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 Legendary actor Glenn Ford was born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada, to Hannah Wood (Mitchell) and Newton Ford, a railroad executive. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school, followed by acting in West Coast, a traveling theater company.Ford was discovered in 1939 by Tom Moore, a talent scout for 20th Century Fox. He subsequently signed a contract with Columbia Pictures the same year. Ford's contract with Columbia marked a significant departure in that studio's successful business model. Columbia's boss, Harry Cohn, had spent decades observing other studios'-most notably Warner Brothers-troubles with their contract stars and had built his poverty-row studio around their loan-outs. Basically, major studios would use Columbia as a penalty box for unruly behavior-usually salary demands or work refusals. The cunning Cohn usually assigned these stars (his little studio could not normally afford then) into pictures, and the studio's status rose immensely as the 1930s progressed. Understandably, Cohn had long resisted developing his own stable of contract stars (he'd first hired Peter Lorre in 1934 but didn't know what to do with him) but had relented in the late 1930s, first adding Rosalind Russell, then signing Ford and fellow newcomer William Holden. Cohn reasoned that the two prospects could be used interchangeably, should one become troublesome. Although often competing for the same parts, Ford and Holden became good friends. Their careers would roughly parallel each other through the 1940s, until Holden became a superstar through his remarkable association with director Billy Wilder in the 1950s.Ford made his official debut in Fox's Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939), and continued working in various small roles throughout the 1940s until his movie career was interrupted to join the Marines in World War II. Ford continued his military career in the Naval Reserve well into the Vietnam War, achieving the rank of captain. In 1943 Ford married legendary tap dancer Eleanor Powell, and had one son, Peter Ford. Like many actors returning to Hollywood after the war (including James Stewart and Holden (who had already acquired a serious alcohol problem), he found it initially difficult to regain his career momentum. He was able to resume his movie career with the help of Bette Davis, who gave him his first postwar break in the 1946 movie A Stolen Life (1946). However, it was not until his acclaimed performance in a 1946 classic film noir, Gilda (1946), with Rita Hayworth, that he became a major star and one of the the most popular actors of his time. He scored big with the film noir classics The Big Heat (1953) and Blackboard Jungle (1955), and was usually been cast as a calm and collected everyday-hero, showing courage under pressure. Ford continued to make many notable films during his prestigious 50-year movie career, but he is best known for his fine westerns such as 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and The Rounders (1965). Ford pulled a hugely entertaining turn in The Sheepman (1958) and many more fine films. In the 1970s, Ford made his television debut in the controversial The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) and appeared in two fondly remembered television series: Cade's County (1971) and The Family Holvak (1975). During the 1980s and 1990s, Ford limited his appearance to documentaries and occasional films, including a nice cameo in Superman (1978).Glenn Ford is remembered fondly by his fans for his more than 100 excellent films and his charismatic silver screen presence.
Bio:
Legendary actor Glenn Ford was born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada, to Hannah Wood (Mitchell) and Newton Ford, a railroad executive. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school, followed by acting in West Coast, a traveling theater company.Ford was discovered in 1939 by Tom Moore, a talent scout for 20th Century Fox. He subsequently signed a contract with Columbia Pictures the same year. Ford's contract with Columbia marked a significant departure in that studio's successful business model. Columbia's boss, Harry Cohn, had spent decades observing other studios'-most notably Warner Brothers-troubles with their contract stars and had built his poverty-row studio around their loan-outs. Basically, major studios would use Columbia as a penalty box for unruly behavior-usually salary demands or work refusals. The cunning Cohn usually assigned these stars (his little studio could not normally afford then) into pictures, and the studio's status rose immensely as the 1930s progressed. Understandably, Cohn had long resisted developing his own stable of contract stars (he'd first hired Peter Lorre in 1934 but didn't know what to do with him) but had relented in the late 1930s, first adding Rosalind Russell, then signing Ford and fellow newcomer William Holden. Cohn reasoned that the two prospects could be used interchangeably, should one become troublesome. Although often competing for the same parts, Ford and Holden became good friends. Their careers would roughly parallel each other through the 1940s, until Holden became a superstar through his remarkable association with director Billy