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I actually, briefly, knew Steve, He lived in Santa Paula, Ca and occasionally hung around my my Fathers gas station with Von Dutch who lived right across the street in an old school bud. Steve was by nature a very quite person. He had a very unhappy childhood and could not fathom why he of all people on the planet Earth was chosen to be a highly paid movie actor. Consequently, he was "Enormously" charitable with charities for disadvantaged children. But he gets no credit for his charity because he was so quite about it.
Yes, I meant enormously charitable, but gets no credit for it. Not like celebrities today who have they're publicist take a photo of them handing a check to a wounded veteran. Steve gave BIG $$$ to charities for youth but was quite about it.
need to look at what Greg Laurie wrote about him. they made a movie about it just came out.www.harvest.org/.../steve-mcqueen-the-salvation-of-an-american-icon
I had such a crush on him when was a teenager back in the 70's. He was not really conventionally handsome in the sense that someone like Paul Newman or Robert Redford were but there was something so attractive about him. He had a huge stage presence. I feel his best acting was in the movie Papillon. That movie never did reach the popularity of his other movies maybe because he was not in a very glamorous role such as bullet etc but imo his acting in that role was oscar worthy, same goes for Dustin Hoffman in his role in the movie.
Holly Martinson HE WAS WAY MORE HANDSOME THEN ROBERT REDFORD OR PAUL NEWMAN COULD EVER DREAM OF BEING!!!"....... STEVE MCQUEEN WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST CHILDHOOD CRUSHES THAT I EVER HAD ALONG WITH WILLIAM HOLDEN , JERRY LEWIS ,PETER LAWFORD , BRUCE LEE AND ELVIS PRESLEY MY CRUSHES WHEN I BECAME A WOMAN WERE MEL GIBSON,JEAN CLUADE VAN DAMME, JACKIE CHAN, MICHAEL J. FOX,AND MY FAVIORT AND MY BEST MY SWEET LOVABLE MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!""....I ALWAYS LIKED AND LOVED THE MOST HANDSOME MEN I WAS VERY PICKY AND ALWAYS WILL BE I LOVE ALL THOSE MEN AND ALWAYS WILL THEY ARE ALL EXTREMELY AND IRRESISTIBLY SUPER HANDSOME BUT MY FAVORIT OF THEM ALL WILL ALWAYS BE MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!!!"" I'M A HUGE FAN OF MICHAEL JACKSON AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!!"" I HAVE PHOTOS OF ALL THE MEN I LOVE!!!!"""
Michelle, I thought he was handsome, but not in the pretty boy way. Robert Redford. Just my opinion. I also had a crush on Mel Gibson. And def William Holden, something about him too. I liked Cary Grant. Robert Mitchum. Of course I loved Paul Newman and Robert Redford too, but something about McQueen that surpased them all.
He was also a Boys Republic student. A school for incorigible boys. 😮 Now, the school has an anual car show sponsord by his decendents, all profits are donated to the school.
By far my favorite movie by “ The king of cool 😎 “ is Bullitt . The definite Steve Macqueen in all his glory. In my opinion the precursor to Dirty Harry.
My favorite was The Magnificent 7. I liked so much I saw three showings on a Saturday when you got in as kid for 25 cents. My brother and I left the theater it was night time. We walked the 6 miles home, got a beating from my dad, but it was worth it. Still a big fan of all his movies! I also spent time at Boys town of the west in Chatsworth California. I related to his upbringing.
Mr. McQueen spent some time at Boys Republic in Chino, CA. He never forgot the influence that staying there had on him and he continued going back to inspire the troubled boys to be all that they could be. Happy viewing from Las Vegas, NV 8/29/2018
From wife sue Gregg: I loved Great Escape and Steve in it. Who cares if he didn’t perform the great jump! The best thing he ever did was to receive and believe in Jesus, our Messiah. Now that was not play acting, that was REAL!!
