![]() From there he went to the California Junior Boys Republic, located in Chino. During all of that, he spent time living on the streets (at the age of nine!), and became part of a street gang, with whom he committed petty crimes. Early on, when Julia found it impossible to care for a youngster, she left Steven with her parents (who moved with him to his uncle's farm during the Great Depression) in what began a cycle of him going there, getting something of a normal upbringing, going back to live with her, finding himself in conflict (usually physically) with her latest husband, then he'd go back to the farm and so on. Overcoming his childhood was his biggest challenge.īorn Terence Steven McQueen on Main Beach Grove, Indiana, his father (William Terence McQueen) was a stunt pilot for a barnstorming flying circus, who actually left his mother (Julia Ann) six months after meeting her. So they know his behind the scenes story, which creates an emotional connection to him as an actor." To me, he was the first street kid that ever really made it big in Hollywood. So there's that, but then they discover the cult of personality of who he was, and the upbringing that he had, and the things that he did. There's just a coolness factor that never seems to go away. They know that there's the car chase in Bullitt, even though he didn't do all the stunts, he did some driving - they knew he could handle himself. They know that when he rode that motorcycle in The Great Escape, he could handle himself. They know that when he holds that gun, that he was in the Marines. "They're watching a guy that lived these things throughout his life, so these movies, in a way, become biographical. "That's not something they see in today's movie stars," Marshall observes. Also, he represents '60s and '70s cinema, considered something of a golden age, and is looked at as the proverbial "man's man" who could work on his own car engine, fly his own planes, ride his own motorcycles, and handle his own weapons. Marshall points out that McQueen's look was timeless, as though he could have just arrived on the scene. Part of Steve McQueen's appeal was his classic look. "It's kind of like Elvis - it's unending." "There is such a need for McQueen," he exclusively tells Closer. He has either written or co-written half-a-dozen biographical books on the subject, with another half dozen on the way. Journalist/author Marshall Terrill is the guy who probably knows McQueen better than anyone without actually knowing him. The natural question to ask is why? What was it about Steve McQueen that has stood him apart from virtually everyone? And this despite the fact he's been gone for nearly 40 years and that his first leading man role was in a movie called The Blob (he went on to bigger and better, though the film does have its following). But you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who has held onto that mantle longer than Steve McQueen. We've seen it used in reference to Marlon Brando ( Streetcar Named Desire-era), Clint Eastwood (still kickin' it so many decades later), and, of course, the late James Dean. She had various roles in well-known TV shows like "Perry Mason" and "77 Sunset Strip.The King of Cool is certainly not a new concept in Hollywood. Gaye, who played the seductive "Susan," had a lot of TV roles in the 1950s and 1960s but gave up the acting business in 1970. That usually is not a trait of this program. ![]() What happens after that is both good and bad and, sadly, predictable. ![]() It's not exactly what Josh was expecting, but she's an eyeful and worth $500, too, so he says, "Okay, let's go." The sheriff warns him she's tough and "it's a three-day trip and anything can happen, especially with her partner on the loose." Josh shrugs, and leaves with her. She was Thayer's partner in crime, but the latter got away. Instead, a hostile sheriff gives him a beautiful woman, Thayer's partner, "Suan Marno" (Lisa Gaye). Before that, it was rolling along in typical bounty-hunter-story fashion, but it lapsed into horrible clichés that you usually don't see with "Josh Randall) (Steve McQueen.) Josh rides into Payson City on a sweltering summer day, with the aim of picking up "Lance Thayer" for delivery somewhere and a $500 reward. This started off good but turned out to be kind of a goofy episode, not really up to "Wanted: Dead Or Alive" standards because of the last 10 minutes.
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