Biographic - Sunday August 18, 2013 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Biographic Steve McGarry Harrison Ford Born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 13, 1942, Harrison Ford spent the early years of his career struggling to get a foothold in Hollywood. Despite minor movie roles and appearances on such TV shows as "Gunsmoke," "The Virginian, " "Ironside," "Kung Fu" and "Mod Squad," he achieved more success as a carpenter to the stars, working on projects for a number of Hollywood luminaries. He built cabinets for Director George Lucas, who then kick-started Harrison's career by casting him in a leading role in 1973's "American Graffiti." Carpentry work for Francis Ford Coppola led to further movie work, and then Lucas cast him as Han Solo in 1977's "Star Wars, " the first in a trilogy of sci-fi classics that spawned a cultural phenomenon and helped make Ford a Superstar. 1981's "Raiders of the Los Ark" saw the debut of another iconic character, Indiana Jones, a role Ford has reprised in three sequels, incredibly, in the 1990s, he starred in a third hugely popular series, playing CIA agent Jack Ryan in adaptations of two best-selling Tom Clancy novels. Other hit movies include 1982's "Blade Runner," which is now hailed as a sci-fi masterpiece, "Air Force One," and a remake of TV classic "The Fugitive." He has, however, made the occasional bad call on a project choice...he turned down the role in "Syriana" that earned George Clooney and Oscar and a Golden Globe! Although he received an Oscar nomination for "Witness" and has earned numerous Golden Globe nominations, Ford has yet to win one of the major acting awards - though his movies have so far grossed more than $6 billion worldwide! He began dating actress Calista Flockhart in 2002 and she became his third wife in 2010. He has four children from his previous marriages and became a grandfather in 1993. His more recent projects have ranged form the comedy "Morning Glory" to the sci-fi western "Cowboys & Aliens" and the baseball-themed "42." Ford's latest screen outing in the thriller "Paranoia."

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