He and his Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) co-star Mark Hamill were both considered for the role of the bumbling wizard Schmendrick in the animated The Last Unicorn (1982).
He and his first wife, Mary Marquardt, had two children: Benjamin Ford (b. 22 September 1967) and Willard Ford (b. 14 May 1969).
He and his second wife, Melissa Mathison, had two children: Malcolm Carswell Ford (b. 10 March 1987) and Georgia (b. 30 June 1990).
He had a role as the school principal in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) who lectures Elliot about the dangers of alcohol. The scene was cut because director Steven Spielberg felt that Ford's presence would break the flow of the film. The only footage known to exist appeared in The E.T. Storybook released at the same time as the film.
He has acted alongside four actors from "The Lord of the Rings" series before they appeared in the trilogy. John Rhys-Davies in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Viggo Mortensen in Witness (1985); Sean Bean in Patriot Games (1992) and Miranda Otto in What Lies Beneath (2000).
He has two grandsons. Eliel (Willard's son) was born in 1993 and Ethan (Ben's son) was born in 2000.
He initially argued against casting Sean Connery as his father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) because Connery was only 12-years older. He later changed his mind and found he enjoyed working with Connery immensely.
He nearly turned down the role of Henry in Regarding Henry (1991) because the main character was a trial lawyer. He had just played one in Presumed Innocent (1990), and was afraid of being typecast. He took the role when he realized that Henry would only be functioning as a lawyer for the first ten minutes of the film.
He owns an Aviat Husky.
He provided the whip-cracks on the song "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)" for Jimmy Buffett's album "Last Mango in Paris"
He suffered a back injury while filming Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and underwent an experimental (at the time) disc operation utilizing a papaya enzyme. While he was away Steven Spielberg filmed around him as best he could, including most of the conveyor belt scene, using Vic Armstrong, a British-born stunt man who looked so much like Ford that members of the crew were always confusing the two. Ford resumed doing his own stunts upon his return, and his close-ups were added later into the finished film.
He turned down Kevin Costner's roles in JFK (1991), The Untouchables (1987), Dragonfly (2002), the role of Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990) and The Sum of All Fears (2002), Russell Crowe's role in Proof of Life (2000), Nick Nolte's roles in Cape Fear (1991) and The Thin Red Line (1998), Warren Beatty's role as Dick Tracy (1990), Liam Neeson's role in Schindler's List (1993), Mel Gibson's role in The Patriot (2000), George Clooney's ro
He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity in college.
He was billed as Harrison J. Ford until 1970 for less confusion between him and silent-screen actor Harrison Ford. He actually has no middle name.
He was offered the title role in Schindler's List (1993) but declined, saying that some people would not be able to look past him as a star to see the importance of the film.
He was voted the 46th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
His and Kevin Costner's casting choices have crossed paths many times before. Ford turned down the Jack Ryan role in The Hunt for Red October (1990), as did Costner. Ford instead made Presumed Innocent (1990) and Costner made his Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves (1990). The Jack Ryan role went to Alec Baldwin.
His character, Han Solo, was ranked number 33 in Comedy Central's 'Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses'.
His characters, Han Solo and Indiana Jones respectively, are both brutally tortured in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), the second installments of both trilogies.
His ex-wife, Melissa Mathison, wrote the screenplay for E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982).