Resilience and perseverance in the journey of Harrison Ford. A timeline of obstacles and growth.
Harrison Ford is a highly successful and iconic American actor with a career spanning seven decades. He is one of the highest-grossing actors globally, known for starring in numerous films. His work has garnered nominations for prestigious awards, including an Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards. He has also received the AFI Life Achievement Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award, an Honorary César, and an Honorary Palme d'Or, and was named a Disney Legend in 2024.
On August 22, 1987, Harrison Ford, along with Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke, experienced an emergency landing in Bangor, Maine, while traveling as a passenger aboard a Gulfstream III jet due to an engine fire and stuck landing gear during a flight from Paris to L.A.
In 1998, Harrison Ford starred in Six Days, Seven Nights, a commercially disappointing film.
On October 23, 1999, Harrison Ford was involved in a helicopter crash near Santa Clarita, California, while piloting a Bell 206L4 LongRanger helicopter during a training flight. The helicopter crash landed and flipped, but neither Ford nor the instructor pilot were injured.
In 1999, Harrison Ford appeared in Random Hearts, a film that failed to match his earlier successes.
In 2002, Harrison Ford starred in and executive produced K-19: The Widowmaker, a film based on true events that did not meet commercial expectations.
In 2003, Harrison Ford starred in Hollywood Homicide, which was critically derided and commercially disappointing.
In 2004, Harrison Ford declined a role in the thriller Syriana, later regretting the decision.
In 2006, Harrison Ford appeared in Firewall, a film that failed to achieve his earlier successes.
In 2010, Harrison Ford starred in and executive produced Extraordinary Measures, based on true events, which was commercially disappointing.
On June 11, 2014, Harrison Ford fractured his ankle on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens when a hydraulic door fell on him, requiring hospitalization.
On March 5, 2015, Harrison Ford's plane, believed to be a Ryan PT-22 Recruit, made an emergency landing on the Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California, after losing engine power. Ford sustained a broken pelvis, a broken ankle, and other injuries and was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
On February 13, 2017, Harrison Ford landed an Aviat Husky at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, on the taxiway left of runway 20L, overflying a Boeing 737 that was holding short of the runway.
On April 24, 2020, while piloting his Husky at Los Angeles Hawthorne Airport, Harrison Ford crossed a runway where another aircraft was landing. The FAA reported that the planes were approximately 3,600 feet apart, and there was no risk of collision. Ford's representative stated that he "misheard" an instruction from air traffic control.
In the 1960s, Harrison Ford began flight training, but by 2024 equivalent costs, at $156 an hour, made it unaffordable.
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