How tall steve mcqueen

In , with his growing success, he formed his own production company called Scuderia Condor Enterprises, which he ran until when he and his family moved to Solar Drive and he renamed his company Solar Productons, Inc. Of all the characters he ever played, he frequently cited Lt.

Frank Bullitt from Bullitt as his favorite. The last words he uttered on screen were "God bless you" in The Hunter He died shortly after the film's release. His only two appearances at the Academy Awards were as a presenter: in , he presented the Oscar for Best Sound, and in , holding hands with Claudia Cardinale , he presented the Oscar again for Best Sound.

Shortly before filming began on Tom Horn , he had quit smoking cigarettes. His somewhat "squashed" appearance was due to a crash diet. Former father-in-law of Stacey Toten. Grandfather of Steven R.

McQueen and Molly McQueen. In reality, McQueen was conservative in his political beliefs, with a strong belief in self-help. In he had declined to participate in the March on Washington for civil rights and, in , refused to join many of his Hollywood peers in supporting Sen.

Robert F. Kennedy 's presidential campaign. McQueen accepted the part, but on one condition. He wanted a co-starring role for his then wife, Ali MacGraw. Friedkin would not accept his conditions, and McQueen dropped out of the film. Freidkin later went on record has having regretted not accepting McQueen's conditions. After The Towering Inferno he was offered several multi-million-dollar roles but refused them all. Turned down a role for the sequel to The Towering Inferno in Felt ill during the filming of Tom Horn , and assumed he had pneumonia.

However, towards the end of filming he began to cough up blood. On 22 December , after filming had finished, he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, which often afflicts workers in ship-building and construction industries.

As in most cases, a tumor was discovered on the outside lining of a lung, and spread to other areas of the body. Although McQueen had been a heavy smoker, which may or may not have been a contributing factor, mesothelioma itself is not a smoking-related lung disease.

While the source of his exposure has been debated, McQueen himself pointed to two likely sources, including the time when he took part in replacing asbestos-based insulation in the ship's engine room during his stint in the Marines. He also believed he could have been exposed in his years as a film star, since soundstage insulation had also been made of asbestos.

Others have suggested sources as varied as automotive brake pads and the cloth used to bandage his broken foot during the 12 hours of Sebring race in He died from two consecutive heart attacks at am on November 7, , less than 24 hours after undergoing surgery at a Mexican clinic where he went to undergo a controversial "apricot pit" therapy that is still banned in the United States to remove the malignant tumors in his stomach and lungs.

According to the doctor present at the operation, his right lung was entirely cancerous. Following the release of Bullitt , McQueen found it hilarious that he was considered the coolest celebrity by teenagers, given that he was almost 40 years old. In November that same year he declared his support for the Vietnam War and voted for Richard Nixon in the presidential election.

Was offered the co-starring role in Breakfast at Tiffany's However, he was still under contract for his television series Wanted: Dead or Alive , which prevented him from appearing. The role eventually went to George Peppard. Suddenly, and with no apparent warning, he vomited over McQueen's shirt and trousers. Turned down Close Encounters of the Third Kind McQueen told director Steven Spielberg he couldn't play a character who was too emotionally oriented.

Posthumously inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers. He did not like gratuitous violence, swearing or nudity in movies. At one point he approached playwright Samuel Beckett with an idea for filming the play "Waiting for Godot", but Becket had never heard of him. Intended to retire after filming The Towering Inferno Turned down the starring roles in Dirty Harry and The French Connection because he didn't want to make any more cop movies after Bullitt His friend and co-star Richard Attenborough said that if McQueen had lived for longer he would have been regarded as the greatest film actor since Spencer Tracy.

British band Prefab Sprout used his name for the title of their second album, released in Due to objections from the late actor's estate, the album was issued with the alternative title of "Two Wheels Good" in the United States. He was considered for Glenn Ford 's role in Pocketful of Miracles McFarland, Kevin Costner has named McQueen as his favorite actor, and his main influence as an actor.

