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Harold Russell (1914-2002) was a Canadian-born American World War II veteran and Oscar® winning actor. He only appeared in only three movies. He won his Oscar® for 1946’s The Best Years Of Our Lives. His IMDb page shows 5 acting credits from 1946 to 1997. This page will rank Harold Russell movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition. This is the smallest amount of movies that we ranked on one page, tying James Dean’s 3 movies. This 72nd Best Supporting Actor Oscar® winner to get an UMR page.
Harold Russell Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Best IMDb Trivia On Harold Russell
1. Harold John Avery Russell was born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1914.
2. On June 6, 1944, while Harold Russell was an Army instructor, teaching demolition work with the U.S. 13th Airborne Division at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, a defective fuse detonated TNT explosives he was handling. As a result, he lost both hands and was given two hooks to serve as hands.
3. After Harold Russell’s recovery, and while attending Boston University as a full-time student, Russell was featured in Diary of a Sergeant, an Army film about rehabilitating war veterans. When film director William Wyler saw the film on Russell, he cast Russell in 1946’s The Best Years of Our Lives.
4. Harold Russell was the first of only two non-professional actors to win an Academy Award® for acting (the other being Haing S. Ngor). Russell actually received two Oscars®. One for acting and an Honorary Oscar® for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives.
5. In August 1992, Harold Russell sold his supporting-actor Oscar®, saying he needed the money to pay his wife’s medical bills and other expenses. An anonymous buyer paid $60,500, including a 10 percent commission for the auctioneer. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tried to keep him from selling his award, and offered to loan him money, but he turned them down. (Several Oscars have since been auctioned off posthumously, but the Academy now makes all recipients sign an agreement forbidding them from selling their Oscars®.)
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Unfortunately I have no grounds for a comment, have seen none of these movies, however, he has seemed to live an interesting life, and thank you for service and sacrifice.
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Hey Cogerson #2. Granddad used to share the Harold Russell trivia all the time….two Oscars for his first role…not many if any can make that claim. Thanks for stopping by.
I know Harold Russell from The Best Years of Our Lives, but did not realize he had appeared in a couple of other films, or that he was born in Canada. His performance in Best Years is unforgettable, one that must have brought some hope and inspiration to veterans who also suffered losing a limb during WWII. Shame that he had to sell his Oscar.
Hey PhiHoF17. Yep and other person with connections to Canada. Those are generally good people…lol. I agree, he is excellent in The Best Years Of Our Lives. His performance might be the only reason I go back and re-visit that one. I agree 100% with you…he brought lots of hope and inspiration to many veterans. Good stuff as always.
“He did win an Oscar though I have to give him credit for that. And looking at the trivia box the only other non-actor to win an acting Oscar was Haing S. Ngor for The Killing Fields. Interesting.”
STEVE: Among others who are in REALITY non-actors Stallone got a couple of NOMINATIONS. for Rocky and its rip-off Creed. But today massive hype/hard-sell and Big Money ensure that bucketloads of awards are handed out just for being famous and showing up for passable roles – or galavanting up and down the Rocky Steps.
An illustration of how today’s awards systems contrast greatly with that of yesteryear is provided by IMDB’s current listings:
LAURENCE OLIVIER
40 awards and 37 nominations – Overall total 77 honours
SYLVESTER STALLONE
58 awards and 69 nominations – Overall total 127 honours
No wonder guys like WH have been conned into thinking Sly can act and is up there with the acting Greats. Surely you though don’t believe Sly is miles better an actor than Larry as those stats suggest. For me Satllone is a somnolent who like Arnie is just a body-builder who got into acting with the crucial difference being that Arnie has a reasonable screen personality and a sense of humor and a self-depreciation totally lacking in Sly.
“I’ve found a new gimmick – it’s called ACTING!” Victor Mature’s ham actor in After the Fox when it suits the Mob to organises a major acting award for him.
Hey Bob….I am not a huge fan of Stallone’s…..so not sure why you think I think he is a great thespian. He is a star…but it is certainly not a great actor. I suspect he has Olivier beat in the awards because there are so many awards these days. Plus….some of thos might be Razzies….which I think Stallone owns the record for most…unless Adam Sandler holds that mark. Good information as always.