Harrison Ford : Biography
His father was Irish, his mother Russian-Jewish. He was a lackluster student
at Maine Township High School 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 TV
( "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 (1977).
Another four years and Ford was (words fail) Indiana Jones in Raiders
of the Lost Ark (1981). Still another four years 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.
Harrison Ford : Career
He served
a long apprenticeship in film and television, interspersed with employment
as a carpenter, before achieving stardom in Star Wars (1977) and its two
sequels. Cast as a resourceful, swashbuckling hero, he found great popularity
as the archaeologist adventurer ‘Indiana Jones’ in a series of films beginning
with Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He enhanced his reputation with testing
characterizations in Witness (1985, Oscar nomination), The Mosquito Coast
(1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), and The Fugitive (1993). Later films
include Clear and Present Danger (1994), The Devil's Own (1997), and What
Lies Beneath (2000). He received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement
Award in 2000.
Harrison Ford : Films
Indiana
Jones 4 (2006), Godspeed (2006), The Wrong Element (2005), Water to Wine
(2004), A Walk Among The Tombstones (2003), Hollywood Homicide (2003),
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), What Lies Beneath (2000), Random Hearts (1999),
Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), Air Force One (1997), The Devil's Own (1997),
Sabrina (1995), Clear And Present Danger (1994), Jimmy Hollywood (as himself)
(1994), The Fugitive (1993), Patriot Games (1992), Hearts Of Darkness:
A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), Regarding Henry (1991), Presumed Innocent
(1990), Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989), Working Girl (1988),
Frantic (1988), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Witness (1985), Indiana Jones
And The Temple Of Doom (1984), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi
(1983), Blade Runner (1982), ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Raiders
Of The Lost Ark (1981), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
(1980), Hanover Street (1979), The Frisco Kid (1979), Apocalypse Now (1979),
More American Graffiti (1979), Force Ten From Navarone (1978), Heroes
(1977), Star Wars: Episode IV - Star Wars (1977), The Conversation (1974),
American Graffiti (1973), Getting Straight (1970), Zabriskie Point (1970)Journey
To Shiloh (1968), A Time For Killing (1967), Luv (1967), Dead Heat On
A Merry-Go-Round (1966)
