Before Tom Cruise climbed up the Burj Khalifa, Steve McQueen took Germans for a motorcycle chase in 1963's The Great Escape. And he looked much better doing it.
An embodiment of the antihero, McQueen shamelessly perused his love for all things motoring, racing on the side while doing most of his stunts as a Hollywood A-lister.
Tragically, McQueen succumbed to cancer in 1980 at the age of 50, but not before cementing himself as one of cinema's all time leading men.
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A Quick Break
McQueen in the 1960s.
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Steve McQueen
With his horse and Jaguar XK-SS.
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Steve McQueen
With his Ford Pickup, 1978.
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Ferrari 250 GT Lusso
Posing in the 1960s.
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Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen
Playing cards while Charles Bronson watches, 1960s.
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Strong Pose
In The Thomas Crown Affair, 1968.
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Relaxing
After participating in a 500-mile, two-day dirt bike race across the Mojave Desert, 1963.
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Mugshot
After a DUI arrest in Anchorage, Alaska, 1972.
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Holding a Cat
With his partner Barbara Minty in 1980. One of the last photos ever taken of him.
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Driving for Porsche
On the grid at Sebring, 1970.
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In His Jaguar
Looking back and looking cool.
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Riding His Bike
Steve McQueen, 1968.
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Cool as Can Be
On a bike in 1968.
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In Montana
With his truck in 1978.
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"Wanted Dead or Alive"
Press photo in 1958.
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In a Pontiac Trans Am
On the set of The Hunter, his final film. 1979.
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“The Magnificent Seven”
Cast publicity photo.
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Virginia Gregg
With McQueen In Wanted: Dead or Alive, 1959.
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With Then-wife Neile Adams
In an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
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Racing in 1971
Riding a 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross motorcycle.
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McQueen and His Ferrari
An iconic pairing.
