Harrison Ford Biography, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Children, Girlfriend, Net Worth, Movies, TV Shows, Facts & More

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who is Harrison Ford?

Harrison Ford is one of the most prolific American actors.

Childhood & Early Life

He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 13, 1942. He is son of Dorothy and John William "Christopher" Ford. His mother is former radio actress and father is advertising executive and former actor.  In 1960, Ford graduated from Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois.  He was first sportscaster during his senior year.  To overcome his shyness, Ford took a drama class in the final of his senior year.

 

Career

His first known role was an uncredited one as a bellboy in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966). He act in Luv (1967), but he was still uncredited. In 1967, Harrison Ford first credited role was in film A Time for Killing. Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ford playing minor roles in many television series such as The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Ironside, Love, The F.B.I., American Style and Kung Fu.

 

Ford appears in the writers Joan Didion documentary film Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold. Throughout the late 1970s, Ford began to receive bigger roles in films including Heroes (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978) and Hanover Street (1979). He appeared in George Lucas epic space-opera film "Star Wars (1977)". His film Star Wars became one of the most successful and groundbreaking films of all time. After Star Wars success He played role in the similarly successful Star Wars sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), and Star Wars Holiday Special (1978).

Ford was play lead role in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and in the dystopian science fiction films Blade Runner (1982). Ford has appeared in comedy drama American Graffiti (1973), The Conversation (1974), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), and What Lies Beneath (2000). Ford has also appeared in several romantic comedies and dramas in Heroes (1977), Working Girl (1988), Sabrina (1995), Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), Random Hearts (1999), Morning Glory (2010), and The Age of Adaline (2015).

 

Ford is a licensed pilot. He is a private pilot of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Ford has been married three times. Ford is the recipient of various awards, including 3 Saturn Awards, the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Cecil B. DeMille Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and 4 Golden Globe Awards. Harrison Ford is One Of The Highest-Grossing Actors in North America

 

Short Biography

 

Date of Birth:  July 13, 1942

Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Age (in 2022): 80 years

Nick Name: Harry

Height: 1.85 m

Sun Sign: Cancer

Education: Maine East High School (1960), Ripon College

Family: Christopher Ford (father)

             Dorothy Ford (mother)

            Terence Ford (Siblings)

Spouse: Mary Marquardt (m. 1964–1979)

Melissa Mathison (m. 1983–2004)

CalistaFlockhart (m. 2010)

Children: Liam Flockhart

               Ben Ford

               Georgia Ford

               Malcolm Ford

               Willard Ford

Political party: Democratic

Occupation: Actor

Net Worth: $9.3 billion

 

Harrison Ford Films & Movies

1966 Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1967 Luv, A Time for Killing

1968 Journey to Shiloh

1970 Getting Straight, Zabriskie Point

1973 American Graffiti

1974 The Conversation

1977 Star Wars: A New Hope, Heroes

1978 Force 10 from Navarone

1979 Hanover Street, The Frisco Kid

1980 The Empire Strikes Back

1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982 Blade Runner

1983 Return of the Jedi

1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1985 Witness

1986 The Mosquito Coast

1988 Frantic, Working Girl

1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1991 Regarding Henry

1992 Patriot Games

1993 The Fugitive

1994 Jimmy Hollywood

1995 One Hundred and One Nights

1997 The Devil's Own

1998 Six Days, Seven Nights

1999 Random Hearts

2000 What Lies Beneath

2003 Hollywood Homicide

2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2009 Crossing Over

2011 Cowboys & Aliens

2014 The Expendables 3

2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2017 Blade Runner 2049

2019 The Secret Life of Pets 2

2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2020 The Call of the Wild

 

Harrison Ford Documentary Films

1995 The World of Jacques Demy

1996 The Immortal Beaver

2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2007 Dalai Lama Renaissance

2013 Milius

2014 Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project

2015 Living in the Age of Airplanes

2017 Spielberg

2017 Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

2019 Armstrong

 

Harrison Ford TV Show

1967 The Virginian

1968 The Mod Squad

1969 My Friend Tony, The F.B.I.

1970 The Intruders

1972–1973 Gunsmoke

1974 Kung Fu

1975 Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley

1976 Dynasty

1977 The Possessed

1978 The Star Wars Holiday Special

1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

2014 Years of Living Dangerously

 

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The 10 Best Biographies of All Time | 10 Super Inspiring Biographies Books

Top Biographic Books | Most Famous Biography Books

 

1. A Beautiful Mind

 

Biographic information

 

Book Title: A Beautiful Mind: a Biography of John Forbes Nash

Author: Sylvia Nasar

Published Year: 1998

Total Page count: 460

Types:  Biography

Originally Book Language: English

Country: United States

Awards: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography (1998)

 

Summary of book

The powerful, dramatic biography of conomist and mathematician John Forbes Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.