Wilder in the 1950s.Ford made his official debut in Fox's Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939), and continued working in various small roles throughout the 1940s until his movie career was interrupted to join the Marines in World War II. Ford continued his military career in the Naval Reserve well into the Vietnam War, achieving the rank of captain. In 1943 Ford married legendary tap dancer Eleanor Powell, and had one son, Peter Ford. Like many actors returning to Hollywood after the war (including James Stewart and Holden (who had already acquired a serious alcohol problem), he found it initially difficult to regain his career momentum. He was able to resume his movie career with the help of Bette Davis, who gave him his first postwar break in the 1946 movie A Stolen Life (1946). However, it was not until his acclaimed performance in a 1946 classic film noir, Gilda (1946), with Rita Hayworth, that he became a major star and one of the the most popular actors of his time. He scored big with the film noir classics The Big Heat (1953) and Blackboard Jungle (1955), and was usually been cast as a calm and collected everyday-hero, showing courage under pressure. Ford continued to make many notable films during his prestigious 50-year movie career, but he is best known for his fine westerns such as 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and The Rounders (1965). Ford pulled a hugely entertaining turn in The Sheepman (1958) and many more fine films. In the 1970s, Ford made his television debut in the controversial The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) and appeared in two fondly remembered television series: Cade's County (1971) and The Family Holvak (1975). During the 1980s and 1990s, Ford limited his appearance to documentaries and occasional films, including a nice cameo in Superman (1978).Glenn Ford is remembered fondly by his fans for his more than 100 excellent films and his charismatic silver screen presence.
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On May 1, 2006, he had a gala 90th birthday celebration at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. There was a showing of a newly-restored print of Gilda (1946) and his son, Peter Ford, hosted the event. Over 700 tickets went on sale and were quickly sold out.Credited with being one of the fastest "guns" in Hollywood westerns; able to draw and fire in 0.4 seconds, he was faster than James Arness (Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke (1955)) and John Wayne. However, Peter Breck (Nick Barkley of The Big Valley (1965)) has been credited by Wild Western Magazine as being able to draw and fire in .16 seconds.Is a direct descendant of the eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren.He played Jonathan Kent in the 1978 film Superman (1978). In Superman Returns (2006), a photograph of him can be seen in Clark Kent's old home. The film was released two months and two days prior to Ford's death.Served in Vietnam as a reserve military officer.In 1967 Naval Reserve Officer Lt. Cmdr. Ford (then aged 51) volunteered to serve for three months as a liaison officer attached to a Marine unit, with the Marine rank of full colonel, in Vietnam, and on several occasions endured enemy shelling.After having been a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary for a year, he joined the Marine Corps during WWII in December of 1942, and subsequently met first wife, tap-dancing extraordinaire Eleanor Powell, at a war-bond cavalcade. They married in 1943.He was a close friend of William Holden.Went on a jungle mission with a Special Forces team during the Vietnam War.Awarded the French Legion of Honor Medal (Legion d'Honneur), and appointed to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1992, by the French Government for service in World War II. Created to honor extraordinary contributions to the Republic of France, the Legion of Honor is France's highest distinction.Took up hang gliding at the age of 64.Voted the #1 box-office attraction for 1958 by the National Association of Theatre Owners.Related to Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada.Retired from acting in 1991, at age 75, following heart and circulatory problems.He has appeared in five films with Rita Hayworth: Affair in Trinidad (1952), The Lady in Question (1940), The Loves of Carmen (1948), The Money Trap (1965) and Gilda (1946).Had been scheduled to make his first public appearance in 15 years at a 90th birthday tribute gala in his honor hosted by the American Cinematheque at Grauman's Eqyptian Theatre in Hollywood on 1 May 2006, but was unable to attend. He had suffered a series of minor strokes since his retirement, and was consequently very frail.He was replaced by Robert Mitchum in African Skies (1992) after being hospitalized with blood clots in his legs.He had intended to portray Hondo Lane in Hondo (1953), but backed out when John Farrow was chosen to direct. Ford and Farrow did not got along while making Plunder of the Sun (1953), causing Ford to lose interest in the role. The role was subsequently portrayed by John Wayne.Parents were Newton and Hannah Ford. His father did not block his movie star aspirations but insisted that he learn a trade first. He listened and became an expert on plumbing, wiring and air-conditioning. He also worked as a roofer and installer of plate-glass windows.Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1978.Often during his career he insisted on being shot looking to camera left--he had been kicked in the right side of his jaw by a horse and insisted the left side of his face was his only filmable side.Like his close friend Ronald Reagan, started as a Democrat but gradually switched to becoming a conservative Republican.His first screen test at 20th Century Fox did not turn out well. He was given a second chance by Columbia a year later, however, and was signed.Before becoming an actor he worked in a Santa Monica (CA) bar as a barkeep for $5 a week.Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007).In support of President Lyndon B. Johnson's escalation of the Vietnam War, Ford traveled with a combat camera crew from the demilitarized zone south to the Mekong Delta.His ancestry included English, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch. He had some family roots in the English town of Horwich, near Bolton, Lancashire.He was accused of racism after refusing to sit next to Gail Fisher at the Logie Awards in March 1973. He was upset by sentiments expressed by the Australian media and politicians against President Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War and even refused to shake hands with then Labor Senator and Minister for Media Doug McClelland at the Logies ceremony. The biography "Glenn Ford: A Life", written by his son, Peter Ford, states,"Before the end of the trip Prime Minister [Gough] Whitlam was quoted as saying: 'Someone should have put a bucket over Glenn Ford's head.' My father challenged Whitlam to it himself--if he dared." US ambassador Walter Rice felt obliged to offer a formal apology to the nation of Australia.He has appeared in five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Gilda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and Superman (1978).According to a biography of Sam Peckinpah, Ford was considered for Robert Ryan's role in The Wild Bunch (1969).Grandfather of Aubrey Newton Ford (b. 1977), Ryan Welsie Ford (b. 1984), and Eleanor Powell Ford (b. 1988), whose parents are Ford's son, Peter Ford (b. 5 February 1945), and his wife, Lynda Gundersen.In 1942 he joined the American Marines for 3 1/2 years then transferred to the navy as a captain , a rank he held for the rest of his life.He learned to ride when he was 11 and worked as a stable boy for 4 years with Will Rogers.Proposed to his third wife, Cynthia Ford (nee Cynthia Howard), at Windsor Castle in England in August 1977.Quit smoking cigarettes in 1958.He never appeared in a film nominated for Best Picture Academy Award. (Although, reportedly Ford did film a part in JFK (1991), which was nominated for the category, but his scene was deleted and remains unreleased).Mentioned in The Bank Job (1962).Actively campaigned for Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 presidential election, and attended the Democratic National Convention that year.His mother's side of the family came from England.In 1951 RKO Radio Pictures planned to make a film-noir, to be entitled "The Sins of Sarah Ferry." The story was to be about a Binghamton, NY, courthouse clerk who finds himself falling in love with a beautiful liar who is accused of armed robbery as well as a hit-and-run charge involving a death. The cast was to have included Laraine Day, Fred MacMurray, Yvonne De Carlo, Hugh Beaumont, Glenn Ford, Howard Duff, and Evelyn Keyes, with the studio wanting to shoot on location in Binghamton and neighboring Johnson City. The project never materialized because the plot was considered too much of a generic step-up of Double Indemnity (1944), plus the studio never received a reply via phone or standard mail, from the Binghamton Courthouse, or from the- Mayor Donald Kramer, granting permission to film on location in the area, and to negotiate a fair range of payment. Based on that neglect, the studio canceled the project and moved on.In 1938 he was John Beal's understudy in the West Coast stage production of "Soliloquy".Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).His few attempts at playing villains were not generally well-received. Critic David Thomson complained "3:10 to Yuma" suffered because of Ford's "inability to be nasty".Was engaged to actress Evelyn Ankers, but she broke the engagement when she met Richard Denning while Ford was on location in 1942.In 1967 he was called to active duty as Naval Reserve Commander to produce a documentary in Vietnam about the Marine Corps.Joined the Marine Corps on the outbreak of WWII and felt ashamed to tell the recruiting sergeant that he was an actor so told him that he collected stamps so was listed as a stamp collector.His first film part for 20th Century Fox was in Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence On seeing it when it was finished he packed his bags and returned to New York and was in a play with Tallulah Bankhead when he was approached by Columbia and spent about 20 years with them. |
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Glenn Ford |
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Actor,Producer,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
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All World |
