Which American actor starred in the films Bullitt, Papillon and The Great Escape?
"The Great Escape (film) The Great Escape is a 1963 American World War II epic film that depicts an escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from a German POW camp. The film stars Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough and features James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and Hannes Messemer. It was filmed in Panavision. The film is based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 book of the same name, a non-fiction first-hand account of the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany. A heavily fictionalised"
"and Drino Miller, another Off-Road Hall of Fame Inductee. Through his association with McQueen, Ekins began a career as a film stuntman. Ekins is best known as the actor who jumped the fence on a motorcycle in the 1963 film ""The Great Escape"", and one of the stuntmen who drove the Ford Mustang 390 GT in the car chase scene in the 1968 film ""Bullitt"". The chase scene led by stunt coordinator Carey Loftin and filmed on the streets of San Francisco, is regarded as one of the most influential in film history. He also coordinated the stunts for the"
"which he stars opposite Candice Bergen and Richard Attenborough (with whom he had previously worked in ""The Great Escape""). He followed his Oscar nomination with 1968's ""Bullitt"", one of his best-known films, which co-starred Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, and Don Gordon. It featured an unprecedented (and endlessly imitated) auto chase through San Francisco. Although McQueen did do the driving that appeared in closeup, this was about 10% of what is seen in the film's car chase. The rest of the driving by McQueen's character was done by stunt drivers Bud Ekins and Loren Janes. The antagonist's black was driven by"
"James Garner James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than five decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western series ""Maverick"" and Jim Rockford in ""The Rockford Files"", and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including ""The Great Escape"" (1963) with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's ""The Americanization of Emily"" (1964), ""Grand Prix"" (1966), Blake Edwards' ""Victor/Victoria"" (1982), ""Murphy's Romance"" (1985), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, ""Space Cowboys"" (2000)"
"Everett McGill Everett McGill (born Charles Everett McGill III, October 21, 1945) is an American actor, who first rose to prominence for his portrayal of a caveman in ""Quest for Fire"" (1981). He went on to have prominent roles in films like ""Dune"" (1984), ""Silver Bullet"" (1985), ""Heartbreak Ridge"" (1986), ""Licence to Kill"" (1989), ""The People Under the Stairs"" (1991) and """" (1995). On television he appeared as ""Big"" Ed Hurley in ""Twin Peaks"" (1990–1991). He retired from acting in 1999, but returned in the Twin Peaks 2017 revival. McGill was born Charles Everett McGill III in Miami Beach, Florida."
"Matt Dillon Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor and film director. He made his feature film debut in ""Over the Edge"" (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films ""My Bodyguard"" (1980), ""Little Darlings"" (1980), ""Tex"" (1982), ""Rumble Fish"" (1983), ""The Outsiders"" (1983) and ""The Flamingo Kid"" (1984). From the late 1980s onward, Dillon achieved further success, starring in ""Drugstore Cowboy"" (1989), ""Singles"" (1992), ""The Saint of Fort Washington"" (1993), ""To Die For"" (1995), ""Beautiful Girls"" (1996), ""In & Out"" (1997), ""There's Something About Mary"" (1998), and ""Wild Things"" (1998)."
