Harold Russell, double amputee, who won an Academy Award for his first and only previous film,”The Best Years of Our Lives,” and is now at work on Richard Donner’s film “Inside movies.” ...

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 ...

The man responsible for this tremendous awards achievement is Harold Russell, who won two Oscars for the same role, Homer Parrish in the Best Picture Oscar-winning film "The Best Years of Our Lives." ...

Harold Russell, center, holding his special award and Best Supporting Actor Oscars, with Samuel Goldwyn (left) and 'The Best Years' director William Wyler. Bettmann/Getty Images But the Academy ...

Harold Russell, the disabled World ... one for best supporting actor and a special award from the academy’s governors, made him the only actor in Oscar history to win two awards for the same role.

It has been 43 years since Harold Russell leaped from the silver screen into the hearts and minds of Americans.A double amputee who lost his hands in a World War II training accident, Russell was ...

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 ...

Harold Russell, the disabled World War II veteran who received two Academy Awards for his role in "The Best Years of Our Lives," has died. Harold Russell, 88; Disabled Actor Won 2 Oscars for 'The ...

Harold Russell, 88, a disabled World War II veteran who received two Academy Awards for his riveting portrayal of a double amputee in the 1946 homecoming film "The Best Years of Our Lives," died ...