Glenn Ford

Known For: Acting
Born: May 1, 1916
Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Died: August 30, 2006

Glenn Ford

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).

Filmography

The Making of Midway

2001 · Self

Final Verdict

1991 · Rev. Rogers

Raw Nerve

1991 · Captain Gavin

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

1990 · Self

Border Shootout

1989 · Sheriff Danaher

Casablanca Express

1989 · Major Gen. Williams

William Holden: The Golden Boy

1989 · Self

My Town

1986 · Lucas Wheeler

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1982 · Self

Happy Birthday to Me

1981 · Dr. David Faraday

Great White Death

1981 · Narrator

Superman II

1980 · Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Virus

1980 · President Richardson

Day of the Assassin

1979 · Christakis

The Gift

1979 · Billy Devlin

Beggarman, Thief

1979 · David Donnelly

Beggarman, Thief

1979 · David Donnelly

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979 · Self - Host

The Sacketts

1979 · Tom Sunday

The Hollywood Clowns

1979 · Narrator (voice)

The Visitor

1979 · Det. Jake Durham

Superman

1978 · Pa Kent

Evening in Byzantium

1978 · Jesse Craig

Evening in Byzantium

1978 · Jesse Craig

Police Story: No Margin for Error

1978 · Deputy Chief Walter Hayes

The 3,000 Mile Chase

1977 · Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck

Once an Eagle

1976 · George Caldwell

Midway

1976 · Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Long Way Home

1975 · Rev. Tom Holvak

The Family Holvak

The Family Holvak

1975

Punch and Jody

1974 · Peter 'Punch' Travers

The Greatest Gift

1974 · Rev. Holvak

Dinah!

1974 · Self

The Disappearance of Flight 412

1974 · Colonel Pete Moore

Santee

1973 · Santee

Police Story

1973

Jarrett

1973 · Sam Jarrett

Sam Cade

1972 · Sam Cade

The Marshal of Madrid

1972 · Sam Cade

Cade's County

1971 · Sheriff Sam Cade

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971 · Self

Once Upon a Wheel

1971 · Self

The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970 · Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson

Heaven with a Gun

1969 · Jim Killan

Smith!

1969 · Smith

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968 · Self (uncredited)

Day of the Evil Gun

1968 · Lorn Warfield

A Time for Killing

1967 · Tom Wolcott

The Last Challenge

1967 · Marshal Dan Blaine

Rage

1966 · Reuben

Is Paris Burning?

1966 · Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Hollywood Squares

1966 · Self - Center Square

The Dean Martin Show

1965

The Money Trap

1965 · Joe Baron

Dear Heart

1965 · Harry Mork

The Rounders

1965 · Ben Jones

Fate Is the Hunter

1964 · Sam McBane

Advance to the Rear

1964 · Capt. Jared Heath

Hollywood and the Stars

1963 · Self (archive footage)

Love is a Ball

1963 · John Lathrop Davis

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963 · Tom Corbett

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

Experiment in Terror

1962 · John Ripley

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962 · Julio Desnoyers

Pocketful of Miracles

1961 · Dave 'The Dude' Conway, Associate Producer

The Dick Powell Show

1961 · Self - Guest Host

Cry for Happy

1961 · Andy Cyphers

Cimarron

1960 · Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat

The Gazebo

1959 · Elliott Nash

It Started with a Kiss

1959 · Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick

Torpedo Run

1958 · Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle

Imitation General

1958 · MSgt. Murphy Savage

The Sheepman

1958 · Jason Sweet

Cowboy

1958 · Tom Reese

The Day Called X

1957 · Narrator

Don't Go Near the Water

1957 · Lt. J.G. Max Siegel

3:10 to Yuma

1957 · Ben Wade

The Teahouse of the August Moon

1957 · Captain Fisby

Operation Teahouse

1956 · Self

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956 · George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.

Jubal

1956 · Jubal Troop

Ransom!

1956 · David G. 'Dave' Stannard

Have Faith in Our Children

1955 · Himself

Trial

1955 · David Blake

MGM Parade

1955 · Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage)

Interrupted Melody

1955 · Dr. Thomas King

Blackboard Jungle

1955 · Richard Dadier

The Violent Men

1955 · John Parrish

The Americano

1955 · Sam Dent

Human Desire

1954 · Jeff Warren

City Story

1954 · Narrator

Appointment in Honduras

1953 · Jim Corbett

The Big Heat

1953 · Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Plunder of the Sun

1953 · Al Colby

The Man from the Alamo

1953 · John Stroud

Time Bomb

1953 · Peter Lyncort

This Is Your Life

1952 · Self

Affair in Trinidad

1952 · Steve Emery

Young Man with Ideas

1952 · Maxwell Webster

The Green Glove

1952 · Michael 'Mike' Blake

The Secret of Convict Lake

1951 · Jim Canfield

Follow the Sun

1951 · Ben Hogan

The Redhead and the Cowboy

1951 · Gil Kyle

The Flying Missile

1950 · William A. Talbot

Convicted

1950 · Joe Hufford

The White Tower

1950 · Martin Ordway

The Bob Hope Show

1950 · Self

The Doctor and the Girl

1949 · Dr. Michael Corday

Mr. Soft Touch

1949 · Joe Miracle

Lust for Gold

1949 · Jacob 'Dutch' Walz

The Undercover Man

1949 · Frank Warren

The Return of October

1948 · Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.

The Loves of Carmen

1948 · Don José

The Man from Colorado

1948 · Col. Owen Devereaux

The Mating of Millie

1948 · Doug Andrews

Framed

1947 · Mike Lambert

Gallant Journey

1946 · John J. Montgomery

A Stolen Life

1946 · Bill Emerson

Gilda

1946 · Johnny Farrell

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Presenter

Guadalcanal Diary

1943 · Marine Extra (uncredited)

Destroyer

1943 · Mickey Donohue

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

1943 · Himself

The Desperadoes

1943 · Cheyenne Rogers

Show-Business at War

1943 · Self

Flight Lieutenant

1942 · Danny Doyle

The Adventures of Martin Eden

1942 · Martin Eden

Go West, Young Lady

1941 · Tex Miller

Texas

1941 · Tod Ramsey

So Ends Our Night

1941 · Ludwig Kern

Blondie Plays Cupid

1940 · Charlie

The Lady in Question

1940 · Pierre Morestan

Babies for Sale

1940 · Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson

Men Without Souls

1940 · Johnny Adams

Convicted Woman

1940 · Jim Brent (Reporter)

My Son Is Guilty

1939 · Barney

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

1939 · Joe Riley

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