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How Steve McQueen, ‘The King of Cool’ Became An Antihero Superstar?

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  • @AgeOfVintage
    @AgeOfVintage  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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    • @johnnyangel9163
      @johnnyangel9163 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was insecure to the ump degree.He always measured himself against Paul Newman.Paul raced cars he raced cars.When they did The Towering Inferno film they had to add more lines of dialog because he found out Paul had more!Whacky for a grown man to act like that.

    • @HigginsDog09
      @HigginsDog09 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would be happy to donate if the narrative follows a more chronological path, rather than going through facts and then rehashing them later. Also, rather than having a jumble of of photos that repeat several times, wouldn’t it be better if they were organized to appear during that part of the narration to which they apply? Only my two cents, but raising the production value could only improve these studies in the lives of well known actors.

  • @davidrobinson5122
    @davidrobinson5122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I think Steve McQueen deserved an Oscar for the movie The Sand Pebbles that was his best underrated performance

    • @brittlyle3523
      @brittlyle3523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His best role......I second tha emotion!!!

    • @dontherealartist
      @dontherealartist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are SO right about this.

    • @windronner1
      @windronner1 ปีที่แล้ว

      absolutely! As much a classic as any of his films.

    • @raynic1173
      @raynic1173 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bull Schite, the scene with him in the row boat and his love interest is terrible! They way he "tries" to play innocent and unaware is amateurish at best.

    • @yourgoddidntcreatetheuniverse
      @yourgoddidntcreatetheuniverse ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Papillon was his best performance.

  • @mariaevans5793
    @mariaevans5793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I am a big Steve McQueen fan,I think this was fair concise,and told the truth,Steve McQueen was difficult ,cheated on his wife, did drugs,, could be lazy,but you know put him on the movie screen, he was pure magic,he never forgot the boys republic,went there , donated money, yes he did have a terrible childhood,but you know he was no saint,but Steve no one can compare to you then and now,you went your own way,and I choice to see you as you were,far from perfect,just trying to survive the best you could.☺️🇬🇧

  • @craigtalbott731
    @craigtalbott731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    My Auntie Gloria was a film and TV character actress and worked w/ McQueen on several TV projects, including a few episodes of "Wanted: Dead or Alive". He would occasionally take her out riding on his motorbike, which she greatly enjoyed doing. She took his passing pretty roughly. I, for one, was very impressed by his performances.

    • @jameshuseby6290
      @jameshuseby6290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Grew up watching your aunt and Steve McQueen on TV and the movies

    • @billmoss2877
      @billmoss2877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember his passing. I was driving down Queens Blvd and heard it on the radio in 1980. He was down in Mexico who at the time was providing last ditch and questionable Laetrile therapy for his cancer. He was a young guy when he passed but a cool man for sure. Never forget him in " The Great Escape" as well as "Bullitt."
      Addendum: Your Auntie Gloria was the real thing and a beautiful woman.
      Thanks for sharing.

  • @judithforney2149
    @judithforney2149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Hands down Steve McQueen was the total King of Kool. I was a big fan of his. Sorry he died so young 😔😓💔 Just think of how much more he could have done 👍😊❤️

    • @bobbywall172
      @bobbywall172 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Check out his bio, full of drugs, alcohol and more, acting is just that, it’s not real🦨

    • @queenslander954
      @queenslander954 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobbywall172 Yea mate he was like that before acting , and besides when did you become so pure & why are you watching a video on him if he’s so shit

    • @MrCarpen7er
      @MrCarpen7er ปีที่แล้ว

      *Cool

    • @tootoo1688
      @tootoo1688 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@queenslander954to

  • @dollydagger4306
    @dollydagger4306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I ❤ Steve McQueen and he is the ultimate King of Cool. He was kind of difficult to deal with on a movie set but he's worth it..

  • @francor27
    @francor27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Steve McQueen throughout his career built a character and played it in his real life. People admired that character and that made him unique.

