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Glenn Ford

Acting · Born 1916-05-01 · Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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).

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The Making of Midway

1991 · Captain Gavin

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Border Shootout

1989 · Sheriff Danaher

Casablanca Express

1989 · Major Gen. Williams

1986 · Lucas Wheeler

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Happy Birthday to Me

1981 · Dr. David Faraday

Great White Death

1981 · Narrator

1980 · Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980 · President Richardson

Day of the Assassin

1979 · Christakis

1979 · Billy Devlin

Beggarman, Thief

1979 · David Donnelly

1979 · Tom Sunday

1979 · Det. Jake Durham

1978 · Pa Kent

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

1976 · George Caldwell

1976 · Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

The Family Holvak

The Family Holvak

1974 · Peter 'Punch' Travers

The Greatest Gift

1974 · Rev. Holvak

The Disappearance of Flight 412

1974 · Colonel Pete Moore

1973 · Sam Jarrett

1971 · Sheriff Sam Cade

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

Once Upon a Wheel

The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970 · Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson

Heaven with a Gun

1969 · Jim Killan

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

Is Paris Burning?

1966 · Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Hollywood Squares

1966 · Self - Center Square

The Dean Martin Show

1965 · Joe Baron

1965 · Harry Mork

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)

1963 · John Lathrop Davis

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963 · Tom Corbett

The Merv Griffin Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Experiment in Terror

1962 · John Ripley

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962 · Julio Desnoyers

Pocketful of Miracles

1961 · Dave 'The Dude' Conway

The Dick Powell Show

1961 · Self - Guest Host

1961 · Andy Cyphers

1960 · Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat

1959 · Elliott Nash

It Started with a Kiss

1959 · Joe Fitzpatrick

1958 · Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle

Imitation General

1958 · MSgt. Murphy Savage

1958 · Jason Sweet

1958 · Tom Reese

Don't Go Near the Water

1957 · Lt. J.G. Max Siegel

1957 · Ben Wade

The Teahouse of the August Moon

1957 · Captain Fisby

Operation Teahouse

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956 · George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.

1956 · Jubal Troop

1956 · David G. 'Dave' Stannard

Have Faith in Our Children

1955 · Himself

1955 · David Blake

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

Interrupted Melody

1955 · Dr. Thomas King

Blackboard Jungle

1955 · Richard Dadier

The Violent Men

1955 · John Parrish

1955 · Sam Dent

1954 · Jeff Warren

1954 · Narrator

Appointment in Honduras

1953 · Jim Corbett

1953 · Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Plunder of the Sun

1953 · Al Colby

The Man from the Alamo

1953 · John Stroud

1953 · Peter Lyncort

This Is Your Life

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

1951 · Ben Hogan

The Redhead and the Cowboy

1951 · Gil Kyle

The Flying Missile

1950 · William A. Talbot

1950 · Joe Hufford

The White Tower

1950 · Martin Ordway

The Bob Hope Show

The Doctor and the Girl

1949 · Dr. Michael Corday

1949 · Joe Miracle

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

1947 · Mike Lambert

Gallant Journey

1946 · John J. Montgomery

1946 · Bill Emerson

1946 · Johnny Farrell

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Presenter

Guadalcanal Diary

1943 · Marine Extra (uncredited)

1943 · Mickey Donohue

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

1943 · Himself

The Desperadoes

1943 · Cheyenne Rogers

Show-Business at War

Flight Lieutenant

1942 · Danny Doyle

The Adventures of Martin Eden

1942 · Martin Eden

Go West, Young Lady

1941 · Tex Miller

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

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

1939 · Joe Riley

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