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Glenn Ford

Born: 1916-05-01

From: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

About: 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).

Film credits:

Pocketful of Miracles

Dave 'The Dude' Conway

The Gazebo

Elliott Nash

Heaven with a Gun

Jim Killan

Superman

Pa Kent

Gilda

Johnny Farrell

Blondie Plays Cupid

Charlie

A Time for Killing

Tom Wolcott

Human Desire

Jeff Warren

Midway

Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

The Undercover Man

Frank Warren

The Rounders

Ben Jones

Blackboard Jungle

Richard Dadier

The Fastest Gun Alive

George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.

Day of the Evil Gun

Lorn Warfield

The Hollywood Clowns

Narrator (voice)

The Secret of Convict Lake

Jim Canfield

Convicted

Joe Hufford

3:10 to Yuma

Ben Wade

Framed

Mike Lambert

Virus

President Richardson

The Big Heat

Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Jarrett

Sam Jarrett

Experiment in Terror

John Ripley

Jubal

Jubal Troop

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Tom Corbett

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Captain Fisby

Interrupted Melody

Dr. Thomas King

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson

The Violent Men

John Parrish

The Man from Colorado

Col. Owen Devereaux

The Loves of Carmen

Don José

A Stolen Life

Bill Emerson

The Disappearance of Flight 412

Colonel Pete Moore

Affair in Trinidad

Steve Emery

The Green Glove

Michael 'Mike' Blake

The Money Trap

Joe Baron

Happy Birthday to Me

Dr. David Faraday

The Man from the Alamo

John Stroud

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

Self (uncredited)

Cimarron

Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat

Cowboy

Tom Reese

Mr. Soft Touch

Joe Miracle

Torpedo Run

Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Julio Desnoyers

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Self - Host

The Visitor

Det. Jake Durham

Texas

Tod Ramsey

The Lady in Question

Pierre Morestan

Casablanca Express

Major Gen. Williams

The White Tower

Martin Ordway

The Sheepman

Jason Sweet

Lust for Gold

Jacob 'Dutch' Walz

Plunder of the Sun

Al Colby

Santee

Santee

The Desperadoes

Cheyenne Rogers

Flight Lieutenant

Danny Doyle

Dear Heart

Harry Mork

The Doctor and the Girl

Dr. Michael Corday

Fate Is the Hunter

Sam McBane

Destroyer

Mickey Donohue

The Redhead and the Cowboy

Gil Kyle

Great White Death

Narrator

The Last Challenge

Marshal Dan Blaine

Don't Go Near the Water

Lt. J.G. Max Siegel

Ransom!

David G. 'Dave' Stannard

Love Is a Ball

John Lathrop Davis

Trial

David Blake

Cry for Happy

Harue

Smith!

Smith

Young Man with Ideas

Maxwell Webster

The Americano

Sam Dent

Advance to the Rear

Capt. Jared Heath

Men Without Souls

Johnny Adams

Convicted Woman

Jim Brent (Reporter)

Border Shootout

Sheriff Danaher

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Joe Riley

Time Bomb

Peter Lyncort

Babies for Sale

Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson

It Started with a Kiss

Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick

Imitation General

MSgt. Murphy Savage

Day of the Assassin

Christakis

The Return of October

Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.

Appointment in Honduras

Jim Corbett

So Ends Our Night

Ludwig Kern

The Mating of Millie

Doug Andrews

My Town

Lucas Wheeler

The Flying Missile

William A. Talbot

Follow the Sun

Ben Hogan

Go West, Young Lady

Tex Miller

Police Story: No Margin for Error

Deputy Chief Walter Hayes

City Story

Narrator

Have Faith in Our Children

Himself

Gallant Journey

John J. Montgomery

Final Verdict

Rev. Rogers

Raw Nerve

Captain Gavin

William Holden: The Golden Boy

Self

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Martin Eden

Rage

Reuben

My Son Is Guilty

Barney

The Day Called X

Narrator

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Self

The Gift

Billy Devlin

Sam Cade

Sam Cade

The Marshal of Madrid

Sam Cade

Show-Business at War

Self

Beggarman, Thief

David Donnelly

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

Himself

Long Way Home

Rev. Tom Holvak

Punch and Jody

Peter 'Punch' Travers

The 3,000 Mile Chase

Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck

The Greatest Gift

Rev. Holvak

Guadalcanal Diary

Marine Extra (uncredited)

Evening in Byzantium

Jesse Craig

Superman II

Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Self

Is Paris Burning?

Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Operation Teahouse

Self