Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford

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).

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Known For

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 • as Self

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944 • as Self - Presenter

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

1950 • as Self

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

1952 • as Self

The Dick Powell Show

The Dick Powell Show

1961 • as Self - Guest Host

Filmography

2016

Mahana
Mahana
as Ben Wade (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/1/2016

1991

Final Verdict
Final Verdict
as Rev. Rogers
Movie - Released: 9/9/1991
Raw Nerve
Raw Nerve
as Captain Gavin
Movie - Released: 6/28/1991

1990

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1990

1989

Casablanca Express
Casablanca Express
as Major Gen. Williams
Movie - Released: 12/22/1989
Border Shootout
Border Shootout
as Sheriff Danaher
Movie - Released: 12/31/1989
William Holden: The Golden Boy
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/13/1989

1986

My Town
My Town
as Lucas Wheeler
Movie - Released: 5/25/1986

1982

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/24/1982

1981

Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Me
as Dr. David Faraday
Movie - Released: 5/15/1981
Great White Death
Great White Death
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1981

1980

Virus
Virus
as President Richardson
Movie - Released: 6/26/1980
Superman II
Superman II
as Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/12/1980

1979

The Hollywood Clowns
The Hollywood Clowns
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/23/1979
Movie
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 6/5/1979
The Visitor
The Visitor
as Det. Jake Durham
Movie - Released: 3/22/1979
Day of the Assassin
Day of the Assassin
as Christakis
Movie - Released: 12/15/1979
The Gift
The Gift
as Billy Devlin
Movie - Released: 12/15/1979
Beggarman, Thief
Beggarman, Thief
as David Donnelly
Movie - Released: 11/26/1979
The Sacketts
The Sacketts
as Tom Sunday
TV - Released: 5/15/1979

1978

Superman
Superman
as Pa Kent
Movie - Released: 12/14/1978
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Police Story: No Margin for Error
as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
Movie - Released: 4/30/1978
Evening in Byzantium
Evening in Byzantium
as Jesse Craig
Movie - Released: 8/14/1978

1977

The 3,000 Mile Chase
The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
Movie - Released: 6/16/1977

1976

Midway
Midway
as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Movie - Released: 6/18/1976
Once an Eagle
Once an Eagle
as George Caldwell
TV - Released: 12/2/1976

1975

Long Way Home
Long Way Home
as Rev. Tom Holvak
Movie - Released: 9/7/1975
TV
The Family Holvak
TV - Released: 9/7/1975

1974

The Disappearance of Flight 412
The Disappearance of Flight 412
as Colonel Pete Moore
Movie - Released: 10/1/1974
Punch and Jody
Punch and Jody
as Peter 'Punch' Travers
Movie - Released: 11/26/1974
The Greatest Gift
The Greatest Gift
as Rev. Holvak
Movie - Released: 11/4/1974
Dinah!
Dinah!
as Self
TV - Released: 10/21/1974

1973

Jarrett
Jarrett
as Sam Jarrett
Movie - Released: 3/17/1973
Santee
Santee
as Santee
Movie - Released: 9/1/1973
Police Story
Police Story
TV - Released: 3/20/1973

1972

The Marshal of Madrid
The Marshal of Madrid
as Sam Cade
Movie - Released: 1/1/1972
Sam Cade
Sam Cade
as Sam Cade
Movie - Released: 1/1/1972

1971

Cade's County
Cade's County
as Sheriff Sam Cade
TV - Released: 9/19/1971
TV
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
TV - Released: 5/9/1971

1970

The Brotherhood of the Bell
The Brotherhood of the Bell
as Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
Movie - Released: 9/17/1970

1969

Heaven with a Gun
Heaven with a Gun
as Jim Killan
Movie - Released: 5/20/1969
Smith!
Smith!
as Smith
Movie - Released: 3/21/1969

1968

Day of the Evil Gun
Day of the Evil Gun
as Lorn Warfield
Movie - Released: 3/1/1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/19/1968

