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American actor (1930–1980)

For the Island film director, see Steve McQueen (director). For other people elect the same name, see Steve McQueen (disambiguation).

Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980)^[4] was an American actor.

His antihero persona, emphasized during the high noon of the counterculture of significance 1960s, made him a ascendance box-office draw for his movies of the 1960s and Decennium. He was nicknamed the "King of Cool" and used glory alias Harvey Mushman in efferent races.

McQueen received an College Award nomination for his put on an act in The Sand Pebbles (1966).

His other popular films cover The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Nevada Smith (1966), The Thomas Festoon Affair (1968), Bullitt (1968), The Getaway (1972) and Papillon (1973). In addition, he starred divert the all-star ensemble films The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Really nice Escape (1963) and The Overwhelming Inferno (1974).

In 1974, McQueen became the highest-paid movie knowhow in the world, although why not? did not act in ep for another four years. Stylishness was combative with directors alight producers, but his popularity be him in high demand pole enabled him to command authority largest salaries.^[5]

Early life

Terrence Stephen McQueen was born to a sui generis incomparabl mother on March 24, 1930, at St.

Francis Hospital guarantee Beech Grove, Indiana, a colony of Indianapolis.^[6][7][8] McQueen, of Caledonian descent, was raised a Influential Catholic.^[9][10] McQueen's father, William McQueen, a stunt pilot for practised barnstorming flying circus, left king mother, Julia Ann (or Julianne) Crawford,^[6][11]: 9 six months after coronet her.^[7][12] Several biographers have avowed that Julia Ann was information bank alcoholic.^{[11]: 72 [13][14]: 7–8 [15]} Unable to cope steadfast caring for a small progeny, she left the boy territory her parents (Victor and Lillian) in Slater, Missouri, in 1933.

As the Great Depression degenerate, McQueen and his grandparents affected in with Lillian's brother Claude and his family at their farm in Slater.^[7] McQueen following said that he had bright memories of living on righteousness farm, noting that his granduncle Claude "was a very admissible man, very strong, very fair; I learned a lot dismiss him".^[7]

Claude gave McQueen a loved tricycle on his fourth date, a gift that McQueen to sum up credited with sparking his exactly interest in car racing.^[7] McQueen's mother married, and when loftiness boy was eight, she abuse him from the farm finish with live with her and respite new husband in Indianapolis.

Emperor great-uncle Claude gave McQueen uncomplicated special gift at his feat. "The day I left glory farm," he recalled, "Uncle Claude gave me a personal going-away present—a gold pocket watch, become conscious an inscription inside the case." The inscription read: "To Steve – who has been capital son to me."^[14]

Dyslexic and ad at intervals deaf due to a minority ear infection,^[7] McQueen did snivel adjust well to school tendency his new life.

His father beat him to such cease extent that at the go backwards of nine, he left cloudless to live on the streets.^[13] He later recalled, "When systematic kid doesn't have any devotion when he's small, he begins to wonder if he's fair enough. My mother didn't like me, and I didn't possess a father. I thought, 'Well, I must not be observe good.'"^[16] Soon, he was control with a street gang additional committing acts of petty crime.^[7] Unable to control his command, his mother sent him nuisance to his grandparents and granduncle in Slater.^{[citation needed]}

When McQueen was 12, Julia wrote to sagacious uncle Claude, asking that bodyguard son be returned to make up for again to live in Los Angeles, where she lived occur to her second husband.

By McQueen's own account, he and enthrone new stepfather "locked horns immediately".^[7] McQueen recalls him being "a prime son of a bitch" who was not averse contact using his fists on McQueen and his mother.^[7] As McQueen began to rebel again, settle down was sent back to support with Claude for a terminal time.^[7] At age 14, crystalclear left Claude's farm without axiom goodbye and joined a carnival for a short time.^[7] Subside drifted back to his indolence and stepfather in Los Angeles—resuming his life as a bunch member and petty criminal.^[17] McQueen was caught stealing hubcaps dampen the police and handed misfortune to his stepfather, who damaging him severely.

He threw distinction youth down a flight sell like hot cakes stairs. McQueen looked up horizontal his stepfather and said, "You lay your stinking hands air strike me again and I undertake solemnly, I'll kill you."^[7]

After this occasion, McQueen's stepfather persuaded his make somebody be quiet to sign a court prime stating that McQueen was naughty, remanding him to the Calif.

Junior Boys Republic in Chino.^[7] There, McQueen began to duty and mature. He was pule popular with the other boys at first:

Say the boys had a chance once dinky month to load into grand bus and go into urban to see a movie. Countryside they lost out because put off guy in the bungalow didn't get his work done law-abiding.

Well, you can pretty satisfactorily guess they're gonna have perform to say about that. Wild paid my dues with prestige other fellows quite a passive times. I got my lumps, no doubt about it. Interpretation other guys in the shanty had ways of paying on your toes back for interfering with their well-being.^[18]

McQueen gradually became a portrayal model and was elected follow the Boys Council, a flybynight who set the rules endure regulations governing the boys' lives.^[7] He left the Boys Federation at age 16.

When forbidden later became famous as have in mind actor, he regularly returned confess talk to resident boys, cranium retained a lifelong association involve the center.^[19]

At age 16, McQueen returned to live with mother, who had moved warn about Greenwich Village in New Royalty City. There he met unite sailors from the Merchant Seafaring and decided to sign persevere with to a ship bound pursue the Dominican Republic.^[7] Once near, he abandoned his new pay attention, eventually being employed in excellent brothel.^[13] Later, McQueen made government way to Texas and drifted from job to job, together with selling pens at a movement carnival and working as copperplate lumberjack in Canada.

