
About
Glenn Ford
Overview
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 |
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2016 | Mahana | Actor | Ben Wade (archive footage) | 58 Average |
1991 | Final Verdict | Actor | Rev. Rogers | N/A N/A |
1991 | Raw Nerve | Actor | Captain Gavin | 58 Average |
1990 | Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1989 | Border Shootout | Actor | Sheriff Danaher | 58 Average |
1989 | Casablanca Express | Actor | Major Gen. Williams | 58 Average |
1989 | William Holden: The Golden Boy | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1986 | My Town | Actor | Lucas Wheeler | N/A N/A |
1982 | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1981 | Happy Birthday to Me | Actor | Dr. David Faraday | 59 Average |
1981 | Great White Death | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
1980 | Superman II | Actor | Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
1980 | Virus | Actor | President Richardson | 59 Average |
1979 | Day of the Assassin | Actor | Christakis | 58 Average |
1979 | The Gift | Actor | Billy Devlin | N/A N/A |
1979 | Beggarman, Thief | Actor | David Donnelly | 58 Average |
1979 | When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
1979 | The Sacketts | Actor | Tom Sunday | 70 Good |
1979 | The Hollywood Clowns | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
1979 | The Visitor | Actor | Det. Jake Durham | 57 Average |
1978 | Superman | Actor | Pa Kent | 70 Good |
1978 | Evening in Byzantium | Actor | Jesse Craig | N/A N/A |
1978 | Police Story: No Margin for Error | Actor | Deputy Chief Walter Hayes | N/A N/A |
1977 | The 3,000 Mile Chase | Actor | Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck | N/A N/A |
1976 | Once an Eagle | Actor | George Caldwell | 69 Fair |
1976 | Midway | Actor | Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance | 61 Fair |
1975 | Long Way Home | Actor | Rev. Tom Holvak | N/A N/A |
1975 | The Family Holvak | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1974 | Punch and Jody | Actor | Peter 'Punch' Travers | N/A N/A |
1974 | The Greatest Gift | Actor | Rev. Holvak | N/A N/A |
1974 | The Disappearance of Flight 412 | Actor | Colonel Pete Moore | 58 Average |
1973 | Santee | Actor | Santee | 58 Average |
1973 | Jarrett | Actor | Sam Jarrett | 58 Average |
1972 | The Marshal of Madrid | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1972 | Sam Cade | Actor | Sam Cade | N/A N/A |
1972 | The Marshal of Madrid | Actor | Sam Cade | N/A N/A |
1971 | Cade's County | Actor | Sheriff Sam Cade | 69 Fair |
1970 | The Brotherhood of the Bell | Actor | Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson | 58 Average |
1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Actor | Jim Killan | 58 Average |
1969 | Smith! | Actor | Smith | 58 Average |
1968 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1968 | Day of the Evil Gun | Actor | Lorn Warfield | 58 Average |
1967 | The Last Challenge | Actor | Marshal Dan Blaine | 58 Average |
1967 | A Time for Killing | Actor | Tom Wolcott | 57 Average |
1966 | Rage | Actor | Reuben | 58 Average |
1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Actor | Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley | 62 Fair |
1965 | The Money Trap | Actor | Joe Baron | 58 Average |
1965 | Dear Heart | Actor | Harry Mork | 59 Average |
1965 | The Rounders | Actor | Ben Jones | 58 Average |
1964 | Fate Is the Hunter | Actor | Sam McBane | 59 Average |
1964 | Advance to the Rear | Actor | Capt. Jared Heath | 58 Average |
1963 | Love Is a Ball | Actor | John Lathrop Davis | 58 Average |
1963 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Actor | Tom Corbett | 58 Average |
1962 | Experiment in Terror | Actor | John Ripley | 61 Fair |
1962 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Actor | Julio Desnoyers | 58 Average |
1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Actor | Dave 'The Dude' Conway | 62 Fair |
1961 | Cry for Happy | Actor | Harue | 58 Average |
1960 | Cimarron | Actor | Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat | 58 Average |
1960 | The Gazebo | Actor | Elliott Nash | 59 Average |
1959 | It Started with a Kiss | Actor | Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick | 58 Average |