1967

A Time for Killing
A Time for Killing
as Tom Wolcott
Movie - Released: 8/1/1967
The Last Challenge
The Last Challenge
as Marshal Dan Blaine
Movie - Released: 12/22/1967

1966

Rage
Rage
as Reuben
Movie - Released: 11/30/1966
Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning?
as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Movie - Released: 10/26/1966

1965

The Rounders
The Rounders
as Ben Jones
Movie - Released: 1/8/1965
The Money Trap
The Money Trap
as Joe Baron
Movie - Released: 9/7/1965
Dear Heart
Dear Heart
as Harry Mork
Movie - Released: 3/7/1965
The Dean Martin Show
The Dean Martin Show
TV - Released: 9/16/1965

1964

Fate Is the Hunter
Fate Is the Hunter
as Sam McBane
Movie - Released: 11/8/1964
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear
as Capt. Jared Heath
Movie - Released: 6/10/1964

1963

The Courtship of Eddie's Father
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Tom Corbett
Movie - Released: 3/27/1963
Love Is a Ball
Love Is a Ball
as John Lathrop Davis
Movie - Released: 4/24/1963
TV
Hollywood and the Stars
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 9/30/1963

1962

Experiment in Terror
Experiment in Terror
as John Ripley
Movie - Released: 4/12/1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Julio Desnoyers
Movie - Released: 2/7/1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles
as Dave 'The Dude' Conway
Movie - Released: 12/18/1961
Cry for Happy
Cry for Happy
as Harue
Movie - Released: 3/3/1961
The Dick Powell Show
The Dick Powell Show
as Self - Guest Host
TV - Released: 9/26/1961

1960

The Gazebo
The Gazebo
as Elliott Nash
Movie - Released: 1/15/1960
Cimarron
Cimarron
as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
Movie - Released: 12/1/1960

1959

It Started with a Kiss
It Started with a Kiss
as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
Movie - Released: 8/19/1959

1958

Cowboy
Cowboy
as Tom Reese
Movie - Released: 1/23/1958
Torpedo Run
Torpedo Run
as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
Movie - Released: 10/24/1958
The Sheepman
The Sheepman
as Jason Sweet
Movie - Released: 5/1/1958
Imitation General
Imitation General
as MSgt. Murphy Savage
Movie - Released: 8/20/1958

1957

3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma
as Ben Wade
Movie - Released: 8/7/1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Captain Fisby
Movie - Released: 7/1/1957
Don't Go Near the Water
Don't Go Near the Water
as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
Movie - Released: 11/14/1957
The Day Called X
The Day Called X
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/8/1957

1956

The Fastest Gun Alive
The Fastest Gun Alive
as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
Movie - Released: 7/12/1956
Jubal
Jubal
as Jubal Troop
Movie - Released: 2/25/1956
Ransom!
Ransom!
as David G. 'Dave' Stannard
Movie - Released: 1/24/1956
Operation Teahouse
Operation Teahouse
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/29/1956

1955

Blackboard Jungle
Blackboard Jungle
as Richard Dadier
Movie - Released: 3/25/1955
Interrupted Melody
Interrupted Melody
as Dr. Thomas King
Movie - Released: 5/5/1955
The Violent Men
The Violent Men
as John Parrish
Movie - Released: 1/26/1955
Trial
Trial
as David Blake
Movie - Released: 10/7/1955
The Americano
The Americano
as Sam Dent
Movie - Released: 1/19/1955
Have Faith in Our Children
Have Faith in Our Children
as Himself
Movie - Released: 12/31/1955
MGM Parade
MGM Parade
as Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage)
TV - Released: 9/14/1955

1954

Human Desire
Human Desire
as Jeff Warren
Movie - Released: 8/5/1954
Movie
City Story
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/5/1954

1953

The Big Heat
The Big Heat
as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Movie - Released: 10/14/1953
The Man from the Alamo
The Man from the Alamo
as John Stroud
Movie - Released: 8/7/1953
Plunder of the Sun
Plunder of the Sun
as Al Colby
Movie - Released: 8/26/1953
Time Bomb
Time Bomb
as Peter Lyncort
Movie - Released: 2/5/1953
Appointment in Honduras
Appointment in Honduras
as Jim Corbett
Movie - Released: 10/16/1953

