Harrison Ford, Hollywood superstar
Harrison Ford was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 13, 1942. Ford made his motion picture debut in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966), playing a bit role as a bellhop. His dramatic television debut came one year later in an episode of The Virginian titled “The Modoc Kid” (February 1, 1967), where he appeared in the small role of Cullen Tindall.
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Witness (Paramount, 1985)
Harrison Ford plays Captain John Book, a Philadelphia homicide detective who investigates the murder of an undercover policeman in a restroom at the 30th Street train station. The only witness to the killing is a young Amish boy, Samuel Lapp (Lukas Haas), who was hiding in a nearby stall. Book’s investigation leads him to police corruption and the murderous Lt. James McFee (Danny Glover) and his confederates. Forced to flee the city, Book hides out in Pennsylvania’s Amish country where he falls in love with Rachel Lapp (Kelly McGillis), a young Amish widow and the mother of Samuel. Complimenting Ford’s bravura performance are Josef Summer, Jan Rubes, Alexander Godunov, Brent Jennings and Patti LuPone in one of Hollywood’s all-time cop thrillers.
Academy Award nomination for Best Actor
Great Ford line (to his corrupt cop pursuers, who have him cornered on an Amish farm): “Oh no, man, you got it wrong. I’m coming to get you!”
Director: Peter Weir
On DVD: Witness Special Collector’s Edition (Paramount, 2005)
Witness (1985) Croatian poster with Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Paramount, 1981)
Harrison Ford plays Indiana Jones, an adventurer-archaeologist in pursuit of the Lost Ark of the Covenant in the year 1936. Jones braves Peruvian jungles, dodges venomous snakes and tangles with cunning Nazis and evil Arabs in his quest for the sacred lost Ark. Outfitted in his trademark fedora and worn bomber jacket, Ford cuts a dashing figure as the globetrotting, swashbuckling Indiana Jones, with Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey and John Rhys-Davies in magnificent support.
Great Ford line (handing a torch to Karen Allen while surrounded by poisonous snakes): “Wave it at anything that slithers.”
Director: George Lucas
On DVD: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Special Collector’s Edition (Paramount, 2008)
The Fugitive (Warner Bros., 1993)
Harrison Ford plays Dr. Richard Kimble, a brilliant Chicago surgeon wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. While en route to the big house’s death row, a train slams into the prison bus transporting Kimble and his fellow convicts. Now on the loose, the good doctor returns to the Windy City where he feverishly tries to locate the mysterious one-armed man he had fought with on the night of his wife’s murder. Ford is outstanding in the old David Janssen television role, with Tommy Lee Jones as Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard providing the perfect foil.
Great Ford line: “I didn’t kill my wife!”
Director: Andrew Davis
On DVD: The Fugitive Special Edition (Warner, 2001)
Clear and Present Danger (Paramount, 1994)
Harrison Ford plays CIA analyst Jack Ryan, who becomes intimately involved in the ongoing war on drugs. Ryan’s duties take him to South America, where he engages in a deadly battle with one of Columbia’s most violent drug cartels. Illegal covert operations, backdoor political maneuvers and government corruption make Ryan’s latest assignment a living hell. Harrison Ford has never looked better
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