Glenn Ford's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Cade's County Sam Cade

Main Movie Roles 1981 - Happy Birthday to Me 1980 - Superman II 1978 - Superman 1976 - Midway 1969 - Heaven with a Gun 1968 - Day of the Evil Gun 1967 - A Time for Killing 1965 - The Rounders 1963 - The Courtship of Eddie's Father 1962 - Experiment in Terror 1961 - Pocketful of Miracles 1960 - Cimarron 1959 - Gazebo 1958 - Cowboy 1957 - 3:10 To Yuma 1956 - The Fastest Gun Alive 1956 - The Teahouse of the August Moon 1956 - Jubal 1955 - Interrupted Melody 1955 - Blackboard Jungle 1954 - Human Desire 1953 - The Big Heat 1953 - The Man From The Alamo 1951 - The Secret of Convict Lake 1950 - Convicted 1949 - The Undercover Man 1948 - The Loves of Carmen 1947 - Framed 1946 - Gilda 1946 - A Stolen Life 1940 - Blondie Plays Cupid

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:

• He is a direct descendant of President Martin Van Buren
• According to a biography of 'Sam Peckinpah' (qv), Ford was considered for 'Robert Ryan (I)' (qv)'s role in _The Wild Bunch (1969)_ (qv).
• Parents, with Eleanor Powell, of the actor 'Peter Ford (I)' (qv),
• 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.
• Served in Vietnam as a reserve military officer.
• Ford had intended to play Hondo Lane in _Hondo (1953)_ (qv), but backed out when 'John Farrow (I)' (qv) was chosen to direct. Ford and Farrow had not got along while making _Plunder of the Sun (1953)_ (qv). The part was subsequently played by 'John Wayne (I)' (qv).
• Often during his career Ford insisted on being shot looking to camera left - he had been kicked in the right side of his jaw by a horse and insisted the left side of his face was his only filmable side.
• He was a close friend of 'William Holden (I)' (qv).