His four-decade career also includes roles in several other Hollywood blockbusters, including Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Air Force One, and What Lies Beneath. When asked in which religion he was raised, Ford has jokingly responded, “Democrat.” He has also said that he feels “Irish as a person, but I feel Jewish as an actor.” Ford was active in the Boy Scouts of America, and achieved its second-highest rank, Life Scout. Ford felt his job was act like a bellboy. It was added to avoid confusion with a silent film actor named Harrison Ford, who appeared in more than 80 films between 1915 and 1932, and died in 1957. Ford soon dropped the “J” and worked for Universal Studios, playing minor roles in many television series throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Gunsmoke, Ironside, The Virginian, The F.B.I., Love, American Style, and Kung Fu. Ford’s carpentry work eventually landed him his first starring film role. Star Wars became one of the most successful movies of all time worldwide, and established Harrison Ford as a superstar. Ford wanted Lucas to write in the death of the iconic Han Solo at the end of either sequel, saying, “That would have given the whole film a bottom,” but Lucas refused.