Paul Ford

Actor 1945–1991 (46 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Highest Rated

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · as Colonel Purdy

8.6

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · as Professor Jarvis

7.8

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991 · as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.7

Known For

Film

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Col. Wilberforce

Film

The Naked City

Henry Fowler (Uncredited)

Film

All the King's Men

Spokesman for Impeachment (uncredited)

Film

The Music Man

Mayor George Shinn

Film

Advise & Consent

Senator Stanley Danta

Film

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

Fendall Hawkins

Film

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

C.P. Ballinger

Film

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Wainwright Purdy III

Filmography

Acting (52)

Movies (27)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.7

Journey Back to Oz

1972

as Uncle Henry (voice)

Richard

as Washington Doctor

Fair Play

as F.O. McGill

Twinky

as Mr. Wardman-Scott's father

4.7

In Name Only

1969

as Elwy Pertwhistle

The Comedians

1967

as Smith

6.1

Lionpower from MGM

1967

as Self - Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.5

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966

as Fendall Hawkins

6.4

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966

as C.P. Ballinger

7.1

The Spy with a Cold Nose

as American General

Never Too Late

as Harry Lambert

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

as Col. Wilberforce

7.0

The Music Man

1962

as Mayor George Shinn

7.1

Who's Got the Action?

1962

as Judge Boatwright

5.2

Advise & Consent

1962

as Senator Stanley Danta

7.1

Keep in Step

1959

as Col. John T. Hall

The Matchmaker

1958

as Horace Vandergelder

7.0

The Missouri Traveler

1958

as Finas Daugherty

6.4

The Teahouse of the August Moon

1957

as Wainwright Purdy III

6.2

Bloomer Girl

1956

as Horatio Applegate

The Kid from Texas

as Copeland

Perfect Strangers

as Judge Byron

All the King's Men

as Spokesman for Impeachment (uncredited)

7.0

Lust for Gold

1949

as Sheriff Lynn Early

5.9

The Naked City

1948

as Henry Fowler (Uncredited)

7.2

The Front Page

1945

Television (25)

Love, American Style

1969

as John

6.1

My World and Welcome to It

That's Life

The Baileys of Balboa

as Sam Bailey

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962

as George Tuppman

5.0

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Outlaws

DuPont Show of the Month

as J.B. Curtis

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Professor Jarvis

7.8

The Phil Silvers Show

1955

as John Hall

7.0

General Electric Theater

1953

as Captain Joe McQueen

The Red Skelton Show

as Gen. Hap Hazard

Tales of Tomorrow

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Colonel Purdy

8.6

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

Danger

Suspense

as Allison

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

as Jones

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

The Ford Theatre Hour

1948

as Rudolph Kugler