 

2. Alan Turing: The Enigma

 

Biographic information

 

Book Title: Alan Turing: The Enigma

Published Year: 1983

Author: Andrew Hodges

Total Page count: 587

Types:  Biography

Originally Book Language: English

Country: United States

 

Summary of book

This book is a biography of the British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing. The book covers Alan Turing's hole life and work. The film The Imitation Game (2014) is loosely based on the book.

 

3. Alexander Hamilton

 

Biographic information

 

Book Title: Alexander Hamilton

Published Year: 2004

Author: Ron Chernow

Total Page count: 818

Originally Book Language: English

Country: United States

 

Summary of book

"Alexander Hamilton" is a biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton. "Alexander Hamilton" is written by famous historian and biographer Ron Chernow. Alexander Hamilton was an instrumental promoter of the U.S. Constitution, founder of the nation's financial system. Alexander Hamilton was first Secretary of the Treasury. Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

 

4. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

 

Biographic information

Book Title: Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Published Date: 8 May 2018

Author: Zora Neale Hurston

Total Page count: 208

Types: Biography

Originally Book Language: English

Country: United States

 

Summary of book

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" this book is written by Zora Neale Hurston.  This book is based on Hurston’s interviews with the last remaining survivor of the Middle Passage slave trade, a man named Cudjo Lewis. In this book true story of Cudjo Lewis, an Alabama man who was believed to be the last living person captured in Africa and brought to America on a slave ship.

 

5. Churchill: A Life

 

Biographic information

Book Title: Churchill: A Life

Published Year: 1991

Author: Martin Gilbert

Types: Biography

Book Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Total Page count: 1066 pages

 

Summary of book

"Churchill: A Life Churchill" is a brilliant marriage of the hard facts of the public life and the intimate details of the private man. a vital portrait of one of the most remarkable men of any age as well as a revealing depiction of a man of extraordinary courage and imagination. Winston Churchill — considered by many to be

Britain’s greatest prime minister ever. A dexterous balance of in-depth research and intimately drawn details makes this biography.

 

6. E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

 

Biographic information

Book Title: E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

Author: David Bodanis

Published Year: May 2000

Book Publisher: Doubleday Canada

Total Page count: 336 pages

Types: Biography

 

Summary of book

In this book David Bodanis attempts to explain the meaning, beauty and implications of the most famous equation in physics. This “biography of the world’s most famous equation”

 

7. Enrique's Journey

 

Biographic information

Book Title: Enrique's Journey

Published Year: 2006

Author: Sonia Nazario

Total Page count: 300 pages

Book Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC

Types: Novel, Biography

 

Summary of book

Enrique's Journey: this is the Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother. This book based on a 17-year-old boy from Honduras who travels to the United States in search of his mother.

 

8. Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo

 

Biographic information

Book Title: Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo

Published Year: 1983

Author: Hayden Herrera

Book Publisher: Harper

Types: Biography, Biographical Fiction

 

Summary of book

"Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo" is a book written by Hayden Herrera about the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, her art, and her relationship with muralist Diego Rivera. "Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo" this book was Published in 1983.

 

9. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

 

Biographic information

Book Title: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Published Year: 2 February 2010

Author: Rebecca Skloot

Total Page count: 381

Types: Biography

Book Publisher: Crown Publishing Group

Originally Book Language: English

Country: United States

 

Summary of book

"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" is a non-fiction book written by American author Rebecca Skloot. This book is about a woman whose cells completely changed the trajectory of modern medicine.

 

10. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Three Tenant Families

 

Biographic information

Book Title: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families

Published Year: 1941

Author: James Agee

Book Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Total Page count: 416 pages

Subjects: History

 

Summary of book

"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" is a book written by American writer James Agee and published in 1941 in the United States. The book is documents the lives of impoverished tenant farmers during the Great Depression.