It was the 1970s when singer Sergio Mendes hired Harrison Ford to build his studio for him. PHOTOGRAPH EXISTS
Just yesterday, July 13, the renowned actor Harrison Ford turned 77, this world star before launching himself to world fame , performed a noble trade as a carpenter, with pride, Ford does not forget his beginnings.
In fact, it was the singer Sergio Mendes who published a photograph from 1970 showing Harrison Ford, young and slender, with a beard and long hair. It is an image that drew many sighs on social networks.
Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in the United States . His acting career began in 1963, towards small roles. He was a carpenter who dreamed of being an actor , so he goes to Hollywood to try better luck.
His rise was not easy, he had to work hard to achieve it, he supported himself from some carpentry jobs, such as the study that he built for the singer Sergio Mendes who, by the way, two years ago shared a beautiful photograph on his social networks.
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Of the most representative roles and those that catapulted him to the peak of stardom were Han Solo in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones saga.
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Harrison Ford comes from a Catholic father, Christopher Ford, and a Jewish mother, Dorothy Nidelman. As an average student, after graduating in 1960, he enrolls at Ripon College at the request of his parents.
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There he was part of the Sigma Nu fraternity, he studied English literature and philosophy but it was not his strength, seeing that he did not give one studying that, he decided to enroll in dramatic art, it was then that he knew, what he was coming to this world.
The young man soon decides to emigrate to Hollywood, he does it in the company of a young actress who he met in college, she was Mary Marquardt, who, by the way, over the years marries her.
After several casting in Hollywood, he managed to get a contract where they paid him 150 dollars a week, it was too little but he did not give up. As a curious fact, many believe that the scar on his chin is very sexy.
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But her story almost took the life of the American actor, it turns out that as he was driving his car, he lost control and was hit by a pole. Continuing with the course of his career, it was until 1966 that he had an important role in the film Thief and lover with James Coburn.
Thus he got other secondary roles, where by the way he did not even appear in the credits, he was considered arrogant because suddenly he did not accept roles that were too small for him.
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However, now he says that it was that same arrogance that helped him to continue looking for what he most wanted to act in a real role. There were so many failures that at one point he gave up and took up carpentry.
Harrison Ford and his acting career
Harrison Ford learns carpentry by reading books, which he borrowed from the library. Soon his luck would change in 1976 when he cast the role of Han Solo in the Star Was series and said goodbye to poverty, because with this contract his salary was 650 thousand dollars.
Thus he became a stepping stone to fame, as he made the sequels to Star was, he continued with the role and his fortune began to increase. It was until 1970 that they gave him another emblematic role.
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He plays the character Indiana Jones, who by the way took classes to learn how to use the whip very well. Now a great institution in Hollywood, Harrison Ford is one of the established actors in the world of fame.
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Creator Mike Nichols said he considered him "The Ferrari of actors."
Happy Birthday Harrison Ford!
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