Glenn Ford

Acting

May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006 (died at 90)

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Male

119 Movies

20 TV Shows

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).

The Big Heat

1953 7.7

as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Age 37 (now 90)

3:10 to Yuma

1957 7.3

as Ben Wade

Age 41 (now 90)

Gilda

1946 7.5

as Johnny Farrell

Age 29 (now 90)

Pocketful of Miracles

1961 7.3

as Dave 'The Dude' Conway

Age 45 (now 90)

Superman

1978 7.2

as Pa Kent

Age 62 (now 90)

Blackboard Jungle

1955 6.9

as Richard Dadier

Age 38 (now 90)

Human Desire

1954 6.8

as Jeff Warren

Age 38 (now 90)

Experiment in Terror

1962 7.1

as John Ripley

Age 45 (now 90)

Happy Birthday to Me

1981 6.0

as Dr. David Faraday

Age 65 (now 90)

Jubal

1956 6.9

as Jubal Troop

Age 39 (now 90)

Midway

1976 6.6

as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Age 60 (now 90)

Cowboy

1958 6.5

as Tom Reese

Age 41 (now 90)

The Sheepman

1958 6.9

as Jason Sweet

Age 41 (now 90)

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956 6.9

as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.

Age 40 (now 90)

Virus

1980 6.3

as President Richardson

Age 64 (now 90)

Cimarron

1960 6.1

as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat

Age 44 (now 90)

The Making of Midway

2001 9.0

as Self

Age 85 (now 90)

Final Verdict

1991

as Rev. Rogers

Age 75 (now 90)

Raw Nerve

1991 4.0

as Captain Gavin

Age 75 (now 90)

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

1990 7.0

as Self

Age 73 (now 90)

Border Shootout

1989 4.6

as Sheriff Danaher

Age 73 (now 90)

Casablanca Express

1989 3.8

as Major Gen. Williams

Age 73 (now 90)

William Holden: The Golden Boy

1989

as Self

Age 73 (now 90)

My Town

1986 7.0

as Lucas Wheeler

Age 70 (now 90)

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1982 6.6

as Self

Age 65 (now 90)

Happy Birthday to Me

1981 6.0

as Dr. David Faraday

Age 65 (now 90)

Great White Death

1981 5.3

as Narrator

Age 64 (now 90)

Superman II

1980 6.8

as Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 64 (now 90)

Virus

1980 6.3

as President Richardson

Age 64 (now 90)

The Gift

1979 6.5

as Billy Devlin

Age 63 (now 90)

Day of the Assassin

1979 4.9

as Christakis

Age 63 (now 90)

Beggarman, Thief

1979 5.7

as David Donnelly

Age 63 (now 90)

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

as Self - Host

Age 63 (now 90)

The Hollywood Clowns

1979

as Narrator (voice)

Age 62 (now 90)

The Visitor

1979 5.3

as Det. Jake Durham

Age 62 (now 90)

Superman

1978 7.2

as Pa Kent

Age 62 (now 90)

Evening in Byzantium

1978 8.0

as Jesse Craig

Age 62 (now 90)

Police Story: No Margin for Error

1978 7.0

as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes

Age 61 (now 90)

The 3,000 Mile Chase

1977 7.0

as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck

Age 61 (now 90)

Midway

1976 6.6

as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Age 60 (now 90)

Long Way Home

1975

as Rev. Tom Holvak

Age 59 (now 90)

Punch and Jody

1974 9.0

as Peter 'Punch' Travers

Age 58 (now 90)

The Greatest Gift

1974 5.5

as Rev. Holvak

Age 58 (now 90)

The Disappearance of Flight 412

1974 5.0

as Colonel Pete Moore

Age 58 (now 90)

Santee

1973 5.5

as Santee

Age 57 (now 90)

Jarrett

1973 4.7

as Sam Jarrett

Age 56 (now 90)

The Marshal of Madrid

1972

as Sam Cade

Age 55 (now 90)

Sam Cade

1972

as Sam Cade

Age 55 (now 90)

The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970 6.0

as Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson

Age 54 (now 90)

Heaven with a Gun

1969 5.5

as Jim Killan

Age 53 (now 90)

Smith!

1969 5.9

as Smith

Age 52 (now 90)

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968 7.6

as Self (uncredited)

Age 52 (now 90)

Day of the Evil Gun

1968 6.2

as Lorn Warfield

Age 51 (now 90)

A Time for Killing

1967 4.6

as Tom Wolcott

Age 51 (now 90)

The Last Challenge

1967 6.3

as Marshal Dan Blaine

Age 51 (now 90)

Rage

1966 5.6

as Reuben

Age 50 (now 90)

Is Paris Burning?

1966 7.2

as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Age 50 (now 90)

The Money Trap

1965 5.1

as Joe Baron

Age 49 (now 90)

Dear Heart

1965 6.5

as Harry Mork

Age 48 (now 90)

The Rounders

1965 5.5

as Ben Jones

Age 48 (now 90)

Fate Is the Hunter

1964 6.5

as Sam McBane

Age 48 (now 90)

Advance to the Rear

1964 5.2

as Capt. Jared Heath

Age 48 (now 90)

Love is a Ball

1963 5.1

as John Lathrop Davis

Age 46 (now 90)

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963 6.0

as Tom Corbett

Age 46 (now 90)

Experiment in Terror

1962 7.1

as John Ripley

Age 45 (now 90)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962 5.9

as Julio Desnoyers

Age 45 (now 90)

Pocketful of Miracles

1961 7.3

Associate Producer

Age 45 (now 90)

Pocketful of Miracles

1961 7.3

as Dave 'The Dude' Conway

Age 45 (now 90)

