Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930–November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor. He was born Terence Steven McQueen in Beech Grove, Indiana. He never knew his father, who abandoned his wife and child shortly after McQueen was born. He was raised in Slater, Missouri by his uncle, where his mother left him. At the age of 12 McQueen moved with his mother to Los Angeles. When he was 14, his mother sent him to a reformatory school. Soon McQueen left the school and drifted before joining the Marines in 1947. In 1952, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill to study at the Actors' Studio in New York, making his Broadway debut in 1955 in A Hatful of Rain.

McQueen moved into film in 1956 with Somebody Up There Likes Me, securing his first lead role in the 1958 movie The Blob. Between 1958 and 1960 he gained recognition with the television series Wanted: Dead or Alive. His breakthrough, however, came in 1963 with The Great Escape, and his fame peaked in 1968 with Bullitt. Before, he had already earned an Academy Award nomination for the 1966 film The Sand Pebbles. From then on he mixed character roles in works such as 1973's Papillon, with pure spectacle in the 1971 car races film Le Mans or in The Getaway in 1972. After The Towering Inferno in 1974, McQueen did not return to film until 1978, when he played in An Enemy of the People.

McQueen was a motorcycle and race car enthusiast. He liked fast machines, and when he had the opportunity to drive these vehicles in a movie, he did it himself, performing many of his own stunts. During his acting career he even seriously considered becoming a professional race car driver.

McQueen was married to Neile Adams from 1957 until their divorce in 1972; from this marriage he had a son and a daughter. He married actress Ali McGraw in 1973 and divorced her in 1978. He was married to Barbara Minty in January 1980.

After 1978 he appeared only in two further films before he died in November of 1980, only 50 years old, in Juárez, Mexico due to a heart attack following a last-ditch effort to fight mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer caused by extensive asbestos exposure throughout his life.

Prefab Sprout released an album called "Steve McQueen" in 1985.

He was honored in the 2002 Sheryl Crow song called "Steve McQueen".


Filmography

  • The Hunter (1980)
  • Tom Horn (1980)
  • An Enemy of the People (1978)
  • The Towering Inferno (1974)
  • Papillon (1973)
  • The Getaway (1972)
  • Junior Bonner (1972)
  • Le Mans (1971)
  • The Reivers (1969)
  • Bullitt (1968)
  • The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
  • The Sand Pebbles (1966)
  • Nevada Smith (1966)
  • The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
  • Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
  • Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
  • Soldier in the Rain (1963)
  • The Great Escape (1963)
  • The War Lover (1962)
  • Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
  • The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
  • The Magnificent Seven (1960)
  • The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1960)
  • Never So Few (1959)
  • The Blob (1958)
  • Never Love a Stranger (1958)
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

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He was married to Barbara Minty in January 1980. He later studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of plays throughout the early 80s, including The Pope's Wedding, for which he received Time Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985-1986 and the British Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor of 1985. He married actress Ali McGraw in 1973 and divorced her in 1978. Gary Oldman was born in London, England. When he was older, he won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College, where he received a BA in Theatre Arts in 1979. McQueen was married to Neile Adams from 1957 until their divorce in 1972; from this marriage he had a son and a daughter. Leonard Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958) is a British actor. During his acting career he even seriously considered becoming a professional race car driver. Daniel.

He liked fast machines, and when he had the opportunity to drive these vehicles in a movie, he did it himself, performing many of his own stunts. Remembrance (1982)... McQueen was a motorcycle and race car enthusiast. Coxy the Skinhead. After The Towering Inferno in 1974, McQueen did not return to film until 1978, when he played in An Enemy of the People. Meantime (TV) (1984)... From then on he mixed character roles in works such as 1973's Papillon, with pure spectacle in the 1971 car races film Le Mans or in The Getaway in 1972. Colin.

Before, he had already earned an Academy Award nomination for the 1966 film The Sand Pebbles. Morgan's Boy (TV) (1984)... His breakthrough, however, came in 1963 with The Great Escape, and his fame peaked in 1968 with Bullitt. Derek Bates. Between 1958 and 1960 he gained recognition with the television series Wanted: Dead or Alive. Honest, Decent & True (TV) (1985)... McQueen moved into film in 1956 with Somebody Up There Likes Me, securing his first lead role in the 1958 movie The Blob. Sid and Nancy (1986).... Sid Vicious.

Bill to study at the Actors' Studio in New York, making his Broadway debut in 1955 in A Hatful of Rain. Joe Orton. In 1952, he took advantage of the G.I. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)... Soon McQueen left the school and drifted before joining the Marines in 1947. Martin. At the age of 12 McQueen moved with his mother to Los Angeles. When he was 14, his mother sent him to a reformatory school. Track 29 (1988)...

He was raised in Slater, Missouri by his uncle, where his mother left him. Ben Chase. He never knew his father, who abandoned his wife and child shortly after McQueen was born. Criminal Law (1988)... He was born Terence Steven McQueen in Beech Grove, Indiana. Johnny. Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930–November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor. We Think the World of You (1988)...

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956). Bex Bissell. Never Love a Stranger (1958). The Firm (TV) (1988)... The Blob (1958). Chattahoochee (1989).... Emmett Foley. Never So Few (1959). Rosencrantz.

Louis Bank Robbery (1960). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)... The Great St. Jackie Flannery. The Magnificent Seven (1960). State of Grace (1990)... The Honeymoon Machine (1961). Pop.

Hell Is for Heroes (1962). Henry & June (1990)... The War Lover (1962). Lee Harvey Oswald. The Great Escape (1963). JFK (1991)... Soldier in the Rain (1963). Ian Tyson.

Love with the Proper Stranger (1963). Heading Home (TV) (1991)... Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965). Dracula. The Cincinnati Kid (1965). Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)... Nevada Smith (1966). True Romance (1993).... Drexl Spivey.

The Sand Pebbles (1966). Jack Grimaldi. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)... Bullitt (1968). Norman Stansfield. The Reivers (1969). Léon (1994)...

Le Mans (1971). Ludwig van Beethoven. Junior Bonner (1972). Immortal Beloved (1994)... The Getaway (1972). Milton Glenn. Papillon (1973). Murder in the First (1995)...

The Towering Inferno (1974). Arthur Dimmesdale. An Enemy of the People (1978). Rev. Tom Horn (1980). The Scarlet Letter (1995)... The Hunter (1980). Albert Milo.

Basquiat (1996)... Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg. The Fifth Element (1997)... Ivan Korshunov.

Air Force One (1997)... Zachary Smith. Lost in Space (1998).... Dr. Baron Ruber.

Quest for Camelot (1998)... Pontius Pilate. Jesus (TV) (1999)... Sheldon Runyon.

The Contender (2000).... Rep. Buford Hill. Nobody's Baby (2001)... Mason Verger.

Hannibal (2001)... Grant. Interstate 60 (2002).... O.W. Devil.

The Hire: Beat the Devil (2002)... Rolfe. Tiptoes (2003)... Charlie Strom.

Sin (2003)... Sirius Black. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)... Lynch.

Dead Fish (2004)... James Gordon. Batman Begins (2005).... Lt. Sirius Black.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)...