Glenn Ford

Actor

Born: May 1, 1916
Died: August 30, 2006 (age 90)
From: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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).

Filmography (118)

The Making of Midway (2001)
Self
Final Verdict (1991)
Rev. Rogers
Raw Nerve (1991)
Captain Gavin
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)
Self
Border Shootout (1989)
Sheriff Danaher
Casablanca Express (1989)
Major Gen. Williams
William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989)
Self
My Town (1986)
Lucas Wheeler
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982)
Self
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
Dr. David Faraday
Great White Death (1981)
Narrator
Superman II (1980)
Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Virus (1980)
President Richardson
Day of the Assassin (1979)
Christakis
The Gift (1979)
Billy Devlin
Beggarman, Thief (1979)
David Donnelly
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)
Self - Host
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
Narrator (voice)
The Visitor (1979)
Det. Jake Durham
Superman (1978)
Pa Kent
Evening in Byzantium (1978)
Jesse Craig
Police Story: No Margin for Error (1978)
Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977)
Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
Midway (1976)
Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Long Way Home (1975)
Rev. Tom Holvak
Punch and Jody (1974)
Peter 'Punch' Travers
The Greatest Gift (1974)
Rev. Holvak
The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974)
Colonel Pete Moore
Santee (1973)
Santee
Jarrett (1973)
Sam Jarrett