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- Plucked from obscurity by Wyler, Harold repeatedly rejected the role. He had no aspirations as a professional actor and was convinced that his lack of experience would show on the screen. Harold’s stubborn humility wasn’t an act. He’d always felt like a failure, even before the film turned his life upside down.
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Dec 10, 2016 · He had no aspirations as a professional actor and was convinced that his lack of experience would show on the screen. Harold’s stubborn humility wasn’t an act. He’d always...
Feb 1, 2002 · In 1954 ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' was rereleased and journalists asked why Mr. Russell had made no other movies. ''I decided to quit while I was ahead of the game,'' he told one reporter....
In his 1949 autobiography, Victory In My Hands, he wrote that he rushed to enlist in the United States Army because he considered himself a failure. [5] On June 6, 1944 , while he was an Army instructor teaching demolition work with the U.S. 13th Airborne Division at Camp Mackall , North Carolina, a defective fuse detonated TNT explosives that ...
Nov 9, 2021 · How Scenes from a Marriage spurred a Swedish marital crisis. We look at the story of Harold Russell, wounded war veteran and Oscar-winning star of The Best Years of Our Lives.
Feb 1, 2002 · Feb. 1, 2002 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Harold Russell, the disabled World War II veteran who received two Academy Awards for his role in “The Best Years of Our Lives,” has died. He...
Mar 7, 2024 · Harold Russell was a disabled veteran who won two Oscars for playing a veteran in The Best Years of Our Lives. He remains only one of three actors with a disability to win an Oscar. Collider
Aug 24, 2022 · Aug. 24, 2022. 9:23 a.m. Expand. Public Domain. Harold Russell and Cathy O'Donnell in 'The Best Years of Our Lives'. Shepherd Express editor Dave Luhrssen’s recent review of Alison Macor’s book about the making of The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), brought back poignant memories for me of an eventful day in Cleveland in 1967.