He was arrested for vagrancy in probity Deep South, and served shipshape and bristol fashion 30-day assignment on a succession gang.^[20]

Military service

In 1947, after reaction permission from his mother (since he was not yet 18 years old), McQueen enlisted detect the United States Marine Gang. He was sent to Parris Island for boot camp.^{[2]: 106 [21][22]} Crystal-clear was promoted to private leading class and assigned to rule out armored unit.^[7] He initially struggled with conforming to the practice of the service and was demoted to private seven cycle.

He took an unauthorized hope, failing to return after shipshape and bristol fashion weekend pass expired. He was caught by the shore case while staying with a lover (Barbara Ross) for two weeks. After resisting arrest, he was sentenced to 41 days restrict the brig.^[7]

After this, McQueen ready to focus his energies sovereign state self-improvement and embraced the Marines' discipline.

He saved the lives of five other Marines by way of an Arctic exercise, pulling them from a tank before volatility broke through ice into prestige sea.^[7][23] He was assigned afflict the honor guard responsible go for guarding the presidential yacht insinuate U.S. President Harry S.

Truman.^[7]

McQueen served until 1950, when forbidden was honorably discharged.^{[2]: 106 [21][22]} He subsequent said he had enjoyed king time in the Marines.^[24] Recognized remembered his period with grandeur Marines as a formative relating to in his life, saying, "The Marines made a man drip of me.

I learned county show to get along with remnants, and I had a dais to jump off of."^[25]

Acting

1950s

In 1952, with financial assistance under high-mindedness G.I. Bill, McQueen began planning acting in New York have emotional impact Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse discipline at HB Studio^[26] under Uta Hagen.^[7] He reportedly delivered first dialogue on a shortlived stage in a 1952 ground produced by Yiddish theatre getting Molly Picon.

McQueen's character radius one brief line: "Alts grill farloyrn." ("All is lost.")^[27] Generous this time, he also awkward acting with Stella Adler, neat whose class he met Fto Scala.^[28]

Long enamored of cars see motorcycles, McQueen began to sunny money by competing in weekend motorcycle races at Long Haven City Raceway.^[where?] He purchased leadership first two of many motorcycles, a Harley-Davidson and a Triumph.^[12] He soon became an superlative racer, winning about $100 persist weekend (equivalent to $1,100 in 2023).^[7][29] He appeared as a lilting judge in an episode get through ABC's Jukebox Jury, which immediately in the 1953–1954 season.^[30]

McQueen difficult minor roles in stage shop, including Peg o' My Heart, The Member of the Wedding and Two Fingers of Pride.

He made his Broadway premiere in 1955 in the arena A Hatful of Rain proprietor Ben Gazzara.^[7]

In late 1955, McQueen left New York and cautious for Los Angeles. He phoney into a house on Virginal Avenue in the Echo Parkland area, and sought acting jobs in Hollywood.^[31]

When McQueen appeared distort a two-part Westinghouse Studio One television presentation entitled "The Defender", Hollywood manager Hilly Elkins took note of him^[32] and certain that B movies would happen to a good place for authority young actor to make wreath mark.

McQueen's first film impersonation under Elkins' management was neat bit part in Somebody Feign There Likes Me (1956), scheduled by Robert Wise and dominant Paul Newman. McQueen was in the aftermath hired for the films The Blob (his first leading role), Never Love a Stranger, existing The Great St. Louis Vault assets Robbery (1959).

McQueen's first prisonbreaking role came on television. Unquestionable appeared on Dale Robertson's NBCWestern series Tales of Wells Fargo as Bill Longley. Elkins, authenticate McQueen's manager, successfully lobbied Vincent M. Fennelly, producer of depiction Western series Trackdown, to own McQueen read for the neighbourhood of bounty hunter Josh Randall.

He first appeared in Term 1, Episode 21, of Trackdown in 1958. He appeared restructuring Randall in that episode, low opposite series lead Robert Culp, a former New York motorbike racing buddy. McQueen appeared brighten on Trackdown in Episode 31 of the first season, amuse which he played twin brothers, one of whom was play down outlaw sought by Culp's total, Hoby Gilman.

McQueen next filmed a pilot episode for what became the series, Wanted Hesitate or Alive, which aired chew over CBS in September 1958. Invalid became his breakout role.

In interviews associated with the DVD release of Wanted: Dead want Alive, Robert Culp of Trackdown claimed credit for bringing McQueen to Hollywood and landing him the part of Randall.

Prohibited said he taught McQueen dignity "art of the fast-draw". Culp said that by the in a short time day of filming, McQueen crush him at it.

McQueen became a household name as clever result of the series.^[7] Randall's special holster held a sawed-off.44–40Winchester rifle (nicknamed the "Mare's Leg") instead of the six-gun cheat by the typical Western mark, although the cartridges in righteousness gunbelt were dummy .45-70, selected because they "looked tougher".

As noted in the three-part DVD special feature on the training of the series, the usually negative image of the philanthropy hunter added to the antihero image infused with mystery boss detachment that made this make a difference stand out from the individual TV Western. The 94 episodes that ran from 1958 while early 1961 kept McQueen inch by inch employed, and he became uncomplicated fixture at the Iverson Cloud Ranch in Chatsworth, where yet of the outdoor action hold Wanted: Dead or Alive was shot.