1952

Affair in Trinidad
Affair in Trinidad
as Steve Emery
Movie - Released: 7/29/1952
The Green Glove
The Green Glove
as Michael 'Mike' Blake
Movie - Released: 2/28/1952
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
as Maxwell Webster
Movie - Released: 5/2/1952
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1952

1951

The Secret of Convict Lake
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Jim Canfield
Movie - Released: 7/29/1951
The Redhead and The Cowboy
The Redhead and The Cowboy
as Gil Kyle
Movie - Released: 3/15/1951
Follow the Sun
Follow the Sun
as Ben Hogan
Movie - Released: 5/22/1951

1950

Convicted
Convicted
as Joe Hufford
Movie - Released: 8/1/1950
The White Tower
The White Tower
as Martin Ordway
Movie - Released: 6/24/1950
The Flying Missile
The Flying Missile
as William A. Talbot
Movie - Released: 12/24/1950
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
TV - Released: 4/9/1950

1949

The Undercover Man
The Undercover Man
as Frank Warren
Movie - Released: 3/21/1949
Mr. Soft Touch
Mr. Soft Touch
as Joe Miracle
Movie - Released: 7/28/1949
Lust for Gold
Lust for Gold
as Jacob 'Dutch' Walz
Movie - Released: 6/10/1949
The Doctor and the Girl
The Doctor and the Girl
as Dr. Michael Corday
Movie - Released: 9/29/1949

1948

The Man from Colorado
The Man from Colorado
as Col. Owen Devereaux
Movie - Released: 8/7/1948
The Loves of Carmen
The Loves of Carmen
as Don José
Movie - Released: 8/23/1948
The Return of October
The Return of October
as Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.
Movie - Released: 10/26/1948
The Mating of Millie
The Mating of Millie
as Doug Andrews
Movie - Released: 3/8/1948

1947

Framed
Framed
as Mike Lambert
Movie - Released: 5/25/1947

1946

Gilda
Gilda
as Johnny Farrell
Movie - Released: 4/25/1946
A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life
as Bill Emerson
Movie - Released: 5/1/1946
Gallant Journey
Gallant Journey
as John J. Montgomery
Movie - Released: 9/24/1946

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 1/20/1944

1943

The Desperadoes
The Desperadoes
as Cheyenne Rogers
Movie - Released: 5/25/1943
Destroyer
Destroyer
as Mickey Donohue
Movie - Released: 8/19/1943
Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/21/1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
as Himself
Movie - Released: 8/15/1943
Guadalcanal Diary
Guadalcanal Diary
as Marine Extra (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 10/27/1943

1942

Flight Lieutenant
Flight Lieutenant
as Danny Doyle
Movie - Released: 7/9/1942
The Adventures of Martin Eden
The Adventures of Martin Eden
as Martin Eden
Movie - Released: 2/26/1942

1941

Texas
Texas
as Tod Ramsey
Movie - Released: 10/9/1941
So Ends Our Night
So Ends Our Night
as Ludwig Kern
Movie - Released: 2/27/1941
Go West, Young Lady
Go West, Young Lady
as Tex Miller
Movie - Released: 11/27/1941

1940

Blondie Plays Cupid
Blondie Plays Cupid
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 10/31/1940
The Lady in Question
The Lady in Question
as Pierre Morestan
Movie - Released: 8/7/1940
Convicted Woman
Convicted Woman
as Jim Brent (Reporter)
Movie - Released: 1/31/1940
Men Without Souls
Men Without Souls
as Johnny Adams
Movie - Released: 5/20/1940
Babies for Sale
Babies for Sale
as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
Movie - Released: 6/14/1940

1939

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Joe Riley
Movie - Released: 11/3/1939
My Son Is Guilty
My Son Is Guilty
as Barney
Movie - Released: 12/28/1939