Glenn Ford
- Acting
- May 1, 1916 · Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- August 30, 2006
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 Gilda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), and Superman (1978).
Known for
Filmography
- The Making of Midway · Self
- Final Verdict · Rev. Rogers
- Raw Nerve · Captain Gavin
- Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream · Self
- Border Shootout · Sheriff Danaher
- Casablanca Express · Major Gen. Williams
- William Holden: The Golden Boy · Self
- My Town · Lucas Wheeler
- The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' · Self
- Happy Birthday to Me · Dr. David Faraday
- Great White Death · Narrator
- Superman II · Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Virus · President Richardson
- Day of the Assassin · Christakis
- The Gift · Billy Devlin
- Beggarman, Thief · David Donnelly
- When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion · Self
- The Sacketts · Tom Sunday
- The Hollywood Clowns · Narrator (Voice)
- The Visitor · Det. Jake Durham
- Superman · Pa Kent
- Evening in Byzantium · Jesse Craig
- Police Story: No Margin for Error · Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
- The 3,000 Mile Chase · Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
- Once an Eagle · George Caldwell
- Midway · Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
- Long Way Home · Rev. Tom Holvak
- The Family Holvak
- Punch and Jody · Peter 'Punch' Travers
- The Greatest Gift · Rev. Holvak
- Dinah! · Self
- The Disappearance of Flight 412 · Colonel Pete Moore
- Santee · Santee
- Police Story
- Jarrett · Sam Jarrett
- Sam Cade · Sam Cade
- The Marshal of Madrid · Sam Cade
- Cade's County · Sheriff Sam Cade
- V.I.P. Schaukel · Self
- Once Upon a Wheel · Self
- The Brotherhood of the Bell · Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
- Heaven with a Gun · Jim Killan
- Smith! · Smith
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show · Self
- Day of the Evil Gun · Lorn Warfield
- A Time for Killing · Tom Wolcott
- The Last Challenge · Marshal Dan Blaine
- Rage · Reuben
- Is Paris Burning? · Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
- Hollywood Squares · Self
- The Dean Martin Show
- The Money Trap · Joe Baron
- Dear Heart · Harry Mork
- The Rounders · Ben Jones
- Fate Is the Hunter · Sam McBane
- Advance to the Rear · Capt. Jared Heath
- Hollywood and the Stars · Self
- Love is a Ball · John Lathrop Davis
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father · Tom Corbett
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- Experiment in Terror · John Ripley
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse · Julio Desnoyers
- Pocketful of Miracles · Dave 'The Dude' Conway, Associate Producer
- The Dick Powell Show · Self
- Cry for Happy · Andy Cyphers
- Cimarron · Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
- The Gazebo · Elliott Nash
- It Started with a Kiss · Joe Fitzpatrick
- Torpedo Run · Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
- Imitation General · MSgt. Murphy Savage
- The Sheepman · Jason Sweet
- Cowboy · Tom Reese
- The Day Called X · Narrator
- Don't Go Near the Water · Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
- 3:10 to Yuma · Ben Wade
- The Teahouse of the August Moon · Captain Fisby
- Operation Teahouse · Self
- The Fastest Gun Alive · George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
- Jubal · Jubal Troop