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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 1, 1916
Died
August 30, 2006
Place of Birth
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Also Known As
- Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
- Gwyllyn Ford
- Гленн Форд
- گلن فورد
Glenn Ford
1.2 Popularity
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
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Rev. Rogers
Final Verdict
1991
3.7
Captain Gavin
Raw Nerve
1991
6.5
Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
3.8
Sheriff Danaher
Border Shootout
1989
3.0
Major Gen. Williams
Casablanca Express
1989
0.0
Self
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
0.0
Lucas Wheeler
My Town
1986
6.4
Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
6.0
Dr. David Faraday
Happy Birthday to Me
1981
4.7
Narrator
Great White Death
1981
Credits
Final Verdict
as Rev. Rogers
1991
0.0
Raw Nerve
as Captain Gavin
1991
3.7
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
as Self
1990
6.5
Border Shootout
as Sheriff Danaher
1989
3.8
Casablanca Express
as Major Gen. Williams
1989
3.0
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self
1989
0.0
My Town
as Lucas Wheeler
1986
0.0
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
1982
6.4
Happy Birthday to Me
as Dr. David Faraday
1981
6.0
Great White Death
as Narrator
1981
4.7
Superman II
as Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
6.7
Virus
as President Richardson
1980
6.3
The Gift
as Billy Devlin
1979
0.0
Day of the Assassin
as Christakis
1979
4.5
Beggarman, Thief
as David Donnelly
1979
6.0
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self - Host
1979
0.0
The Sacketts
as Tom Sunday
1979
7.5
The Hollywood Clowns
as Narrator (voice)
1979
0.0
The Visitor
as Det. Jake Durham
1979
5.2
Superman
as Pa Kent
1978
7.2
Evening in Byzantium
as Jesse Craig
1978
0.0
Police Story: No Margin for Error
as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
1978
0.0
The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
1977
0.0
Once an Eagle
as George Caldwell
1976
6.8
Midway
as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
1976
6.6
Long Way Home
as Rev. Tom Holvak
1975
0.0
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The Family Holvak
1975
0.0
Punch and Jody
as Peter 'Punch' Travers
1974
0.0
The Greatest Gift
as Rev. Holvak
1974
2.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Disappearance of Flight 412
as Colonel Pete Moore
1974
4.9
Santee
as Santee
1973
5.4
Police Story
1973
6.9
Jarrett
as Sam Jarrett
1973
3.5
The Marshal of Madrid
as Sam Cade
1972
0.0
Sam Cade
as Sam Cade
1972
0.0
Cade's County
as Sheriff Sam Cade
1971
5.7
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V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
Once Upon a Wheel
as Self
1971
6.0
The Brotherhood of the Bell
as Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
1970
5.5
Heaven with a Gun
as Jim Killan
1969
5.4
Smith!
as Smith
1969
5.5
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
7.6
Day of the Evil Gun
as Lorn Warfield
1968
6.1
The Last Challenge
as Marshal Dan Blaine
1967
6.3
A Time for Killing
as Tom Wolcott
1967
4.6
Rage
as Reuben
1966
5.4
Is Paris Burning?