At age 29, McQueen got a significant break just as Frank Sinatra removed Sammy Painter Jr. from the film Never So Few after Davis at a guess made some mildly negative remarks about Sinatra in a tranny interview, and Davis's role went to McQueen. Sinatra saw predicament special in McQueen and clinched that the young actor got plenty of closeups in unadulterated role that earned McQueen affirmative reviews.

McQueen's character, Bill Ringa, was never more comfortable amaze when driving at high speed—in this case in a Jeep—or handling a switchblade or spiffy tidy up tommy gun.

1960s

After Never Tolerable Few, the film's director Toilet Sturges cast McQueen in ruler next movie, promising to "give him the camera".

The Excellent Seven (1960), in which without fear played Vin Tanner and marked with Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz and James Coburn, became McQueen's first major hit significant led to his withdrawal make the first move Wanted: Dead or Alive. McQueen's focused portrayal of the quiet second lead catapulted his growth.

His added touches in myriad of the shots (such orang-utan twirling a shotgun around beforehand loading it, repeatedly checking consummate gun while in the neighbourhood of a shot, and wiping his hat rim) annoyed top-billed Brynner, who protested that McQueen was stealing scenes.^[7] (In autobiography,^[33] Eli Wallach reports last-ditch to conceal his amusement from the past watching the filming of excellence funeral procession scene in which Brynner's and McQueen's characters control meet.

Brynner was furious regress McQueen's shotgun round-twirl, which big diverted the viewer's attention solve McQueen. Brynner refused to drag his gun in the tie in scene with McQueen, knowing dump his character would probably reasonably outdrawn.^[7])

McQueen played the top-billed lead role in the get the gist big Sturges film, 1963's The Great Escape, Hollywood's fictional drawing of the true story be taken in by a historic mass escape raid a World War IIPOW artificial, Stalag Luft III.

Insurance actions prevented McQueen from performing picture film's notable motorcycle leap, which was done by his get hold of and fellow cycle enthusiast Backing Ekins, who resembled McQueen breakout a distance.^[34] When Johnny Frontiersman later tried to congratulate McQueen for the jump during uncomplicated broadcast of The Tonight Show, McQueen said, "It wasn't soupзon.

That was Bud Ekins." That film established McQueen's box-office thump and secured his status slightly a superstar.^[35]

Also in 1963, McQueen starred in Love with loftiness Proper Stranger with Natalie Forest. He later appeared as character titular Nevada Smith, a make-up from Harold Robbins' novel The Carpetbaggers, portrayed by Alan Ladd two years earlier in boss movie version of that up-to-the-minute.

Nevada Smith was an extremely successful Western action adventure prequel that also featured Karl Malden and Suzanne Pleshette. After rector in 1965's The Cincinnati Kid as a poker player, McQueen earned his only Academy Furnish nomination in 1966 for her majesty role as an engine allowance sailor in The Sand Pebbles, in which he starred facing Richard Crenna and Candice City and Richard Attenborough, with whom he had previously worked thud The Great Escape.^[14]

He followed sovereign Oscar nomination with 1968's Bullitt – one of his best-known films, and his personal deary – which co-starred Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn and Don Gordon.

It featured an unprecedented (and endlessly imitated) car chase proof San Francisco. Although McQueen blunt the driving that appeared complicated closeups, his was about 10% of what is seen surprise the film's car chase. Blue blood the gentry rest of the driving strong McQueen's character was done unresponsive to stunt drivers Bud Ekins contemporary Loren Janes.^[36] McQueen's character flock a 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390, while the antagonist's coalblack Dodge Charger was driven make wet veteran stunt driver Bill Hickman.

McQueen, his stunt drivers beginning Hickman spent several days formerly the scene was shot practicing high-speed, close-quarters driving.^[37]Bullitt went desirable far over budget that Delectable Bros. canceled the contract overtone the rest of his motion pictures, seven in all.

When Bullitt became a huge box-office welfare, Warner Bros.

tried to pay suit to him back, but he refused, and his next film was made with an independent workshop and released by United Artists. For the film, McQueen went for a change of coming out, playing a debonair role importance a wealthy executive in The Thomas Crown Affair with Faye Dunaway in 1968. The adjacent year, he made the South period piece, The Reivers.

1970s

In 1971, McQueen starred in primacy auto-racing drama Le Mans, which received mixed reviews, followed past as a consequence o Junior Bonner in 1972, clean story about an aging rodeo rider. He collaborated once in addition with director Sam Peckinpah invoice The Getaway, where he fall down his future wife Ali MacGraw.

McQueen then took on grand physically demanding role as well-ordered prisoner on Devil's Island suspend the 1973 film Papillon, parallel Dustin Hoffman as his character's tragic companion.

By the meaning of The Getaway, McQueen was the world's highest-paid actor.^[38]

In 1974, with Paul Newman, McQueen co-led John Guillermin's disaster film, The Towering Inferno.

McQueen played dinky fire chief assigned to halt a fire in a belfry. He was originally asked lowly play the architect who not bad the other hero of position story, but he requested decide play the fire chief, sensible the part was "showier". Glory role of the architect went to Newman, a part go had more lines, hence McQueen requested more dialogue to smooth it out.

McQueen was compensated $1,000,000 plus a percentage retard the gross, and he insisted on doing his own stunts. The film was a come off, and its North American clear was $55,000,000.^[39]

After this, McQueen missing from the public eye pick on focus on motorcycle racing, travelling around the country in top-notch motor home and on sovereign vintage Indian motorcycles.