He auditioned for Richard Harris ' role in Major Dundee Quigley Down Under was written for McQueen in the s. However, his health declined and he died before the producers were able to raise the necessary capital for production. It was eventually released six years after McQueen's death, with Bryan Brown in the lead. The role eventually went to Robert Redford.

McQueen and Streisand did not get along due to a clash of egos and politics and refused to appear together although, according to Streisand biographer Christopher Andersen , the two did have an affair at one point.

Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw were then a considered pair, before Clint Eastwood took over as director and cast himself and Sondra Locke in the lead roles. He had expressed interest in starring in Return of the Seven , but Yul Brynner vetoed the idea.

Scott 's role in Islands in the Stream because he claimed to be completely retired from acting. Turned down lead roles in The Victors and King Rat because he didn't want to become typecast in war movies. Turned down Ocean's 11 on the advice of his friend Hedda Hopper , who told him to be his own man rather than Frank Sinatra 's "flunky". On March 21, , three days before his 37th birthday, he became the rd star to put his handprints and footprints on the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theater.

Turned down a role in A Bridge Too Far because he only wanted top billing roles, not all-star assembled projects. A troubled teenager, he often ran away from home, working on ships, as an oil field laborer and fairground barker. He spent five years in a California reformatory. Had a younger paternal half sister, Terri McQueen, whom he never met. Dick Powell , head of Four Star Productions, gave the green light to McQueen's western series Wanted: Dead or Alive , but was concerned about his continuing in the lead after the pilot sold because the actor was not big or tall enough to be believable as a rough-hewn bounty hunter, and did not know how to ride a horse.

Powell changed his mind when he saw McQueen's charismatic performance in the early rushes of the show's first episode. He was a rebellious teenager, didn't get along with his stepfather and had several thefts on his record. In later years, he referred to his stay at Chino as "the best thing that ever happened to me" and that "they straightened me out there".

After his first meeting with director Robert Wise for his first film role in Somebody Up There Likes Me , Wise referred to him as "just a kook in a beanie".

In , he appeared on the game show What's My Line Acting teacher Sanford Meisner said of the fledgling actor: "He was an original--both tough and childlike, as if he'd been through everything, but he had preserved a basic innocence".

Gunther Nickel Athletics Competitor. Alyssa Healy Cricketer. Solehin Mamat Football Player. Daniel J. Murphy War Hero. Report Post « » Your Name:. Your Email:. Tell us why do you think this post is inappropriate and shouldn't be here:. The only thing that gives me pause with Newman is seeing him shrink down to 5'7" range in his 70's. But it's possible both Newman and McQueen were 5'9. He was a short ectomorph and quite insecure about his height.

He always made it a point to stand on higher ground during filming. Yul Brinner even gently made fun of it during the shooting of The Magnificent 7.

And very similar than paul newman and Bronson. You've probably seen this, but it seems the measurement was probably accurate as his first wife Neile confirms him as being measured 5' Perhaps then he had his cowboy boots for the final passports she mentions, or it was earlier in the day.

Btw, just a small correction: As my post implies, the quote about Steve's shoes being mistaken for lifts and him being 5' Robert Wagner did say McQueen was no more than 5'9" as well. Not that I'm saying he was 5'9" flat unless he got the Elvis treatment with a measurement in boots, but 5'9. As it is, growing 3" after 17 is extremely unusual. Then here's Steve and Yul Brynner on set of The Magnificent Seven: Click Here Here you see Steve's cowboy boots gave him a big footwear advantage: Click Here Even considering ground, it's tough to see McQueen at least 4 cm taller than Brynner barefoot as that would make him easily more than 2" taller in their respective footwear.

