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).
Awards & recognition
- Donostia Award · 1987
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · 1961
- Legion of Honour
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography50+ titles
The Big Heat
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Gilda
Pocketful of Miracles
3:10 to Yuma
Superman
Is Paris Burning?
Ransom!
Experiment in Terror
Police Story
The Gazebo
The Sheepman
Jubal
The Fastest Gun Alive
Blackboard Jungle
The Mating of Millie
The Man from Colorado
Superman II
Human Desire
Mr. Soft Touch
Midway
Imitation General
The Man from the Alamo
Texas
Dear Heart
Cowboy
Framed
The Violent Men
The Green Glove
A Stolen Life
Virus
The Last Challenge
Plunder of the Sun
Affair in Trinidad
So Ends Our Night
Day of the Evil Gun
Convicted
Cimarron
Torpedo Run
Happy Birthday to Me
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Lust for Gold
Smith!
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Appointment in Honduras
The Desperadoes
Interrupted Melody
Guadalcanal Diary
Santee
Heaven with a Gun