as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
1966
7.2
The Dean Martin Show
1965
7.3
The Money Trap
as Joe Baron
1965
4.8
Dear Heart
as Harry Mork
1965
6.4
The Rounders
as Ben Jones
1965
5.5
Fate Is the Hunter
as Sam McBane
1964
6.6
Advance to the Rear
as Capt. Jared Heath
1964
5.0
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Hollywood and the Stars
as Self (archive footage)
1963
6.0
Love Is a Ball
as John Lathrop Davis
1963
4.6
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Tom Corbett
1963
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Experiment in Terror
as John Ripley
1962
7.1
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Julio Desnoyers
1962
5.9
Pocketful of Miracles
as Dave 'The Dude' Conway
1961
7.3
The Dick Powell Show
as Self - Guest Host
1961
5.5
Cry for Happy
as Harue
1961
5.0
Cimarron
as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
1960
6.0
The Gazebo
as Elliott Nash
1960
6.9
It Started with a Kiss
as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
1959
5.2
Torpedo Run
as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
1958
6.0
Imitation General
as MSgt. Murphy Savage
1958
5.7
The Sheepman
as Jason Sweet
1958
6.9
Cowboy
as Tom Reese
1958
6.3
The Day Called X
as Narrator
1957
0.0
Don't Go Near the Water
as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
1957
5.1
3:10 to Yuma
as Ben Wade
1957
7.2
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Captain Fisby
1957
6.2
Operation Teahouse
as Self
1956
0.0
The Fastest Gun Alive
as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
1956
6.9
Jubal
as Jubal Troop
1956
6.8
Ransom!
as David G. 'Dave' Stannard
1956
7.2
Have Faith in Our Children
as Himself
1955
0.0
Trial
as David Blake
1955
6.8
MGM Parade
as Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage)
1955
0.0
Interrupted Melody
as Dr. Thomas King
1955
5.5
Blackboard Jungle
as Richard Dadier
1955
6.9
The Violent Men
as John Parrish
1955
6.4
The Americano
as Sam Dent
1955
5.2
Human Desire
as Jeff Warren
1954
6.7
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City Story
as Narrator
1954
0.0
Appointment in Honduras
as Jim Corbett
1953
5.7
The Big Heat
as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
1953
7.7
Plunder of the Sun
as Al Colby
1953
6.1
The Man from the Alamo
as John Stroud
1953
6.5
Time Bomb
as Peter Lyncort
1953
5.2
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Affair in Trinidad
as Steve Emery
1952
6.3
Young Man with Ideas
as Maxwell Webster
1952
4.7
The Green Glove
as Michael 'Mike' Blake
1952
6.2
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Jim Canfield
1951
6.6
Follow the Sun
as Ben Hogan
1951
6.2
The Redhead and the Cowboy
as Gil Kyle
1951
4.9
The Flying Missile
as William A. Talbot
1950
4.9
Convicted
as Joe Hufford
1950
6.0
The White Tower
as Martin Ordway
1950
5.5
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
The Doctor and the Girl
as Dr. Michael Corday
1949
5.7
Mr. Soft Touch
as Joe Miracle
1949
6.8
Lust for Gold
as Jacob 'Dutch' Walz
1949
5.9
The Undercover Man
as Frank Warren
1949
6.1
The Return of October
as Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.
1948
5.8
The Loves of Carmen
as Don José
1948
6.5
The Man from Colorado
as Col. Owen Devereaux
1948
6.7
The Mating of Millie
as Doug Andrews
1948
6.8
Framed
as Mike Lambert
1947
6.4
Gallant Journey
as John J. Montgomery
1946
6.1
A Stolen Life
as Bill Emerson
1946
6.3
Gilda
as Johnny Farrell
1946
7.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Guadalcanal Diary
as Marine Extra (uncredited)
1943
5.6
Destroyer
as Mickey Donohue
1943
6.6
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
as Himself
1943
6.0
The Desperadoes
as Cheyenne Rogers
1943
5.7
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
Flight Lieutenant
as Danny Doyle
1942
6.0
The Adventures of Martin Eden
as Martin Eden
1942
6.0
Go West, Young Lady
as Tex Miller
1941
6.5
Texas
as Tod Ramsey
1941
6.5
So Ends Our Night
as Ludwig Kern
1941
6.2
Blondie Plays Cupid
as Charlie
1940
6.7
The Lady in Question
as Pierre Morestan
1940
6.6
Babies for Sale
as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
1940
5.5
Men Without Souls
as Johnny Adams
1940
6.0
Convicted Woman
as Jim Brent (Reporter)
1940
3.0
My Son Is Guilty
as Barney
1939
7.5
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Joe Riley
1939
6.3