  • @lynnecrisp
    @lynnecrisp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    One major thing u left out is the MOST imp part of Steve's horrible personal life is within a yr or so b4 his death he accepted Jesus & was saved & regretted he didn't have more time to lead ppl to the Lord & give his testimony to ppl cuz believe me ppl would of listened & believed him. So when he passed away in his sleep after surviving a surgery that was highly illegal he woke up thirsty & had his bible (given from Billy Graham & signed by him) open to John 3:16 & closed his eyes fell back asleep & passed into Glory w/Jesus. Ty Lord for rescuing Steve from himself

  • @donaldclay9535
    @donaldclay9535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My Hero Role Model. He Didn't Take "!@#$" From Nobody. May He R.I.P.

  • @luisvaldes1568
    @luisvaldes1568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Cool pic at 1:35. No internet, computers, cable, or satellite TV or cell phones at home Just TV , radio, LPs or books. How did we do it?

  • @lindseycarribean5113
    @lindseycarribean5113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Steve McKing A fearless man.

  • @ncgirlfromtx
    @ncgirlfromtx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Just wanted to add a postscript to the end of his life. He desperately wanted to live and traveled to Mexico for experimental medical treatment. At some point, he was told about salvation through Christ and became a devout Christ follower several months before his death. That's what I choose to dwell on. He finally found peace.

    • @jmason2838
      @jmason2838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😇🦋💭..💘..🙁...🙏🏻🕯️🌹🏆..👑😎
      🗿

    • @LeeAsh7
      @LeeAsh7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Billy Graham visited him and gave him his Bible. Steve had it laying on his chest when he died of an embolism after a successful surgery in Mexico.

  • @dollydagger4306
    @dollydagger4306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    He almost turned down the role of Frank Bullitt. Steve was very anti-establishment, and Frank Bullitt was a cop/detective. Why on earth according to Steve ,would I play a cop? That's nowheres ville! Of course he was also afraid of what his anti-establish friends and fans would think.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would not say he was Anti-Establishment but most certainly had an independence streak.

  • @gms9655
    @gms9655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    At 15:05 the narrator says quote: "The legend of Steve McQueen star of a few great movies and a great many terrible ones". Which ones? I never seen a bad movie McQueen ever did.

  • @tomsampson8084
    @tomsampson8084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He was a troubled man who sadly died too young. At least he got to have more fun, money, and fame in a relatively short time than most of us get in a longer time on this planet.

    • @michaelellringer5600
      @michaelellringer5600 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The truest Bisexual you'll ever encounter!

  • @MolecularInsights
    @MolecularInsights 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This channel is awesome. I absolutely love the voice over work of the gentleman narrating for this AOV channel. I wish he narrated for the others, as well.

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Steve McQueen was a movie idol and a public personality. In comparison rival actor James Garner was an actor and a professional.

  • @weilandiv8310
    @weilandiv8310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anyone who can play Papillon, and also the cool cat in The Getaway, is alright w me.

  • @Jgeneraledger23
    @Jgeneraledger23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Honestly, I'm glad he didn't sign-on to 'One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest!' McQueen was too cool to get mixed-up with that.

  • @LGCblessed
    @LGCblessed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    THE ONE I've been waiting for! Thank you : )

  • @williamewing5509
    @williamewing5509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have got movie DVDS of
    Steve McQueen with
    Robert Vaughn in
    Bullet
    with Paul Newman
    Richard Chamberlain
    Fred Astaire
    William Holden in
    The Towering Inferno
    with Charles Bronson
    James Coburn
    Donald Pleasance
    James Garner
    David McCallum
    Gordon Jackson
    and Angus Lennie in
    The Great Escape
    with Yul Brynner as Chris
    (as I used to call Christine)
    (by her nickname Chris)
    Charles Bronson James Coburn
    Brad Dexter Robert Vaughn
    and
    Eli Wallach as the baddie Calvera
    in The Magnificent Seven
    I am dedicating these movie DVDS to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester Brand from Billyxxxx
    The Magnificent Seven

  • @windronner1
    @windronner1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    actually Steve's cancer originated back in his NYC acting days. When he was working for a insulation company in the Brooklyn Navy yards that sprayed asbestos fiber matting into the hulls of ships as insulation. There was no regulation or connection at the time between cancer and asbestos. In addition to being a smoker

  • @evazdivaz
    @evazdivaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing actor!

  • @cesarerossetti7004
    @cesarerossetti7004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sono da sempre un grande fan del grande Steve, personaggio unico , iconico , grande attore e uomo amante della vita .
    Un saluto dall ' Italia.

