How old was Steve McQueen in the movie The Great Escape?
Steve McQueen was 32 in The Great Escape when he played the character 'Captain Hilts'.
That was over 61 years ago in 1963.
In 1980 he died aged just 50, starring in 48 films in his career, 36 of those after The Great Escape was first released. If he were alive today he would be 94.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In The Great Escape, I think Steve McQueen looks:
Did you know?
- Director John Sturges has worked with Steve McQueen a total of 3 times in his career.
- Steve McQueen's first movie was as 'Young Man Trying to Ring the Bell' in Girl on the Run, released in 1953 when he was 22
- The Great Escape scores 7.95 out of 10 on TMDB.
