Acting

Glenn Ford

Born 1916-05-01 · Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Died 2006-08-30

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).

Credits

Newest first

The Making of Midway
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Final Verdict
as Rev. Rogers
1991
Raw Nerve
as Captain Gavin
1991
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
as Self
1990
Border Shootout
as Sheriff Danaher
1989
Casablanca Express
as Major Gen. Williams
1989
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self
1989
My Town
as Lucas Wheeler
1986
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
1982
Happy Birthday to Me
as Dr. David Faraday
1981
Great White Death
as Narrator
1981
Superman II
as Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
Virus
as President Richardson
1980
Day of the Assassin
as Christakis
1979
The Gift
as Billy Devlin
1979
Beggarman, Thief
as David Donnelly
1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self - Host
1979
The Sacketts
as Tom Sunday
1979
The Hollywood Clowns
as Narrator (voice)
1979
The Visitor
as Det. Jake Durham
1979
Superman
as Pa Kent
1978
Evening in Byzantium
as Jesse Craig
1978
Police Story: No Margin for Error
as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
1978
The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
1977
Once an Eagle
as George Caldwell
1976
Midway
as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
1976
Long Way Home
as Rev. Tom Holvak
1975
The Family Holvak
1975
Punch and Jody
as Peter 'Punch' Travers
1974
The Greatest Gift
as Rev. Holvak
1974
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Disappearance of Flight 412
as Colonel Pete Moore
1974
Santee
as Santee
1973
Police Story
1973
Jarrett
as Sam Jarrett
1973
Sam Cade
as Sam Cade
1972
The Marshal of Madrid
as Sam Cade
1972
Cade's County
as Sheriff Sam Cade
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
Once Upon a Wheel
as Self
1971
The Brotherhood of the Bell
as Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
1970
Heaven with a Gun
as Jim Killan
1969
Smith!
as Smith
1969
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Day of the Evil Gun
as Lorn Warfield
1968
A Time for Killing
as Tom Wolcott
1967
The Last Challenge
as Marshal Dan Blaine
1967
Rage
as Reuben
1966
Is Paris Burning?
as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
1966
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Center Square
1966
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Money Trap
as Joe Baron
1965
Dear Heart
as Harry Mork
1965
The Rounders
as Ben Jones
1965
Fate Is the Hunter
as Sam McBane
1964
Advance to the Rear
as Capt. Jared Heath
1964
Hollywood and the Stars
as Self (archive footage)
1963
Love is a Ball
as John Lathrop Davis
1963
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Tom Corbett
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Experiment in Terror
as John Ripley
1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Julio Desnoyers
1962
Pocketful of Miracles
as Dave 'The Dude' Conway
1961
Pocketful of Miracles
Associate Producer
1961
The Dick Powell Show
as Self - Guest Host
1961
Cry for Happy
as Andy Cyphers
1961
Cimarron
as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
1960
The Gazebo
as Elliott Nash
1959
It Started with a Kiss
as Joe Fitzpatrick
1959
Torpedo Run
as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
1958
Imitation General
as MSgt. Murphy Savage
1958
The Sheepman
as Jason Sweet
1958
Cowboy
as Tom Reese
1958
The Day Called X
as Narrator
1957
Don't Go Near the Water
as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
1957
3:10 to Yuma
as Ben Wade
1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Captain Fisby
1957
Operation Teahouse
as Self
1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
1956