  • @charliesalzillio8524
    @charliesalzillio8524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cool yes! But one of the greatest actors I've ever watched!!

    • @dirtyharry7616
      @dirtyharry7616 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes him and gene hackman and marlin brando

    • @michaelterry4394
      @michaelterry4394 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dirtyharry7616 Robert Duvall

  • @lawrencebright2061
    @lawrencebright2061 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    liked Tom Horn the most of his roles!

  • @stevenrowson4339
    @stevenrowson4339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The type of cancer (pleural mesothelioma) he got was from exposure yo asbestos, I just looked it up. I always thought it was from smoking.

    • @neilchapman5145
      @neilchapman5145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He worked on ship boilers in the merchant navy, he was exposed to asbestos then and the racing suits he wore was full of asbestos too

  • @stever1791
    @stever1791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the Cincinnati Kid movie he slapped Ann Margret - I'll tell you right now Elvis didn't like that and it cost Steve his friendship with The King

  • @maureendibari2384
    @maureendibari2384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved him and found he also was on cowboy tv show in fifties

    • @jameshuseby6290
      @jameshuseby6290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The show from the fifties was a half hour western titled Wanted Dead or Alive where Steve McQueen portrays a bounty hunter it's on week days around 7am CST on the free over the air network H&L and Saturday afternoon I believe 3pm on the free over the air network MeTv

    • @maureendibari2384
      @maureendibari2384 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jameshuseby6290 ty

  • @brentonl1746
    @brentonl1746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    An amazing actor on of the best just taken to early. Brenton 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

  • @jackvoss5841
    @jackvoss5841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I understand that he made anonymous donations to boys homes and boys clubs.
    Courtesy of Half Vast

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet ปีที่แล้ว

    Passed away at 50 ...very young ...my dad was only 54, when he left for the beyond ...I'm drinking Red Crown 👑 organic pomegranate juice (with pulp) just reckon it's good for me ...probably is ♥️

  • @MrBarrystuart
    @MrBarrystuart ปีที่แล้ว

    I had actually read years ago that his greatest Asbestos exposure had more than likely been the result of working with a detail of servicemen to remove Asbestos laden batts of old insulation on a US naval ship back in the 1950's.

  • @waynemetzger6251
    @waynemetzger6251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A true legend !!!!!!

  • @blorac9869
    @blorac9869 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    May he rest in peace! Enjoyed, TYVM!

  • @gjpopper3863
    @gjpopper3863 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    His last three movies were box office flops . He's been dead since 1980 . Still influencing , still being talked about .

  • @michaelmcgee8543
    @michaelmcgee8543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    His sexuality was okay, although shifty. mainstream men have shifty sex drives. One moment they want to be with one person forever .another moment they want to be with a stranger. Other than that he was a good actor and I enjoyed his movies.

  • @pauldavies5611
    @pauldavies5611 ปีที่แล้ว

    McQueen as “Dirty Harry”? That would have been something to see.

  • @onieljohnson8916
    @onieljohnson8916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Need a movie about this guy

  • @survivallife7401
    @survivallife7401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never watched a McQueen movie, I’m more intertwined by his real life.

  • @ghislainesierocki9198
    @ghislainesierocki9198 ปีที่แล้ว

    Le plus beau iremplacable Steve tu nous manques partis trop tot

  • @c.s.s.1723
    @c.s.s.1723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always my idol, and I hesitate to say, a kindred spirit. The more I hear about his idiosyncrasies, the more I see my own. Bizarre. I am no movie star, just a working jerk.

  • @robbyblackwell7247
    @robbyblackwell7247 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel it's very educational to a person who thought he was very well versed in Hollywood, Clearly I wasn't as I know something new every time I watch one of your videos! Thank you and happy New Year

  • @Jgeneraledger23
    @Jgeneraledger23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:14, that was really funny, thank you. "It gave her BIG BREASTS!"

  • @glenkepic3208
    @glenkepic3208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool but i just wanted the '08 Bullit Mustang.

  • @jmen4071
    @jmen4071 ปีที่แล้ว

    A movie star; women want to be with him; men want to be like him.

