Considers The Mosquito Coast (1986) to be the favorite of all his movies.
Credited with "creating" what many believe to be the best scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) because he was suffering from a bout of dysentery at the time of filming: during the scene in Cairo with the swordsman in black, the script called for a much longer fight, but because of his condition, he quietly asked director Steven Spielberg if they could shorten the scene. Spielberg's reply was that the only way it could be done would be if Indy pulled out his gun and "just shot the guy." The rest of the crew, not aware of the change, laughed at this, and it remained in the final cut.
Danish pop duo "Souvenirs" named a song after the actor. The track "Harrison Ford" is on the CD "Villa Danmark" from 1998.
Daughter Georgia attends Wildwood School in Los Angeles, where the children of Demi Moore, Bill Pullman, Bruce Willis, Eddie Murphy, Steven Spielberg and several over music and entertainment personalities attend, and is great friends with Elliot Murphy, son of Eddie.
During his carpenter days, he built a deck for Sally Kellerman.
During his carpentry days, he also remodeled the bathroom of Judy Evans, a costume designer, who later did the costumes for sitcoms such as "Soap" (1977), "Benson" (1979), "The Golden Girls" (1985), & the dramatic series "Beauty and the Beast" (1987).
During the scene where he is frozen in carbonite in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Carrie Fisher says, "I love you." and Ford was supposed to reply "I love you too." but he suggested changing it to "I know."
Engaged to Calista Flockhart after reportedly asking her to marry him during Valentine's Day weekend of 2009, after the couple had known each other for eight years.
First worked with George Lucas on American Graffiti (1973). This actually almost cost him his iconic roles of Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Lucas originally decided he would not used any of the cast of American Graffiti on Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), but changed his mind after asking to Harrison to read for an audition, just so he would have the same number of actors reading for Han as were reading for Luke and Leia. He was later Steven Spielberg's first choice for the role of Indiana Jones, but Lucas initially resisted, saying that, having made two films with him already, he did not want Ford to "become my Robert De Niro," referring to Martin Scorsese's use of him in several films.
Ford and Calista Flockhart's Santa Fe wedding was presided over by New Mexico's governor Bill Richardson. The modest ceremony was attended by Richardson, his wife Barbara and the newlyweds' adopted son Liam Flockhart.
Graduated high school in the same class as Robert Piepho, the Dean of the UMKC School of Pharmacy.
Had no formal training as a carpenter. He borrowed books on carpentry from the library, studied them and then practiced in an empty house before he got good enough at it that it became his primary job before becoming a major Hollywood actor. He found he enjoyed carpentry so much that he kept it as a hobby.
Has a scar on his chin which he got in 1968 when he tried to "buckle up" while already driving, and lost control of the car. The scar has been explained in two of his films: in the River Phoenix introductory sequence in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), an inexperienced young Indy hits himself in the chin the first time he tries to use the whip; and in Working Girl (1988), he first says that he got the scar in a knife fight, then admits that the true story is that he knocked his chin on a toilet after fainting during an ear-piercing.
Has a species of Central American ant (Peidole harrisonfordi) and spider (Calponia Harrisonfordi) named after him in honor of his conservation work.
Has been in three films written by Lawrence Kasdan, but never one directed by him. Kasdan wrote Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Has been pursued by two generations of the Fett family of bounty hunters. In Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), he is captured by Boba Fett at the end of the film. In Six Days Seven Nights (1998) he is pursued by Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett, and his progeny, the stormtroopers, in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
Has named Gregory Peck and Gary Cooper as his favorite actors. Two of his favorite movies are the anti-McCarthyism western High Noon (1952), for which Cooper won his second Oscar, and the civil rights drama To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), for which Peck won his only Oscar.
Has played three characters named "Jack" in four films.
Has played two (fictional) US Presidents. In Air Force One (1997), he plays President James Marshall. In Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), based on Tom Clancy's series of books, he plays Jack Ryan. Although he did not play the actual President in those films, in Clancy's series Ryan is appointed Vice President and later succeeds to the Oval Office when the President dies.
Has worked with two leading cast members from the Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - the Hidden Empire (1995) (VG) video game. Julie Eccles as Irene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Jamison Jones as one of his fellow officers in Hollywood Homicide (2003).