Glenn Ford

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Glenn Ford

Acting May 1, 1916

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Superman

Superman

7.2 1978 Movie
Superman II

Superman II

6.8 1980 Movie
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
Gilda

Gilda

7.5 1946 Movie
The Big Heat

The Big Heat

7.7 1953 Movie
3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

7.3 1957 Movie
Midway

Midway

6.6 1976 Movie
The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

7.0 1950 TV Show
Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me

6.0 1981 Movie
Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

7.2 1966 Movie

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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).

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Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2001
    The Making of Midway

    Movie Self

  2. 1991
    Final Verdict

    Movie Rev. Rogers

  3. 1991
    Raw Nerve

    Movie Captain Gavin

  4. 1990
    Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

    Movie Self

  5. 1989
    Border Shootout

    Movie Sheriff Danaher

  6. 1989
    Casablanca Express

    Movie Major Gen. Williams

  7. 1989
    William Holden: The Golden Boy

    Movie Self

  8. 1986
    My Town

    Movie Lucas Wheeler

  9. 1982
    The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

    Movie Self

  10. 1981
    Happy Birthday to Me

    Movie Dr. David Faraday

  11. 1981
    Great White Death

    Movie Narrator

  12. 1980
    Superman II

    Movie Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

  13. 1980
    Virus

    Movie President Richardson

  14. 1979
    Day of the Assassin

    Movie Christakis

  15. 1979
    The Gift

    Movie Billy Devlin

  16. 1979
    Beggarman, Thief

    TV show David Donnelly

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  1. 1979
    When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

    Movie Self - Host

  2. 1979
    The Sacketts

    TV show Tom Sunday

  3. 1979
    The Hollywood Clowns

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  4. 1979
    The Visitor

    Movie Det. Jake Durham

  5. 1978
    Superman

    Movie Pa Kent

  6. 1978
    Evening in Byzantium

    TV show Jesse Craig

  7. 1978
    Police Story: No Margin for Error

    Movie Deputy Chief Walter Hayes

  8. 1977
    The 3,000 Mile Chase

    Movie Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck

  9. 1976
    Once an Eagle

    TV show George Caldwell

  10. 1976
    Midway

    Movie Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

  11. 1975
    The Family Holvak

    TV show

  12. 1975
    Long Way Home

    Movie Rev. Tom Holvak

  13. 1974
    Punch and Jody

    Movie Peter 'Punch' Travers

  14. 1974
    The Greatest Gift

    Movie Rev. Holvak

  15. 1974
    Dinah!

    TV show Self

  16. 1974
    The Disappearance of Flight 412

    Movie Colonel Pete Moore

  17. 1973
    Santee

    Movie Santee

  18. 1973
    Police Story

    TV show

  19. 1973
    Jarrett

    Movie Sam Jarrett

  20. 1972
    The Marshal of Madrid

    Movie Sam Cade

  21. 1972
    Sam Cade

    Movie Sam Cade

  22. 1971
    Cade's County

    TV show Sheriff Sam Cade

  23. 1971
    V.I.P. Schaukel

    TV show Self

  24. 1971
    Once Upon a Wheel

    TV show Self