Still of Harold Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Caption: Still of Harold Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: January 14, 1914
Star sign: Capricorn
Known for: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Inside Moves (1980), Dogtown (1997), The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980)
Source: IMDB
Harold John Russell was born in Nova Scotia in 1914. His family moved to Cambridge Massachusetts when his father died in 1919. He was training paratroopers at Camp MacKall NC on June 6, 1944 when some TNT he was using exploded in his hands. He lost both hands. After receiving hooks, and training on them, he was chosen to make an Army training film...