Known For
Acting
Born
May 01, 1916
Died
Aug 30, 2006
Place of Birth
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Credits
137 titles
Glenn Ford
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 Gilda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), and Superman (1978).
Known For
Filmography
The Making of Midway
Self
Final Verdict
Rev. Rogers
Raw Nerve
Captain Gavin
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self
Border Shootout
Sheriff Danaher
Casablanca Express
Major Gen. Williams
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
My Town
Lucas Wheeler
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Happy Birthday to Me
Dr. David Faraday
Great White Death
Narrator
Superman II
Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Virus
President Richardson
The Gift
Billy Devlin
Day of the Assassin
Christakis
Beggarman, Thief
David Donnelly
Beggarman, Thief
David Donnelly
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self - Host
The Sacketts
Tom Sunday
The Hollywood Clowns
Narrator (voice)
The Visitor
Det. Jake Durham
Superman
Pa Kent
Evening in Byzantium
Jesse Craig
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
Once an Eagle
George Caldwell
Midway
Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
The Family Holvak
Long Way Home
Rev. Tom Holvak
Punch and Jody
Peter 'Punch' Travers
The Greatest Gift
Rev. Holvak
Dinah!
Self
The Disappearance of Flight 412
Colonel Pete Moore
Santee
Santee
Police Story
Jarrett
Sam Jarrett
The Marshal of Madrid
Sam Cade
Sam Cade
Sam Cade
Cade's County
Sheriff Sam Cade
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
Once Upon a Wheel
Self
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
Heaven with a Gun
Jim Killan
Smith!
Smith
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
Day of the Evil Gun
Lorn Warfield
A Time for Killing
Tom Wolcott
The Last Challenge
Marshal Dan Blaine
Rage
Reuben
Is Paris Burning?
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley