Patriot Games (1992)). During the film's PR campaign, he complained that he had made it through the entire shoot unscathed, only to injure himself shooting a trailer for the movie after production was finished.He has named Gregory Peck and Gary Cooper as his favorite actors. Two of his favorite movies are the anti-McCarthyism western High Noon (1952), for which Cooper won his second Oscar, and the civil rights drama To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), for which Peck won his only Oscar. |
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Harrison Ford |
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Actor,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
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| Biography: |
Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his ma |
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He recommended River Phoenix for the role of the young Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Ford and Phoenix had previously played father and son in The Mosquito Coast (1986).Of the famous "friendship circle" of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, he is the only actor to have worked with all three.On 31 July 2000, he piloted his helicopter to rescue dehydrated 20-year-old hiker Sarah George from Table Mountain near his ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.He was initially argued against casting Sean Connery as his father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) because Connery was only 12 years older. He later changed his mind and found he enjoyed working with Connery immensely.He scared director Steven Spielberg and the crew during Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) when, without warning, he ran out across the rope bridge used in the film's climax to test its safety. Spielberg later quipped "What can I say? Harrison really IS Indiana Jones.".Both his Indiana Jones jacket and fedora hat are on display at the Smithsonian Institution.Of all the characters he has played, he frequently cites Indiana Jones as both his favorite and the one he is most proud of.Out of the three leads of the original Star Wars trilogy, he was the only one to appear in all three films without ever signing a contract.He lives in a white-painted ranch house that he built himself in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.He has a species of Central American ant (Peidole harrisonfordi) and spider (Calponia Harrisonfordi) named after him in honor of his conservation work.He worked as a carpenter in Los Angeles before achieving fame in movies, mainly doing home remodeling work. He had a reputation as one of the best cabinetmakers in the city, and his services were much in demand on Los Angeles' trendy Westside long before he became a movie star.He is credited with "creating" what many believe to be the best scene in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) because he was suffering from a bout of dysentery at the time of filming: during the scene in Cairo with the swordsman in black, the script called for a much longer fight, but because of his condition, he quietly asked director Steven Spielberg if they could shorten the scene. Spielberg's reply was that the only way it could be done would be if Indy pulled out his gun and "just shot the guy". The rest of the crew, not aware of the change, laughed at this, and it remained in the final cut.One of his jobs in his early acting days was as a roadie on tour with The Doors.He was a master carpenter before becoming a movie star, a craft he still does as a hobby.He said in an interview that he felt compelled to do his own stunts for the Indiana Jones trilogy because the films were very "action-oriented" and he felt if he were not in the middle of it, there was really not much else for him to do.He has starred in a film that has grossed at least 100 million dollars at the U.S. box office for five consecutive decades.He presented his Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) co-star Sir Sean Connery with the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, telling him, "John Wayne gave us the Old West. James Stewart gave us our town. You gave us the world." (June 8, 2006).During the scene where he is frozen in carbonite in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Carrie Fisher says, "I love you" and Ford was supposed to reply "I love you too", but he suggested changing it to "I know".He was very close with and greatly admired River Phoenix.He is honored for his work with the environment, Ford was asked to name a current breed of butterfly. He named this after his daughter, Georgia.He is a private pilot, single engine fixed wing and helicopter. He owns a Bonanza, Gulfstream IV, DeHavland Beaver, and Bell 407 helicopter. Destroyed first 407 during simulated "engine-out" practice. Regularly flies himself between New York City and Wyoming homes. Has a loft in Tribeca, New York City.He had no formal training as a carpenter. He borrowed books on carpentry from the library, studied them and then practiced in an empty house before he got good enough at this that this became his primary job before becoming a major Hollywood actor. He found he enjoyed carpentry so much that he kept this as