Date of birth: 1916-05-01
Place of birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford, Gwyllyn Ford, Гленн Форд, گلن فورد
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 Glinda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), and Superman (1978).
1961-12-18
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady
1960-01-15
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the n
1969-05-20
Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preache
1978-12-14
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Cla
1946-04-25
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
1940-10-31
The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie
1967-08-01
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican borde
1954-08-05
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair w
1976-06-18
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a tu
1949-03-21
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime bo
1965-01-08
Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild hor
1955-03-25
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupi
1956-07-12
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee
1968-03-01
Two men on a desperate search to save a woman only one of them could have!
1979-03-23
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
1951-07-29
After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the
1950-08-01
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
1957-08-07
Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans a
1947-05-25
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks
1980-06-26
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a p
1953-10-14
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law in
1973-03-17
A private investigator specializing in fine arts tries to track down some missing rare Biblical scro
1963-03-27
Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get rem
1956-02-25
Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter a
1962-04-12
A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her i
1957-07-01
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a
1955-05-05
Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjor
1970-09-17
A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he bec
1955-01-26
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but th
1948-08-07
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of the
1948-08-23
Gypsy Carmen drives men wild in 1820s Spain, especially the dragoon Don Jose.
1946-05-01
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.
1974-10-01
Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experie
1952-07-29
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
1952-02-28
In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art th
1965-09-07
When half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglar
1981-05-15
Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before he
1953-08-07
During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to hel
1968-12-19
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
1960-12-01
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
1958-01-23
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by
1949-07-28
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII
1958-10-24
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas du
1962-02-07
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is marri
1979-06-05
Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford.
1979-03-22
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reprodu
1941-10-09
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. The
1940-08-07
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
1989-12-22
It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon d
1950-06-24
Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.
1958-05-01
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as
1949-06-10
A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair
1953-08-26
An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist and a col
1973-09-01
Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an o
1943-05-25
Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan
1942-07-09
A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, a
1965-03-07
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' co
1949-09-29
Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday,
1964-11-08
An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and pe
1943-08-19
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to
1951-03-15
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets
1981-01-01
Glenn Ford appears in and narrates in this mondo style documentary about the search for the Great W
1967-12-22
An upstart outlaw baits a legendary gunslinger, now a marshal in love with a saloon keeper.
1957-11-14
Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War I
1956-01-24
A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
1963-04-24
Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young
1955-10-07
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom
1961-03-03
Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.
1969-03-21
When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith, who'
1952-05-02
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
1955-01-19
An American Rancher takes a small herd of Brahma bulls to Brazil where he has sold them for a small
1964-06-10
As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his ap
1940-01-31
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
1940-05-20
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of reveng
1989-12-31
Young rancher Kirby Frye is appointed deputy in a small town tyrannized by ruthless Phil Sundeen, th
1939-11-03
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Ariz
1953-02-05
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bo
1940-06-14
A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless ad
1959-08-19
While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a cha
1958-08-20
An officer poses as a general after the death of his commanding officer and inspires his troops to v
1979-12-15
Treasure hunters from around the world race to Mexico after a Middle Eastern luxury yacht explodes,
1948-10-26
A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Wi
1953-10-16
On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicar
1941-02-27
An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler
1948-03-08
Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one
1986-05-25
A series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.
1950-12-24
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
1951-05-22
A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's g
1941-11-27
A young woman arrives in the western town of Headstone and helps the locals outsmart a gang of outla
1978-04-30
Two policemen are suspected of excessive violence and causing two deaths. The investigation brings t
1954-05-05
When teen-ager June Kinney is arrested, Warner Anderson, the pastor of a local church she once atten
1955-12-31
Glenn Ford introduces his wife Eleanor Powell, who asks viewers to contribute to the Variety Club's
1946-09-24
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio o
1991-09-09
A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be guilty
1991-06-28
Race car driver Jimmy Clayton has mind-shattering visions of young women being ruthlessly murdered.
1989-12-13
It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.
1942-02-26
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
1966-11-30
Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
1939-12-28
Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.
1957-12-08
Portentously portrays the evacuation of Portland, Oregon, when threatened by a nuclear attack on its
1982-01-24
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-th
1979-12-15
A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brookl
1972-01-01
Sam Cade was the first feature-length "movie" put together from episodes of Cade's County, the early
1972-01-01
A gang of smugglers headed by an oil dealer are brought to justice by a lawman.
1943-05-21
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
1979-11-26
In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, s
1943-08-15
Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkab
1975-09-07
The Holvak family house the escaped convict named Craw that the son befriends. Reverend Holvak's fai
1974-11-26
When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that his
1977-06-16
Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife from S
1974-11-04
Reverend Holvak, a weak rural preacher from the 1940s, fights stiff-necked church deacons along with
1943-10-27
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the prep
1978-08-14
While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig s
1980-12-12
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a de
1990-01-01
1966-10-26
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it be
1956-11-29
This short promotional film provides a behind-the-scenes look at "The Teahouse of the August Moon" (