Glenn Ford
Acting • Born 1916-05-01 – Died 2006-08-30
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).
Filmography
136 credits
Pocketful of Miracles
Movie • 1961
Dave 'The Dude' Conway
The Gazebo
Movie • 1960
Elliott Nash
Heaven with a Gun
Movie • 1969
Jim Killan
Superman
Movie • 1978
Pa Kent
Gilda
Movie • 1946
Johnny Farrell
Blondie Plays Cupid
Movie • 1940
Charlie
A Time for Killing
Movie • 1967
Tom Wolcott
Human Desire
Movie • 1954
Jeff Warren
Midway
Movie • 1976
Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
The Undercover Man
Movie • 1949
Frank Warren
The Rounders
Movie • 1965
Ben Jones
Blackboard Jungle
Movie • 1955
Richard Dadier
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie • 1956
George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
Day of the Evil Gun
Movie • 1968
Lorn Warfield
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie • 1979
Narrator (voice)
The Secret of Convict Lake
Movie • 1951
Jim Canfield
Convicted
Movie • 1950
Joe Hufford
3:10 to Yuma
Movie • 1957
Ben Wade
Framed
Movie • 1947
Mike Lambert
Virus
Movie • 1980
President Richardson
The Big Heat
Movie • 1953
Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Jarrett
Movie • 1973
Sam Jarrett
Experiment in Terror
Movie • 1962
John Ripley
Jubal
Movie • 1956
Jubal Troop
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Movie • 1963
Tom Corbett
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Movie • 1957
Captain Fisby
Interrupted Melody
Movie • 1955
Dr. Thomas King
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Movie • 1970
Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
The Violent Men
Movie • 1955
John Parrish
The Man from Colorado
Movie • 1948
Col. Owen Devereaux
The Loves of Carmen
Movie • 1948
Don José
A Stolen Life
Movie • 1946
Bill Emerson
The Disappearance of Flight 412
Movie • 1974
Colonel Pete Moore
Affair in Trinidad
Movie • 1952
Steve Emery
The Green Glove
Movie • 1952
Michael 'Mike' Blake
The Money Trap
Movie • 1965
Joe Baron
Happy Birthday to Me
Movie • 1981
Dr. David Faraday
The Man from the Alamo
Movie • 1953
John Stroud
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Cimarron
Movie • 1960
Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
Cowboy
Movie • 1958
Tom Reese
Mr. Soft Touch
Movie • 1949
Joe Miracle
Torpedo Run
Movie • 1958
Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Movie • 1962
Julio Desnoyers
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Movie • 1979
Self - Host
The Visitor
Movie • 1979
Det. Jake Durham
Texas
Movie • 1941
Tod Ramsey
The Lady in Question
Movie • 1940
Pierre Morestan
Casablanca Express
Movie • 1989
Major Gen. Williams
The White Tower
Movie • 1950
Martin Ordway
The Sheepman
Movie • 1958
Jason Sweet
Lust for Gold
Movie • 1949
Jacob 'Dutch' Walz
Plunder of the Sun
Movie • 1953
Al Colby
Santee
Movie • 1973
Santee
The Desperadoes
Movie • 1943
Cheyenne Rogers
Flight Lieutenant
Movie • 1942
Danny Doyle
Dear Heart
Movie • 1965
Harry Mork
The Doctor and the Girl
Movie • 1949
Dr. Michael Corday
Fate Is the Hunter
Movie • 1964
Sam McBane
Destroyer
Movie • 1943
Mickey Donohue
The Redhead and the Cowboy
Movie • 1951
Gil Kyle
Great White Death
Movie • 1981
Narrator
The Last Challenge
Movie • 1967
Marshal Dan Blaine
Don't Go Near the Water
Movie • 1957
Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
Ransom!
Movie • 1956
David G. 'Dave' Stannard
Love is a Ball
Movie • 1963
John Lathrop Davis
Trial
Movie • 1955
David Blake
Cry for Happy
Movie • 1961
Andy Cyphers
Smith!
Movie • 1969
Smith
Young Man with Ideas
Movie • 1952
Maxwell Webster
The Americano
Movie • 1955
Sam Dent
Advance to the Rear
Movie • 1964
Capt. Jared Heath
Men Without Souls
Movie • 1940
Johnny Adams
Convicted Woman
Movie • 1940
Jim Brent (Reporter)
Border Shootout
Movie • 1989
Sheriff Danaher
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Movie • 1939
Joe Riley
Time Bomb
Movie • 1953
Peter Lyncort
Babies for Sale
Movie • 1940
Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
It Started with a Kiss
Movie • 1959
Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
Imitation General
Movie • 1958
MSgt. Murphy Savage
Day of the Assassin
Movie • 1979
Christakis
The Return of October
Movie • 1948
Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.
Appointment in Honduras
Movie • 1953
Jim Corbett
So Ends Our Night
Movie • 1941
Ludwig Kern
The Mating of Millie
Movie • 1948
Doug Andrews
My Town
Movie • 1986
Lucas Wheeler
The Flying Missile
Movie • 1950
William A. Talbot
Follow the Sun
Movie • 1951
Ben Hogan
Go West, Young Lady
Movie • 1941
Tex Miller
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Movie • 1978
Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
City Story
Movie • 1954
Narrator
Have Faith in Our Children
Movie • 1955
Himself
Gallant Journey
Movie • 1946
John J. Montgomery
Final Verdict
Movie • 1991
Rev. Rogers
Raw Nerve
Movie • 1991
Captain Gavin
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Movie • 1989
Self
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Movie • 1942
Martin Eden
Rage
Movie • 1966
Reuben
My Son Is Guilty
Movie • 1939
Barney
The Day Called X
Movie • 1957
Narrator
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Movie • 1982
Self
The Gift
Movie • 1979
Billy Devlin
Sam Cade
Movie • 1972
Sam Cade
The Marshal of Madrid
Movie • 1972
Sam Cade
Show-Business at War
Movie • 1943
Self
Beggarman, Thief
Movie • 1979
David Donnelly
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Movie • 1943
Himself
Long Way Home
Movie • 1975
Rev. Tom Holvak
Punch and Jody
Movie • 1974
Peter 'Punch' Travers
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Movie • 1977
Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
The Greatest Gift
Movie • 1974
Rev. Holvak
Guadalcanal Diary
Movie • 1943
Marine Extra (uncredited)
Evening in Byzantium
Movie • 1978
Jesse Craig
Superman II
Movie • 1980
Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Movie • 1990
Self
Is Paris Burning?
Movie • 1966
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Operation Teahouse
Movie • 1956
Self
The Making of Midway
Movie • 2001
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Police Story
TV • 1973
This Is Your Life
TV • 1952
Self
The Dean Martin Show
TV • 1965
The Sacketts
TV • 1979
Tom Sunday
Once an Eagle
TV • 1976
George Caldwell
The Family Holvak
TV • 1975
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage)
Cade's County
TV • 1971
Sheriff Sam Cade
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
The Dick Powell Show
TV • 1961
Self - Guest Host
Hollywood and the Stars
TV • 1963
Self (archive footage)
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Once Upon a Wheel
TV • 1971
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955