Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford (May 1, 1916 - August 30, 2006) was an American actor, born in Canada.

 Biography 

Born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Quebec City, Canada. He was the son of a Canadian railroad worker.  Glenn studied at Santa Monica High School. After graduating he started working in small local theatres.

Glenn Ford interrupted his actor career in 1942 to enlist as a volunteer in The Marine Corps of The United States during World War II. Ford was assigned in 1943 to active duty in San Diego Base. Then be promoted to sergeant

Glenn Ford also joined the Naval Reserve United States in 1958 and was promoted to lieutenant commander. Ford touts the Navy through radio and television spectacles. He was promoted to captain in 1968.

Glenn Ford was married four times, and a son, Peter Ford.

He died at 90 years old on August 30, 2006 at his residence of Beverly Hills.

Career
His first film work, was a short Night in Manhattan  (1937). He is remembered for playing the role of Johnny Farrell in Classic movie Gilda  (1946), with Rita Hayworth.

His long list of movie include The Adventures of Martin Eden  (1942), The Doctor and the Girl  (1949), Plunder of the Sun  (1953), Torpedo Run (1958), Experiment in Terror  (1962), Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse  (1962), Dear Heart  (1964), Is Paris Burning?  (1966), Midway  (1976).
He also participated in the movie of 1978 Superman, playing the role of Jonathan Kent Superman's father.

Among his most notable roles are that of the incorruptible Detective. Sgt Dave Bannion, who must fight against the Mafia, in The Big Heat (1953), also he played role of school teacher who is harassed by his students in Blackboard Jungle (1955).

He had starred in big Western movies, in the history of Hollywood as Texas  (1941), The Desperadoes  (1943), with Randolph Scott, The Man from Colorado  (1948), with William Holden, Lust for Gold  (1949), The Redhead and the Cowboy  (1951), The Man from the Alamo  (1953), The Violent Men  (1955), Jubal (1956), with Ernest Borgnine, The Fastest Gun Alive  (1956), 3:10 to Yuma  (1957), Cowboy  (1958), The Sheepman  (1958), Cimarrón  (1960), A Time for Killing  (1967), The Last Challenge  (1967), Day of the Evil Gun  (1968), and Heaven with a Gun  (1969). His latest western movies are: Santee  (1973).

In 1962, Glenn Ford won a Golden Globe, as best actor for the movie Pocketful of Mir, directed by Frank Capra. For his outstanding career in the movies, Glenn Ford star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. He was also inducted into the Hall of Fame Western artists at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Television
In 1971 he starred in the CBS television series Cade's County, he plays county sheriff Sam Cade, is a must fight against crime. in this series works the son of Glenn Ford, Peter Ford.

Glenn Ford has had great performances in movies and series for television The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970), The Greatest Gift (1974), The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974), The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977), Police Story: No Margin for Error (1978), The Sacketts (1979), his last role was that of Rev. Rogers, in drama Final Verdict (1991).

 Filmography 

+ Movie Año Title Role Note 1937 Night in Manhattan  Emcee Gwyllyn Ford 1939 Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence  Joe Riley 1939 My Son Is Guilty  Barney1940 Convicted Woman  Jim Brent1940 Men Without Souls  Johnny Adams1940 Babies for Sale  Steve Burton1940 The Lady in Question  Pierre Morestan1940 Blondie Plays Cupid  Charlie 1941 So Ends Our Night  Ludwig Kern1941 Texas  Tod Ramsey1941 Go West, Young Lady  Sheriff Tex Miller 1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden   Martin Eden1942 Flight Lieutenant  Danny Doyle 1943 The Desperadoes  Cheyenne Rogers1943 Destroyer  Mickey Donohue1946 Gilda  Johnny Farrell 1946 A Stolen Life  Bill Emerson 1946 Gallant Journey  John J. Montgomery 1947 Framed  Mike Lambert 1948 The Mating of Millie  Doug Andrews 1948 The Man from Colorado  Col. Owen Devereaux 1948 The Loves of Carmen  Don José 1948 The Return of October  Prof. Bassett Jr 1949 The Undercover Man  Frank Warren 1949 Lust for Gold  Jacob Walz 1949 Mr. Soft Touch   Joe Miracle1949 The Doctor and the Girl  Dr. Michael Corday 1950 The White Tower  Martin Ordway 1950 Convicted  Joe Hufford 1950 The Flying Missile  Cmdr. William A. Talbot1951 The Redhead and the Cowboy   Gil Kyle1951Follow the Sun  Ben Hogan 1951 The Secret of Convict Lake   Jim Canfield 1952 The Green Glove  Michael Blake 1952 Young Man with Ideas  Maxwell Webster 1952 Affair in Trinidad  Steve Emery 1953 Time Bomb  Maj. Peter Lyncort 1953 The Man from the Alamo  John Stroud 1953 Plunder of the Sun  Al Colby 1953 The Big Heat  Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion 1953 Appointment in Honduras   Steve Corbett 1954 City Story  Narrator 1954 Human Desire  Jeff Warren 1955 The Americano  Sam Dent 1955 The Violent Men  John Parrish 1955 Blackboard Jungle  Richard Dadier 1955 Interrupted Melody  Dr. Thomas King 1955 Trial  David Blake 1956 Ransom!  David G. Stannard 1956 Jubal  Jubal Troop 1956 The Fastest Gun Alive  George Temple 1956 The Teahouse of the August Moon  Capt. Fisby 1957 3:10 to Yuma   Ben Wade 1957 Don't Go Near the Water  Lt. J.G. Max Siegel 1958 Cowboy  Tom Reese 1958 The Sheepman  Jason Sweet 1958 Imitation General  Sgt. Murphy Savage 1958 Torpedo Run  Lt. Cmdr. Doyle 1959 It Started with a Kiss  Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick 1959 The Gazebo  Elliott Nash 1960 Cimarron  Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat 1961 Cry for Happy  CPO Andy Cyphers 1961 Pocketful of Miracles  Dave the Dude Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – (Glenn Ford) 1962 The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse  Julio Desnoyers 1962 Experiment in Terror  John 'Rip' Ripley 1963 The Courtship of Eddie's Father  Tom Corbett 1963 Love Is a Ball  John Lathrop Davis 1964 Advance to the Rear Captain Jared Heath 1964 Fate Is the Hunter  Sam C. McBane 1964 Dear Heart  Harry Mork 1965 The Rounders 1965 The Money Trap  Joe Baron 1966 Is Paris Burning?  Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley 1966 Rage  Doc Reuben 1967 A Time for Killing  Maj. Tom Wolcott 1967 The Last Challenge  Marshal Dan Blaine 1968 Day of the Evil Gun  Lorn Warfield 1969 Smith!  Smith 1969 Heaven with a Gun  Jim Killian 1973 Santee  Santee 1976 Midway  Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance 1978 Superman  Kent phather 1979 The Visitor  Det. Jake Durham 1979 Day of the Assassin  Christakis 1980 Virus  President Richardson 1981 Happy Birthday to Me  Dr. David Faraday 1989 Casablanca Express  Major Gen. Williams 1991 Raw Nerve  Capt. Gavin

 References 

Other websites



 Official family-sanctioned website for fans to send condolences
 Official family-run website about upcoming biography
 Glenn Ford biography at Northern Stars 

 Interview with David Priol and Peter Ford on the Official Glenn Ford Website 
 Photographs and literature 

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Category:Golden Globe Award winning actors
Category:Canadian movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:American stage actors
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Category:People from Quebec City