Glenn Ford

Age: 90 (passed away Aug. 30th, 2006)
Height: 5' 11"

Birth Place: Sainte-Christine, Quebec, Canada
Born: May. 1st, 1916

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Glenn Ford's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Cade's County	Sam Cade

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

The son of a Canadian railroad executive, his family moved to Santa Monica, California, when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school, followed by acting in West Coast, a traveling theater company. In 1939 he took a screen test for Columbia Pictures, which won him a contract, although he debuted in 20th-Century-Fox's Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939). His rise to stardom was interrupted by military service during WWII. After the war he jump-started his career with Gilda (1946). His career during the 1940s and 1950s showed that his talents were extensive, playing film noir in The Big Heat (1953), westerns like 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and comedies like The Gazebo (1959) or The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956). He has usually been cast as a calm and collected everyday-hero, showing courage under pressure as in Blackboard Jungle (1955). Since the 1970s he has mainly done supporting roles in mini-series.

TRIVIA:

Was half Welsh, his mother was from Pontypridd in south Wales.
Actively campaigned for 'Adlai Stevenson' (qv) in the 1956 presidential election, and attended the Democratic National Convention that year.
He was a close friend of 'William Holden (I)' (qv).
Took up hang gliding at the age of 64.
(1978) Inducted into the Hall of Fame of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
On May 1st, 2006, Glenn had a gala 90th birthday celebration at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. There was a showing of a newly restored print of "Gilda" and his son Peter hosted the event. Over 700 tickets went on sale and were quickly sold out.
(1958) Voted the number one box office attraction.
Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).

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