Glenn Ford
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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 Gilda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), and Superman (1978).
Known for
Credits
Superman (1978)
as Pa Kent
Superman II (1980)
as Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Midway (1976)
as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
as Ben Wade
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Gilda (1946)
as Johnny Farrell
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
as Marine Extra (uncredited)
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
as Dr. David Faraday
The Money Trap (1965)
as Joe Baron
Smith! (1969)
as Smith
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
as Dave 'The Dude' Conway
Trial (1955)
as David Blake
Jubal (1956)
as Jubal Troop
The Lady in Question (1940)
as Pierre Morestan
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
as Steve Emery
The Big Heat (1953)
as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)
as Gil Kyle
Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
as Lorn Warfield
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
as Julio Desnoyers
A Time for Killing (1967)
as Tom Wolcott
The Violent Men (1955)
as John Parrish
The Sheepman (1958)
as Jason Sweet
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
as Sam McBane
Advance to the Rear (1964)
as Capt. Jared Heath
The Gazebo (1959)
as Elliott Nash
The Visitor (1979)
as Det. Jake Durham
Ransom! (1956)
as David G. 'Dave' Stannard
The Man from Colorado (1948)
as Col. Owen Devereaux
Experiment in Terror (1962)
as John Ripley
The Making of Midway (2001)
as Self
The Rounders (1965)
as Ben Jones
The Desperadoes (1943)
as Cheyenne Rogers
The Day Called X (1957)
as Narrator
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
The Last Challenge (1967)
as Marshal Dan Blaine
The Man from the Alamo (1953)
as John Stroud
Cimarron (1960)
as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
as Richard Dadier
Border Shootout (1989)
as Sheriff Danaher
Cowboy (1958)
as Tom Reese
Cry for Happy (1961)
as Andy Cyphers
Heaven with a Gun (1969)
as Jim Killan
Torpedo Run (1958)
as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
Human Desire (1954)
as Jeff Warren
A Stolen Life (1946)
as Bill Emerson
Destroyer (1943)
as Mickey Donohue
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
as Joe Miracle
Dear Heart (1965)
as Harry Mork
Virus (1980)
as President Richardson
The Undercover Man (1949)
as Frank Warren
Plunder of the Sun (1953)
as Al Colby
Interrupted Melody (1955)
as Dr. Thomas King
Young Man with Ideas (1952)
as Maxwell Webster
Lust for Gold (1949)
as Jacob 'Dutch' Walz
Flight Lieutenant (1942)
as Danny Doyle
Appointment in Honduras (1953)
as Jim Corbett
Texas (1941)
as Tod Ramsey
Love is a Ball (1963)
as John Lathrop Davis
The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974)
as Colonel Pete Moore
The Mating of Millie (1948)
as Doug Andrews
The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
as Dr. Michael Corday
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as Narrator (voice)
Long Way Home (1975)
as Rev. Tom Holvak
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
as Jim Canfield
The Americano (1955)
as Sam Dent
The Gift (1979)
as Billy Devlin
The Marshal of Madrid (1972)
as Sam Cade
Casablanca Express (1989)
as Major Gen. Williams
Convicted (1950)
as Joe Hufford
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Framed (1947)
as Mike Lambert
Sam Cade (1972)
as Sam Cade
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
as Tom Corbett
The White Tower (1950)
as Martin Ordway
Raw Nerve (1991)
as Captain Gavin
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982)
as Self
Men Without Souls (1940)
as Johnny Adams
Day of the Assassin (1979)
as Christakis
Go West, Young Lady (1941)
as Tex Miller
Gallant Journey (1946)
as John J. Montgomery
Santee (1973)
as Santee
The Green Glove (1952)
as Michael 'Mike' Blake
The Return of October (1948)
as Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.
Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
Babies for Sale (1940)
as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
The Flying Missile (1950)
as William A. Talbot
Follow the Sun (1951)
as Ben Hogan
Punch and Jody (1974)
as Peter 'Punch' Travers
Beggarman, Thief (1979)
as David Donnelly
The Greatest Gift (1974)
as Rev. Holvak
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
as Charlie
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
as Martin Eden
Have Faith in Our Children (1955)
as Himself
Imitation General (1958)
as MSgt. Murphy Savage
Great White Death (1981)
as Narrator
Rage (1966)
as Reuben
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
My Son Is Guilty (1939)
as Barney
Convicted Woman (1940)
as Jim Brent (Reporter)
William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989)
as Self
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)
as Captain Fisby
Operation Teahouse (1956)
as Self
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
as Joe Riley
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
as Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)
as Self - Host
My Town (1986)
as Lucas Wheeler
So Ends Our Night (1941)
as Ludwig Kern
Time Bomb (1953)
as Peter Lyncort
The Loves of Carmen (1948)
as Don José
Final Verdict (1991)
as Rev. Rogers
The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977)
as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
Police Story: No Margin for Error (1978)
as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)
as Self
City Story (1954)
as Narrator
Jarrett (1973)
as Sam Jarrett
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform (1943)
as Himself