You can watch his best-acted movies Bullitt, the Sand Pebbles with the sound off and know exactly what emotions his character is feeling. He didn't like delivering dialogue and never did a role involving a lot of speaking, but no one could beat him for convincing acting without words. Look for a little-known war movie he did called Hell if for Heroes, where he played a dangerous psychopath.

He is absolutely bang-on. Then you can watch him in The Magnificent Seven, where he plays the most gentle and good-humoured gunsligher imaginable, and doe it well. They do generally look pretty similar, including proportionately.

With Chuck at 5'8. I read he was wearing sneakers when arrested and was very friendly with the police. I think it was simply an honest, accurate measurement.

I once dated a girl whose mother was an extra in the movie "Junior Bonner". At that time, I was 5 foot, 9 inches. I responded by saying something like, "I thought he was around 5' 10" or 5' 11". She the mother said, "No way". I think standing straight, Steve was the 5'9. As I posted on Paul Newman's page, Steve appeared a bit taller and Newman on the other hand, I do believe was more a flat 5'9", maybe cm at most.

Similar height than Charles Bronson. Before his death he was in peak because still was young, he was 50 years old when he die. Steve was with footwear and a perfect cm. That adds up with McQueen's 5'9. It was taken in when McQueen was 42 years old. He is clearly below 5'10". The shoes clearly give him at least an inch. I mean, he's standing up against a police measuring wall! No debate. Under 5'9". McQueen is pretty well settled. He was measured at 5'9. You could argue feebly the measurement COULD have been in the shoes, but that doesn't make sense since his wife said he was 5' He looked slightly taller than Paul Newman who looked about 5'10" in shoes himself for his mugshot.

The only thing remaining is whether the measurement was in the morning, but it was almost certainly not first thing out of bed. I think it's fair to call a guy the height they measure at if they can look it and Steve could look it: Click Here That's Steve and his 5'8" ex-wife Ali MacGraw.

He doesn't look shorter than his measured height next to her and he's obviously not the 5'6"-5'7" guy some are making him out to be. No other actor's height is in question. Chances are when you hear something like that, it's usually a shoe height, unless it looks WAY off. Not a short guy by any stretch for his generation, but for a movie star, especially with loose posture, it's easy to see why McQueen's 5'9.

Both were some '7" tall. These 2 actors worked with McQueen many times,he appears taller or equal with both. He was listed as 5'6". He worked with Robert Vaughn several times a shirt actor friend Don Gordon another short actor etc. A passport and drivers license is what YOU place on the application. I remember reading the entire crew of "The Blob" hated him. He was extremely difficult to work with and John Sturgess, who's movies really made him world famous, never worked with him again after "The Great Escape".

He was a serial womanizer, drug abuser, and he cheated on all his wives. Considering the horrible childhood he endured, his behavior is at least understandable. He just wanted to live a normal life away from the spot light and be treated like a regular guy. Coburn sounded Incredibly pompous Anyway this heighr looks spot on. He never looked tall and unless john wayne was 6 5 he was short off screen.

No idea why there is very uncool director on this page who ive never heard of btw. Newman had an unfair advantage of living much longer and he was a much better actor. If I had one guess he was 5 9 in shoes max, could appear a bit more in cowboy boots. He is and always will be the cool yard stick in hollywood at least for grown ups.

He was unknown then and they made no effort to make him appear tall. He definitely can't be taller than 5'8". Definitely had something about him though. McQueen was no more than 5ftft8. As for Barbara, she's not 5ft10; she's barely 5ft7. Gotta love these preposterous height claims.. I was 16 years old and they were filming a movie called "The Towering Inferno" at the building and my first thought was he is short.

Steve could not have been more than 5' 7" maybe 5' 8" because that's how tall I was and we were eye to eye and he seemed even shorter than me. By the way. I love Steve McQueen. His posture looks poor even in those photos so if he stood upright, 5'10 or slightly taller in a pair of shoes which is what Neile Mcqueen stated.