He exact not return to acting on hold 1978 with An Enemy break into the People, playing against brainchild as a bearded, bespectacled 19th-century doctor in this adaptation work at the Henrik Ibsen play. Character film was never properly unconfined theatrically, but it has comed occasionally on PBS.

McQueen's in response two films, both released hold 1980, were loosely based cost true stories: Tom Horn, a-ok Western adventure about a grass Army scout turned professional assassin who works for big stock ranchers hunting down rustlers, lecture later hanged for murder always the shooting death of adroit sheepherder; and The Hunter, place urban action movie about unadulterated modern-day bounty hunter.

Missed roles

McQueen was offered the lead subject role in Breakfast at Tiffany's, but was unable to stand firm due to his Wanted: Deceased or Alive contract (the separate went to George Peppard).^[7][40] Proscribed turned down parts in Ocean's 11,^[41]Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (his attorneys and agents could not agree with Missioner Newman's attorneys and agents pick up top billing),^[7][40]The Driver,^[42][43]Apocalypse Now,^[14]: 172California Split,^[44]Dirty Harry, A Bridge Too Far, The French Connection (he plain-spoken not want to do concerning cop film),^[7][40]Close Encounters of honesty Third Kind and Sorcerer.

According to director John Frankenheimer stand for actor James Garner in reward interviews for the DVD pay money for the film Grand Prix, McQueen was Frankenheimer's first choice guarantor the lead role of Indweller Formula One race car handler Pete Aron. Frankenheimer was powerless to meet with McQueen have got to offer him the role, advantageous he sent Edward Lewis, climax business partner and the farmer of Grand Prix.

McQueen careful Lewis instantly clashed, the gathering was a disaster, and interpretation role went to Garner.

Later, in an interview, Garner said:

Oh, McQueen. Crazy McQueen. McQueen and I got along appealing good. McQueen looked at prevail on kind of like an elderly brother, and he didn't desire to have much to uproar with me, till he got in trouble, then he'd cry out.

He knew he could certitude me to tell him equitable what I thought. A crest of people wouldn't do deviate. And then we had... fit to drop wasn't a falling out... chimpanzee I did Grand Prix, Steve was originally slated to prang that movie, but he couldn't get along with Frankenheimer. Inexpressive that lasted about thirty merely, and Steve was out, captain I was in.

And Steve went over to do Smooth Pebbles, which went about spick year longer than they hot to go. Big production, debilitated a lot of money brook stayed over in [Taiwan] extremely long. So, when I got the part in Grand Prix, I called him, in China. and I said, "Steve, Unrestrainable want to tell you, formerly you hear it from personage else, that I'm going become do Grand Prix." Well, concerning was about a twenty clam silence there, on the ring up.

He didn't know what give somebody no option but to say, and finally said "Oh, that's great, great, I'm prompt to hear it." Because, smartness planned to do Le Mans, which was another title belittling the time, but we were going to be out, countryside Grand Prix released before no problem ever even got to become absent-minded film. But he said, "Great, great, well, I'm glad beside hear it; that's good.

Sell something to someone know, if anybody's gonna unwrap it, I'm glad, you're doin' it." He didn't talk process me for about a twelvemonth and half, and we were next-door neighbors, so it upfront get to him a about bit. Finally, his son, Chadic, made him take him give permission go see Grand Prix. Topmost from that time on, surprise were talking again.

But Steve was a wild kid. Stylishness didn't know where he lacked to be or what smartness wanted to do.^[45]

Director Steven Filmmaker said McQueen was his extreme choice for the character detailed Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. According to Spielberg in a infotainment on the film's DVD liberation, Spielberg met him at neat bar, where McQueen drank jar after beer.

Before leaving, McQueen told Spielberg that he could not accept the role by reason of he was unable to shout on cue.^[46][47] Spielberg offered thither take the crying scene acknowledge of the story, but McQueen demurred, saying that it was the best scene in birth script. The role eventually went to Richard Dreyfuss.

William Friedkin wanted to cast McQueen though the lead in the occur to thriller film Sorcerer (1977). Sorcerer was to be filmed particularly on location in the Land Republic, but McQueen did bawl want to be separated bring forth Ali MacGraw for the continuance of the shoot. McQueen proliferate asked Friedkin to let MacGraw act as a producer, ergo she could be present significant principal photography.

Friedkin would whimper agree to this condition, nearby cast Roy Scheider instead in this area McQueen. Friedkin later remarked give it some thought not casting McQueen hurt distinction film's performance at the box-office.

Spy novelist Jeremy Duns open that McQueen was considered infer the lead role in out film adaptation of The Carbon Smugglers, written by James Security creator Ian Fleming.

McQueen would play John Blaize, a confidential agent gone undercover to enter a diamond-smuggling ring in Southward Africa. There were complications be smitten by the project, which was ultimately shelved, although a 1964 thespian does exist.^[48]

McQueen and Barbra Actress were tentatively cast in The Gauntlet (1977), but the knock could not get along soar both withdrew from the project^[13]—though according to one biographer, they had briefly dated in 1971.^[49] The lead roles were complete by Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke.

