Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

134

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-05-01

Deathday

2006-08-30 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Also Known As

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
Gwyllyn Ford
Гленн Форд
گلن فورد

Glenn Ford

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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.

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Known For

7.1%

Superman

Dec 14, 1978

6.7%

Superman II

Dec 12, 1980

7.5%

Gilda

Apr 25, 1946

7.7%

The Big Heat

Oct 14, 1953

7.2%

3:10 to Yuma

Aug 7, 1957

6.7%

Midway

Jun 18, 1976

7.2%

Is Paris Burning?

Oct 26, 1966

6.0%

Happy Birthday to Me

May 15, 1981

7.3%

Pocketful of Miracles

Dec 18, 1961

6.9%

Blackboard Jungle

Mar 25, 1955

6.8%

Human Desire

Aug 5, 1954

7.1%

Experiment in Terror

Apr 12, 1962

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Acting

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

1990		Star Life as Self (archive footage)
1990		Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream as Self

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

1986

My Town as Lucas Wheeler

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

1980		Superman II as Jonathan Kent in Opening Montage (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980		Virus as President Richardson
1980		The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self

1979		Day of the Assassin as Christakis
1979		The Gift as Billy Devlin
1979		Beggarman, Thief as David Donnelly
1979		When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self - Host
1979		The Sacketts 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: No Margin for Error as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes

1977

The 3,000 Mile Chase as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck

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

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

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

1973		Santee as Santee
1973		Police Story
1973		Jarrett as Sam Jarrett

1972		Sam Cade as Sam Cade
1972		The Marshal of Madrid as Sam Cade

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

1970

The Brotherhood of the Bell 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		Rage as Reuben
1966		Is Paris Burning? as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

1965		The Dean Martin Show
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

1963		Hollywood and the Stars as Self (archive footage)
1963		Love Is a Ball as John Lathrop Davis
1963		The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Tom Corbett

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
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		The Dick Powell Show as Self - Guest Host
1961		Cry for Happy as Harue

1960		Cimarron as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
1960		The Gazebo as Elliott Nash

1959

It Started with a Kiss 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

1955		Have Faith in Our Children as Himself
1955		Trial as David Blake
1955		MGM Parade as Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage)
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		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		This Is Your Life as Self
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
1950		The Bob Hope Show as Self

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

Framed as Mike Lambert

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

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

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

Pocketful of Miracles as Associate Producer