Glenn Ford

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 134

Gender Male

Birthday May 1, 1916

Day of Death August 30, 2006 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Also Known As

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
Gwyllyn Ford
Гленн Форд
گلن فورد

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Glenn Ford

Biography

Glenn Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era, with a career that spanned seven decades. Despite his versatility, Ford was best known for playing ordinary men in unusual circumstances, and appeared in films such as Glinda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), and Superman (1978).

Known For

Acting

2016

as Ben Wade (archive footage)

1991		Final Verdict as Rev. Rogers
1991		Raw Nerve as Captain Gavin

1990

as Self

1989		Border Shootout as Sheriff Danaher
1989		Casablanca Express as Major Gen. Williams
1989		William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self

1986

as Lucas Wheeler

1982

as Self

1981		Happy Birthday to Me as Dr. David Faraday
1981		Great White Death as Narrator

1980		Superman II as Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980		Virus as President Richardson

1979		The Gift as Billy Devlin
1979		Day of the Assassin as Christakis
1979		Beggarman, Thief as David Donnelly
1979		When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self - Host
1979		The Sacketts 2 episodes as Tom Sunday
1979		The Hollywood Clowns as Narrator (voice)
1979		The Visitor as Det. Jake Durham

1978		Superman as Pa Kent
1978		Evening in Byzantium as Jesse Craig
1978		Police Story 1 episode
1978		Police Story: No Margin for Error as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
1978		Dinah! 1 episode as Self

1977

as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck

1976		Once an Eagle 7 episodes as George Caldwell
1976		Midway as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

1975		The Family Holvak 10 episodes
1975		Long Way Home as Rev. Tom Holvak

1974		Punch and Jody as Peter 'Punch' Travers
1974		The Greatest Gift as Rev. Holvak
1974		The Disappearance of Flight 412 as Colonel Pete Moore

1973		Santee as Santee
1973		Jarrett as Sam Jarrett

1972		The Dean Martin Show 1 episode
1972		The Marshal of Madrid as Sam Cade
1972		Sam Cade as Sam Cade

1971		Cade's County 24 episodes as Sheriff Sam Cade
1971		V.I.P. Schaukel 2 episodes as Self

1970

as Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson

1969		Heaven with a Gun as Jim Killan
1969		Smith! as Smith

1968		The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
1968		Day of the Evil Gun as Lorn Warfield

1967		The Last Challenge as Marshal Dan Blaine
1967		A Time for Killing as Tom Wolcott

1966		The Bob Hope Show 2 episodes as Self
1966		Rage as Reuben
1966		Is Paris Burning? as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
1966		The Merv Griffin Show 1 episode as Self

1965		The Money Trap as Joe Baron
1965		Dear Heart as Harry Mork
1965		The Rounders as Ben Jones

1964		Fate Is the Hunter as Sam McBane
1964		Advance to the Rear as Capt. Jared Heath
1964		Hollywood and the Stars 1 episode as Self (archive footage)

1963		Love Is a Ball as John Lathrop Davis
1963		The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Tom Corbett
1963		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1 episode as Self
1963		The Dick Powell Show 1 episode as Self - Guest Host

1962		Experiment in Terror as John Ripley
1962		The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Julio Desnoyers

1961		Pocketful of Miracles as Dave 'The Dude' Conway
1961		Cry for Happy as Harue

1960		Cimarron as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
1960		Golden Globe Awards 2 episodes as Self - Presenter
1960		The Gazebo as Elliott Nash

1959

as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick

1958		Torpedo Run as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
1958		Imitation General as MSgt. Murphy Savage
1958		The Sheepman as Jason Sweet
1958		Cowboy as Tom Reese

1957		The Day Called X as Narrator
1957		Don't Go Near the Water as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
1957		3:10 to Yuma as Ben Wade
1957		The Teahouse of the August Moon as Captain Fisby

1956		Operation Teahouse as Self
1956		The Fastest Gun Alive as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
1956		Jubal as Jubal Troop
1956		Ransom! as David G. 'Dave' Stannard
1956		MGM Parade 2 episodes as Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage)

1955		Have Faith in Our Children as Himself
1955		Trial as David Blake
1955		Interrupted Melody as Dr. Thomas King
1955		Blackboard Jungle as Richard Dadier
1955		The Violent Men as John Parrish
1955		The Americano as Sam Dent

1954		Human Desire as Jeff Warren
1954		This Is Your Life 1 episode as Self
1954		City Story as Narrator

1953		Appointment in Honduras as Jim Corbett
1953		The Big Heat as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
1953		Plunder of the Sun as Al Colby
1953		The Man from the Alamo as John Stroud
1953		Time Bomb as Peter Lyncort

1952		Affair in Trinidad as Steve Emery
1952		Young Man with Ideas as Maxwell Webster
1952		The Green Glove as Michael 'Mike' Blake

1951		The Secret of Convict Lake as Jim Canfield
1951		Follow the Sun as Ben Hogan
1951		The Redhead and The Cowboy as Gil Kyle

1950		The Flying Missile as William A. Talbot
1950		Convicted as Joe Hufford
1950		The White Tower as Martin Ordway

1949		The Doctor and the Girl as Dr. Michael Corday
1949		Mr. Soft Touch as Joe Miracle
1949		Lust for Gold as Jacob 'Dutch' Walz
1949		The Undercover Man as Frank Warren

1948		The Return of October as Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.
1948		The Loves of Carmen as Don José
1948		The Man from Colorado as Col. Owen Devereaux
1948		The Mating of Millie as Doug Andrews

1947

as Mike Lambert

1946		Gallant Journey as John J. Montgomery
1946		A Stolen Life as Bill Emerson
1946		Gilda as Johnny Farrell

1943		Guadalcanal Diary as Marine Extra (uncredited)
1943		Destroyer as Mickey Donohue
1943		Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform as Himself
1943		The Desperadoes as Cheyenne Rogers
1943		Show-Business at War as Self

1942		Flight Lieutenant as Danny Doyle
1942		The Adventures of Martin Eden as Martin Eden

1941		Go West, Young Lady as Tex Miller
1941		Texas as Tod Ramsey
1941		So Ends Our Night as Ludwig Kern

1940		Blondie Plays Cupid as Charlie
1940		The Lady in Question as Pierre Morestan
1940		Babies for Sale as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
1940		Men Without Souls as Johnny Adams
1940		Convicted Woman as Jim Brent (Reporter)

1939		My Son Is Guilty as Barney
1939		Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Joe Riley

Production

1961

… Associate Producer

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