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| Height: |
5' 9' (1.75 m) |
| Biography: |
Legendary actor Glenn Ford was born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Sainte-Christine-d\'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada, to Hannah Wood (Mitchell) and Newton Ford, a railroad executive. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. |
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On May 1, 2006, he had a gala 90th birthday celebration at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. There was a showing of a newly-restored print of Gilda (1946) and his son, Peter Ford, hosted the event. Over 700 tickets went on sale and were quickly sold out.Credited with being one of the fastest "guns" in Hollywood westerns; able to draw and fire in 0.4 seconds, he was faster than James Arness (Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke (1955)) and John Wayne. However, Peter Breck (Nick Barkley of The Big Valley (1965)) has been credited by Wild Western Magazine as being able to draw and fire in .16 seconds.Is a direct descendant of the eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren.He played Jonathan Kent in the 1978 film Superman (1978). In Superman Returns (2006), a photograph of him can be seen in Clark Kent's old home. The film was released two months and two days prior to Ford's death.Served in Vietnam as a reserve military officer.In 1967 Naval Reserve Officer Lt. Cmdr. Ford (then aged 51) volunteered to serve for three months as a liaison officer attached to a Marine unit, with the Marine rank of full colonel, in Vietnam, and on several occasions endured enemy shelling.After having been a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary for a year, he joined the Marine Corps during WWII in December of 1942, and subsequently met first wife, tap-dancing extraordinaire Eleanor Powell, at a war-bond cavalcade. They married in 1943.He was a close friend of William Holden.Went on a jungle mission with a Special Forces team during the Vietnam War.Awarded the French Legion of Honor Medal (Legion d'Honneur), and appointed to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1992, by the French Government for service in World War II. Created to honor extraordinary contributions to the Republic of France, the Legion of Honor is France's highest distinction.Took up hang gliding at the age of 64.Voted the #1 box-office attraction for 1958 by the National Association of Theatre Owners.Related to Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada.Retired from acting in 1991, at age 75, following heart and circulatory problems.He has appeared in five films with Rita Hayworth: Affair in Trinidad (1952), The Lady in Question (1940), The Loves of Carmen (1948), The Money Trap (1965) and Gilda (1946).Had been scheduled to make his first public appearance in 15 years at a 90th birthday tribute gala in his honor hosted by the American Cinematheque at Grauman's Eqyptian Theatre in Hollywood on 1 May 2006, but was unable to attend. He had suffered a series of minor strokes since his retirement, and was consequently very frail.He was replaced by Robert Mitchum in African Skies (1992) after being hospitalized with blood clots in his legs.He had intended to portray Hondo Lane in Hondo (1953), but backed out when John Farrow was chosen to direct. Ford and Farrow did not got along while making Plunder of the Sun (1953), causing Ford to lose interest in the role. The role was subsequently portrayed by John Wayne.Parents were Newton and Hannah Ford. His father did not block his movie star aspirations but insisted that he learn a trade first. He listened and became an expert on plumbing, wiring and air-conditioning. He also worked as a roofer and installer of plate-glass windows.Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1978.Often during his career he insisted on being shot looking to camera left--he had been kicked in the right side of his jaw by a horse and insisted the left side of his face was his only filmable side.Like his close friend Ronald Reagan, started as a Democrat but gradually switched to becoming a conservative Republican.His first screen test at 20th Century Fox did not turn out well. He was given a second chance by Columbia a year later, however, and was signed.Before becoming an actor he worked in a Santa Monica (CA) bar as a barkeep for $5 a week.Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007).In support of President Lyndon B. Johnson's escalation of the Vietnam War, Ford traveled with a combat camera crew from the demilitarized zone south to the Mekong Delta.His ancestry included English, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch. He had some family roots in the English town of Horwich, near Bolton, Lancashire.He was accused of racism after refusing to sit next to Gail Fisher at the Logie Awards in March 1973. He was upset by sentiments expressed by the Australian media and politicians against President Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War and even refused to shake hands with then Labor Senator and Minister for Media Doug McClelland at the Logies ceremony. The biography "Glenn Ford: A Life", written by his son, Peter Ford, states,"Before the end of the trip Prime Minister [Gough] Whitlam was quoted as saying: 