"Filming began in March 2017 with a release in 2018. Dillon had a three-year relationship with actress Cameron Diaz; they broke up in 1998. Matt Dillon Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor and film director. He made his feature film debut in ""Over the Edge"" (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films ""My Bodyguard"" (1980), ""Little Darlings"" (1980), ""Tex"" (1982), ""Rumble Fish"" (1983), ""The Outsiders"" (1983) and ""The Flamingo Kid"" (1984). From the late 1980s onward, Dillon achieved further success, starring in ""Drugstore Cowboy"" (1989), ""Singles"" (1992), ""The Saint"
"Patrick Fugit Patrick Raymond Fugit (; born October 27, 1982) is an American actor, known for his roles in the films ""Almost Famous"" (2000), ""White Oleander"" (2002), ""Saved!"" (2004) and """" (2007). , he has starred in the Cinemax series ""Outcast"". Fugit was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, Jan Clark-Fugit, is a dance teacher, and his father, Bruce, is an electrical engineer. Fugit is the oldest of three children, he has a younger sister and a younger brother. Fugit attended East High School, where he was diagnosed with ADHD. Fugit appeared in a school production of ""The"
"Awards Genie Awards Golden Globe Awards National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Saturn Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Western Heritage Awards Tom Skerritt Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in ""M*A*S*H"", ""Alien"", ""Top Gun"", ""A River Runs Through It"", ""Up in Smoke"", and the television series ""Picket Fences"". Skerritt has earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993"
"Tim Holt Charles John ""Tim"" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor best known for his youthful leading roles in dozens of Western films and his co-starring roles in ""The Magnificent Ambersons"" (1942) and ""The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"" (1948). Tim Holt was born Charles John Holt III on February 5, 1919, in Beverly Hills, California, the son of actor Jack Holt and Margaret Woods. During his early years, he accompanied his father on location, even appearing in an early silent film. He was the inspiration for his father's book, ""Lance and His"
"Tom Skerritt Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in ""M*A*S*H"", ""Alien"", ""Top Gun"", ""A River Runs Through It"", ""Up in Smoke"", and the television series ""Picket Fences"". Skerritt has earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for ""Picket Fences"". Skerritt was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Helen, a homemaker, and Roy Skerritt, a businessman. He is"
"William Bryant (actor) William Bryant (born William Robert Klein January 31, 1924 – June 26, 2001), was an American actor. He is one of the more recognizable television character actors of the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Detroit, Bryant was a character actor who appeared in films such as ""King Dinosaur"" (1955), ""Escape from San Quentin"" (1957), ""Experiment in Terror"" (1962), with Glenn Ford, ""How to Murder Your Wife"" and ""The Great Race"" with Jack Lemmon, ""What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?"" (1966), McQ"" (1974), ""Walking Tall Part II"" (1975). He also played several roles in the classic"
"Bud Ekins James Sherwin ""Bud"" Ekins (May 11, 1930 – October 6, 2007) was an American professional stuntman in the U.S. film industry. He is considered to be one of the film industry's most accomplished stuntmen with a body of work that includes classic films such as ""The Great Escape"" and ""Bullitt"". Ekins, acting as stunt double for Steve McQueen while filming ""The Great Escape"", was the rider who performed what is considered to be one of the most famous motorcycle stunts ever performed in a movie. He was recognized for his stunt work by being inducted into the Stuntmen's"
"Papillon (1973 film) Papillon is a 1973 historical period drama prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Henri Charrière (""Papillon"") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega. Because it was filmed at remote locations, the film was quite expensive for the time ($12 million), but it earned more than twice that in its first year of release. The film's title is French for ""Butterfly,"" referring to Charrière's tattoo and nickname. Henri Charrière (Steve McQueen),"
"Larry Hankin Larry Michael Hankin (born August 31, 1940) is an American actor, performer, director, comedian and producer. He is known for his major film roles as Charley Butts in ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979), Ace in ""Running Scared"" (1986), and Carl Alphonse in ""Billy Madison"" (1995). He had smaller roles as Doobie in ""Planes, Trains and Automobiles"" and as Mr. Heckles in ""Friends"". Hankin is known for his roles in TV shows ""Breaking Bad"", Matlock, ""Friends"" (as ""Mr. Heckles"") and ""Seinfeld"" (as ""Tom Pepper""), as well as for his major role in ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979) with Clint Eastwood. He"
"Mykelti Williamson Michael T. ""Mykelti"" Williamson (born March 4, 1957) is an American actor best known for his roles in the films ""Forrest Gump"" and ""Con Air"", and the television shows ""Boomtown"", ""24"", and ""Justified"". In 2016, he portrayed Gabriel Maxson in Denzel Washington's acclaimed film adaptation of August Wilson's play ""Fences"", reprising his role from the 2010 Broadway revival. His other notable roles include ""Free Willy"", ""Heat"", ""Lucky Number Slevin"", ""Three Kings"", ""Black Dynamite"", ""The Final Destination"", ""ATL"", ""Species II"", and """". Williamson was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the son of Elaine, a certified public accountant,"
