Harrison Ford was born July 13, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, to an Irish Catholic father and a Russian Jewish mother.
Growing up in the Illinois suburb of Des Plaines, young Harry (as he was referred to as a child) did not share the rugged, adventurous, heroic characteristics that he shares with most of his onscreen characters. While his high school years at Maine Township High were better, Ford was the scrawny, nerdy little boy that was a common target of neighborhood bullies.
Although Ford had no direction in life, not to mention no motivation to learn, he continued in his studies and attended Ripon College, in Wisconsin. A conservative school with high expectations, Ford felt claustrophobic and not ready to conform to the College's rigidity. |
