Glenn Ford
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2921 |
| Birthday | 1916-05-01 |
| Place of Birth | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Also Known As | Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford, Gwyllyn Ford, Гленн Форд, گلن فورد, |
1961
Pocketful of Miracles
7.29/181
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying...
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Pocketful of Miracles
1960
The Gazebo
6.9/37
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.
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The Gazebo
1969
Heaven with a Gun
5.4/25
Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a fe...
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Heaven with a Gun
1978
Superman
7.161/4231
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the ne...
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Superman
1946
Gilda
7.5/645
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
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Gilda
1940
Blondie Plays Cupid
6.7/6
The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.
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Blondie Plays Cupid
1967
A Time for Killing
4.6/34
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearin...
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A Time for Killing
1954
Human Desire
6.755/143
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by t...
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Human Desire
1976
Midway
6.6/320
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
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Midway
1949
The Undercover Man
6/41
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal t...
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The Undercover Man
1965
The Rounders
5.484/31
Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), wh...
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The Rounders
1955
Blackboard Jungle
6.9/159
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadi...
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Blackboard Jungle
1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
6.9/62
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want...
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The Fastest Gun Alive
1968
Day of the Evil Gun
6.1/27
Two men on a desperate search to save a woman only one of them could have!
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Day of the Evil Gun
1979
The Hollywood Clowns
0/0
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
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The Hollywood Clowns
1951
The Secret of Convict Lake
6.6/30
After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an...
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The Secret of Convict Lake
1950
Convicted
6.1/31
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
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Convicted
1957
3:10 to Yuma
7.259/411
Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's ga...
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3:10 to Yuma
1947
Framed
6.4/47
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous...
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Framed
1980
Virus
6.3/71
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world...
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Virus
1953
The Big Heat
7.669/546
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicio...
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The Big Heat
1973
Jarrett
3.5/2
A private investigator specializing in fine arts tries to track down some missing rare Biblical scrolls.
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Jarrett
1963
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
5.9/36
Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she...
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1956
Jubal
6.9/87
Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly make...
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Jubal
1962
Experiment in Terror
7.1/131
A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
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Experiment in Terror
1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
6.2/44
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
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The Teahouse of the August Moon
1955
Interrupted Melody
5.5/12
Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to...
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Interrupted Melody
1970
The Brotherhood of the Bell
5.708/12
A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now...
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The Brotherhood of the Bell
1955
The Violent Men
6.375/56
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and...
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The Violent Men
1948
The Man from Colorado
6.7/44
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to...
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The Man from Colorado
1948
The Loves of Carmen
6.5/21
Gypsy Carmen drives men wild in 1820s Spain, especially the dragoon Don Jose.
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The Loves of Carmen
1946
A Stolen Life
6.4/55
When a woman’s twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to the man she feels her sister took from her years before.
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A Stolen Life
1974
The Disappearance of Flight 412
4.9/22
Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft....
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The Disappearance of Flight 412
1952
Affair in Trinidad
6.31/58
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
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Affair in Trinidad
1952
The Green Glove
6.2/16
In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gau...
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The Green Glove
1965
The Money Trap
5/20
When half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and...
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The Money Trap
1981
Happy Birthday to Me
6.009/232
Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take pl...
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Happy Birthday to Me
1953
The Man from the Alamo
6.6/40
During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish...
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The Man from the Alamo
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
7.6/4
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1960
Cimarron
6/72
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
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Cimarron
1958
Cowboy
6.3/70
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Ree...
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Cowboy
1949
Mr. Soft Touch
6.8/11
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's...
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Mr. Soft Touch
1958
Torpedo Run
6/25
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.
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Torpedo Run
1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
5.9/55
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi...
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
0/0
Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford.
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When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
The Visitor
5.254/120
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.
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The Visitor
1941
Texas
6.5/21
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the...
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Texas
1940
The Lady in Question
6.6/24
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
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The Lady in Question
1989
Casablanca Express
3/6
It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon discovers that the Natzis are planning to capture W...
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Casablanca Express
1950
The White Tower
5.5/15
Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.
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The White Tower
1958
The Sheepman
6.9/63
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with...
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The Sheepman
1949
Lust for Gold
5.9/29
A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of...
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Lust for Gold
1953
Plunder of the Sun
6.1/17
An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist and a collector of antiquities in a hunt for treasure in th...
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Plunder of the Sun
1973
Santee
5.4/11
Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hun...
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Santee
1943
The Desperadoes
5.7/28
Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and wh...
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The Desperadoes
1942
Flight Lieutenant
6/2
A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, and the men he once flew with.
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Flight Lieutenant
1965
Dear Heart
6.4/16
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.
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Dear Heart
1949
The Doctor and the Girl
5.7/7
Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendenc...
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The Doctor and the Girl
1964
Fate Is the Hunter
6.6/38
An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.
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Fate Is the Hunter
1943
Destroyer
6.6/15
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the c...
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Destroyer
1951
The Redhead and the Cowboy
4.9/8
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. His only alibi is Can...
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The Redhead and the Cowboy
1981
Great White Death
4.7/2
Glenn Ford appears in and narrates in this mondo style documentary about the search for the Great White Shark.
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Great White Death
1967
The Last Challenge
6.3/28
An upstart outlaw baits a legendary gunslinger, now a marshal in love with a saloon keeper.
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The Last Challenge
1957
Don't Go Near the Water
5.1/16
Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.
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Don't Go Near the Water
1956
Ransom!
7.2/34
A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
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Ransom!
1963
Love is a Ball
4.6/7
Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the Riv...
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Love is a Ball
1955
Trial
6.8/16
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute pr...