  • @johannarocho3040
    @johannarocho3040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Near the end he became a devout CHRISTIAN!

    • @kellythomas90
      @kellythomas90 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joann of course don't we all ?

    • @johannarocho3040
      @johannarocho3040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kellythomas90 They is no guarantee we have tomorrow! You have to come now! Eternity is at stake! People love their sin to much!

    • @wardone8991
      @wardone8991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad to hear. I hope it’s true.

    • @MrJC7071
      @MrJC7071 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellythomas90 lol

  • @tdp73
    @tdp73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Who wrote this??? Obviously no fan of his.

  • @lilajagears8317
    @lilajagears8317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I cant believe that he would now be 92.

  • @Dr.Pepper001
    @Dr.Pepper001 ปีที่แล้ว

    His first wife, Neile Adams, is still alive and is 90.

  • @wookinooki9023
    @wookinooki9023 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    there's a preposition missing in the title.

  • @charlescasey9799
    @charlescasey9799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun movie guy but downhill after that

  • @johnwright291
    @johnwright291 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought his acting was subliminal at best. He was OK in papillion.

  • @adamquiles2468
    @adamquiles2468 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't think of any other Hollywood Star who hasn't behaved this way hell look at Will Smith

  • @cheriepeden6384
    @cheriepeden6384 ปีที่แล้ว

    His fans thought he could do no wrong. Isn't that enough. Steve McQueen was exposed to asbestos when he was working on a boat, as a marine. Where you got the story about his racing gear causing the cancer, I will never know.

  • @davidleethompsoniii8263
    @davidleethompsoniii8263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have,
    Been
    cheated...
    I never worked in a brothel in the Dominican!

  • @mikeballard8404
    @mikeballard8404 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He should have stayed with the Woman who loved him.

  • @cynthiacupler8005
    @cynthiacupler8005 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never cared for Steve McQueen.

  • @kellythomas90
    @kellythomas90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    NO, the King of kool is James dean !!!!!!!! ALWAYS

  • @wardone8991
    @wardone8991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this quote real?:
    "I thought Newman was arrogant.
    When I finally got him into bed, I taught him who the man was."
    - Steve McQueen on Paul Newman

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🪁🎰🎱😅👍

  • @timothylines631
    @timothylines631 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    he was never a ford person.

  • @lbj4993
    @lbj4993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Personally, I happen to think he made a career of playing the same character over and over again, no matter the role or the movie. It was always the serious, lost and bitter loner, the guy who didn't care about anybody but himself. I'm not even sure he had much reach as an actor, at least I've never seen it. That of course can be said about many actors, Clint Eastwood comes to mind, same squint, same studied coolness and lack of compassion, but to me the difference is that Eastwood at least made me care about his characters at times, whereas I've never seen McQueen play a character I found interesting enough to care about one way or the other. Cool, I'm not so sure, self-centered egomaniac, for sure. Dean Martin was beyond cool on stage or in some of his movies, as was Gregory Peck for that matter, and you can admittedly say that we're comparing apples to oranges and all that deep bs acting crap, but some actors have personalities and character one can like and admire, McQueen had none of that imo. He was a troubled human being, with massive insecurities combined with a huge ego; not a good cocktail, and it showed. Cheers

    • @mezulpo2567
      @mezulpo2567 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought the scene where he takes the cigar from the leper and puts it in his mouth was monumental acting. His body language said everything with no dialogue.

  • @josephsturgis3898
    @josephsturgis3898 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a putz Steve was.

  • @davemarr7743
    @davemarr7743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What's with this narrarator , tell the story from the beginning to the end. Not all over the place, jeezus wept.

  • @danzan6951
    @danzan6951 ปีที่แล้ว

    Steve McQueen was an over rated limited actor. His persona carried him through his roles in pictures. His acting ability was often non existent; just menacing looks at others and the like. He was promoted by his first wife Nell who was a Filipina who enjoyed the limelight with him.

  • @cynthiacupler8005
    @cynthiacupler8005 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never cared for Steve McQueen,he isn't cool to me.

    • @ruling528
      @ruling528 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He looked like a haggard bum in nice clothes.

  • @elainecoward9249
    @elainecoward9249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I never liked him ,didn't know anything about him till now and still dont like him