George Ford
Acting • Born 1905-03-31 – Died 1983-07-30
Biography
Tall distinguished looking George Ford started out as a contract player in the early 1930s but like most contract players, it didn't work out. Never discouraged, Ford moved on to roles as dancers, socialites, and chorus boys. Ford would occasionally have dialog but he was constantly used for his good looking appearance and his unique ability to ballroom dance. During the 1950s, Ford developed a reputation for being one of the best dancers in Hollywood. Musicals weren't his specialty though, it was the nice ballrooms and the socialite parties. He continue to work these throughout his career. He also managed to appear in a lot of various war films playing soldiers and high ranking military officers. With the popularity of television westerns increase, Ford found himself frequently appearing at square dances and as a dancer to show the leading ladies off. Eventually he became a regular townsman for a few years on Gunsmoke appearing in the bar scenes and playing bank tellers and town dignitaries. By 1968, Ford's work started to decrease and he decided to retire to Colorado where he could take up skiing and where he and his wife regularly competed in ballroom dancing contest. Like many extras, Ford's talents were not known to the general film public but he leaves behind a legacy of making the other dancers he danced with look better than they were and a large amount of film work that can be appreciated by future generation.
Filmography
189 credits
Cimarron
Movie • 1960
Townsman (uncredited)
Singin' in the Rain
Movie • 1952
Security Guard (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Movie • 1951
Reporter (uncredited)
Beauty for the Asking
Movie • 1939
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Vicki
Movie • 1953
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Cincinnati Kid
Movie • 1965
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Stooge
Movie • 1951
Party Guest (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
Movie • 1957
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Eddy Duchin Story
Movie • 1956
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Cat Ballou
Movie • 1965
Brothel Customer (uncredited)
Law of the Lawless
Movie • 1964
Townsman (uncredited)
The Man from Galveston
Movie • 1963
Attorney Mullaney (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
Movie • 1954
Guard (uncredited)
Brave Warrior
Movie • 1952
Soldier (uncredited)
Holiday for Lovers
Movie • 1959
Man at Airport (uncredited)
The Letter
Movie • 1940
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Garment Jungle
Movie • 1957
Union Member (uncredited)
The Hypnotic Eye
Movie • 1960
Audience Member (uncredited)
The FBI Story
Movie • 1959
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Top Hat
Movie • 1935
Club Patron (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
Movie • 1960
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Lover Come Back
Movie • 1961
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Movie • 1949
Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)
The Werewolf
Movie • 1956
Townsman (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie • 1953
Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie • 1952
Club Patron (uncredited)
College Holiday
Movie • 1936
Dancer
Three for the Show
Movie • 1955
Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Heartbeat
Movie • 1946
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Movie • 1963
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Roadblock
Movie • 1951
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Raintree County
Movie • 1957
Club Patron (uncredited)
Death in Small Doses
Movie • 1957
Diner Patron (uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted
Movie • 1940
Paralytic #3
Eve Knew Her Apples
Movie • 1945
Rewrite Man (scenes deleted)
Love Affair
Movie • 1939
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Dragonwyck
Movie • 1946
Man (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
Movie • 1958
Man (uncredited)
Born to Kill
Movie • 1947
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
Movie • 1959
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
Movie • 1947
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
Movie • 1932
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Pawnee
Movie • 1957
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Designing Woman
Movie • 1957
Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
Movie • 1958
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hollywood Party
Movie • 1934
Party Guest (uncredited)
White Christmas
Movie • 1954
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Gay Bride
Movie • 1934
Troupe Member (uncredited)
Carefree
Movie • 1938
Country Club Guest (uncredited)
Give Me Your Heart
Movie • 1936
Club Patron (uncredited)
Wee Willie Winkie
Movie • 1937
Soldier (uncredited)
North to Alaska
Movie • 1960
Miner (uncredited)
Artists and Models
Movie • 1955
Spectator on Sidewalk (uncredited)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Movie • 1946
Club Marquis Patron (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather
Movie • 1955
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars
Movie • 1938
Party Guest (uncredited)
Angel Face
Movie • 1953
Bailiff (uncredited)
Cult of the Cobra
Movie • 1955
The Square Jungle
Movie • 1955
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Advise & Consent
Movie • 1962
Senator (uncredited)
City for Conquest
Movie • 1940
Dance Contestant (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
Movie • 1950
Club Patron (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier
Movie • 1942
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
Movie • 1943
Wealthy Young Man
Seven Thieves
Movie • 1960
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Slightly French
Movie • 1949
Party Guest (uncredited)
Around the World
Movie • 1943
Soldier
Bombardier
Movie • 1943
Co-Pilot
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Movie • 1943
Townsman (uncredited)
Born to Be Bad
Movie • 1950
Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
Movie • 1956
Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
Movie • 1959
Show Spectator (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
Movie • 1950
Federal Agent (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Movie • 1961
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
Movie • 1944
Soldier (uncredited)
Who Done It?