I love Steve but his friend Bud Ekins did the motorcycle stunts in 'The Great Escape" and other movies not Steve, not that Steve couldn't have done the stunts himself but the movie insurance company would not allow it
If you are a TRUE Steve McQueen fan, you need to check out Sheryl Crow's song entitled, "Steve McQueen." It's right here on RU-vid. Trust me, you're gonna like it. And if you're a Dale Jr. (#8) fan, today is REALLY your lucky day! (all you need is a FAST machine...)
Fact: Norman Jewison. original choice for the lead for The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) was Sean Connery who turned the role down. In later years he regretted that decision.
his long time stunt double and friend BUD EKINS ! performed that most famous of motorcycle !STUNTS! I'VE done some stage stunts as well so I do appreciate the MOXY to do any of these things he did insist on doing his own stunts and carving his own niche !! that's why he'll always be KING OF COOL!!
Bud Ekins also did most of the stunt driving in Bullitt. Watch the rear view mirror ... if you can't see that it's Steve, then it was Bud at the wheel.
pvtrichter88 Maqueen did attempt the jump but feel, then his buddy Bud pulled it OFF but he DID try n that earns enough respect in my book RIP Maqueen u will always be the King of COOL
You almost lost me with the computer voice, but really lost me when it talked about McQueen’s military service but put a pic of him and Jackie Gleason from a movie.
He did not jump the motorcycle in The Great Escape, that stunt was performed by a fella named Bud Ekins, he also did some of the car stunt driving and wrecked the motorcycle toward the end of the chase scene in Bullitt, he has a wig on so he looks like a hippie during that stunt, he was buddies with McQueen from racing motorcycles and he owned a Triumph dealership that McQueen bought bikes from, him McQueen and his brother formed a team and raced motorcycles in Europe during the filming of a movie over there and actually took a title that year, they were good racers and not just some Hollywood movie star toy project, McQueen got Ekins into the Hollywood stunt business because they were buddies, last I checked in about 2016 he was still alive and I think he even still had his motorcycle shop, for years McQueen and the studios let everyone think it was him that jumped the motorcycle in that movie but it was actually Bud Ekins.
16. He accepted Jesus Christ and was transformed in the last year of his Life. Meet Billy Graham and died with Bill Graham;s own Bible on his chest with verse John 3:16 opened.
Nice episode. One criticism though, it was pronounced PA pee yohn. The ultimate "I'm gonna be free, even if it's in death" movie. My all time favorite actor, even 40 years after he checked out.
Other Things about Steve McQueen 1. As an actor he never liked to repeat himself. I have to believe the studio(s) wanted him to do sequels to Bullitt and Thomas Crown Affair but they never happened. The year 1968 may have been his greatest year in the movies with those 2 hits. At 38, he was at his absolute peak in the movies. 2. In *The Hunter* , McQueen played against type: He played a bounty hunter who was a terrible driver, unlike Steve of course in real life. McQueen deliberately had the writers put that in the script. 3. McQueen's friend, Don Gordon, appears alongside him in a number of his movies: Bullitt, Papillon, Towering Inferno.
Interesting trivia. I didn't know who Don Gordon was until I looked him up and immediately recognized him from Wanted: Dead or Alive (A House Divided), among other tv and movie appearances.
Skip to 1:25. You won't miss a thing. #4: He also turned down "Close Encounter of the Third Kind" even after Steven Spielberg personally asked him to star in it. #12: McQueen did not change his attitude until he was in the Marine Corp. He was sent there by a judge who gave him a choice of prison or the Marines.. And McQueen chose the Marines. #15: McQueen did NOT do the motorcycle stunt in The Great Escape. It was his stunt double Bud Ekins. And McQueen did not do "all the stunts in his movies".
J S McQueen turned down close encounters because the script called for the character to cry, McQueen said I can't cry on cue so he passed on that movie!
PAPILLION??? Hahahahha ... wtf is PAPILLION? ... is that like one MILLION PAPILLION? .... It's PAPILLON! - pronouced - PAP-EE-YON with a soft N ... it means Butterfly in French. Add that to the things you don't know about Steve McQueen.