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Trial
1961
Cry for Happy
5/7
Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.
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Cry for Happy
1969
Smith!
5.5/12
When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith, who's well known for his tolerance for Indians, since...
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Smith!
1952
Young Man with Ideas
4.7/8
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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Young Man with Ideas
1955
The Americano
5.2/12
An American Rancher takes a small herd of Brahma bulls to Brazil where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of...
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The Americano
1964
Advance to the Rear
5/12
As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude Brackenbur...
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Advance to the Rear
1940
Convicted Woman
3.4/5
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
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Convicted Woman
1940
Men Without Souls
6/2
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.
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Men Without Souls
1989
Border Shootout
3.8/6
Young rancher Kirby Frye is appointed deputy in a small town tyrannized by ruthless Phil Sundeen, the son of one of the founders of the town.
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Border Shootout
1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
6.3/6
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1953
Time Bomb
5.225/20
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation,...
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Time Bomb
1940
Babies for Sale
5.5/2
A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket.
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Babies for Sale
1959
It Started with a Kiss
5.2/16
While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a charity raffle. Both his wife and the car turn out to...
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It Started with a Kiss
1958
Imitation General
5.7/3
An officer poses as a general after the death of his commanding officer and inspires his troops to victory.
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Imitation General
1979
Day of the Assassin
4.5/12
Treasure hunters from around the world race to Mexico after a Middle Eastern luxury yacht explodes, sending a Shah's fortune and mysterious document t...
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Day of the Assassin
1948
The Return of October
5.8/6
A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.
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The Return of October
1953
Appointment in Honduras
5.7/9
On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying mo...
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Appointment in Honduras
1941
So Ends Our Night
6.2/12
An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.
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So Ends Our Night
1948
The Mating of Millie
6.8/10
Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt orphan...
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The Mating of Millie
1986
My Town
0/0
A series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.
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My Town
1950
The Flying Missile
4.9/8
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
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The Flying Missile
1951
Follow the Sun
6.2/6
A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's greatest players.
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Follow the Sun
1941
Go West, Young Lady
6.5/5
A young woman arrives in the western town of Headstone and helps the locals outsmart a gang of outlaws.
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Go West, Young Lady
1978
Police Story: No Margin for Error
0/0
Two policemen are suspected of excessive violence and causing two deaths. The investigation brings to light, little by little, the whole truth.
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Police Story: No Margin for Error
1954
City Story
0/0
When teen-ager June Kinney is arrested, Warner Anderson, the pastor of a local church she once attended, has her released in his charge. She tells the...
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City Story
1955
Have Faith in Our Children
0/0
Glenn Ford introduces his wife Eleanor Powell, who asks viewers to contribute to the Variety Club's efforts to help blind babies and their families.
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Have Faith in Our Children
1946
Gallant Journey
6.1/10
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford...
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Gallant Journey
1991
Final Verdict
0/0
A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be guilty as charged.
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Final Verdict
1991
Raw Nerve
3.7/10
Race car driver Jimmy Clayton has mind-shattering visions of young women being ruthlessly murdered. An investigative reporter catches wind of Jimmy's...
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Raw Nerve
1989
William Holden: The Golden Boy
0/0
It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.
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William Holden: The Golden Boy
1942
The Adventures of Martin Eden
6/1
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
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The Adventures of Martin Eden
1966
Rage
5.353/18
Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
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Rage
1939
My Son Is Guilty
6.7/3
Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.
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My Son Is Guilty
1957
The Day Called X
0/0
Portentously portrays the evacuation of Portland, Oregon, when threatened by a nuclear attack on its state-of-the-art civil defense system.
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The Day Called X
1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
6.4/7
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film,...
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1979
The Gift
3/1
A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.
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The Gift
1972
Sam Cade
0/0
Sam Cade was the first feature-length "movie" put together from episodes of Cade's County, the early '70s series starring Glenn Ford as a modern-day s...
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Sam Cade
1972
The Marshal of Madrid
0/0
A gang of smugglers headed by an oil dealer are brought to justice by a lawman.
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The Marshal of Madrid
1943
Show-Business at War
7/3
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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Show-Business at War
1979
Beggarman, Thief
4/2
In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murde...
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Beggarman, Thief
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
6/2
Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1975
Long Way Home
0/0
The Holvak family house the escaped convict named Craw that the son befriends. Reverend Holvak's faith is tested and young Ramey faces a choice betwee...
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Long Way Home
1974
Punch and Jody
0/0
When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that his wife was pregnant when she divorced him many years...
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Punch and Jody
1977
The 3,000 Mile Chase
0/0
Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife from San Francisco to a trial in New York. They have to...
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The 3,000 Mile Chase
1974
The Greatest Gift
2/1
Reverend Holvak, a weak rural preacher from the 1940s, fights stiff-necked church deacons along with a violent, bullying sheriff whilst protecting his...
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The Greatest Gift
1943
Guadalcanal Diary
5.375/20
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalca...
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Guadalcanal Diary
1978
Evening in Byzantium
0/0
While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy thriller about...
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Evening in Byzantium
1980
Superman II
6.753/2497
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop t...
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Superman II
1990
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
6.5/2
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Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1966
Is Paris Burning?
7.2/222
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if...
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Is Paris Burning?
1956
Operation Teahouse
0/0
This short promotional film provides a behind-the-scenes look at "The Teahouse of the August Moon" (1956).
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Operation Teahouse
2001
The Making of Midway
0/0
A behind-the-scenes look at the 1976 epic film Midway. Hosted by star Charlton Heston, the featurette explores the production's efforts to balance his...
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