# Harrison Ford's body in Temple of Doom--The best men's body in film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700 "2021-06-20T20:43:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700/1 "2021-06-20T20:43:32Z")
I just saw Temple of Doom in the theater. Harrison Ford looks great in it. Unlike today’s action stars, he has a body that fits his character and is achievable by a normal (non-juiced), active man. Mel Gibson looked great in Lethal Weapon, too. Way better than today’s freaks or their contemporary Arnold. And Ford wasn’t waxed smooth like a child. Thoughts? [https://www.google.com/search?q=Harrison+Ford+Temple+of+Doom+body&client=ms-android-samsung-gs-rev1&prmd=inv&sxsrf=ALeKk01upjlty9yaC5pAME0NBcUKizYPzA:1624221303321&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvj8juh6fxAhXELs0KHVSkCDwQ\_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=722&dpr=3.5](https://www.google.com/search?q=Harrison+Ford+Temple+of+Doom+body&client=ms-android-samsung-gs-rev1&prmd=inv&sxsrf=ALeKk01upjlty9yaC5pAME0NBcUKizYPzA:1624221303321&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvj8juh6fxAhXELs0KHVSkCDwQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=722&dpr=3.5) ---
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Mel Gibson, Braveheart. Sam Hueghan in _Outlander_. What is it about Scotsmen? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700/3 "2021-06-20T21:09:02Z")
Brad Pitt in _Thelma & Louise_. [https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SwITnQv183g/maxresdefault.jpg](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SwITnQv183g/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
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Burt Lancaster [https://assets.mubicdn.net/images/notebook/post\_images/28642/images-w1400.jpg?1563810673](https://assets.mubicdn.net/images/notebook/post_images/28642/images-w1400.jpg?1563810673) Kirk Douglas [https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1098,format=auto/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/d8/images/methode/2020/02/06/9bc02150-4876-11ea-befc-ef9687daaa85\_image\_hires\_085504.JPG?itok=v9\_nU7Yh&v=1580950511](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1098,format=auto/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/d8/images/methode/2020/02/06/9bc02150-4876-11ea-befc-ef9687daaa85_image_hires_085504.JPG?itok=v9_nU7Yh&v=1580950511) Charlton Heston [American actor Charlton Heston as Moses in 'The Ten Commandments',... News Photo - Getty Images](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/american-actor-charlton-heston-as-moses-in-the-ten-news-photo/155465005) ---
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Clint Walker [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPcJE2CXkAAiI0d.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPcJE2CXkAAiI0d.jpg) Sean Connery [https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-348tgPD2IjM/XWZrgKdQbgI/AAAAAAADnT4/FDyDLJFCGoUxf-hfVvN72qXiY8Qz30\_0gCLcBGAs/s1600/sean-connery-mr-universe.jpg](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-348tgPD2IjM/XWZrgKdQbgI/AAAAAAADnT4/FDyDLJFCGoUxf-hfVvN72qXiY8Qz30_0gCLcBGAs/s1600/sean-connery-mr-universe.jpg) ---
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Patrick Stewart: [https://cdn2.rsc.org.uk/sitefinity/images/people/rsc-staff-and-artists-(not-actors)/john-barton/tribute-images/7-a-midsummer-night\_s-dream\_-1977\_-puck-and-oberon-\_photo-by-joe-cocks-studio-collection-51921.tmb-img-1824.jpg?sfvrsn=8bbe3821\_1](https://cdn2.rsc.org.uk/sitefinity/images/people/rsc-staff-and-artists-(not-actors)/john-barton/tribute-images/7-a-midsummer-night_s-dream_-1977_-puck-and-oberon-_photo-by-joe-cocks-studio-collection-51921.tmb-img-1824.jpg?sfvrsn=8bbe3821_1) ---
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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Brad Pitt in _Thelma & Louise_ . Close, but doesn’t compare to [Shirtless Paul Newman](https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=112936968723437&set=a.112937632056704). ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700/8 "2021-06-21T02:27:09Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Close, but doesn’t compare to [Shirtless Paul Newman](https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=112936968723437&set=a.112937632056704) Jesus. He looks great. ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700/9 "2021-06-21T02:30:51Z")
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**Modnote** : Thread will reopen shortly. This is something fairly new for the SDMB and we’re discussing what to do. ~~For the time being, do not post beefcake images directly. Either blur them or keep them as links.~~ ~~I’m considering this on par with a thread posting actresses in bikinis and we would almost certainly stop such. Give us a little time to come to a consensus please and follow the modnote for now.~~ Thank you, Jim ---
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> [@needscoffee](#): > > [https://cdn2.rsc.org.uk/sitefinity/images/people/rsc-staff-and-artists-(not-actors)/john-barton/tribute-images/7-a-midsummer-night\_s-dream\_-1977\_-puck-and-oberon-\_photo-by-joe-cocks-studio-collection-51921.tmb-img-1824.jpg?sfvrsn=8bbe3821\_1](https://cdn2.rsc.org.uk/sitefinity/images/people/rsc-staff-and-artists-(not-actors)/john-barton/tribute-images/7-a-midsummer-night_s-dream_-1977_-puck-and-oberon-_photo-by-joe-cocks-studio-collection-51921.tmb-img-1824.jpg?sfvrsn=8bbe3821_1) Looks like the closing may have killed the thread, but I just have to say I think it’s a bit funny that he appears to have a receding hairline even back then. I wonder how early he went bald? Other than Star Trek, the only thing I know him from is the movie _Excalibur_, and he was a bald 40 year old in that. ---
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> [@mordecaiB](#): > > Looks like the closing may have killed the thread, but I just have to say I think it’s a bit funny that he appears to have a receding hairline even back then. I wonder how early he went bald? Other than Star Trek, the only thing I know him from is the movie _Excalibur_ , and he was a bald 40 year old in that. I’ve known guys who started going bald at 20. I suspect he might be one of them, too. ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700/15 "2021-06-22T14:55:12Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I’ve known guys who started going bald at 20. I suspect he might be one of them, too. He just has too much testosterone. ---
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**Modnote** : You can ignore the prior modnote instructions. No problem with non-prurient imagery. I did a strike-through through most of it and the Staff Notice is removed. ---
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i believe mr stewart said in interviews, he started going bald at 19 and lost most of his hair in his early 20s. i had a high school teacher who had the same balding pattern. started at 19 and was full horseshoe by 21. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700/18 "2021-06-22T15:10:45Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Close, but doesn’t compare to [Shirtless Paul Newman](https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=112936968723437&set=a.112937632056704). Yes. And the difference is instructive. Pitt (at least in that picture) is pushing it. That’s a gym-built body. Waxed and buffed and no doubt treated with lotions and massages and skin-burnishing stuff. The Connery pics above are more of the same. Those are basically pics of body-builders. And even the Scott Glenn shot makes him look like a gym rat. Lancaster and Heston look like fit, good-looking men. Newman, on the other hand, just looks as good as it’s humanly possible for a man to get without looking like a gym rat. ---
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> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Mel Gibson, Braveheart. Sam Hueghan in _Outlander_ . What is it about Scotsmen? Kilts. Even if they’re not wearing one, that’s totally what’s on _your_ mind: underwear-free kilts. You, mah-Daahm, are a naughty woman. And a darn good thing it is. 😉 ---
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