Steve McQueen: 20 Never-Seen Photos

Life.com ^ | March 24 2010 | staff & Photos: John Dominis

[A Texan]

What a badass. I wasn't born until 1975 but my dad sure made sure I had watched my fair share of Steve McQueen and John Wayne movies when I was a kid. Those guys were/are true men.

[Daffynition]

McQueen: “I live for myself and I answer to nobody.”

[Since 2009-07-21]

John Dominis was (is?) a great photographer.

[Servant of the Cross]

That pic reminds me of Donald Sutherland aka "Oddball" in Kelly's Heroes ...

[VOA]

What ever “it” is in terms of masculine coolness, e.g., women love him,
guys want to be like him...
Steve McQueen had a mega-dose of it.

I saw one documentary on him on PBS in Los Angeles over five years
ago...the guy was even trying to go deeper in literature and philosophy
before he exited the scene.
Maybe he’d never have made it to “renaissance man”, but he was
giving it a good try.

[Daffynition]

We could have used you on the Santa Paula thread a few years ago! ;-D

[Daffynition]

From the same hunting/camping trip...

Actor Steve McQueen (R) and pals Jim Corbin (L) and Dave Resnic (C) practicing shooting during hunting trip in Sierra Madra Mountains.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

Thank you ...;-D

[trisham]

Wow. I had no idea he was such a mensch.

[Daffynition]

[Liberty Valance]

Great thread. Watching Le Mans right now on TCM. Junior Bonner is next. ;o)

[frithguild]

I remember laughing my head off when I first saw that particular shot - because the leaf rear suspension had no traction bar and the live rear axle was just oscilating forward and back like it was going to tear itself apart. Funny the things you notice as a 10 year old.

[trisham]

Great story.

[ppptop]

One of my favorite pic's of Steve. Sorry not sure how to post pics so I inserted the link.
Long live Steve....

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/mcqueenmug1.html

[RandallFlagg]

Steve McQueen
R Lee Ermey
RandallFlagg

Nice to know my birthday is shared by these awesome folks.

[SunkenCiv]

In order to get some time off from a previous committment so that he could be in “The Magnificent Seven”, McQueen took his wife out for a spin, told her to “hold on tight”, and drove the car off the road, wrecking it. She must have been a patient woman. :’)

[Lancey Howard]

I went to see Bullitt in the movie theater when it came out.
Three times.

McQueen was one of those actors who, just by being in a movie, made that movie twice as good as it would have been otherwise. There are very few actors who can do that. I think Nevada Smith is still my favorite McQueen movie.

[andy58-in-nh]

Very funny, kid. By "known", as it is unnecessary for anyone who is even vaguely familiar with my proclivities, I meant "had the chance to go drinking, driving, and chasing skirts with". Steve was a magnet for the same kind of women I always pursued: beautiful, self-confident, and a little dangerous. ;-)

[VOA]

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