Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-American actor who often portrayed ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Ford was most prominent during Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, who had a career that lasted more than 50 years. Although he played in many genres of movies, some of his most significant roles were in the film noirs Gilda (1946) and The Big Heat (1953), and the high school angst film Blackboard Jungle (1955). However, it was for comedies or westerns which he received acting laurels, including three Golden Globe Nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy movie, winning for Pocketful of Miracles (1961). He also played a supporting role as Clark Kent's adoptive father, Jonathan Kent, in Superman (1978). Five of his films have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Libr...
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The Making of Midway
Final Verdict
Raw Nerve
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Casablanca Express
My Town
Happy Birthday to Me
Great White Death
Virus
The Gift
Day of the Assassin
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
The Hollywood Clowns
The Visitor
Superman
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Midway
Long Way Home
Punch and Jody
The Greatest Gift
Jarrett
Santee
The Marshal of Madrid
Sam Cade
Once Upon a Wheel
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Heaven with a Gun
Smith!
Day of the Evil Gun
The Last Challenge
A Time for Killing
Rage
Is Paris Burning?
The Money Trap
Dear Heart
The Rounders
Fate Is the Hunter
Advance to the Rear
Love is a Ball
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Experiment in Terror
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Pocketful of Miracles
Cry for Happy
Cimarron
The Gazebo
It Started with a Kiss
Torpedo Run
The Sheepman
Cowboy
Imitation General
Don't Go Near the Water
3:10 to Yuma
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Operation Teahouse
The Fastest Gun Alive
Jubal
Ransom!
Trial
Interrupted Melody
Blackboard Jungle
The Violent Men
The Americano
Human Desire
Appointment in Honduras
The Big Heat
Plunder of the Sun
The Man from the Alamo
Time Bomb
Affair in Trinidad
Young Man with Ideas
The Green Glove
The Secret of Convict Lake
Follow the Sun
The Redhead and the Cowboy
The Flying Missile
Convicted
The White Tower
The Doctor and the Girl
Mr. Soft Touch
Lust for Gold
The Undercover Man
The Return of October
The Loves of Carmen
The Man from Colorado
The Mating of Millie
Framed
Gallant Journey
A Stolen Life
Gilda
Destroyer
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
The Desperadoes
Flight Lieutenant
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Texas
So Ends Our Night
Go West, Young Lady
Blondie Plays Cupid
The Lady in Question
Babies for Sale
Men Without Souls
Convicted Woman
My Son Is Guilty
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence