“very good, very strong, [and] very fair”
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Steve McQueen
Terrence Stephen McQueen was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of 1960s counterculture, made him a top box office draw for his films of the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. He was nicknamed the "King of Cool" and used the alias "Harvey Mushman" when participating in motor races.
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entertainment · American actor (1930–1980) · actor · film actor · motorcycle racer · racing automobile driver · television actor · stage actor · also Steve McQueen, King of Cool, Terrence Stephen McQueen, McQueen
Born 24 March 1930 · Died 7 November 1980 · Q159347
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 28,946 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.8× the usual 4,263, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: FlammableBot: Corrections to implement MOS:POSLINK
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2025· 1 entry
By Mecum Auctions but failed to sell because the $25 million final bid failed to meet the undisclosed reserve price
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2020· 1 entry
One of the last six models and one of two held in private hands was sold for a record US$2
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2019· 1 entry
The Guardian: 'I was just disappointed': Steve McQueen discusses Liam Neeson race furore – audio
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2018· 1 entry
The Guardian: Century-old motorbike once owned by Steve McQueen up for sale
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2017· 3 entries
There was a selected showing in some theaters of his life story and spiritual quest, Steve McQueen – American Icon
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The Guardian: Le Mans 24 Hours – for Steve McQueen, and many others, a race like no other | Giles Richards
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While the other one, which McQueen attempted to purchase in 1977, is hidden from the public eye
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2015· 1 entry
The Guardian: Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans review – the star’s search for race-track authenticity
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2012· 1 entry
McQueen was posthumously honored with the Warren Zevon Tribute Award by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)
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2010· 1 entry
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of McQueen's birth on March 24, 1930
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2007· 1 entry
27 years after his death, Forbes said McQueen remained a popular star, was still the "King of Cool", and was one of the highest-earning dead celebrities
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2006· 2 entries
Most of McQueen's collection of 130 motorcycles was sold four years after his death
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The blue-tinted sunglasses worn by McQueen in the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair sold at a Bonhams & Butterfield auction in Los Angeles for $70,200
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2002· 1 entry
Who asked Joe Cavaglieri to fully restore it to the 1971 film era in Gulf Porsche team livery
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1998· 2 entries
Of respiratory complications after a liver transplant, at the age of 38
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Director Paul Street created a commercial for the Ford Puma
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1980· 4 entries
Died 1980-11-07.
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The National Enquirer disclosed that he had "terminal cancer"
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Less than 10 months before his death, McQueen married fashion model Barbara Minty
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Were loosely based on true stories: Tom Horn, a Western adventure about a former Army scout turned professional gunman who works for big cattle ranchers hunting down rustlers, and later hanged for murder in the shooting
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1979· 1 entry
After filming The Hunter, a biopsy revealed pleural mesothelioma, a cancer associated with asbestos exposure for which there is no known cure
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame (1978).
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1976· 2 entries
Had been for orthodontics, a field of dentistry
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But the film did not reach production until years after McQueen's death; the film eventually starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston in 1992
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1974· 1 entry
With Paul Newman, McQueen co-led John Guillermin's disaster film, The Towering Inferno
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1973· 1 entry
McQueen was one of the pallbearers at Bruce Lee's funeral, along with James Coburn, Lee's brother Robert, Peter Chin, Dan Inosanto, and Taky Kimura
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1972· 1 entry
But the producers rejected him because of his age
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1971· 2 entries
McQueen starred in the auto-racing drama Le Mans, which received mixed reviews, followed by Junior Bonner in 1972, a story about an aging rodeo rider
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McQueen's Solar Productions funded the classic motorcycle documentary On Any Sunday, in which McQueen is featured, along with racing legends Mert Lawwill and Malcolm Smith
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1969· 1 entry
McQueen made the Southern period piece, The Reivers, based on a novel by William Faulkner
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1966· 1 entry
For his role as an engine room sailor in The Sand Pebbles, in which he starred opposite Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, and Richard Attenborough, with whom he had previously worked in The Great Escape
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1964· 1 entry
McQueen and Ekins were part of a four-rider (plus one reserve) first-ever official U
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1963· 1 entry
McQueen starred in Love with the Proper Stranger with Natalie Wood
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1961· 1 entry
Driving a BMC Mini at Brands Hatch, finishing third
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1956· 1 entry
McQueen married Filipina actress and dancer Neile Adams, with whom he had a daughter named Terry Leslie (June 5, 1959 – March 19, 1998) and a son named Chad (December 28, 1960 – September 11, 2024)
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1955· 1 entry
In the play A Hatful of Rain starring Ben Gazzara
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1947· 1 entry
After receiving permission from his mother since he was not yet 18 years old, McQueen enlisted in the U
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1933· 1 entry
To leave him with her parents Lillian and Victor in Slater, Missouri
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1930· 2 entries
The son of Julia Ann (or Julianne) Crawford and flying circus stunt pilot William McQueen
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Born 1930-03-24.
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