A small plane piloted by Hollywood actor Harrison Ford has crash-landed at an L.A. golf course.
The star of so many blockbuster movies was piloting a vintage 2-seater fighter plane when the plane suffered a malfunction and Penmar golf course in Venice, CA.
Sources say the 72-year old Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head before being rushed to a nearby hospital.
And reports say it’s not the first time the avid aviator has crashed but then it has to be the first time he’s touched down on a golf course.
Harrison Ford crashes onto golf course.
Ford gained worldwide fame for his starring roles asHan Solo in the original Star Wars epic space opera trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. Ford is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in the 1982 neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner, John Book in the 1985 thriller Witness and Jack Ryan in the 1992 action-suspense film Patriot Gamesand the 1994 spy action thriller film Clear and Present Danger.
His career has spanned six decades and includes roles in several Hollywood blockbusters; including the epic war film Apocalypse Now (1979), the legal drama Presumed Innocent (1990), the action film The Fugitive (1993), the political action thriller Air Force One (1997) and the psychological thriller What Lies Beneath (2000).
At one point, four of the top six box-office hits of all time included one of his roles.[1] Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry: American Graffiti (1973), The Conversation (1974), Star Wars (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Blade Runner (1982).
In 1997, Ford was ranked No. 1 in Empire ’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list. As of July 2008, the US domestic box office grosses of Ford’s films total over US$3.5 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $6 billion, making Ford the 4th highest grossing U.S. domestic box-office star.
Ford is married to actress Calista Flockhart, who is known for playing the title role in the comedy-drama series Ally McBeal.
* Background thanks to www.wikipedia.com
