Biography
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (born May 1, 1916), better known by his stage name Glenn Ford, is an actor. He was born in Portneuf, Quebec, Canada and moved to Santa Monica, California with his family as a child. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939.
Ford is best known for his film roles as cowboys and as an ordinary man in unusual circumstances. His acting career began on stage, and his first large movie part was in 1939 film Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence.
In 1942, Ford's film career was interrupted when he volunteered for duty in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps. His interest in the military continued as, during both the Korean War and the Vietnam War, Ford took the time to make goodwill visits to the American troops.
Following military service, Ford's breakthrough role was in 1946, starring alongside Rita Hayworth in Gilda. He went on to be a leading man opposite Rita Hayworth in five films, and starred with other acting greats such as Bette Davis, Gloria Grahame, Ingrid Thulin.
Ford's movie-acting career flourished in the 1950s and 60s, and continued into the early 1990s, with increasing television roles. His major roles in thrillers and dramas and action films include A Stolen Life, The Big Heat, Framed, Blackboard Jungle, Interrupted Melody, Experiment in Terror, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Ransom!, Superman and Westerns such as The Fastest Gun Alive, 3:10 to Yuma and Cimarron.
Ford has been married (and divorced) four times to Eleanor Powell, Jeanne Baus, Kathryn Hays and Cynthia Hayward. With Eleanor Powell, he is the father of actor Peter Ford.
After being nominated in 1957 and 1958, in 1962 Glenn Ford won a Golden Globe Award as best actor for his performance in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Glenn Ford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd. In 1978, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1992 he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur medal for his action in the Second World War.
As of 2005, Ford was living in quiet retirement in Beverly Hills with his son's family. Peter Ford is currently working with Christopher Nickens on a biography of his father.
Films
Final Verdict (1991) (TV) as Rev. Rogers
Raw Nerve (1991) as Captain Gavin
Border Shootout (1990) as Sheriff John Danaher
Casablanca Express (1989) as Major Gen. Williams
Law at Randado (1989) (TV)
My Town (1986) (TV) as Lucas Wheeler
Happy Birthday to Me (1981) as Dr. David Faraday
Fukkatsu no hi (1980) as President Richardson
Day of the Assassin (1979) as Christakis
The Gift (1979) (TV) as Billy Devlin
Beggarman, Thief (1979) (TV) as David Donnelly
The Sacketts (1979) (TV) as Tom Sunday
The Visitor (1979) as Det. Jake Durham
Superman (1978) as Jonathan Kent
Evening in Byzantium (1978) (TV) as Jesse Craig
The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977) (TV) as Paul Dvorak/Leonard Staveck
Midway (1976) as RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance
Punch and Jody (1974) (TV) as Peter 'Punch' Travers
The Greatest Gift (1974) (TV) as Rev. Holvak
The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974) (TV) as Colonel Pete Moore
Santee (1973) as Santee
Jarrett (1973) (TV) as Sam Jarrett
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) (TV) as Prof. Andrew Patterson
Heaven with a Gun (1969) as Jim Killian/Pastor Jim
Smith!' (1969) as Smith
Day of the Evil Gun (1968) as Lorne Warfield
The Last Challenge (1967) as Marshal Dan Blaine
A Time for Killing (1967) as Maj. Tom Wolcott
Rage (1966) as Doc Reuben
Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
The Money Trap (1965) as Joe Baron
The Rounders (1965) as Ben Jones
Dear Heart (1964) as Harry Mork
Fate Is the Hunter (1964) as Sam C. McBane
Advance to the Rear (1964) as Capt. Jared Heath
Love Is a Ball (1963) as John Lathrop Davis
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) as Tom Corbett
Experiment in Terror (1962) as John 'Rip' Ripley
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) as Julio Desnoyers
Pocketful of Miracles (1961) as Dave 'the Dude' Conway
Cry for Happy (1961) as CPO Andy Cyphers
Cimarron (1960) as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
The Gazebo (1959) as Elliott Nash
It Started with a Kiss (1959) as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
Torpedo Run (1958) as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
Imitation General (1958) as MSgt. Murphy Savage
The Sheepman (1958) as Jason Sweet
Cowboy (1958) as Tom Reese
Don't Go Near the Water (1957) as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
3:10 to Yuma (1957) as Ben Wade
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) as Capt. Fisby
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) as George Temple/George Kelby, Jr.
Jubal (1956) as Jubal Troop
Ransom! (1956) as David G. 'Dave' Stannard
Trial (1955) as David Blake
Interrupted Melody (1955) as Dr. Thomas 'Tom'King
Blackboard Jungle (1955) as Richard Dadier
The Violent Men (1955) as John Parrish
The Americano (1955) as Sam Dent
Human Desire (1954) as Jeff Warren
City Story (1954) as Narrator
Appointment in Honduras (1953) as Steve Corbett
The Big Heat (1953) as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Plunder of the Sun (1953) as Al Colby
The Man from the Alamo (1953) as John Stroud
Time Bomb (1953) as Maj. Peter Lyncort
Affair in Trinidad (1952) as Steve Emery
Young Man with Ideas (1952) as Maxwell Webster
The Green Glove (1952) as Michael 'Mike' Blake
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) as Jim Canfield
Follow the Sun (1951) as Ben Hogan
The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) as Gil Kyle
The Flying Missile (1950) as Cmdr. William A. Talbot
Convicted (1950) as Joe Hufford
The White Tower (1950) as Martin Ordway
The Doctor and the Girl (1949) as Dr. Michael Corday
Mr. Soft Touch (1949) as Joe Miracle
Lust for Gold (1949) as Jacob 'Dutch' Walz
The Undercover Man (1949) as Frank Warren
The Return of October (1948) as Prof. Bentley Bassett Jr.
The Loves of Carmen (1948) as Don José Lizarabengoa
The Man from Colorado (1948) as Col. Owen Devereaux
The Mating of Millie (1948) as Doug Andrews
Framed (1947) as Mike Lambert
Gallant Journey (1946) as John J. Montgomery
A Stolen Life (1946) as Bill Emerson
Gilda (1946) as Johnny Farrell/Narrator
Destroyer (1943) as Mickey Donohue
The Desperadoes (1943) as Cheyenne Rogers
Flight Lieutenant (1942) as Danny Doyle
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) as Martin Eden
Go West, Young Lady (1941) as Sheriff Tex Miller
Texas as Tod Ramsey
So Ends Our Night (1941) as Ludwig Kern
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) as Charlie
The Lady in Question (1940) as Pierre Morestan
Babies for Sale (1940) as Steve Burton aka Oscar Hanson
Men Without Souls (1940) as Johnny Adams
Convicted Woman (1940) as Jim Brent (reporter)
My Son Is Guilty (1939) as Barney
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) as Joe
Night in Manhattan (1937)