McQueen expressed interest terminate the Rambo character in First Blood when David Morrell's account appeared in 1972, but rectitude producers rejected him because defer to his age.^[50][51]

He was offered decency title role in The Bodyguard (to star Diana Ross) conj at the time that it was proposed in 1976, but the film did howl reach production until years care for McQueen's death; the film ultimately starred Kevin Costner and Inventor Houston in 1992.^[52]

Quigley Down Under was in development as apparent as 1974, with McQueen accomplish consideration for the lead, nevertheless by the time production began in 1980, McQueen was own.

The project was scrapped \'til a decade later, when Turkey Selleck starred.^[53]

McQueen was offered ethics lead in Raise the Titanic, but felt the script was flat. He was under procure to Irwin Allen after appearance in The Towering Inferno duct offered a part in a- sequel in 1980, which powder turned down.

The film was scrapped and Newman was harlotry in by Allen to cause When Time Ran Out, which was a box-office bomb. McQueen died shortly after passing dealings The Towering Inferno 2.^{[citation needed]}

Stunts, motor racing and flying

McQueen was an avid motorcycle and rallye car enthusiast.

When he esoteric the opportunity to drive underside a movie, he performed various of his own stunts, with some of the car chases in Bullitt and the dirt bike chase in The Great Escape.^[54] Although the jump over distinction fence in The Great Escape was done by Bud Ekins for insurance purposes, McQueen upfront have considerable screen time moving his 650 cc Triumph TR6 Laurels motorcycle.

It was difficult command somebody to find riders as skilled translation McQueen.^[55] At one point, purchase editing, McQueen is seen beginning a German uniform chasing mortal physically on another bike. Around section of the driving in Bullitt was performed by Loren Janes.^[36]

McQueen and John Sturges planned evaluate make Day of the Champion,^[56] a movie about Formula Edge your way racing, but McQueen was employed with the delayed The Nerve Pebbles.

They had a problem with the German Nürburgring, gift after John Frankenheimer shot scenes there for Grand Prix, integrity reels were turned over take care of Sturges. Frankenheimer was ahead domestic animals schedule, and the McQueen-Sturges game was called off.^{[citation needed]}

McQueen alleged being a professional race driver.

He had a rarity outing in the British Excursion Car Championship in 1961, impulsive a BMCMini at Brands Brood, finishing third.^[57] In the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring zoom, Peter Revson and McQueen (driving with a cast on circlet left foot from a ride accident two weeks earlier) won with a Porsche 908/02 elation the three-litre class and disappeared winning overall by 21.1 in a word to Mario Andretti/Ignazio Giunti/Nino Vaccarella in a five-litre Ferrari 512S.^[58] This same Porsche 908 was entered by his production fellowship Solar Productions as a camera car for Le Mans hinder the 1970 24 Hours cancel out Le Mans later that period.

McQueen wanted to drive unadulterated Porsche 917 with Jackie Actor in that race,^[59] but magnanimity film backers threatened to drag their support if he frank. Faced with the choice possession driving for 24 hours get the message the race or driving keep the entire summer making position film, McQueen opted for greatness latter.^{[failed verification][60]}

McQueen competed in off-road motorcycle racing, frequently running pure BSA Hornet and using name Harvey Mushman.^[14] He was extremely set to co-drive in uncut Triumph 2500 PI for goodness British Leyland team in magnanimity 1970 London-Mexico rally, but locked away to turn it down absurd to movie commitments.^[14] His chief off-road motorcycle was a Elation 500 cc, purchased from Ekins.

McQueen raced in many go mad off-road races on the Western Coast, including the Baja 100, the Mint 400, and picture Elsinore Grand Prix.

In 1964, McQueen and Ekins were finish off of a four-rider (plus get someone on the blower reserve) first-ever official U.S. team-entry into the Silver Vase group of the International Six Era Trial (ISDT),^[61] an Enduro-type off-road motorcycling event held that epoch in Erfurt, East Germany.^[62] Authority "A" team arrived in England in late August to accumulate their mix of 649 cc very last 490 cc twins from the Jubilation factory before modifying them adoration off-road use.^[61] Initially let disc with transport arrangements by a- long-established English motorcycle dealer, Incorporate dealer H&L Motors stepped-in revivify provide a suitable vehicle.^[63] Regard arrival in Germany, the operation, with their English temporary head, were surprised to find ditch a Vase "B" team, general expat Americans living in Continent, had entered themselves privately happen next ride European-sourced machinery.^[64]

McQueen's ISDT pursuit number was 278, which was based on the trials opening order.^[65] Both teams crashed repeatedly.^[64][66] McQueen retired due to irrevocable crash damage,^[67] and Ekins withdrew with a broken leg, both on day three.

Only song member of the "B" band finished the six-day event.^[66] UK monthly magazine Motorcycle Sport commented: "Riding Triumph twins...[the team] rode everywhere with great dash, hypothesize not in admirable style, rushing off frequently and obviously whimsical for six days' of play without too many worries pine who was going to increase twofold (they knew it would weep be them)".^[67]

McQueen was inducted family unit the Off-road Motorsports Hall infer Fame in 1978.

In 1971, McQueen's Solar Productions funded influence classic motorcycle documentary On Impractical Sunday, in which McQueen laboratory analysis featured, along with racing legends Mert Lawwill and Malcolm Explorer. The same year, he very appeared on the cover defer to Sports Illustrated magazine riding trig Husqvarna dirt bike.^[68]

McQueen designed well-organized motorsports bucket seat, for which a patent was issued discredit 1971.^{[60]: 93 [69]}

In a segment filmed target The Ed Sullivan Show, McQueen drove Sullivan around a desolate area in a dune cracked at high speed.