Cry for Happy

1961 5.6

as Andy Cyphers

Age 44 (now 90)

Cimarron

1960 6.1

as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat

Age 44 (now 90)

The Gazebo

1959 6.9

as Elliott Nash

Age 43 (now 90)

It Started with a Kiss

1959 5.5

as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick

Age 43 (now 90)

Torpedo Run

1958 6.1

as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle

Age 42 (now 90)

Imitation General

1958 6.6

as MSgt. Murphy Savage

Age 42 (now 90)

The Sheepman

1958 6.9

as Jason Sweet

Age 41 (now 90)

Cowboy

1958 6.5

as Tom Reese

Age 41 (now 90)

The Day Called X

1957

as Narrator

Age 41 (now 90)

Don't Go Near the Water

1957 5.3

as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel

Age 41 (now 90)

3:10 to Yuma

1957 7.3

as Ben Wade

Age 41 (now 90)

The Teahouse of the August Moon

1957 6.2

as Captain Fisby

Age 40 (now 90)

Operation Teahouse

1956 8.0

as Self

Age 40 (now 90)

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956 6.9

as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.

Age 40 (now 90)

Jubal

1956 6.9

as Jubal Troop

Age 39 (now 90)

Ransom!

1956 7.2

as David G. 'Dave' Stannard

Age 39 (now 90)

Have Faith in Our Children

1955 9.0

as Himself

Age 39 (now 90)

Trial

1955 6.9

as David Blake

Age 39 (now 90)

Interrupted Melody

1955 5.8

as Dr. Thomas King

Age 39 (now 90)

Blackboard Jungle

1955 6.9

as Richard Dadier

Age 38 (now 90)

The Violent Men

1955 6.4

as John Parrish

Age 38 (now 90)

The Americano

1955 5.3

as Sam Dent

Age 38 (now 90)

Human Desire

1954 6.8

as Jeff Warren

Age 38 (now 90)

City Story

1954 8.0

as Narrator

Age 38 (now 90)

Appointment in Honduras

1953 5.9

as Jim Corbett

Age 37 (now 90)

The Big Heat

1953 7.7

as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Age 37 (now 90)

Plunder of the Sun

1953 6.3

as Al Colby

Age 37 (now 90)

The Man from the Alamo

1953 6.6

as John Stroud

Age 37 (now 90)

Time Bomb

1953 5.3

as Peter Lyncort

Age 36 (now 90)

Affair in Trinidad

1952 6.3

as Steve Emery

Age 36 (now 90)

Young Man with Ideas

1952 5.2

as Maxwell Webster

Age 36 (now 90)

The Green Glove

1952 6.4

as Michael 'Mike' Blake

Age 35 (now 90)

The Secret of Convict Lake

1951 6.6

as Jim Canfield

Age 35 (now 90)

Follow the Sun

1951 6.3

as Ben Hogan

Age 35 (now 90)

The Redhead and the Cowboy

1951 5.4

as Gil Kyle

Age 34 (now 90)

The Flying Missile

1950 5.3

as William A. Talbot

Age 34 (now 90)

Convicted

1950 6.2

as Joe Hufford

Age 34 (now 90)

The White Tower

1950 5.6

as Martin Ordway

Age 34 (now 90)

The Doctor and the Girl

1949 5.9

as Dr. Michael Corday

Age 33 (now 90)

Mr. Soft Touch

1949 6.8

as Joe Miracle

Age 33 (now 90)

Lust for Gold

1949 6.0

as Jacob 'Dutch' Walz

Age 33 (now 90)

The Undercover Man

1949 6.1

as Frank Warren

Age 32 (now 90)

The Return of October

1948 6.4

as Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.

Age 32 (now 90)

The Loves of Carmen

1948 6.6

as Don José

Age 32 (now 90)

The Man from Colorado

1948 6.9

as Col. Owen Devereaux

Age 32 (now 90)

The Mating of Millie

1948 6.9

as Doug Andrews

Age 31 (now 90)

Framed

1947 6.5

as Mike Lambert

Age 31 (now 90)

Gallant Journey

1946 6.5

as John J. Montgomery

Age 30 (now 90)

A Stolen Life

1946 6.4

as Bill Emerson

Age 29 (now 90)

Gilda

1946 7.5

as Johnny Farrell

Age 29 (now 90)

Guadalcanal Diary

1943 5.6

as Marine Extra (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 90)

Destroyer

1943 6.8

as Mickey Donohue

Age 27 (now 90)

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

1943 7.0

as Himself

Age 27 (now 90)

The Desperadoes

1943 5.9

as Cheyenne Rogers

Age 27 (now 90)

Show-Business at War

1943 7.0

as Self

Age 27 (now 90)

Flight Lieutenant

1942 6.3

as Danny Doyle

Age 26 (now 90)

The Adventures of Martin Eden

1942 8.0

as Martin Eden

Age 25 (now 90)

Go West, Young Lady

1941 6.8

as Tex Miller

Age 25 (now 90)

Texas

1941 6.6

as Tod Ramsey

Age 25 (now 90)

So Ends Our Night

1941 6.3

as Ludwig Kern

Age 24 (now 90)

Blondie Plays Cupid

1940 6.9

as Charlie

Age 24 (now 90)

The Lady in Question

1940 6.7

as Pierre Morestan

Age 24 (now 90)

Babies for Sale

1940 6.3

as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson

Age 24 (now 90)

Men Without Souls

1940 6.7

as Johnny Adams

Age 24 (now 90)

Convicted Woman

1940 4.3

as Jim Brent (Reporter)

Age 23 (now 90)

My Son Is Guilty

1939 7.5

as Barney

Age 23 (now 90)

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

1939 6.6

as Joe Riley

Age 23 (now 90)