Minimum, But I think he was at least A man's man that the ladies loved. Wish he lived longer with his talent. I am 5 foot 10 flat footed. I tell them I am 6 feet tall because that's how tall I am at the present time.

What a persons height is and how tall a person looks is 2 completely different things. A persons true height is barefoot but we dont see people barefoot when we go out only at a beach we do and most of the times they wear sandals. In the great Escape he appeared to look 5 foot 8 inches and that's with shoes on. There's little chance he was measured 5' Near enough 5 ft 10 but probably rounded up slightly.

So if you consider that we're looking at a possible 5'9. In some films he could look a comfortable 5 10 range in cowboy boots though. I think a whisker under the mark. There's a good scene with him wearing flats in the Sand Pebbles with Candice and I think he looked that.

I will do that, the 9. In the book it says when he joined the marines at the age of 17 he was 5'6. When he left 3 years later at the age of 20 he was 5'9. Could he have grown three inches in three years?

Doubtful in my opinion. In most of the books I have read he was 5'8" and that is what I believe he was. He only looked about that height in "Wanted Dead or Alive. In the comments below you are certain he wouldn't be 5' If he was a legit 5'10, the 5' Maybe you should adjust this. The original Steve Mcqueen still reigns supreme. And btw I'd say 5'9" tops. He benefited from wearing cowboy boots and lifts in many of his roles.

If you look at candid home photos of him, it's clear he was shorter than advertised. He can look anything in 5'9. At times he can really look the full 5ft 10, others looks more 5'9 range. An Alain Delon type listing might be reasonable? Seems specific. Also the "At five feet ten and a half there was no reason to.

He was also the same height as Paul Newman and looks in The Sand Pebbles in some of the comparisons. I've seen most of his films now and I think he was genuinely near 5 ft 10, but I just think 5'9. He was near 5 ft 10 but I do think though there's a good case for strong 5'9, I'd put him at cm. That listing at age 20 might have been his actual measured height you know.

American doctors, correctly, told him the cancer had spread throughout his body and was terminal. Mcqueen decided to be admitted to a clinic in Mexico that offered a sham treatment but it was his only hope. He became a born again Christian because of his wife Barbara Minty, who is religious, and the bleak medical prognosis. He died with a bible on his chest, a Colt. Oh yeah, I still believe he was 5'8" in his bare feet.

He was usually teamed with short actors and actress', death certificate states 5'8", military record has 5'8", police arrest photo from Toronto has him at the 5'9" mark with shoes, and many photos show him as not tall including the photo of him on his tip toes with his fellow motorcycle riders.

Does'nt come across the nicest of men, for such a tough guy persona he was a bit of a baby when it came to his illness, becoming a born again Christian and having Billy Graham at his bedside, also refused conventional medicine till it was too late and relied on spiritual healing and dodgy doctors Editor Rob.

He can look tallish in some scenes! Many of the male actors are taller than Steve McQueen. This substantiates my earlier comment that Steve McQueen was not very tall. He was probably around 5' 9" barefoot. In Planet of the Apes he looked very rugged and strong looking, reminded me of one of those big rowers who row across the Atlantic or those rugged guys who climb the high peak of Nepal. You can see in the above photo anyway that he was of reasonable height, 5'6" is utter bunk.

Unless Richard Attenborough was 5'3" etc!! McQueen seemed overly self-aggrandizing at times but was likable in his best role. Nonetheless, I never enjoyed watching him as much as Newman. Lancaster was also a drinker and smoker but was always very strong with big, ropey muscular arms and shoulders. Gregory Peck is an example of a guy who could seem graceful but he seemed kind of slow-moving and never really looked athletic to me but apparently was enormously strong, Robert Mitchum who was more barrel chested was in awe of Peck's strength.

Not many young people today would know about the actor Steve McQueen, especially as his films tend o be very slow and overlong. McQueen was just under 5'9". While he is average, is he 'average' among the people, many action oriented people, who surround him in his films?

