Glenn Ford

ActorProduction May 1 (died age 90) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 1939–2001 (62 year career)

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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

Film

Superman

Pa Kent

Film

Superman II

Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film

The Big Heat

Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Film

Gilda

Johnny Farrell

Film

3:10 to Yuma

Ben Wade

Film

Is Paris Burning?

Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Film

Midway

Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Film

Pocketful of Miracles

Dave 'The Dude' Conway

Filmography

Acting (136)

Movies (118)

The Making of Midway

2001

as Self

Raw Nerve

1991

as Captain Gavin

3.7

Final Verdict

1991

as Rev. Rogers

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

as Self

Border Shootout

as Sheriff Danaher

Casablanca Express

as Major Gen. Williams

3.0

William Holden: The Golden Boy

1989

as Self

My Town

1986

as Lucas Wheeler

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

as Self

Happy Birthday to Me

as Dr. David Faraday

Great White Death

as Narrator

Superman II

as Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.7

Virus

1980

as President Richardson

The Visitor

as Det. Jake Durham

Beggarman, Thief

as David Donnelly

The Gift

as Billy Devlin

Day of the Assassin

1979

as Christakis

4.5

The Hollywood Clowns

1979

as Narrator (voice)

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

as Self - Host

Superman

1978

as Pa Kent

7.2

Evening in Byzantium

1978

as Jesse Craig

Police Story: No Margin for Error

1978

as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes

The 3,000 Mile Chase

1977

as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck

Midway

1976

as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

6.6

Long Way Home

1975

as Rev. Tom Holvak

The Greatest Gift

1974

as Rev. Holvak

2.0

The Disappearance of Flight 412

1974

as Colonel Pete Moore

4.9

Punch and Jody

1974

as Peter 'Punch' Travers

Jarrett

as Sam Jarrett

Santee

as Santee

The Marshal of Madrid

1972

as Sam Cade

Sam Cade

1972

as Sam Cade

The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970

as Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson

Smith!

as Smith

Heaven with a Gun

as Jim Killan

Day of the Evil Gun

as Lorn Warfield

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968

as Self (uncredited)

7.6

The Last Challenge

1967

as Marshal Dan Blaine

A Time for Killing

as Tom Wolcott

Is Paris Burning?

as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Rage

as Reuben

Dear Heart

as Harry Mork

The Money Trap

as Joe Baron

The Rounders

as Ben Jones

Fate Is the Hunter

as Sam McBane

Advance to the Rear

as Capt. Jared Heath

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963

as Tom Corbett

5.9

Love is a Ball

1963

as John Lathrop Davis

4.6

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

as Julio Desnoyers

Experiment in Terror

as John Ripley

Cry for Happy

as Harue

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

as Dave 'The Dude' Conway

The Gazebo

as Elliott Nash

Cimarron

as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat

6.0

It Started with a Kiss

1959

as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick

The Sheepman

as Jason Sweet

Torpedo Run

as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle

Cowboy

as Tom Reese

Imitation General

as MSgt. Murphy Savage

3:10 to Yuma

as Ben Wade

The Day Called X

as Narrator

Don't Go Near the Water

1957

as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel

5.1

The Teahouse of the August Moon

as Captain Fisby

Jubal

as Jubal Troop

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956

as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.

6.9

Ransom!

1956

as David G. 'Dave' Stannard

7.2

Operation Teahouse

1956

as Self

Blackboard Jungle

as Richard Dadier

Trial

as David Blake

The Violent Men

as John Parrish

The Americano

as Sam Dent

Have Faith in Our Children

1955

as Himself

Interrupted Melody

1955

as Dr. Thomas King

5.5

City Story

1954

as Narrator

Human Desire

as Jeff Warren

Time Bomb

as Peter Lyncort

The Big Heat

as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

7.7

Appointment in Honduras

as Jim Corbett

Plunder of the Sun

as Al Colby

The Man from the Alamo

as John Stroud

Young Man with Ideas

as Maxwell Webster

Affair in Trinidad

as Steve Emery

The Green Glove

as Michael 'Mike' Blake

6.2

The Secret of Convict Lake

as Jim Canfield

Follow the Sun

as Ben Hogan

The Redhead and the Cowboy

as Gil Kyle

Convicted

as Joe Hufford

The White Tower

as Martin Ordway

The Flying Missile

as William A. Talbot

The Undercover Man

as Frank Warren

Lust for Gold

as Jacob 'Dutch' Walz

5.9

Mr. Soft Touch

1949

as Joe Miracle

6.8

The Doctor and the Girl

1949

as Dr. Michael Corday

5.7

The Return of October

1948

as Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.

5.8

The Mating of Millie

1948

as Doug Andrews

6.8

The Man from Colorado

1948

as Col. Owen Devereaux

The Loves of Carmen

as Don José

Framed

as Mike Lambert

Gilda

as Johnny Farrell

A Stolen Life

as Bill Emerson

Gallant Journey

as John J. Montgomery

6.1

Guadalcanal Diary

1943

as Marine Extra (uncredited)

The Desperadoes

as Cheyenne Rogers

Show-Business at War

as Self

Destroyer

as Mickey Donohue

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

1943

as Himself

6.0

The Adventures of Martin Eden

as Martin Eden

Flight Lieutenant

as Danny Doyle

Texas

as Tod Ramsey

So Ends Our Night

as Ludwig Kern

Go West, Young Lady

as Tex Miller

Babies for Sale

as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson

Men Without Souls

as Johnny Adams

Convicted Woman

as Jim Brent (Reporter)

The Lady in Question

as Pierre Morestan

Blondie Plays Cupid

as Charlie

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

as Joe Riley

My Son Is Guilty

as Barney

Television (18)

The Sacketts

1979

as Tom Sunday

7.5

Beggarman, Thief

1979

as David Donnelly

Once an Eagle

as George Caldwell

The Family Holvak

Dinah!

as Self

Police Story

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Cade's County

as Sheriff Sam Cade

Once Upon a Wheel

as Self

The Dean Martin Show

Hollywood and the Stars

1963

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Dick Powell Show

as Self - Guest Host

MGM Parade

This Is Your Life

as Self

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

Associate Producer

7.3