Actors, athletes and mass murderers – it takes everything to drive trucks. With brief details of his involvement in the trade and his subsequent celebrity, here’s a countdown of the top 10 stars who worked as truckers before they became famous, with varying degrees of success.
#10 Chris Tarrant:
Best known for hosting the television show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’, this radio and television presenter held a number of jobs before breaking into television. Tarrant’s previous roles include long-distance trucker, security officer, and school teacher.
#9 Chris Eubank:
Chris Eubank stands out as the only member of our list who has dedicated himself to driving trucks. after He became famous. In October 2003, a politically motivated Eubank arrived in Whitehall in his personal heavy vehicle to protest the war in Iraq. The former world middleweight champion boxer ended up being arrested for blocking the gates to Downing Street, driving through Parliament Square honking his horn with a knife in his pocket and reversing a delivery van.
#8 Hudson Rock:
Hudson was a popular American television and film actor and romantic lead in the 1950s and 1960s. During World War II, Hudson served as a Navy aircraft mechanic, and after the war he was a truck driver. His size and good looks led him to movies.
#7 Chevy Chase:
Our Number Seven is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, and film and television actor. Before his breakthrough as a comedian, Chase worked as a truck driver, taxi driver, motorcycle messenger, waiter, busboy, construction worker, audio engineer, supermarket production manager, wine shop salesperson, and food usher. theater.
#6 Clear Long Distance:
The only woman on our list, and unfortunately Clara, the fictional giant-driver, was the star of the 1980s children’s cartoon “Pigeon Street.” Some see Long Distance Clara as an anonymous feminist icon: her marriage to chef Hugo proved a refreshing reversal of gender stereotypes.
#5Charles Bronson:
Charles Bronson was an American “tough guy” actor who made his name starring in a number of major Hollywood films, including “The Great Escape” and “The Dirty Dozen.” Before becoming famous, Bronson was drafted into the Army and assigned to the Air Corps in 1943. He started out as a trucker and later trained as a pilot, winning awards for good service from him.
#4 Richard Pryor:
Pryor was the first African-American comedian to speak candidly to mixed audiences using the language and jokes of the black community. He worked numerous jobs before finding fame, including truck driving and meatpacking.
#3Liam Neeson:
Liam Neeson is a movie star best known for his role as Oskar Schindler in the 1993 blockbuster ‘Schindler’s List.’ Neeson, born in Ireland, once worked as a truck driver and forklift operator for Guinness, an assistant architect and an amateur boxer.
#2 Sean Connery:
This retired Scottish actor is best known for playing James Bond in seven Bond films. Heartthrob Connery joined the Royal Navy after leaving school, but was discharged for medical reasons. He went on to a succession of jobs, including trucker, farmer and lifeguard.
#1 Elvis Presley:
The American singer, musician, actor, and cultural icon took truck driving as one of his jobs after graduation. The future ‘King’ drove a truck for the aptly named ‘Crown Electric Company’. Presley even started wearing his longer hair in a ‘ponytail’, the style for truckers at the time. A musician for whom a young Elvis Presley auditioned advised him to “just drive a truck, because you’ll never become a singer.”
The Mass Murderer – Peter Sutcliffe:
Arguably the most evil and deranged presence in truck driving history, the ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ is too nasty to be in our top 10. Between 1975 and 1984, this trucker and former gravedigger killed 13 women in a span of five years. year of reign of terror before being sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in jail. At his arrest, Sutcliffe claimed that God had told him to go out and kill prostitutes. A sad stain on the good name of truck driving.
Celebs Who Were Truckers Before They Were Famous: A heady mix of talent, eccentricity, antipathy, and downright brilliant. Who knows what magical creatures sit behind the wheels of our country’s trucks today?
