The giant Tom Selekshe has been enjoying his ranch for a few months now in her county Ventura in Californiain which he has been calm for 35 years, doing his farming work and unraveling his newspapers when he is not on television or cinematic plateau. Rather relieved by the completion of the popular television series ‘Blue Bloods’completed 14 seasons, the “tall” and sufficiently charming actor, “full” of his long career and the successes he has seen, sees that the time has come to leave the show.

However, Tom Selek maintains his hopes that he will turn another – last – good Western, where he excelled as a protagonist in cinema, as he has recently wanted to ride a horse again. A wish that I wish was the last gift that cinema could offer him, now preparing to celebrate his 80th year at his beloved ranch, along with his family.

The establishment of “Magnum”

Tom Selek, along with his 80 years, who admittedly do not see him, takes 55 years on the film and television plate, from his first appearance in interesting, thriller, television. ‘The Movie Murderer’. He was aware of the establishment in the 1980s, starring in the television series “Magnum” Thomas Magnuma private detective in Hawaii, who has had enormous success for eight years and gave him seven nominations for the Golden Globe, winning one of them. At the same time, Selek also starred in several films, mostly action adventures, while in the Western starring he showed that he could be John Wayne’s successor.

Ideal hero in the wrong season

Having his robust appearance, his charming masculinity, a characteristic deep voice used for both ads and his trademark mustache, as well as his relaxed and unmistakable interpretive ability, inspired trust as a hero who can cope with each other. Expectation, to become your “best” friend. Another qualification was the old -fashioned approach to his roles in Western and police adventures, as you thought he was coming directly from the cinematic universe of the past decades. At the same time, however, it gives the feeling of “unjust” as he appeared in the cinema late, as compared to many stars of the past, he probably outweighs. No, he will not be compared to Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, Bart Lancaster, Grecori Peck or Clark Gamble, but neither Radolf Scott, Joel McCrey or Odi Murphy were better.

But Tom Selek has nothing to do with John Wayne only cinematic, but also in many more, as we shall see below in the short resume. Their difference was mainly in the drink, in which the “Duke” “excelled” in women, as Selek is the definition of “family man” and a faithful man as opposed to the legendary actor.

From basketball to acting

Thomas William Selek was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 29, 1945 and is one of four children Martha Selek and Robert Dean Selekwhich was of English descent. His family moved to Sherman Oukesa neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1948, where he studied at the University of Southern California and played, with his exuberant physical skills in the USC Trojans men’s basketball team. He also played in a baseball team, and in the last year, he will leave his studies to pursue acting, studying at Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Tom Selek

Vietnam veteran

When he received a notice from the army in 1967 he will be ranked in the National Guard of the California Army and will be on the Vietnam front, serving for six years, reaching the rank of sergeant and acquiring several honorary medals. After all, there are often times when in his roles he will use his experience as a Vietnam veteran.

Loyalty

Selek, who made many other successes on television mainly in police series and televisions well above the average of the genre, will make a huge success in 1987 in family comedy ‘One baby for three’ by Leonard Nimoi, with their next to them Steve Gudenberg and Ted Dansonwhile there was a sequel, not just as successful, with a title ‘A girl for three’.

The best westerns

Tom Selek, however, was destined for Western, at a time when the favorite genre had fallen into depreciation and had lost his glory. Nevertheless, it will return quite a few westerns, which in some of them will be excellent and remind us that Westerns has not died permanently. In 1979 he will turn the melancholic and extremely charming “Shadow Riders”, with heroes of two wandering cowboys who realize that their time and values ​​have passed, with the other remarkable karatelista, Sam Eliot, directed by Veteran Maj. , who had a great deal of time in the genre and quite a few films with John Wayne. In 1990 he will star in the fascinating Western “The Man of the Far Epirus”, while in 2001 he will still perform a good appearance on the “Spider Web” with Virginia Manchen at his side. Western’s latest was returned after two years again directed by Simon Wincher, on “Forgotten Hero”, co -stars Isabella Rossellini and Keith Karadain.

Traditional, in favor of gun possession and gentleman

Although not belonging to the Republican Party, Selk has been a supporter of the US gunman and has been a member of his infamous NRA for years and a spokesman for 2003, when his close friend Charlton Easton resigned until 1018, where he resigned from the Board of Directors. . However, like Wayne, who was famous for his super -conservative, patriotic and anti -communist ideas, though he was never at the forefront of a war like Selek, has never been a fanatic and letting his beliefs corrode his relationships with his colleagues or professionals in his area.

When he said no to Indiana Jones

THE Tom SelekBut it also belongs to the narrow circle of actors who have refused roles that will remain forever in the history of cinema. And of course he still thanks him GraceT, for the role of Indiana Jones, who was refused by Selek, as he was busy with Magnum at that time! A role that could have sent him to heaven and had changed everything in his career, which would surely have been launched and made it sought after – though there are always those who support and not unfounded that Spielberg was saved from this story. But also the cinematic myth of Indiana, which, as it turned out, wanted other features than Selek.

Humble but not disdainful

But Tom Selek has always had an innate humility, perhaps a strict self -awareness, and so he has no complaints from his life and career. He feels grateful for his “very lucky life” and is enough to be happy “a cigar and a glass of whiskey to close the day.” Always, to his favorite ranch and next to his wildflowers watching like his eyes.