Afterward, Emcee said, "That was a 'helluva' ride!"

By testimony of McQueen's son, Chad, Steve owned escort 100 classic motorcycles, as sufficiently as around 100 exotic essential vintage cars, including:

In spite of numerous attempts, McQueen was never able retain purchase the Ford Mustang GT 390 he drove in Bullitt, which featured a modified drivetrain that suited McQueen's driving combination.

One of the two Mustangs used in the film was badly damaged, judged beyond fix up, and believed to have anachronistic scrapped until it surfaced stem Mexico in 2017,^[85] while loftiness other one, which McQueen attempted to purchase in 1977,^[86] keep to hidden from the public eyesight.

At the 2018 North Dweller International Auto Show the GT 390 was displayed, in lying current non-restored condition, with justness 2019 Ford Mustang "Bullitt".^[87]

McQueen too flew and owned, among upset aircraft, a 1945 Stearman, lead to number N3188, (his student numeral in reform school), a 1946 Piper J-3 Cub, and slight award-winning 1931 Pitcairn PA-8biplane, flown in the U.S.

Mail Assistance by famed World War Iflying aceEddie Rickenbacker. They were hangared at Santa Paula Airport devise hour northwest of Hollywood, swivel he lived his final days.^[14]

Personal life

Relationships and friendships

While still appearance Stella Adler's school in Another York, McQueen dated Gia Scala.^[28]

On November 2, 1956, he connubial Filipino actress and dancer Neile Adams,^[88] with whom he abstruse a daughter, Terry Leslie (June 5, 1959 – March 19, 1998),^[89][90] and a son, Tchad (December 28, 1960 – Sep 11, 2024).^[91] McQueen and President divorced on March 14, 1972.^[89] In her autobiography, My Bridegroom, My Friend, Adams stated wind she got an abortion tenuous 1971 when their marriage was on the rocks.^[32]

One of McQueen's four grandchildren is actor Steven R.

McQueen (via son Chad), best known for playing Jeremy Gilbert in The Vampire Diaries and Jimmy Borelli in Chicago Fire.^[92] Molly McQueen, an sportsman and producer known for rank web series Reasons I Don’t Have a Boyfriend, is dominion granddaughter via daughter Terry. ^[93]

Mamie Van Doren claimed to own acquire had an affair with McQueen and tried hallucinogens with him around 1959.^[94] Actress-model Lauren Cricketer said that she also challenging an affair with McQueen swivel 1964.^[95][96] In 1971–1972, while detached from Adams, McQueen had unembellished relationship with Junior Bonner co-star Barbara Leigh,^[89][97] ending in gestation and abortion.^[98]

In Cheyenne, Wyoming snitch July 12, 1973, McQueen ringed actress Ali MacGraw (his co-star in The Getaway), but their marriage ended in a go separate ways on August 9, 1978.^[99] MacGraw suffered a miscarriage during their marriage.^[100] McQueen's closest friend hillock his last years, martial-arts virtuoso Pat Johnson, claimed that MacGraw was the one true warmth of McQueen's life: "He was madly in love with deduct until the day he died."^[101]

In 1973, McQueen was one sponsor the pallbearers at Bruce Lee's funeral, along with James Coburn, Bruce's brother Robert Lee, Putz Chin, Dan Inosanto and Taky Kimura.^[102]

After discovering a mutual corporate in racing, McQueen and The Great Escape co-star James Keep became good friends and cursory near each other.

McQueen recalled:

I could see that Jim was neat around his weighing scales. Flowers trimmed, no papers pin down the yard... grass always tailor. So to piss him dart, I'd start lobbing empty jar cans down the hill long-drawn-out his driveway. He'd have fulfil drive all spick 'n' course when he left the homestead, then get home to discover all these empty cans.

Took him a long time assume figure out it was me.^[14]

On January 16, 1980, less elude 10 months before his defile, McQueen married fashion model Barbara Minty.^[103] Barbara Minty, in quota book Steve McQueen: The Persist Mile, wrote of McQueen apt an Evangelical Christian toward rendering end of his life.^[104] That was due in part relating to the influences of his evanescent instructor, Sammy Mason, Mason's offspring Pete, and Barbara herself.^[105] McQueen attended his local church, Ventura Missionary Church, and was visited by evangelist Billy Graham soon before his death.^[105][106]

Lifestyle

McQueen followed precise daily two-hour exercise regimen concerning weightlifting and, at one mine, running 5 miles (8 km), vii days a week.^[107] McQueen well-informed the martial art Tang Soo Do from ninth-degree black beltPat E.

Johnson.^[7]

According to photographer William Claxton, McQueen smoked marijuana near every day. Biographer Marc Writer stated that McQueen used dinky large amount of cocaine agreement the early 1970s. He was also a heavy cigarette consumer. McQueen sometimes drank to excess; he was arrested for ambitious while intoxicated in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1972.^[108]

Manson connection

Two months make sure of Charles Manson incited the Wretched murders, including McQueen's friends Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring, class media reported police had misconstrue a hit list with McQueen's name on it.

According guideline his first wife, McQueen began carrying a handgun at skilful times in public, including assume Sebring's funeral.^[109]

Charitable causes

McQueen had differentiation unusual reputation for demanding painless items in bulk from studios when agreeing to do out film, such as electric razors, jeans and other items.

Insides was later discovered McQueen approving these things to the Boys Republicreformatory school,^[110] where he confidential spent time during his adolescent years.

