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Film Perfective Steve McQueen as the "King of Cool," was an American actor, producer, and iconic figure in both film and motorsport.
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He was born on March 24, 1930, in Beech Grove, Indiana.

11/30/2025

🎥 The 1971 Le Mans race, when Steve McQueen turned the race into a film

Le Mans is the story of Michael Delaney (played by Steve McQueen), a racing driver who competes in the 24 Hours of Le Ma...
11/29/2025

Le Mans is the story of Michael Delaney (played by Steve McQueen), a racing driver who competes in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.
Delaney faces a formidable rival in the race, Erich Stahler (played by Siegfried Rauch), and struggles with personal issues following the accident that killed his team's driver the previous year.
The story focuses on the extreme race at Le Mans and the real-life aspects of racing.

Barbara Minty was Steve McQueen’s third wife and final partner before his passing. A former model, she married McQueen i...
11/29/2025

Barbara Minty was Steve McQueen’s third wife and final partner before his passing. A former model, she married McQueen in January 1980, just months before he died in November of that year.

They first met in 1977 when McQueen, captivated by her photos in magazines, asked his agent to arrange a meeting. Their relationship quickly grew, and she stayed by his side through his battle with cancer. After his death, Minty wrote Steve McQueen: The Last Mile (2007), a book filled with personal photos and stories of their time together.

I like this photo a lot because this is what we would do as teens on our dirt bikes in the early 70s - fill up at the lo...
11/29/2025

I like this photo a lot because this is what we would do as teens on our dirt bikes in the early 70s - fill up at the local station before hitting the local ranch roads and trails. I lived in what was once a small farming/ranching community, so there was dirt for miles right out of the gas station

Steve McQueen: "Every time I think the world has gone bad, I see people having fun on motorcycles."
11/29/2025

Steve McQueen: "Every time I think the world has gone bad, I see people having fun on motorcycles."

Perkins, Sylvia Miles, Joshua Logan, Nedda Logan, Lee Radziwill, Irene Mayer Selznick, Paula Prentiss, Berry Berenson, P...
11/29/2025

Perkins, Sylvia Miles, Joshua Logan, Nedda Logan, Lee Radziwill, Irene Mayer Selznick, Paula Prentiss, Berry Berenson, Pauline Trigère, Lena Horne, Rex Reed, Cass Elliot, and Marvin Hamlisch at the New York screening of “Ash Wednesday” in November 1973.

11/29/2025

Sebring, 1970 Steve McQueen wasn’t there to play movie star, he came to race. With his left foot in a cast, he teamed with Peter Revson in a Porsche 908, same model used to film Le Mans. But this was real—twelve hours of heat, noise, and no second takes. They ran smooth and steady, leading late while Mario Andretti scrambled through a series of Ferraris plagued by issues. With minutes to go, Ferrari handed Andretti a fresh car, and he came charging back. He passed McQueen in the final laps, taking the win by just 23 seconds. McQueen and Revson finished second, no stuntman in sight—just grit, speed, and a busted foot.
Sebring 1970: Steve McQueen's Real Racing Battle
Discover Steve McQueen's intense racing experience at Sebring 1970, battling Ferrari for the win. A thrilling story of grit and speed!

11/29/2025

1969 Porsche 917K driven by Steve McQueen in the movie Le Mans on the auction block

Terrence Stephen McQueen, born March 24th 1930, was an American actor who defined and carved out the blueprint design fo...
11/29/2025

Terrence Stephen McQueen, born March 24th 1930, was an American actor who defined and carved out the blueprint design for the counter-culture young rebel archetype in the 1950s.

Along side characters and celebs like James Dean, McQueen would get his start in Hollywood young and soon be typecast as the youthful rebel in projects like “the Cincinnati kid” and “The Sand Pebbles”, the ladder of which would give McQueen his first academy award nomination, even being the highest paid actor in Hollywood come 1974.

McQueen served as a merchant marine in his early life which gave him an acquired taste for motor work, later racing himself under the alias Harvey Mushman”. It’s through this that his image and popular monicker came to fruition with people all over the country naming him the “King of Cool”.

An avid and active racer and flyer, McQueen would take any role he could if it meant he could perform his own stunts in either a car or motorcycle in movies like “The Great Escape”. He even entered professionally in the British Tour Car Championship driving a BMC mini and finishing 3rd overall. In 1970 he and Peter Revson entering into the 12 Hour of Sebring race and, despite racing with a cast over his left foot from a motorcycle accident 2 weeks prior, finished in a Porsche 908/02 only missing first overall by 21 seconds.

Tragically McQueen when he surprised at the age of 50 during a botched heart surgery in Mexico under an alias, against his Doctor’s wishes, to remove a spreading cancer.

McQueen influence in Hollywood and American fashion seriously cannot be understated as he was one of the first inspirations for a new generation of youth and rebellion.

This will always be my all time fav film 🎥 The Great Escape. Filmed 🎥 in Germany 🇩🇪 summer of 1962. Released in 1963. Pr...
11/29/2025

This will always be my all time fav film 🎥 The Great Escape. Filmed 🎥 in Germany 🇩🇪 summer of 1962. Released in 1963. Production stills. Behind the scenes and premiere!

Steve McQueen pictured taking a break from filming Le Mans, riding around on a Husqvarna dirt bike and wearing his Heuer...
11/29/2025

Steve McQueen pictured taking a break from filming Le Mans, riding around on a Husqvarna dirt bike and wearing his Heuer Monaco.

Actor Steve McQueen in his Porsche Speedster at the Riverside Raceway on April 26, 1959 in Moreno Valley, California.
11/29/2025

Actor Steve McQueen in his Porsche Speedster at the Riverside Raceway on April 26, 1959 in Moreno Valley, California.

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