McQueen's mother married, and when the boy was eight, she brought him from the farm to live with her and her new husband in Indianapolis. I learned a lot from him.' Ĭlaude gave McQueen a red tricycle on his fourth birthday, a gift that McQueen subsequently credited with sparking his early interest in car racing.

McQueen later said that he had good memories of living on the farm, noting that his great-uncle Claude 'was a very good man, very strong, very fair. As the Great Depression worsened, McQueen and his grandparents moved in with Lillian's brother Claude and his family at their farm in Slater. : 72 : 7–8 Unable to cope with caring for a small child, she left the boy with her parents (Victor and Lillian) in Slater, Missouri, in 1933. Several biographers have stated that Julia Ann was an alcoholic. McQueen's father, William McQueen, a stunt pilot for a barnstorming flying circus, left his mother, Julia Ann (or Julianne) Crawford, : 9 six months after meeting her. McQueen, of Scottish descent, was raised a Roman Catholic.

Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. Terrence Stephen McQueen was born to a single mother on March 24, 1930, at St. He was combative with directors and producers, but his popularity placed him in high demand and enabled him to command the largest salaries. In 1974, McQueen became the highest-paid movie star in the world, although he did not act in film for another four years. In addition, he starred in the all-star ensemble films The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963) and The Towering Inferno (1974). His other popular films include The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Nevada Smith (1966), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Bullitt (1968), The Getaway (1972) and Papillon (1973). McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles (1966).

He was nicknamed the ' King of Cool' and used the alias Harvey Mushman in motor races. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the 1960s and 1970s. Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor.

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