Born May 1, 1916, in Sainte-Christine, Quebec, Gwyllyn "Glenn" Samuel Newton Ford moved to California as a child and became a U.S. citizen in 1939, coinciding with his first major movie role in the Western Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence.Following Ford's military service in World War II, his film career took off with a plum assignment opposite pinup girl Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946), a role that led to more pairings with the auburn-haired starlet and other Hollywood beauties.
After receiving several nominations, Ford finally won a Golden Globe for his performance in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles (1961) and went on to star alongside a young Ron Howard in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) and as the Man of Steel's mortal father in Superman: The Movie (1978). He turned in several small-screen performances in the 1980s and '90s and died in 2006 at the age of 90.
The Big HeatGerman auteur Fritz Lang directs this gritty, violent drama that follows Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford), a detective who investigates a police sergeant's suicide and winds up on a personal quest for vengeance. When Bannion suspects foul play and is promptly taken off the case he defies his superiors and... Read More
3:10 to YumaWhen the town marshal offers a bounty for outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford), Dan Evans (Van Heflin), a poor rancher hit hard by a crippling drought, takes the job. His wife pleads with him to save his own life by letting Wade go free, but for Evans, it's a matter of principle as well as money. He takes... Read More
The Violent MenLand-grabbing cattle baron Lew Wilkison (Edward G. Robinson) is a nettlesome thorn in the side of peaceful landowners living in his valley. Wilkison covets all the choice acreage, including the spread of John Parrish (Glenn Ford). Pushed too far, Parrish retaliates against Wilkison and his henchmen.... Read More
Human DesireAfter reluctantly helping her combustible husband (Broderick Crawford) get away with murder, Vicki Buckley (Gloria Grahame) pursues a passionate affair with a Korean War veteran (Glenn Ford). With her new lover by her side, the two-timing femme fatale begins plotting her spouse's demise. Director... Read More
Blackboard JungleInner-city high school teacher Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) struggles to maintain his idealism in this gritty drama set in the 1950s. The students drink, smoke, steal and cause mayhem, and two of Dadier's delinquents (Sidney Poitier and Vic Morrow) duke it out to be crowned leader of their classroom... Read More
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Great White Death (2000) | NR | |
Raw Nerve (1991) | R | |
Happy Birthday to Me (1981) | R | |
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The Sacketts (1979) | NR | |
When the West Was Fun (1979) | NR | |
Superman: The Movie (1978) | PG | |
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Classic Disaster Movies (1974) | NR | |
Santee (1973) | PG | |
Day of the Evil Gun (1968) | G | |
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Love Is a Ball (1963) | NR | |
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Experiment in Terror (1962) | NR | |
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Pocketful of Miracles (1961) | UR | |
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Cowboy (1958) | NR | |
3:10 to Yuma (1957) | NR | |
Don't Go Near the Water (1957) | NR | |
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Jubal (1956) | NR | |
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The Violent Men (1955) | NR | |
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Trial (1955) | NR | |
Human Desire (1954) | NR | |
The Big Heat (1953) | NR | |
Plunder of the Sun (1953) | NR | |
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Affair in Trinidad (1952) | NR | |
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The Green Glove (1952) | NR | |
The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) | NR | |
Lust for Gold (1949) | NR | |
The Man from Colorado (1949) | NR | |
The Loves of Carmen (1948) | NR | |
Gilda (1946) | NR | |
The Desperadoes (1943) | NR | |
Texas (1941) | NR | |
So Ends Our Night (1941) | NR | |
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