Glenn Ford
Acting1916 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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
Acting History
1991
Raw Nerve
as Captain Gavin
1981
Happy Birthday to Me
as Dr. David Faraday
1980
Virus
as President Richardson
Superman II
as Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The Gift
as Billy Devlin
Day of the Assassin
as Christakis
The Visitor
as Det. Jake Durham
Beggarman, Thief
as David Donnelly
The Sacketts
TVas Tom Sunday
1978
1976
Midway
as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
1974
The Disappearance of Flight 412
as Colonel Pete Moore
1972
The Marshal of Madrid
as Sam Cade
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
TVas Self• 2 eps
1970
The Brotherhood of the Bell
as Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
1969
Smith!
as Smith
Heaven with a Gun
as Jim Killan
1967
The Last Challenge
as Marshal Dan Blaine
1966
1965
Dear Heart
as Harry Mork
1964
Fate Is the Hunter
as Sam McBane
1963
Love Is a Ball
as John Lathrop Davis
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Tom Corbett
The Dick Powell Show
TVas Self - Guest Host• 1 eps
1962
Experiment in Terror
as John Ripley
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
1961
Pocketful of Miracles
as Dave 'The Dude' Conway
Pocketful of Miracles
Associate Producer
1960
Cimarron
as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
The Gazebo
as Elliott Nash
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 2 eps
1959
It Started with a Kiss
as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
1958
1957
3:10 to Yuma
as Ben Wade
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Captain Fisby
1956
Operation Teahouse
as Self
Ransom!
as David G. 'Dave' Stannard
The Fastest Gun Alive
as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
Jubal
as Jubal Troop
1955
Interrupted Melody
as Dr. Thomas King
Trial
as David Blake
Blackboard Jungle
as Richard Dadier
The Americano
as Sam Dent
The Violent Men
as John Parrish
MGM Parade
TVas Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage)
1954
Human Desire
as Jeff Warren
This Is Your Life
TVas Self• 1 eps
1953
Time Bomb
as Peter Lyncort
The Man from the Alamo
as John Stroud
The Big Heat
as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Appointment in Honduras
as Jim Corbett
1952
Young Man with Ideas
as Maxwell Webster
Affair in Trinidad
as Steve Emery
1951
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Jim Canfield
1950
1949
The Undercover Man
as Frank Warren
1948
The Man from Colorado
as Col. Owen Devereaux
The Return of October
as Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.
The Loves of Carmen
as Don José
1947
Framed
as Mike Lambert
1946
Gilda
as Johnny Farrell
A Stolen Life
as Bill Emerson
1943
Guadalcanal Diary
as Marine Extra (uncredited)
The Desperadoes
as Cheyenne Rogers
Destroyer
as Mickey Donohue
1941
Texas
as Tod Ramsey
So Ends Our Night
as Ludwig Kern
1940
The Lady in Question
as Pierre Morestan
Blondie Plays Cupid
as Charlie