"published by CreateSpace in March 2009. Mulhern lives north of New York City with his wife, Karen, and sons, Connor and Jack. Matt Mulhern Matt Mulhern (born July 21, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor who has starred in such films as ""One Crazy Summer"" and ""Biloxi Blues"", and such television series such as ""Major Dad"", ""JAG"", and ""Rescue Me"" (playing Lt. John Stackhouse). Mulhern attended Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey. Mulhern was trained as an actor by William Esper at Mason Gross School of the Arts, where he received a BFA in Acting. He"
"International Film Festival in September 2017. Papillon (1973 film) Papillon is a 1973 historical period drama prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Henri Charrière (""Papillon"") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega. Because it was filmed at remote locations, the film was quite expensive for the time ($12 million), but it earned more than twice that in its first year of release. The film's title is French for ""Butterfly,"" referring to Charrière's tattoo"
"make no apology for courteously asking an entirely legitimate question about a subject you had spoken of before and which has generated more headlines than anything you've done in the last 20 years."" Richard Dreyfuss Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in popular films during the 1970s through 1990s, including ""American Graffiti"", ""Jaws"", ""Stand by Me"", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", ""Down and Out in Beverly Hills"", ""The Goodbye Girl"", ""Stakeout"", ""Always"", ""What About Bob?"" and ""Mr. Holland's Opus"". Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor"
"Chris Cooper Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. He became well known in the late 1980s. He has appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including the drama ""American Beauty"" (1999), the biopic about a NASA engineer titled ""October Sky"" (1999), the action spy film ""The Bourne Identity"" (2002), the biographical sports film ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), the biographical film about Truman Capote"", Capote"" (2005), the geopolitical thriller ""Syriana"" (2005), the action-thriller ""The Kingdom"" (2007), the crime drama ""The Town"" (2010), and the musical comedy film ""The Muppets"" (2011). He also portrayed Sheriff July"
"Harvey Keitel Harvey Keitel ( ; born May 13, 1939) is an American actor and producer. An Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee, he has appeared in films such as Theo Angelopoulos' ""Ulysses' Gaze"", Martin Scorsese's ""Mean Streets"", ""Taxi Driver"", and ""The Last Temptation of Christ""; Ridley Scott's ""The Duellists"" and ""Thelma & Louise""; István Szabó’s ""Taking Sides""; Peter Yates' ""Mother, Jugs & Speed""; Quentin Tarantino's ""Reservoir Dogs"" and ""Pulp Fiction""; Jane Campion's ""The Piano""; Abel Ferrara's ""Bad Lieutenant""; Robert Rodriguez's ""From Dusk till Dawn""; James Mangold's ""Cop Land""; Wes Anderson's ""Moonrise Kingdom"", ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"", and ""Isle of"
"Pat McCormick (actor) Pat McCormick (June 30, 1927 – July 29, 2005) was an American actor and comedy writer known for playing Big Enos Burdette in ""Smokey and the Bandit"" and its two sequels. He wrote for a number of performers such as Red Skelton, Phyllis Diller and Johnny Carson as well as for shows including ""Get Smart"". McCormick had a distinctive appearance being six feet, seven inches tall, weighing 250 pounds and having a walrus mustache. McCormick was born in Lakewood, Ohio, and was a 1945 graduate of Rocky River High School. McCormick was a high school athlete and"
"one of the top collectors of vintage motorcycles in the country. Ekins was inducted into the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1980 and into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2009. Ekins died at the age of 77 on October 6, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Bud Ekins James Sherwin ""Bud"" Ekins (May 11, 1930 – October 6, 2007) was an American professional stuntman in the U.S. film industry. He is considered to be one of the film industry's most accomplished stuntmen with a body of work that includes classic films such as ""The Great Escape"" and ""Bullitt"". Ekins,"
"Newirth received a BA in Photography and Cinema from Ohio State University. He broke into the film industry as a location manager on such films as ""Flashdance"" (1983), ""Pretty in Pink"" (1986) and ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986). He later moved up to production manager on ""Throw Momma from the Train"" (1987) and ""RoboCop"" (1987) before getting his first producing credit as an associate producer on Andrew Davis' ""The Package"" (1989). Charles Newirth Charles Newirth (born August 22, 1955 in New York City) is an American film producer. He most recently executive produced the blockbuster films ""Ant-Man and the Wasp"""
