American actor Harrison Ford as the eponymous archaeologist and Scottish actor Sean Connery as his father Henry Jones during the motorcycle chase scene from the film 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade', 1989.
PLAYED BY: Sean Connery
HIS SITUATION: Practically ignoring his only child after the untimely death of his wife, Professor Jones re-enters Indiana’s life when père et fil join forces to hunt for the legendary Holy Grail.
PARENTING TRAIT WE ADMIRE: Detachment. Sure, that’s probably an exceedingly generous way to describe an absent parent, but it’s clear that Indy — charming, scholarly, obsessive — is his father’s son.
EXPLAINING, TO INDIANA, THE BENEFITS OF HIS HANDS-OFF APPROACH TO PARENTING: “Did I ever tell you to eat up? Go to bed? Wash your ears? Do your homework? No. I respected your privacy and I taught you self-reliance.”
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