Steve McQueen was perfectly cast as Eric “The Kid” Stoner in The Cincinnati Kid, a story of gambling in New Orleans that acted as the perfect vehicle for his calm and unshakable cool-guy persona.

In Tom Horn, McQueen—already gravely ill with the cancer that would claim his life—delivers one of his final, most understated performances in this violent action Western that was different ...

EXCLUSIVE: Steve McQueen, hailed as "The King of Cool," saw the light before he succumbed to cancer. The actor, who died on Nov. 7, 1980, at age 50, is being remembered in a new book commemorating ...

Steve McQueen was a real person. But you wouldn't know it by the way the actor has been transformed into a two-dimensional King of Cool by pop culture. GALLERY: Snapshots from Steve McQueen's life.

In 1968, as his celebrity was cresting, Steve McQueen produced and starred in Bullitt. He had been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor the year before for his dramatic role in The Sand ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen is revealing today that two years ago he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent a procedure to remove the tumor. Thankfully, the filmmaker is now ...

STEVE MCQUEEN turned over a new leaf when he was in his late 40s by becoming a born-again Christian. Just six months later, he was diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer, and shortly after, his ...

In 1972, police in Anchorage, Alaska, arrested Steve McQueen for speeding and doing doughnuts in a rented Oldsmobile Toronado. “He really raised hell for quite a while,” said witness Lynn ...

LONDON — Steve McQueen is hopeful. It’s a viewpoint that’s admittedly discordant with what’s happening in the world, but the British director embraces a flame of optimism.

The Porsche 930 in question was owned by Steve McQueen, and over the weekend the car that belonged to the King of Cool brought $1.95 million at the Mecum Auctions sale in Monterey on Saturday.