1958 | Torpedo Run | Actor | Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle | 58 Average |
1958 | Imitation General | Actor | MSgt. Murphy Savage | 59 Average |
1958 | The Sheepman | Actor | Jason Sweet | 59 Average |
1958 | Cowboy | Actor | Tom Reese | 59 Average |
1957 | The Day Called X | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1957 | Don't Go Near the Water | Actor | Lt. J.G. Max Siegel | 58 Average |
1957 | 3:10 to Yuma | Actor | Ben Wade | 64 Fair |
1957 | The Teahouse of the August Moon | Actor | Captain Fisby | 58 Average |
1956 | The Fastest Gun Alive | Actor | George Temple / George Kelby, Jr. | 59 Average |
1956 | Jubal | Actor | Jubal Troop | 59 Average |
1956 | Ransom! | Actor | David G. 'Dave' Stannard | 59 Average |
1955 | Have Faith in Our Children | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1955 | Trial | Actor | David Blake | 58 Average |
1955 | Interrupted Melody | Actor | Dr. Thomas King | 58 Average |
1955 | Blackboard Jungle | Actor | Richard Dadier | 61 Fair |
1955 | The Violent Men | Actor | John Parrish | 59 Average |
1955 | The Americano | Actor | Sam Dent | 58 Average |
1954 | Human Desire | Actor | Jeff Warren | 60 Fair |
1954 | City Story | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1953 | Appointment in Honduras | Actor | Jim Corbett | 58 Average |
1953 | The Big Heat | Actor | Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion | 67 Fair |
1953 | Plunder of the Sun | Actor | Al Colby | 58 Average |
1953 | The Man from the Alamo | Actor | John Stroud | 59 Average |
1953 | Time Bomb | Actor | Peter Lyncort | 58 Average |
1952 | Affair in Trinidad | Actor | Steve Emery | 59 Average |
1952 | Young Man with Ideas | Actor | Maxwell Webster | 58 Average |
1952 | The Green Glove | Actor | Michael 'Mike' Blake | 58 Average |
1951 | The Secret of Convict Lake | Actor | Jim Canfield | 59 Average |
1951 | Follow the Sun | Actor | Ben Hogan | 59 Average |
1951 | The Redhead and The Cowboy | Actor | Gil Kyle | 58 Average |
1950 | The Flying Missile | Actor | William A. Talbot | 59 Average |
1950 | Convicted | Actor | Joe Hufford | 58 Average |
1950 | The White Tower | Actor | Martin Ordway | 58 Average |
1949 | The Doctor and the Girl | Actor | Dr. Michael Corday | 58 Average |
1949 | Mr. Soft Touch | Actor | Joe Miracle | 58 Average |
1949 | Lust for Gold | Actor | Jacob 'Dutch' Walz | 58 Average |
1949 | The Undercover Man | Actor | Frank Warren | 58 Average |
1948 | The Return of October | Actor | Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr. | 58 Average |
1948 | The Loves of Carmen | Actor | Don José | 59 Average |
1948 | The Man from Colorado | Actor | Col. Owen Devereaux | 59 Average |
1948 | The Mating of Millie | Actor | Doug Andrews | 58 Average |
1947 | Framed | Actor | Mike Lambert | 59 Average |
1946 | Gallant Journey | Actor | John J. Montgomery | 58 Average |
1946 | A Stolen Life | Actor | Bill Emerson | 59 Average |
1946 | Gilda | Actor | Johnny Farrell | 67 Fair |
1943 | Guadalcanal Diary | Actor | Marine Extra (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1943 | Destroyer | Actor | Mickey Donohue | 59 Average |
1943 | Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
1943 | The Desperadoes | Actor | Cheyenne Rogers | 58 Average |
1943 | Show-Business at War | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1942 | Flight Lieutenant | Actor | Danny Doyle | 59 Average |
1942 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Actor | Martin Eden | 58 Average |
1941 | Go West, Young Lady | Actor | Tex Miller | 59 Average |
1941 | Texas | Actor | Tod Ramsey | 59 Average |
1941 | So Ends Our Night | Actor | Ludwig Kern | 58 Average |
1940 | Blondie Plays Cupid | Actor | Charlie | 59 Average |
1940 | The Lady in Question | Actor | Pierre Morestan | 59 Average |
1940 | Babies for Sale | Actor | Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson | 59 Average |
1940 | Men Without Souls | Actor | Johnny Adams | 58 Average |
1940 | Convicted Woman | Actor | Jim Brent (Reporter) | 58 Average |
1939 | My Son Is Guilty | Actor | Barney | 59 Average |
1939 | Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Actor | Joe Riley | 59 Average |
Production |
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1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Production | Associate Producer | 62 Fair |