Acting credits
135
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Glenn Ford
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.5
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Movies: 116Series: 19Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 3381
IMDb ID: nm0001229
Known for: Acting
Born: May 1, 1916
Died: August 30, 2006
Age: 90
Place of birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1939 - 2001
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 6.42
Wikidata: Q212048
Also known as
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford • Gwyllyn Ford • Гленн Форд • گلن فورد
Other jobs
Associate Producer (1)
Biography
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Glenn Ford.
as Self
The Making of Midway
2001 • Movie
as Rev. Rogers
Final Verdict
1991 • Movie
as Captain Gavin
Raw Nerve
1991 • Movie
as Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990 • Movie
as Sheriff Danaher
Border Shootout
1989 • Movie
as Major Gen. Williams
Casablanca Express
1989 • Movie
as Self
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989 • Movie
as Lucas Wheeler
My Town
1986 • Movie
as Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982 • Movie
as Dr. David Faraday
Happy Birthday to Me
1981 • Movie
as Narrator
Great White Death
1981 • Movie
as Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Superman II
1980 • Movie
as President Richardson
Virus
1980 • Movie
as Christakis
Day of the Assassin
1979 • Movie
as Billy Devlin
The Gift
1979 • Movie
as David Donnelly
Beggarman, Thief
1979 • Movie
as Self - Host
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 • Movie
as Det. Jake Durham
The Visitor
1979 • Movie
as Pa Kent
Superman
1978 • Movie
as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
Police Story: No Margin for Error
1978 • Movie
as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977 • Movie
as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Midway
1976 • Movie
as Rev. Tom Holvak
Long Way Home
1975 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Glenn Ford.
as David Donnelly • 2 eps
Beggarman, Thief
1979 • Series
as Tom Sunday • 2 eps
The Sacketts
1979 • Series
as Jesse Craig • 2 eps
Evening in Byzantium
1978 • Series
as George Caldwell • 7 eps
Once an Eagle
1976 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Dinah!
1974 • Series
1 eps
Police Story
1973 • Series
as Sheriff Sam Cade • 24 eps
Cade's County
1971 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Once Upon a Wheel
1971 • Series
as Self - Center Square • 5 eps
Hollywood Squares
1966 • Series
1 eps
The Dean Martin Show
1965 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Hollywood and the Stars
1963 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 • Series
as Self - Guest Host • 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
1961 • Series
as Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) • 2 eps
MGM Parade
1955 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
This Is Your Life
1952 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Bob Hope Show
1950 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
1944 • Series