harrison ford

  1. Was a master carpenter before becoming a movie star, a craft he still does as a hobby.
  2. Piloted his helicopter to rescue dehydrated 20-year-old hiker Sarah George from Table Mountain near his ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. [31 July 2000]
  3. Listed in the 2001 Guinness Book of Records as the richest male actor.
  4. Both his Indiana Jones jacket and fedora hat are on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
  5. Once described Han Solo as “The great rapscallion of the universe.”
  6. Said in an interview that he felt compelled to do his own stunts for the Indiana Jones trilogy because the film was very “action oriented” and that he felt if he weren’t in the middle of it, then were really wasn’t much else for him to do.
  7. Indiana Jones was voted the second greatest screen hero of all time by the American Film Institute, just behind Gregory Peck’s Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
  8. He initially argued against casting Sean Connery as his father Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) because Connery was only twelve years older. He later changed his mind and found he enjoyed working with Connery immensely.
  9. Of all the characters he has played, he frequently cites Indiana Jones as both his favorite and the one he is most proud of.
  10. The scar from his seat belt injury happened in 1968.