#17 He was a born again Christian a year before he died - thus securing his place in heaven - His daughter is a born again Christian also. They will spend eternity in the presence of Father/Son/HolySpirit
I had a chance to speak to his widow ALI MacGraw briefly lovely woman ! but she declined to say anything for a video bio I wanted to do !! BUT STILL there's always new opportunities stay tuned GOD rest the KING OF COOL!!
McQueen was the coolest actor on screen end of, There’s been a lot of pretenders to try and claim his crown but in my opinion, Steve was the real deal and just that cool at acting and everything else.
Be honest here and some of you people have a hard time admitting it. You can’t play cool into your 40s. His career fizzled real fast in the 70s McQueen made movies that no one wanted to see. The enemy of the people. Tom horn and the bounty hunter so he took up racing. He even tried to learn karate from Bruce Lee but it didn’t help his career. Guys like Eastwood Bronson and a rising Harrison Ford were beating him for roles. Anyone know the common denominator between those 3 guys. They could take off their shirts and display rippling muscles something McQueen could never do. McQueen aged really fast for a guy in his 40s. Sean Connery was also beating out McQueen.
Towering Inferno, Great Escape are my favorites. Most of the facts you mention i knew about except you didn't mention the controversy about his famous motorcycle jump in Great Escape.
that was mentioned in there maybe her Pronunciation threw you off !! the Sand pebbles earned STEVE his Oscar nod TCA was another classic that was well rebooted in 99' I THINK with Pierce Brosnan and RENE RUSSO !! ENJOY !
Great video..very interesting; but you have the date wrong for the Manson murders, it happened on August 9, 1969, not August 9, 1968 that you mentioned.
I like all of McQueens movies he was masterful my favorite though was LeMans followed by Bullet as his passion was racing and that showed in those two movies.
used to be a cool place. used to be able to go plinking targets. take a little hike and visit a nice little waterfall after a good rain. now, over populated like every other place in Cal.
John William's comment is "right on." I find myself wondering why there's no mention at all of what turned out to be the singularly most important and climactic event in his life to Steve McQueen himself! Oversight?...or something else?
Way back in 1965 when I was in the US Navy I read a novel titled "The Sand Pebbles". A few years later the book was made into a movie and Steve McQueen stared in it as a Machinist Mate aboard a river gunboat in China. I had served as an Electricians Mate and spent many hours in the engine room. I also spent some time on shore duty in the Philippines so the movie rang true to me and to this day it brings back memories of my years as a sailor. Much like Steve I lived a different life back then but again like Steve I had a life change when I came to know Jesus as my savior. Steve McQueen is not only my fictional hero but he is my real life hero for his witness of a changed life through Jesus. I never met him but some day in heaven I know I will. Here's a Bio on Steve's life and death:. www.patheos.com/blogs/youngfogey/2012/12/greater-grace-a-story-of-god-redemption-and-steve-mcqueen/ Here's a tribute video and song that goes along with it called “Old Soldier.”: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OHBUzU3pfeU.html
He not really a great actor. He was McQueen playing McQueen. Real actors can do comedy drama and stage as well as action. Sadly McQueen was only action. It’s like saying dustin Hoffman can play Frank Bullitt but it wouldn’t work.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 Only action? How about Papillon? As for movie acting, McQueen understood the medium as well as any actor during his period, and that includes Redford. Less is always better. BTW, Hoffman could very well have played Frank Bullitt, not like McQueen, however.
