Glenn Ford

Personal Info

Birthday

May 1, 1916

Day of Death

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

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

Superman

Rage

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Superman II

Midway

3:10 to Yuma

Police Story: No Margin for Error

The Gazebo

Filmography

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