back in the mid sixties when I was a student at the Univ of Houston they hired a bunch of students to be extras during the filming of “The Sand Pebbles”. Steve McQueen was there with his motorcycle racing up and down the oyster shell road in front of the Battleship Texas (not part of the movie, of course). At the very beginning of the movie McQueen’s character transferred from a battleship to the gunboat and the extras were used in that scene, but, since the movie was so long, our part ended up being cut from the movie. Still, it was fun watch a movie made up close. I didn’t get to talk to McQueen but did get to watch him doing stunts on his motorcycle. I think McQueen and Hubert Humphrey were to only famous people I’ve ever met.
I danced with Archie Manning at an Ole Miss Alumni party back in ‘92. He was very nice. Got his autograph too, but I couldn’t find it after Katrina. :(
Takiniteasy about 15 years ago
joe,
back in the mid sixties when I was a student at the Univ of Houston they hired a bunch of students to be extras during the filming of “The Sand Pebbles”. Steve McQueen was there with his motorcycle racing up and down the oyster shell road in front of the Battleship Texas (not part of the movie, of course). At the very beginning of the movie McQueen’s character transferred from a battleship to the gunboat and the extras were used in that scene, but, since the movie was so long, our part ended up being cut from the movie. Still, it was fun watch a movie made up close. I didn’t get to talk to McQueen but did get to watch him doing stunts on his motorcycle. I think McQueen and Hubert Humphrey were to only famous people I’ve ever met.
gulfcoastgrl about 15 years ago
I danced with Archie Manning at an Ole Miss Alumni party back in ‘92. He was very nice. Got his autograph too, but I couldn’t find it after Katrina. :(