@@jamesanthony5681 His star was fading in the 70s and fading very badly. He lost out to guys who showed off the muscles like Bronson, Eastwood, Sean Connery and a young Harrison Ford and Stallone. Steve McQueen had no muscles to show off. Movie goers were over the moon with movies like Rocky, Jaws, Star wars and Empire Strikes Back so they had a good idea what movies should be like. In the end he made movies that no one wanted to see like the Enemy of the People, Tom Horn and The Hunter which all failed miserably at the box office. So much cool you can play in your mid 40s. You are welcome for that intelligent insight and observation. Hoffman would be miscast as Frank Bullitt, I guess my grandmother could have played Bullitt but not like McQueen.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 Hoffman's a good actor who could have played almost any role. Including Bullitt. Except roles showing muscles. Hoffman had no muscles to show off to the public. Dustin didn't like going to the gym. Steve McQueen had no muscles to show off?? What an idiotic comment! Yes, a young Harrison Ford (he was 34 in 1977) had a lot of muscles. The man was certainly ripped, with muscles just a-bulging. Must have been all that carpentry work. Harrison was a good carpenter. Buddy, McQueen was 50 in 1980, and you don't stay at the top forever. His star was fading? So what! He didn't give a shit. Steve wasn't interested in doing stuff he would have considered crap that Stallone, Bronson, Eastwood and even Ford were doing. Seriously. That was McQueen. And yes, from 1968 to 1974, he was arguably the biggest movie star in the world. One who didn't like to repeat himself by doing Bullitt 8. Or Thomas Crown Affair 10. And yes, McQueen was cool. You wouldn't know cool if you stepped into a meat locker, now would you Holden?
@@jamesanthony5681 classic case of an old man who always wants to be right and needs the last word. Seen it all my life. McQueen was a terrible actor and not much of a race car driver. Again McQueen had no muscles to show. Look carefully at Magnificent Seven , it’s Bronson showing off the tremendous muscles and McQueen kept his shirt on. It takes hard work and dieting for a perfect body. Sean Connery placed third in mr universe.
He didn't do every stunt ( for example, he only drove c.10% of the famous Bullitt chase scene himself. And of course a stuntman did the famous jump at the end of the Great Escape. He was famously tight with money on movies. He had a business of leasing props to movie studios, and always tried to get his own props used in the movies he was in to get more money.
Some of McQueen's films were actually not very good but have a higher status than perhaps deserved because of McQueen. _The Towering Inferno_ would be one. Also, Steve McQueen actually did not perform the jump over the barbed wire fence in _The Great Escape_ although he did perform in other riding scenes were he was actually not his character. He allegedly has a scene where he is a helmeted, goggle-wearing German motorcycle rider chasing the McQueen character.
The piece implies that McQueen did the jump in THE GREAT ESCAPE. He didn't! The producers thought it too dangerous and Bud Eakins, his longtime friend and motorcycle shop owner did it in his place. He and Bud (and I) lived in Nichols Canyon. Steve used to race his Cobra up the canyon to his home on Astral Dr. (Solar maybe). Legend has it that people complained about his fast driving so they stationed a cop car half way up the canyon to catch and ticket him but his skill as a race car driver was no match for the cops and he was home and in his garage long before any cop showed up.
They didn't have any photos of him when he was a Marine. The pictures they used were from movies he was in later. Did you really think Gleason was in the Army with him? No. That was "Soldier in the Rain" 1963. McQueen was in the Marines in the late 40's
Those photos were from the movie "Soldier In The Rain" with Jackie Gleason; No, you are not missing anything, they just didn't have photos from his Marine Corp days.
You left out his biggest accomplishment. He accepted the Christ Jesus as his Lord and Savior several years before his passing. I was a life guard at the Disneyland Hotel in the late '60s. McQueen would bring in boys from his old reform school as a summer treat for 'em. Very nice guy. Amazingly. People left him alone during his stays. Anyway. died way too soon. He had alot more to give.
McQueen and Jim Morrison were unbelievably cool dudes........THE HUNTER was my favorite , cause parts in that movie showed the real life Steve McQueen. I also think the movie was his idea , I recall , he chose to make that movie , plus the real Ralph Thorsen had a couple minutes in the movie as the bar tender. Also the movie is like a time machine , in that it takes you back to 1980 and has the last year of GM's muscle car in it , the 1979 Pontiac Trans Am.