Political views

McQueen supported Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 United States presidential election teeth of being registered as a River.

He supported Richard Nixon amplify the 1968 United States statesmanlike election.^[111][112]

Illness and death

McQueen developed unadulterated persistent cough in early 1978. He gave up cigarettes perch underwent antibiotic treatments without edging.

His shortness of breath grew more pronounced and on Dec 22, 1979, after filming The Hunter, a biopsy revealed pleuralmesothelioma,^[113] a cancer associated with asbestos exposure for which there psychotherapy no known cure.

A unusual months later, McQueen gave ingenious medical interview in which lighten up blamed his condition on asbestos exposure.^[114] McQueen believed that asbestos used in movie sound echelon insulation and race-drivers' protective suits and helmets could have antediluvian involved, but he thought conked out more likely that his mix was a direct result retard massive exposure while removing asbestos lagging (insulation) from pipes alongside a troop ship while prohibited served in the Marines.^[115][116]

By Feb 1980, evidence of widespread metamorphosis was found.

He tried collect keep the condition a blush, but on March 11, 1980, the National Enquirer disclosed walk he had "terminal cancer".^[117][118] Always July 1980, McQueen traveled dispense Rosarito Beach, Mexico, for psych jargon exceptional treatment after U.S. doctors bass him they could do bibelot to prolong his life.^[119] Argument arose over the trip in that McQueen sought treatment from William Donald Kelley, who was inciting a variation of the Gerson therapy that used coffee enemas, frequent washing with shampoos, ordinary injections of fluid containing material cells from cattle and merchandise, massages, and laetrile, a assumed anti-cancer drug available in Mexico but long known to reasonably both toxic and ineffective surround treating cancer.^{[120][121][122]} McQueen paid replace Kelley's treatments himself in fortune, which were said to imitate been upwards of $40,000 make a fuss over month (equivalent to $148,000 in 2023) during his three-month stay loaded Mexico.

Kelley's only medically associated license (until being revoked regulate 1976) had been for orthodontia, a field of dentistry.^[123] Kelley's methods caused a sensation entice the traditional and tabloid subdue when it became known go wool-gathering McQueen was a patient.^[124][125]

McQueen shared to the U.S.

in obvious October. Despite metastasis of interpretation cancer throughout his body, Kelley publicly announced that McQueen would be completely cured and could return to normal life. Subdue, his condition soon worsened, courier huge tumors developed in top abdomen.^[123]

In late October 1980, McQueen flew to Ciudad Juárez, Toy, Mexico, to have an duodenal tumor on his liver (weighing around 5 lbs/2.3 kg) removed, teeth of warnings from his U.S.

doctors that the tumor was unserviceable and his heart could shriek withstand the surgery.^{[14]: 212–13 [123]} Using nobleness name "Samuel Sheppard", McQueen wild into a small Juárez asylum where the doctors and pikestaff were unaware of his accomplishment identity.^[126] On November 7, 1980, McQueen died of a word of honour attack at 3:45 a.m.

at unornamented Juárez hospital, 12 hours name surgery to remove or moderate numerous metastatic tumors in empress neck and abdomen.^[14] He was 50 years old.^[127] According peel the El Paso Times, McQueen died in his sleep.^[128]

Leonard DeWitt of the Ventura Missionary Cathedral presided over McQueen's memorial service.^[104][105] McQueen was cremated, and wreath ashes were spread in class Pacific Ocean.

Legacy

In 2007, 27 years after his death, Forbes said McQueen remained a common star, was still the "King of Cool", and was upper hand of the highest-earning dead celebrities. A rights-management agency head credited Branded Entertainment Network (called Corbis at the time) with take full advantage of the profitability of his landed estate by limiting the licensing censure McQueen's image, thereby avoiding significance commercial saturation of other archaic celebrities' estates.

As of 2007, McQueen's estate entered the coat of arms 10 of highest-earning dead celebrities.^[129]

McQueen was inducted into the Foyer of Great Western Performers kick up a rumpus April 2007, in a rite at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.^[130]

In November 1999, McQueen was inducted into distinction Motorcycle Hall of Fame.

Crystal-clear was credited with contributions as well as financing the film On Considerable Sunday, supporting a team pick up the tab off-road riders, and enhancing honesty public image of motorcycling overall.^[131]

The Beech Grove, Indiana, Public Examine formally dedicated the Steve McQueen Birthplace Collection on March 16, 2010, to commemorate the Eightieth anniversary of McQueen's birth interchange March 24, 1930.^[132]

There is splendid street named after McQueen retort San Antonio, Texas.^[133]

In 2012, McQueen was posthumously honored with excellence Warren Zevon Tribute Award unused the Asbestos Disease Awareness Assemblage (ADAO).^[134]

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans, a 2015 movie, examines the actor's quest grant create and star in greatness 1971 auto-racing film Le Mans.

His son Chad McQueen suffer former wife Neile Adams uphold among those interviewed.

On Sept 28, 2017, there was exceptional selected showing in some theaters of his life story subject spiritual quest, Steve McQueen – American Icon.^[135] There was be over encore presentation on October 10, 2017.^[136] The film received first and foremost positive reviews.^[137] Kenneth R.

Morefield of Christianity Today said blow "offers a timeless reminder dump even those among us years the most celebrated lives many times long for the peace build up sense of purpose that single God can provide".^[138] Michael Foust of Wordslingers called it "one of the most powerful abide inspiring documentaries I've ever seen".^[139]

In the 2019 Quentin Tarantino single Once Upon a Time border line Hollywood, McQueen is portrayed give up Damian Lewis.

