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Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford

Acting
Born: Jul 13, 1942
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

Legendary Hollywood Icon Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. His family history includes a strong lineage of actors, radio personalities, and models. Ford attended public high school in Park Ridge, Illinois where he was a member of the school Radio Station WMTH. Ford worked as the lead voice for sports reporting at WMTH for several years. Acting wasn't a major interest to Ford until his junior year at Ripon College when he first took an acting class. Ford's career started in 1964 when he travelled to California in search of a voice-over job. He never received that position, but instead signed a contract with Columbia Pictures where he earned $150 weekly to play small fill in roles in various films. Through the '60s Ford worked on several TV shows including Gunsmoke, Ironside, Kung Fu, and American Style. It wasn't until 1967 that he received his first credited role in the Western film, A Time for Killing. Dissatisfied with the meager roles he was being offered, Ford took a hiatus from acting to work as a self-employed carpenter. This seemingly odd diversion turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Harrison's acting career when he …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Extraordinary Measures Dr. Robert Stonehill 2010 6.278
Crossing Over Max Brogan 2009 6.1
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Indiana Jones 2008 6.023
Firewall Jack Stanfield 2006 5.847
Hollywood Homicide Sgt. Joe Gavilan 2003 5.239
K-19: The Widowmaker Alexei Vostrikov 2002 6.547
What Lies Beneath Norman Spencer 2000 6.434
Random Hearts Dutch Van Den Broeck 1999 5.575
Six Days Seven Nights Quinn Harris 1998 6.103
The Devil's Own Tom O'Meara 1997 6.191
Air Force One James Marshall 1997 6.5
Sabrina Linus Larrabee 1995 6.219
Clear and Present Danger Jack Ryan 1994 6.641
The Fugitive Richard Kimble 1993 7.476
Patriot Games Jack Ryan 1992 6.68
Regarding Henry Henry Turner 1991 6.537
Presumed Innocent Rusty Sabich 1990 6.807
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones 1989 7.851
Working Girl Jack Trainer 1988 6.604
Frantic Richard Walker 1988 6.717
The Mosquito Coast Allie Fox 1986 6.364
Witness John Book 1985 7.094
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones 1984 7.308
Return of the Jedi Han Solo 1983 7.907
Blade Runner Deckard 1982 7.939
Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones 1981 7.923
The Empire Strikes Back Han Solo 1980 8.4
Apocalypse Now Colonel 1979 8.268
Hanover Street David Halloran 1979 5.611
Star Wars Han Solo 1977 8.203
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1942
FromChicago, Illinois, USA