George Ford

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Tall distinguished looking George Ford started out as a contract player in the early 1930s but like most contract players, it didn't work out. Never discouraged, Ford moved on to roles as dancers, socialites, and chorus boys. Ford would occasionally have dialog but he was constantly used for his good looking appearance and his unique ability to ballroom dance. During the 1950s, Ford developed a reputation for being one of the best dancers in Hollywood. Musicals weren't his specialty though, it was the nice ballrooms and the socialite parties. He continue to work these throughout his career. He also managed to appear in a lot of various war films playing soldiers and high ranking military officers. With the popularity of television westerns increase, Ford found himself frequently appearing at square dances and as a dancer to show the leading ladies off. Eventually he became a regular townsman for a few years on Gunsmoke appearing in the bar scenes and playing bank tellers and town dignitaries. By 1968, Ford's work started to decrease and he decided to retire to Colorado where he could take up skiing and where he and his wife regularly competed in ballroom dancing contest. Like many extras, Ford's talents were not known to the general film public but he leaves behind a legacy of making the other dancers he danced with look better than they were and a large amount of film work that can be appreciated by future generation.

Filmography

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1968
Sol Madrid
Movie Board Member
1967
Cimarron Strip
TV show Townsman (uncredited)
1967
Winchester '73
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
1967
The Invaders
TV show Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1966
Mission: Impossible
TV show Guard (uncredited)
1966
The Green Hornet
TV show Party Guest (uncredited)
1966
Torn Curtain
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
1966
The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
1966
Batman
TV show Police Officer (uncredited)
1965
The Cincinnati Kid
Movie Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
1965
The Wild Wild West
TV show Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1965
Honey West
TV show Photographer (uncredited)
1965
Green Acres
TV show Townsman (uncredited)
1965
The Great Race
Movie Man in Hallway at Sentinel (uncredited)
1965
Cat Ballou
Movie Brothel Customer (uncredited)
1964
Youngblood Hawke
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)

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1964
Fate Is the Hunter
Movie Loadmaster (uncredited)
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV show Party Guest (uncredited)
1964
Law of the Lawless
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
1964
Man's Favorite Sport?
Movie Fisherman (uncredited)
1963
The Man from Galveston
Movie Attorney Mullaney (uncredited)
1963
Under the Yum Yum Tree
Movie Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1963
Burke's Law
TV show Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1963
Arrest and Trial
TV show Juror (uncredited)
1963
The Lieutenant
TV show Observer at Rally (uncredited)
1963
The Thrill of It All
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
1963
Critic's Choice
Movie Audience Member (uncredited)
1963
Son of Flubber
Movie Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1962
The Lucy Show
TV show Photographer (uncredited)
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV show Party Guest (uncredited)
1962
The Virginian
TV show Party Guest (uncredited)
1962
Sam Benedict
TV show Board Member (uncredited)
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
Movie Guest at Anniversary Banquet (uncredited)
1962
Advise & Consent
Movie Senator (uncredited)
1961
Lover Come Back
Movie Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV show Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Movie Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1961
Go Naked in the World
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
1960
Cimarron
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
1960
North to Alaska
Movie Miner (uncredited)