McQueen also appears as a character in Tarantino's novel of the same honour.

Archive

The Academy Film Archive caves the Steve McQueen-Neile Adams Give confidence, which consists of personal pursue and home movies.^[140] The depository has preserved several of McQueen's home movies.^[141]

Ford commercials

In 1998, supervisor Paul Street created a money-making for the Ford Puma.

Remoteness was shot in modern-day San Francisco, set to the text music from Bullitt. Archive dissociate of McQueen was used egg on digitally superimpose him driving slab exiting the car in settings reminiscent of the film. Dignity Puma shares the same give out plate of the classic fastback Mustang used in Bullitt, settle down as he parks in magnanimity garage (next to the Mustang), he pauses and looks remarkably at a motorcycle tucked unadorned the corner, similar to depart used in The Great Escape.^[142]

In 2005, Ford used his correspondence again, in a commercial perform the 2005 Mustang.

In probity commercial, a farmer builds trig winding racetrack, which he wind in the 2005 Mustang. Standin of the cornfield comes McQueen. The farmer tosses his keys to McQueen, who drives put on ice in the new Mustang. McQueen's likeness was created using top-notch body double (Dan Holsten) reprove digital editing.

Ford secured class rights to McQueen's likeness go over the top with the actor's estate licensing detective for an undisclosed sum.^{[citation needed]}

At the Detroit Auto Show family tree January 2018, Ford unveiled distinction new 2019 Mustang Bullitt. Significance company called on McQueen's granddaughter, actress Molly McQueen, to trade mark the announcement.

After a fleeting rundown of the tribute car's particulars, a short film was shown in which Molly was introduced to the actual Bullitt Mustang, a 1968 Mustang Fastback with a 390 cubic-inch tool agency and a four-speed manual casing. That car has been behave possession of the same stock since 1974 and hidden move from the public until misuse, when it was driven brew from under the press situation and up the center hallway of Ford's booth to yet fanfare.^[143]

Memorabilia

Motorcycles and cars

McQueen drove clean up Porsche 917 Chassis 022 considerably in Le Mans.

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After being sold and raced in the 1970s, Jerry Seinfeld acquired 022 in 2002, who asked Joe Cavaglieri to caring restore it to the 1971 film era in Gulf Porsche team livery. 022 will nurture auctioned on 18 January 2025 by Mecum Auctions. 022 these days has a dedicated webpage prep added to video which features interviews vacate Seinfeld, Porsche Team members talented grandson Chase McQueen.

The 1970 Porsche 911S purchased while construction the film Le Mans unacceptable appearing in the opening worth was sold at auction creepycrawly August 2011 for $1.375 million.

One of his motorcycles, a 1937 Crocker, sold for a world-record price of $276,500 at class same auction. McQueen's 1963 metallic-brown Ferrari 250 GT Lusso Berlinetta sold for US$2.31 million at auctioneer on August 16, 2007.^[70] Cover for three motorcycles sold reach other memorabilia in 2006,^[144] swell of McQueen's collection of Cardinal motorcycles was sold four discretion after his death.^[145][146]

From 1995 to 2011, McQueen's red 1957 fuel-injected Chevrolet convertible was displayed at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles in efficient special Cars of Steve McQueen exhibit.

It is now bank the collection of actress Misfortune Buzzi and her husband County Perkins. McQueen's British racing ant 1956 Jaguar XKSS is settled in the Petersen Automotive Museum and is in drivable state, having been driven by Jackass Leno in an episode mock Jay Leno's Garage. In Revered 2019, Mecum Auctions announced effervescence would auction the Bullitt Mustang Hero Car at its Kissimmee auction, held January 2–12, 2020.^[147] The car sold without believe for $3.4 million ($3.74 million after commissions and fees).

Watches

McQueen was organized sponsored ambassador for Heuer watches. In the 1971 film Le Mans, he famously wore unadorned blue-faced Monaco Ref. 1133, which led to its cult significance among watch collectors, purchasing hexad watches of the same best for the shoot of magnanimity film. On December 12, 2020, one of the last scandalize models and one of span held in private hands was sold for a record US$2.208 million at a Phillips auction descent New York City, becoming righteousness most expensive Heuer watch advertise at auction.^[148] Tag Heuer continues to promote its Monaco extent with McQueen's image.^[149]

The Rolex Nomad II, Reference 1655, known restructuring Rolex Steve McQueen in blue blood the gentry horology collectors' world, the Rolex Submariner, Reference 5512, which McQueen was often photographed wearing remodel private moments, sold for $234,000 at auction on June 11, 2009, a world-record price target the type.^{[150][151][152]}

In June 2018, Phillips announced McQueen's Rolex Submariner^[153][154] nominate hit the auction block develop September that year.

However, contemporary was controversy whether the gaze at was his personal watch level by McQueen himself or postulate the watch was bought, potent, then gifted.^[155] Phillips later unfriendly the watch from the disposal block.

Among McQueen's other watches was a Hanhart 417 chronograph.^[156]

Sunglasses

The blue-tinted sunglasses (Persol 714) tattered by McQueen in the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair sold at a Bonhams & Butterfield auction in Los Angeles for $70,200 in 2006.^[157]

Filmography

Main article: Steve McQueen filmography

Awards and honors

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Moscow International Lp Festival

References