"Lately"" as a cook/waiter. He appeared in the HBO series Barry in 2018. He has recently been doing work with the online comedy group ""Magic Hugs"", and has appeared in a number of their sketches, as well as the series ""Baby Mentalist"" for Channel 101. Larry Hankin Larry Michael Hankin (born August 31, 1940) is an American actor, performer, director, comedian and producer. He is known for his major film roles as Charley Butts in ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979), Ace in ""Running Scared"" (1986), and Carl Alphonse in ""Billy Madison"" (1995). He had smaller roles as Doobie in ""Planes, Trains"
"Max Thieriot Maximillion Drake Thieriot (born October 14, 1988) is an American actor and director. He made his acting debut in the 2004 adventure comedy film ""Catch That Kid"". Thieriot has since appeared in the action comedy ""The Pacifier"" (2005), the mystery comedy ""Nancy Drew"" (2007), the sci-fi ""Jumper"" (2008), the supernatural horror ""My Soul to Take"" (2010), the erotic thriller ""Chloe"" (2010), the drama ""Disconnect"" (2012), the psychological horror-thriller ""House at the End of the Street"" (2012), and the action-thriller ""Point Break"" (2015). From 2013 to 2017, Thieriot starred as Dylan Massett in A&E's drama-thriller series ""Bates Motel"". He"
"Elliott Nugent Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896 in Dover, Ohio – August 9, 1980 in New York City) was an American actor, playwright, writer, and film director. Nugent, the son of actor J. C. Nugent, successfully made the transition from silent film to sound. He directed ""The Cat and the Canary"" (1939), starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. He also directed the Hope films ""Never Say Die"" (1939) and ""My Favorite Brunette"" (1947). Nugent was a college classmate (and lifelong friend) of fellow Ohioan James Thurber. Together, they wrote the Broadway play ""The Male Animal"" (1940) in which Nugent starred"
"Richard Dreyfuss Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in popular films during the 1970s through 1990s, including ""American Graffiti"", ""Jaws"", ""Stand by Me"", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", ""Down and Out in Beverly Hills"", ""The Goodbye Girl"", ""Stakeout"", ""Always"", ""What About Bob?"" and ""Mr. Holland's Opus"". Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1978 for ""The Goodbye Girl"", and was nominated in 1995 for ""Mr. Holland's Opus"". He has also won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and was nominated in 2002 for Screen"
"Bart Patton Bart Patton (born Phillip Bardwell; July 11, 1939 in Culver City, California), is an American actor, producer, and director. Bart's first acting job was as Scampy the Clown in ""Super Circus"" where he was credited as ""Bardy Patton"". He continued making acting appearances in such television shows as ""77 Sunset Strip"" while in high school. He replaced Burt Reynolds on ""Riverboat"". Patton attended UCLA, where he met his future wife, Mary Mitchell, and Francis Ford Coppola, with whom he made a student film. He dropped out after only one semester to make ""Gidget Goes Hawaiian"", marrying Mitchell after"
"Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (born Étienne de Pelissier Bujac Jr., April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in ""King Kong"" (1933) and for his roles in films such as ""The Last of the Mohicans"" (1936), Fritz Lang's ""Fury"" (1936) and the western ""Dodge City"" (1939). He was also known as one of ""Wayne's Regulars"", appearing in a number of John Wayne films beginning with ""Angel and the Badman"" (1947). Cabot was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico to a prominent local lawyer, Major Étienne de Pelissier Bujac, Sr. and Julia Armandine"
"John Travolta John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, dancer, and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series ""Welcome Back, Kotter"" (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes ""Saturday Night Fever"" (1977) and ""Grease"" (1978). His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), and he has since starred in films such as ""Get Shorty"", ""Broken Arrow"", ""Face/Off"", ""Swordfish"", ""Be Cool"", ""Wild Hogs"", ""Hairspray"", and ""The Taking of Pelham 123"". Travolta was nominated for"
"Martin Ritt Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director and actor who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City. Some of the movies he directed include ""The Long, Hot Summer"" (1958), ""The Black Orchid"" (1958), ""Paris Blues"" (1961), ""Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"" (1962), ""Hud"" (1963), ""The Outrage"" (1964), ""The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"" (1965), ""Hombre"" (1967), ""The Great White Hope"" (1970), ""Sounder"" (1972), ""Conrack"" (1974), ""Norma Rae"" (1979), ""Cross Creek"" (1983), ""Murphy's Romance"" (1985), ""Nuts"" (1987) and ""Stanley & Iris"" (1990). Ritt was"
"married during the filming of TNT's production of ""Buffalo Soldiers"". Mykelti Williamson Michael T. ""Mykelti"" Williamson (born March 4, 1957) is an American actor best known for his roles in the films ""Forrest Gump"" and ""Con Air"", and the television shows ""Boomtown"", ""24"", and ""Justified"". In 2016, he portrayed Gabriel Maxson in Denzel Washington's acclaimed film adaptation of August Wilson's play ""Fences"", reprising his role from the 2010 Broadway revival. His other notable roles include ""Free Willy"", ""Heat"", ""Lucky Number Slevin"", ""Three Kings"", ""Black Dynamite"", ""The Final Destination"", ""ATL"", ""Species II"", and """". Williamson was born in St. Louis, Missouri."