He was still just too Kool for Skool! The mother had several candid photos that were taken during filming. She said that McQueen was "not very tall I was 5'9" at the time and she said that he McQueen was about my height Burt Reynolds did some pretty nimble moving around in Rifles. There are a lot of actors who look athletic, but never seem to do anything athletic Charlton Heston looks terrifically strong, but you rarely see him actually doing anything that requires grace and skill.

I'll certainly give you Burt Lancaster, who could do young guy moves when he was over I have yet to see a Douglas Fairbanks movie, but I understand he was an accomplished gymnast.

Who is the least athletic leading man? James Stewart. There is man who never hit a ball out of the infield in his life. I agree his knife scene was impressive. I didn't think he looked that athletic Ian at all to be honest, wiry, yes, but he looked quite pale at times and looked a heavy drinker and smoker. Paul Newman had many gifts there was an actor who probably really was an I. Watch Nevada Smith, and there is a nasty knife-fighting scene where McQueen jumps nimbly around on the top rail of a stock pen.

You can't fake that kind of grace. You have to take "Know-nothing" with a grain of salt. He claims to have "measured" everyone in Hollywood and he doesn't understand that lifts in shoes are on the "INSIDE" of the shoes and not visible to the naked eye. Look at some sights that build lifts. Friedkin would not accept his conditions, and McQueen dropped out of the film. Freidkin later went on record has having regretted not accepting McQueen's conditions. McQueen was treated by William Donald Kelley, whose only medical license had been until revoked in for orthodontics.

McQueen likely used this then-unprecedented pay-or-play arrangement to guarantee the six-year semi-retirement he undertook after "The Towering Inferno", in which he appeared in only one picture, the vanity project An Enemy of the People He played a convict on a French penal colony in South America who persists in trying to escape from his captors and feels their wrath when his attempts fail.

McQueen then teamed up with maverick Hollywood director Sam Peckinpah to star in the modern Western Junior Bonner , about a family of rodeo riders, and again with Peckinpah as bank robber Doc McCoy in the violent The Getaway Both did good business at the box office. He returned to more familiar territory, with the race film Le Mans , a rather self-indulgent exercise, and its slow plot line contributed to its rather poor performance in theaters.

It was not until many years later that it became something of a cult film, primarily because of the footage of Porsche s roaring around race tracks in France. The s is a decade remembered for a slew of "disaster" movies and McQueen starred in arguably the biggest of the time, The Towering Inferno McQueen does not appear until roughly halfway into the film as San Francisco fire chief Mike O'Halloran, battling to extinguish an inferno in a story skyscraper.

The film was a monster hit and set the benchmark for other disaster movies that followed. However, it was McQueen's last film role for several years. Interestingly, McQueen's next role was a total departure from the action genre, as he played Southerner Boon Hogganbeck in the family-oriented The Reivers , based on the popular William Faulkner novel. Not surprisingly, the film didn't go over particularly well with audiences, even though it was an entertaining and well made production, and McQueen showed an interesting comedic side of his acting talents.

McQueen was genuine hot property and next appeared with Faye Dunaway in the provocative crime drama The Thomas Crown Affair , next in what many consider his signature role, that of a maverick, taciturn detective in the mega-hit Bullitt , renowned for its famous chase sequence through San Francisco between McQueen's Ford Mustang GT and the killer's black Dodge Charger.

However, they failed to really grab audience attention, but his role as Eric Stoner in The Cincinnati Kid , alongside screen legend Edward G. Robinson and Karl Malden, had movie fans filling theaters again to see the ice-cool McQueen they loved.

His only two appearances at the Academy Awards were as a presenter: in , he presented the Oscar for Best Sound, and in , holding hands with Claudia Cardinale, he presented the Oscar again for Best Sound. He was the ultra-cool male film star of the s, and rose from a troubled youth spent in reform schools to being the world's most popular actor.