The largely unknown actor and veteran walked home with the ... It was in that unique role that I came to know Harold Russell. Working as a producer on a television show in 1999, I was able to ...

Harold Russell was a U.S. Army soldier best known for his role as a wounded U.S. sailor who lost both hands in the 1946 film "The Best Years Of Our Lives." Russell was not a professional actor ...

Harold Russell, the disabled World War II veteran ... best director for William Wyler and best actor for Frederic March. It also won for best screenplay, music and editing. Russell’s two Oscars ...

Only one actor has ever won two Oscars for the same role, and this will likely never happen again. So this actor has a unique ...

It has been 43 years since Harold Russell leaped from the silver screen ... that you would hardly notice his handicap. He is the only actor to receive two Academy Awards for the same part.

From Purple Hearts to Flying Crosses, veterans can hold any number of decorations, but few can boast the title of Oscar winner. For his role as double amputee Homer Parrish in 1946's The Best ...

Harold Russell, the onetime meat cutter who lost both hands during World War II and went on to win an Academy Award for playing a disabled veteran in the 1946 film ”The Best Years of Our Lives ...