'Someone should have put a bucket over Glenn Ford's head.' My father challenged Whitlam to it himself--if he dared." US ambassador Walter Rice felt obliged to offer a formal apology to the nation of Australia.He has appeared in five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Gilda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and Superman (1978).According to a biography of Sam Peckinpah, Ford was considered for Robert Ryan's role in The Wild Bunch (1969).Grandfather of Aubrey Newton Ford (b. 1977), Ryan Welsie Ford (b. 1984), and Eleanor Powell Ford (b. 1988), whose parents are Ford's son, Peter Ford (b. 5 February 1945), and his wife, Lynda Gundersen.In 1942 he joined the American Marines for 3 1/2 years then transferred to the navy as a captain , a rank he held for the rest of his life.He learned to ride when he was 11 and worked as a stable boy for 4 years with Will Rogers.Proposed to his third wife, Cynthia Ford (nee Cynthia Howard), at Windsor Castle in England in August 1977.Quit smoking cigarettes in 1958.He never appeared in a film nominated for Best Picture Academy Award. (Although, reportedly Ford did film a part in JFK (1991), which was nominated for the category, but his scene was deleted and remains unreleased).Mentioned in The Bank Job (1962).Actively campaigned for Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 presidential election, and attended the Democratic National Convention that year.His mother's side of the family came from England.In 1951 RKO Radio Pictures planned to make a film-noir, to be entitled "The Sins of Sarah Ferry." The story was to be about a Binghamton, NY, courthouse clerk who finds himself falling in love with a beautiful liar who is accused of armed robbery as well as a hit-and-run charge involving a death. The cast was to have included Laraine Day, Fred MacMurray, Yvonne De Carlo, Hugh Beaumont, Glenn Ford, Howard Duff, and Evelyn Keyes, with the studio wanting to shoot on location in Binghamton and neighboring Johnson City. The project never materialized because the plot was considered too much of a generic step-up of Double Indemnity (1944), plus the studio never received a reply via phone or standard mail, from the Binghamton Courthouse, or from the- Mayor Donald Kramer, granting permission to film on location in the area, and to negotiate a fair range of payment. Based on that neglect, the studio canceled the project and moved on.In 1938 he was John Beal's understudy in the West Coast stage production of "Soliloquy".Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).His few attempts at playing villains were not generally well-received. Critic David Thomson complained "3:10 to Yuma" suffered because of Ford's "inability to be nasty".Was engaged to actress Evelyn Ankers, but she broke the engagement when she met Richard Denning while Ford was on location in 1942.In 1967 he was called to active duty as Naval Reserve Commander to produce a documentary in Vietnam about the Marine Corps.Joined the Marine Corps on the outbreak of WWII and felt ashamed to tell the recruiting sergeant that he was an actor so told him that he collected stamps so was listed as a stamp collector.His first film part for 20th Century Fox was in Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence On seeing it when it was finished he packed his bags and returned to New York and was in a play with Tallulah Bankhead when he was approached by Columbia and spent about 20 years with them. |
| Trademarks: |
Western cowboy roles
Soft-spoken commanding voice with light Canadian accent
Ladies' man |
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When I'm on camera, I have to do things pretty much the way I do things in everyday life. It gives the audience someone real to identify with.
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People laugh when I say I'm not an actor, but I'm not, I play myself.
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The Western is a man's world and I love it.
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I've never played anyone but myself on screen.
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If they tried to rush me, I'd always say I've only got one other speed, and it's slower. |
| Salaries: |
Dear Heart (1965) - $250,000
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Fate Is the Hunter (1964) - $10,000 /week
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Love Is a Ball (1963) - $350,000
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) - $150,000
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Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
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(1950) Portrayed Christopher London, private-eye in a NBC radio series, "The Adventures of Christopher London".
In addition to his own radio series, Ford also appeared in episodes of several other radio anthologies in the 1940s and 1950s, inclu |
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Jeanne Baus (March 5, 1993 - 1994) (divorced)Cynthia Ford (September 10, 1977 - September 13, 1984) (divorced)Kathryn Hays (March 27, 1966 - June 26, 1969) (divorced)Eleanor Powell (October 23, 1943 - N |
| Children: |
Peter Ford |
| Parents: |
Newton Ford
Hannah Wood Mitchell |
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