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