Harrison Ford
If the 1980s belonged to just one actor, it was Harrison Ford. The decade began with Ford playing iconic roles in two of the biggest film franchises ever; it ended with him having five of its highest-grossing movies and a billion dollars’ worth of ticket sales to his credit.
More importantly, the ‘80s also marked Ford’s emergence as a respected, multi-faceted Oscar-nominated actor who made interesting career choices and could carry intelligent movies just as well as a blaster or bullwhip.
Not that Ford’s success in the ‘80s looked certain. On the contrary, things seemed bleak for the carpenter-turned-actor at the start of had propelled him to stardom, Ford failed to capitalise on the success of his turn as Han Solo with , , and the , in which an embarrassed-looking Ford was forced to trade dialogue with Chewbacca’s family, including the Wookiee’s son, Lumpy…
