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Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor who had an extensive career in film and television. Popularly known as the "King of Cool", [2] McQueen's screen persona was that of portraying cool, reticent antihero roles, which appealed strongly to the masses.
- Girl on The Run
- The Honeymoon Machine
- Never Love A Stranger
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- The War Lover
- The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
- The Hunter
- Tom Horn
- Hell Is For Heroes
- Baby The Rain Must Fall
Steve McQueen's first feature film role was an uncredited background appearance in the ultra-low-budget 1953 crime drama, Girl On The Run. The film stars Richard Coogan as Bill Martin, a newspaper reporter investigating a criminal ring working out of a carnival. McQueen appears in the background of two scenes. While the movie has a kind of low-budg...
The Honeymoon Machine is one of the three unsuccessful Steve McQueen flicks (alongside The War Lover and Hell Is For Heroes) sandwiched between The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape. The 1961 Richard Thorpe-directed comedy stars McQueen in the role of Ferguson "Fergie" Howard, a Lieutenant working aboard the United States Navy ship, USS Elmira...
Never Love A Strangeris a crime drama featuring John Drew Barrymore (Drew Barrymore's father) as Frankie Kane, who grows up in a Catholic orphanage but runs away and turns to a life of crime after finding out that he's actually Jewish and will therefore be removed from the orphanage and moved to a Jewish home. Steve McQueen plays Kane's Jewish frie...
Steve McQueen first moved to Los Angeles in 1955. Soon after, McQueen played the uncredited role of Fidel in Robert Wise's Somebody Up There Likes Me. The film, based on the life of middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano, stars Paul Newman (who McQueen would later collaborate with on The Towering Inferno) as Rocky, a rebellious youth who undergoes a lon...
The War Lover is a British war film that stars Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson, an arrogant pilot in command of "Flying Fortress" during World War II. McQueen's character takes pleasure in destruction and, when asked, another character comments that he's unsure whether Buzz is a hero or a psychopath. While this antihero role is, in some ways,...
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery is a Steve McQueen heist movie released in 1959. Directed by Charles Guggenheim, the film stars Steve McQueen in his second leading role in a feature film (after The Blob). McQueen plays George Fowler, a college dropout who is hired by a gang to serve as a getaway driver for a bank robbery. The Great St. Louis Ban R...
The Hunter would be Steve McQueen's final film before his death in November 1980, and it sees the "King of Cool" returning to his crime drama roots. In The Hunter, McQueen plays Ralph "Papa" Thorson, a bounty hunter who is pursued by one of his former convicts, Rocco Mason. The film shows Thorson chasing a number of criminals and ends with a climac...
Following the commercial disaster that was An Enemy Of The People, Steve McQueen struggled to find work, due to his habit of turning down roles that didn't offer a high enough fee. McQueen apparently wanted to adapt a Harold Pinter play, but First Artists insisted that he take a role in Tom Horn, a script they had owned for a while. The film would ...
Hell Is For Heroes is a suspenseful World War II drama movieabout an infantry division that must hold a defensive line against an entire German company for two days until reinforcements arrive. Writer/director Robert Pirosh was originally set to direct the film, based on his own script, but he walked away from the project after encountering trouble...
In 1965, Steve McQueen starred alongside Lee Remick in Baby The Rain Must Fall. The film was McQueen's second collaboration with filmmaker Robert Mulligan. It tells the story of Georgette Thomas (Remick) who travels to Colombus, Texas with her six-year-old daughter in order to meet up with her husband, Henry Thomas (McQueen), recently released from...
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- Henri Charrriere in Papillon. Based on the 1969 autobiography by Henri Charriere, Papillon was a huge box office success earning over $3 million in its first week.
- Jake Holman in The Sand Pebbles. The 1966 film The Sand Pebbles starring Steve McQueen as Jake Holman, the rebellious US Navy machinist, wowed fans as it earned critical and commercial success.
- Michael Delaney in Le Mans. The 1971 film Le Mans is a staple in most racing fans's movie collection. The drama depicts the story of Porsche race car driver Michael Delaney as he overcomes his painful memories and feelings for a widow to beat his Ferrari rival in the 24 hour endurance race in Le Mans, France.
- Michael O'Hallorhan in The Towering Inferno. Disaster film The Towering Inferno was a gigantic success in 1974 as it was the second highest grossing film of the year and won several Oscars and Golden Globes.
Mar 30, 2024 · Throughout his career, Steve McQueen made some of the best movies of all time and cemented himself as a brilliant action star and performer. Image by Yailin Chacon. Summary. McQueen's early role in "The Blob" set him on a path toward stardom with a surprising hit that showcased his leading man chops.
Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) [4] was an American actor and racing driver. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the 1960s and 1970s. He was nicknamed the " King of Cool " and used the alias Harvey Mushman in motor races.
Apr 15, 2024 · 1. The Great Escape. Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough. 356 votes. The captivating tale of Allied prisoners plotting their escape from a German POW camp during World War II comes to life in John Sturges' 1963 classic war film, The Great Escape.