Movie • 1942
Station Employee (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
Movie • 1959
Police Officer (uncredited)
Man's Favorite Sport?
Movie • 1964
Fisherman (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
Movie • 1942
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Fate Is the Hunter
Movie • 1964
Loadmaster (uncredited)
Sol Madrid
Movie • 1968
Board Member
The Enemy Below
Movie • 1957
Officer (uncredited)
Go Naked in the World
Movie • 1961
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Rack
Movie • 1956
Courtroom Spectator
Son of Flubber
Movie • 1963
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mississippi
Movie • 1935
Party Guest (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
Movie • 1951
Lodge Guest (uncredited)
Broadway
Movie • 1942
Club Patron (uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story
Movie • 1957
Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
Show Boat
Movie • 1951
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Youngblood Hawke
Movie • 1964
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Band Wagon
Movie • 1953
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
The Country Girl
Movie • 1954
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Winchester '73
Movie • 1967
Townsman (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
Movie • 1951
Waiter (uncredited)
It Started with a Kiss
Movie • 1959
Charity Raffle Guest (uncredited)
Thunder Over the Plains
Movie • 1953
Guard (uncredited)
The Thrill of It All
Movie • 1963
Party Guest (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
Movie • 1963
Audience Member (uncredited)
Torn Curtain
Movie • 1966
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie • 1966
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Great Race
Movie • 1965
Man in Hallway at Sentinel (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie • 1957
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Two Weeks in Another Town
Movie • 1962
Guest at Anniversary Banquet (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry
Movie • 1960
Reporter (uncredited)
Warlock
Movie • 1959
Townsman (uncredited)
Ransom!
Movie • 1956
Guard (uncredited)
Lucky Me
Movie • 1954
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Turning Point
Movie • 1952
Policeman (uncredited)
On Moonlight Bay
Movie • 1951
Train Passenger (uncredited)
My Forbidden Past
Movie • 1951
Party Guest (uncredited)
Black Angel
Movie • 1946
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
All Through the Night
Movie • 1942
Club Patron (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
Movie • 1941
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Casino Patron (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Croupier (uncredited)
Thriller
TV • 1960
Club Patron (uncredited)
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Townsman (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Townsman (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Clerk (uncredited)
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Auction Guest (uncredited)
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Gangster Shooting in Lobby (uncredited)
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Jake Gurrah (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Police Officer (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Clarendon Townsman (uncredited)
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Doc (uncredited)
Zorro
TV • 1957
Townsman (uncredited)
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Club Member (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Supporter at Rally (uncredited)
The Lieutenant
TV • 1963
Observer at Rally (uncredited)
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
Townsman (uncredited)
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Guard (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Agent (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
TV • 1966
Party Guest (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Observer at Window (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Anniversary Tribute Attendee (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Citizen (uncredited)
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Party Guest (uncredited)
Honey West
TV • 1965
Photographer (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Casino Patron (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Pedestrian (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Club Member (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Thrush Agent (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Fashion Show Spectator (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Scientist (uncredited)
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Juror (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Judge (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Photographer (uncredited)
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Contest Guest (uncredited)
Sam Benedict
TV • 1962
Board Member (uncredited)
Sam Benedict
TV • 1962
Juror (uncredited)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1961
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Duel Spectator (uncredited)
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Townsman (uncredited)
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Delegate (uncredited)
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Railroad Guard (uncredited)
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Photographer (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky
TV • 1959
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Townsman (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Party Guest (uncredited)
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Club Patron (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Member of Princess's Court (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Poker Player (uncredited)
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Sandra's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Reporter (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Diner Patron (uncredited)
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Senator (uncredited)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Reporter (uncredited)
Father Knows Best
TV • 1954
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Father Knows Best
TV • 1954
Audience Member (uncredited)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV • 1952
Club Patron (uncredited)