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Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (born May 1 1916), better known by his stage name Glenn Ford, is an actor. He was born in Portneuf, Quebec, Canada and moved to Santa Monica, California with his family as a child. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939.

Ford is best known for his film roles as cowboys and as an ordinary man in unusual circumstances. His acting career began on stage, and his first large movie part was in 1939 film Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence. In 1942, Ford's film career was interrupted when he volunteered for duty in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps. His interest in the military continued as, during both the Korean War and the Vietnam War, Ford took the time to make goodwill visits to the American troops.

Following military service, Ford's breakthrough role was in 1946, starring alongside Rita Hayworth in Gilda
. He went on to be a leading man opposite Rita Hayworth in five films, and starred with other acting greats such as Bette Davis, Gloria Grahame, Ingrid Thulin.

Ford's movie-acting career flourished in the 1950s and 60s, and continued into the early 1990s, with increasing television roles. His major roles in thrillers and dramas and action films include A Stolen Life
, The Big Heat
, Framed
, Blackboard Jungle
, Interrupted Melody
, Experiment in Terror, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
, Ransom!
, Superman and Westerns such as The Fastest Gun Alive, 3:10 to Yuma
and Cimarron.

Ford has been married (and divorced) four times to Eleanor Powell, Jeanne Baus, Kathryn Hays and Cynthia Hayward. With Eleanor Powell, he is the father of actor Peter Ford.

After being nominated in 1957 and 1958, in 1962 Glenn Ford won a Golden Globe Award as best actor for his performance in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles
. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Glenn Ford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd. In 1978, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1992 he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur medal for his action in the Second World War.

As of 2005, Ford was living in quiet retirement in Beverly Hills with his son's family. Peter Ford is currently working with Christopher Nickens on a biography of his father.

Films

Final Verdict (1991) (TV) as Rev. Rogers
Raw Nerve (1991) as Captain Gavin
Border Shootout (1990) as Sheriff John Danaher
Casablanca Express (1989) as Major Gen. Williams
Law at Randado (1989) (TV)
My Town (1986) (TV) as Lucas Wheeler
Happy Birthday to Me
(1981) as Dr. David Faraday
Fukkatsu no hi (1980) as President Richardson
Day of the Assassin (1979) as Christakis
The Gift (1979) (TV) as Billy Devlin
Beggarman, Thief (1979) (TV) as David Donnelly
The Sacketts (1979) (TV) as Tom Sunday
The Visitor (1979) as Det. Jake Durham
Superman (1978) as Jonathan Kent
Evening in Byzantium (1978) (TV) as Jesse Craig
The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977) (TV) as Paul Dvorak/Leonard Staveck
Midway (1976) as RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance
Punch and Jody (1974) (TV) as Peter 'Punch' Travers
The Greatest Gift (1974) (TV) as Rev. Holvak
The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974) (TV) as Colonel Pete Moore
Santee (1973) as Santee
Jarrett (1973) (TV) as Sam Jarrett
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) (TV) as Prof. Andrew Patterson
Heaven with a Gun (1969) as Jim Killian/Pastor Jim
Smith!' (1969) as Smith

Day of the Evil Gun (1968) as Lorne Warfield

The Last Challenge (1967) as Marshal Dan Blaine

A Time for Killing (1967) as Maj. Tom Wolcott

Rage (1966) as Doc Reuben

Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

The Money Trap (1965) as Joe Baron

The Rounders (1965) as Ben Jones

Dear Heart (1964) as Harry Mork

Fate Is the Hunter (1964) as Sam C. McBane

Advance to the Rear (1964) as Capt. Jared Heath

Love Is a Ball (1963) as John Lathrop Davis

The Courtship of Eddie's Father
(1963) as Tom Corbett

Experiment in Terror (1962) as John 'Rip' Ripley

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1962) as Julio Desnoyers

Pocketful of Miracles
(1961) as Dave 'the Dude' Conway

Cry for Happy (1961) as CPO Andy Cyphers

Cimarron
(1960) as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat

The Gazebo (1959) as Elliott Nash

It Started with a Kiss (1959) as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick

Torpedo Run (1958) as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle

Imitation General (1958) as MSgt. Murphy Savage

The Sheepman (1958) as Jason Sweet

Cowboy (1958) as Tom Reese

Don't Go Near the Water (1957) as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel

3:10 to Yuma
(1957) as Ben Wade

The Teahouse of the August Moon
(1956) as Capt. Fisby

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) as George Temple/George Kelby, Jr.

Jubal (1956) as Jubal Troop

Ransom!
(1956) as David G. 'Dave' Stannard

Trial
(1955) as David Blake

Interrupted Melody
(1955) as Dr. Thomas 'Tom'King

Blackboard Jungle
(1955) as Richard Dadier

The Violent Men (1955) as John Parrish

The Americano (1955) as Sam Dent

Human Desire
(1954) as Jeff Warren

City Story (1954) as Narrator

Appointment in Honduras (1953) as Steve Corbett

The Big Heat
(1953) as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Plunder of the Sun (1953) as Al Colby

The Man from the Alamo (1953) as John Stroud

Time Bomb (1953) as Maj. Peter Lyncort

Affair in Trinidad
(1952) as Steve Emery

Young Man with Ideas (1952) as Maxwell Webster

The Green Glove (1952) as Michael 'Mike' Blake

The Secret of Convict Lake
(1951) as Jim Canfield

Follow the Sun (1951) as Ben Hogan

The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) as Gil Kyle

The Flying Missile (1950) as Cmdr. William A. Talbot

Convicted (1950) as Joe Hufford

The White Tower (1950) as Martin Ordway

The Doctor and the Girl (1949) as Dr. Michael Corday

Mr. Soft Touch (1949) as Joe Miracle

Lust for Gold (1949) as Jacob 'Dutch' Walz

The Undercover Man
(1949) as Frank Warren

The Return of October (1948) as Prof. Bentley Bassett Jr.

The Loves of Carmen (1948) as Don José Lizarabengoa

The Man from Colorado (1948) as Col. Owen Devereaux

The Mating of Millie (1948) as Doug Andrews

Framed (1947) as Mike Lambert

Gallant Journey (1946) as John J. Montgomery

A Stolen Life
(1946) as Bill Emerson

Gilda
(1946) as Johnny Farrell/Narrator

Destroyer (1943) as Mickey Donohue

The Desperadoes (1943) as Cheyenne Rogers

Flight Lieutenant (1942) as Danny Doyle

The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) as Martin Eden

Go West, Young Lady (1941) as Sheriff Tex Miller

Texas as Tod Ramsey

So Ends Our Night (1941) as Ludwig Kern

Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) as Charlie

The Lady in Question (1940) as Pierre Morestan

Babies for Sale (1940) as Steve Burton aka Oscar Hanson

Men Without Souls (1940) as Johnny Adams

Convicted Woman (1940) as Jim Brent (reporter)

My Son Is Guilty (1939) as Barney

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) as Joe

Night in Manhattan'' (1937)

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