a hobby.He suffered a back injury while filming Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and underwent an experimental (at the time) disc operation utilizing a papaya enzyme. While he was away Steven Spielberg filmed around him as best he could, including most of the conveyor belt scene, using Vic Armstrong, a British-born stuntman who looked so much like Ford that members of the crew were always confusing the two. Ford resumed doing his own stunts upon his return, and his close-ups were added later into the finished film.His two most famous roles were actually not written "for him". He became attached to Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) when he was reading lines with other actors doing their screen tests. When it came time to cast Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), George Lucas was adamant about not casting Ford because he did not want every movie he did to be a "Harrison Ford movie". However, after Tom Selleck backed out, Steven Spielberg suggested Ford again, and Lucas gave in.Carrie Fisher had to stand on a box for most of her scenes with him in the original Star Wars trilogy because she was a foot shorter than him and did not properly fit into the frame.He starred in five consecutive films (beginning with Apocalypse Now (1979) and ending with Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)) that are on the IMDb Top 250 list. He has eight films on the list overall, tying for second place with Robert De Niro. James Stewart has the most with nine.He adopted then-fianc��e Calista Flockhart's son Liam Flockhart.Neither of his two most famous roles (Han Solo and Indiana Jones) were offered to him first. Tom Selleck was the first choice to play Indiana Jones but there were issues with his contract with Magnum P.I.and Christopher Walken was the first choice to play Han Solo. Han Solo was also turned down by Al Pacino.He said one of the things he enjoyed most about making both Witness (1985) and The Mosquito Coast (1986) was getting to apply his real life skills as a carpenter (example: the barn raising scene from Witness (1985)).His ex-wife, Melissa Mathison, wrote the screenplay for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).He was originally brought in by George Lucas to feed lines to other actors auditioning for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) because he wasn't allowed to audition (Lucas wanted new faces for the film). He eventually won Lucas over and the role of Han Solo went to him.He turned down Jack Nicholson's role in Terms of Endearment (1983), Kurt Russell's role in Vanilla Sky (2001), Kevin Costner's roles in JFK (1991), The Untouchables (1987), Dragonfly (2002), the role of Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990) and The Sum of All Fears (2002), Michael Douglas's role in Traffic (2000), Russell Crowe's role in Proof of Life (2000), Nick Nolte's roles in Cape Fear (1991) and The Thin Red Line (1998), Warren Beatty's role as Dick Tracy (1990), Liam Neeson's role in Schindler's List (1993), Mel Gibson's role in The Patriot (2000), George Clooney's roles in The Perfect Storm (2000) and Syriana (2005), Val Kilmer's role in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), a proposed sequel to The Fugitive (1993), and Tom Skerritt's role in Alien (1979). He was considered for the leads in Jurassic Park (1993), Insomnia (2002) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).He was friends with Billy Dee Williams before they appeared together in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Williams had tested for the role of Han Solo in the original film.His children with Mary Marquardt, sons Ben Ford (Benjamin) (b. September 22nd 1966) and Willard Ford (b. May 14th 1969); with Melissa Mathison, son Malcolm Ford (b. March 10th 1987) and daughter Georgia Ford (b. June 30th 1990).In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Harrison's character refers to a philosophy class taught down the hall by a Dr. Tyree. In real life, Dr. Tyree was Ford's college mentor as a philosophy major at Ripon College.He joined a talent agency for the first time in his career in 1999, following the box office failure of Random Hearts (1999).He stars in four of the American Film Institute's 100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) at #10, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) at #27, The Fugitive (1993) at #33 and Blade Runner (1982) at #74.He had a role as the school principal in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) who reprimands Elliott about the dangers of alcohol. The scene was cut because director Steven Spielberg felt that Ford's presence would break the flow of the film. The only footage known to exist appeared in The E.T. Storybook released at the same time as the film.He was billed as Harrison J. Ford until 1970 for less confusion between him and silent-screen actor Harrison Ford. He actually has no middle name.He first worked with George Lucas on American Graffiti (1973). This actually almost cost him his iconic roles of Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Lucas originally decided he would not used any of the cast of American Graffiti on Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), but changed his mind after asking to Harrison to read for an audition, just so he would have the same number of actors reading for Han as were reading for Luke and Leia. He was later Steven Spielberg's first choice for the role of Indiana Jones, but Lucas initially resisted, saying that, having made two films with him already, he did not want Ford to "become my Robert De Niro", referring to Martin Scorsese's use of him in several films.He considers The Mosquito Coast (1986) to be the favorite of all his movies.Indiana Jones was voted the second greatest screen hero of all time by the American Film Institute, just behind Gregory Peck's Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Han Solo was ranked at #14.He has a scar on his chin which he got in 1968 when he tried to "buckle up" while already driving, and lost control of the car. The scar has been explained in two of his films: in the River Phoenix introductory sequence in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), an inexperienced young Indy hits himself in the chin the first time he tries to use the whip; and in Working Girl (1988), he first says that he got the scar in a knife fight, then admits that the true story is that he knocked his chin on a toilet after fainting during an ear-piercing.He replaced Kevin Costner in Air Force One (1997) after Kevin had to turn the part down with still being heavily involved in filming The Postman (1997) and suggested Harrison for the part.He was listed in the 2001 Guinness Book of Records as the richest male actor.On 19 December 1996, he was listed as one of 50 people barred from entering Tibet. Disney clashed with Chinese officials over the film Kundun (1997), which Ford's second wife, Melissa Mathison, wrote.He was offered the role of Mike Stivic on All in the Family (1971), which he turned down, citing the bigotry of Archie Bunker was too offensive.He once described Han Solo as "the great rapscallion of the universe".He tore a ligament in his knee while filming the special shoot trailer for The Fugitive (1993), in which he took the lead role after Alec Baldwin backed out (as had happened with Patriot Games (1992)). During the film's PR campaign, he complained that he had made it through the entire shoot unscathed, only to injure himself shooting a trailer for the movie after production was finished.He has named Gregory Peck and Gary Cooper as his favorite actors. Two of his favorite movies are the anti-McCarthyism western High Noon (1952), for which Cooper won his second Oscar, and the civil rights drama To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), for which Peck won his only Oscar. |
| Trademarks: |
Frequently plays characters who use their intelligence rather than physical strength
Known to take a lot of hits and endure a lot of pain in his action films
Quiet but charming personality
Deep, soft, soothing voice
Best known for his iconic roles as Han Solo and Indiana Jones |
| Quotes: |
It's a little-known fact, but I wanted Han Solo to die at the end of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). I thought it would give more weight and resonance. But George Lucas wasn't sympathetic. He didn't want me killed by those teddy bear guys.
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[to theater owners in Las Vegas] I'll make you a deal. I'll try to keep making films that put people in your theatre seats and you try to keep their shoes from sticking to the floor.
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[on being a leading man] I'm like a fireman. When I go out on a call, I want to put out a big fire, I don't want to put out a fire in a dumpster.
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I used to shake my head, as in "No, I just look like him." But that's not fair. So I said to those little old ladies at Trenton Airport, "Yes, I am Harrison Ford." And they still didn't believe it was me.
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[on playing Indiana Jones again in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)] No one wants to see a hero have to pick up his cane to hit someone, but I'm still quite fit enough to fake it. |
| Salaries: |
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) - $25,000,000
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1923 (2022) - $1,000,000 /episode
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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) - $25,000,000 + 0.5% of gross
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The Expend |
| Job title: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
(2000) TV commercial PSA for Earthshare (voiceover).
(2003) TV commercial: Conservation International
(1999) TV commercial: Lancia Lybra
(2003) Print ad: Multiple Sclerosis Society
(2006) TV commercial, "The Places You'll Go," during Su |
| Spouse: |
Calista Flockhart (June 15, 2010 - present) (1 child)Melissa Mathison (March 14, 1983 - January 6, 2004) (divorced, 2 children)Mary Marquardt (June 18, 1964 - October 3, 1979) (divorced, 2 children) |
| Children: |
Willard FordBen FordMalcolm FordGeorgia FordLiam Flockhart |
| Parents: |
Dorothy Ford (Nidelman)
Christopher Ford |
| Relatives: |
Terence Ford (Sibling) |
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