The Real-Life Indiana Jones?
Published by Jason March 17th, 2008 in Great Men, Movies, Uncategorized. Share This
I had never heard this! I’m doing a quick troll of Wikipedia to see if I can find anything — HOWEVER reading a quick blurb about a new series in production for the Smithsonian Channel entitiled True Story suggests the character is based on a real person.
The new series will explore the real-life history of Indiana Jones (The
fourth movie in the series opens in May)
Wikipedia suggests a few possible sources… such as Roy Chapman Andrews, an Adventurer/Naturalist and Hiram Bingham III who discovered the lost city of Macchu Picchu and then went on to serve as Govenor of Connecticut and serve in the US Senate.
I could swear, but I don’t know where I heard it, that Indy was based on Allan Quartermain.
Regardless, it sounds fun to me! Other episodes will focus on Eliot Ness and the Untouchables, and the famous 3 man escape from Alcatraz Island.
Andrews, at least, is the real deal. I went to Beloit College, and for a dinky little liberal arts college with about 1300 students it’s got a killer anthropology museum.
i recently ran into a guy claiming to be the inspiration for indiana jones…..i even have his card….