More Fred Thompson: A Little Background

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I'll be honest, I don't really know much about Fred Thompson outside of a few details, and of course his acting. This article gives a bit of background on Fred and his personal life. I cannot attest to its accuracy, so if you want to check on a detail, please do your homework!

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The Tennessee stud: U.S. presidential candidate Fred Thompson's womanising ways

On a winter's day in 1958, Fred Thompson's classmates crammed into a stadium to watch the hulking 16-year-old football star in a match.

But their cheers turned to groans and girls had tears in their eyes as the handsome 6ft 5in youth slumped to the ground. When a group of coaches rushed to assess his injury, he flashed them a conspiratorial grin.

'How's the crowd taking it?' he whispered. Nearly a half century later, it is no surprise to anyone in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, that the schoolboy who always wanted to be centre stage is one of America's most popular actors.

At 65, Thompson plays District Attorney Arthur Branch in the TV series Law & Order and he has appeared alongside Sean Connery, Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis and Clint Eastwood in The Hunt For Red October, Days Of Thunder, Die Hard 2 and In The Line Of Fire. . .

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