May 1, 1916 - Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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 Glinda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), and Superman (1978).
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| Movie | 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Dave 'The Dude' Conway | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Gazebo | Elliott Nash | |
| Movie | 1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Jim Killan | |
| Movie | 1978 | Superman | Pa Kent | |
| Movie | 1946 | Gilda | Johnny Farrell | |
| Movie | 1940 | Blondie Plays Cupid | Charlie | |
| Movie | 1967 | A Time for Killing | Tom Wolcott | |
| Movie | 1954 | Human Desire | Jeff Warren | |
| Movie | 1976 | Midway | Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Undercover Man | Frank Warren | |
| Movie | 1965 | The Rounders | Ben Jones | |
| Movie | 1955 | Blackboard Jungle | Richard Dadier | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Fastest Gun Alive | George Temple / George Kelby, Jr. | |
| Movie | 1968 | Day of the Evil Gun | Lorn Warfield | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Hollywood Clowns | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1951 | The Secret of Convict Lake | Jim Canfield | |
| Movie | 1950 | Convicted | Joe Hufford | |
| Movie | 1957 | 3:10 to Yuma | Ben Wade | |
| Movie | 1947 | Framed | Mike Lambert | |
| Movie | 1980 | Virus | President Richardson | |
| Movie | 1953 | The Big Heat | Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion | |
| Movie | 1973 | Jarrett | Sam Jarrett | |
| Movie | 1962 | Experiment in Terror | John Ripley | |
| Movie | 1956 | Jubal | Jubal Troop | |
| Movie | 1963 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Tom Corbett | |
| Movie | 1957 | The Teahouse of the August Moon | Captain Fisby | |
| Movie | 1955 | Interrupted Melody | Dr. Thomas King | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Brotherhood of the Bell | Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson | |
| Movie | 1955 | The Violent Men | John Parrish | |
| Movie | 1948 | The Man from Colorado | Col. Owen Devereaux | |
| Movie | 1948 | The Loves of Carmen | Don José | |
| Movie | 1946 | A Stolen Life | Bill Emerson | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Disappearance of Flight 412 | Colonel Pete Moore | |
| Movie | 1952 | Affair in Trinidad | Steve Emery | |
| Movie | 1952 | The Green Glove | Michael 'Mike' Blake | |
| Movie | 1965 | The Money Trap | Joe Baron | |
| Movie | 1981 | Happy Birthday to Me | Dr. David Faraday | |
| Movie | 1953 | The Man from the Alamo | John Stroud | |
| Movie | 1968 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1960 | Cimarron | Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat | |
| Movie | 1958 | Cowboy | Tom Reese | |
| Movie | 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch | Joe Miracle | |
| Movie | 1958 | Torpedo Run | Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Julio Desnoyers | |
| Movie | 1979 | When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion | Self - Host | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Visitor | Det. Jake Durham | |
| Movie | 1941 | Texas | Tod Ramsey | |
| Movie | 1940 | The Lady in Question | Pierre Morestan | |
| Movie | 1989 | Casablanca Express | Major Gen. Williams | |
| Movie | 1950 | The White Tower | Martin Ordway | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Sheepman | Jason Sweet | |
| Movie | 1949 | Lust for Gold | Jacob 'Dutch' Walz | |
| Movie | 1953 | Plunder of the Sun | Al Colby | |
| Movie | 1973 | Santee | Santee | |
| Movie | 1943 | The Desperadoes | Cheyenne Rogers | |
| Movie | 1942 | Flight Lieutenant | Danny Doyle | |
| Movie | 1965 | Dear Heart | Harry Mork | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Doctor and the Girl | Dr. Michael Corday | |
| Movie | 1964 | Fate Is the Hunter | Sam McBane | |
| Movie | 1943 | Destroyer | Mickey Donohue | |
| Movie | 1951 | The Redhead and The Cowboy | Gil Kyle | |
| Movie | 1981 | Great White Death | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1967 | The Last Challenge | Marshal Dan Blaine | |
| Movie | 1957 | Don't Go Near the Water | Lt. J.G. Max Siegel | |
| Movie | 1956 | Ransom! | David G. 'Dave' Stannard | |
| Movie | 1963 | Love Is a Ball | John Lathrop Davis | |
| Movie | 1955 | Trial | David Blake | |
| Movie | 1961 | Cry for Happy | Harue | |
| Movie | 1969 | Smith! | Smith | |
| Movie | 1952 | Young Man with Ideas | Maxwell Webster | |
| Movie | 1955 | The Americano | Sam Dent | |
| Movie | 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Capt. Jared Heath | |
| Movie | 1940 | Men Without Souls | Johnny Adams | |
| Movie | 1940 | Convicted Woman | Jim Brent (Reporter) | |
| Movie | 1989 | Border Shootout | Sheriff Danaher | |
| Movie | 1939 | Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Joe Riley | |
| Movie | 1953 | Time Bomb | Peter Lyncort | |
| Movie | 1940 | Babies for Sale | Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson | |
| Movie | 1959 | It Started with a Kiss | Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick | |
| Movie | 1958 | Imitation General | MSgt. Murphy Savage | |
| Movie | 1979 | Day of the Assassin | Christakis | |
| Movie | 1948 | The Return of October | Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr. | |
| Movie | 1953 | Appointment in Honduras | Jim Corbett | |
| Movie | 1941 | So Ends Our Night | Ludwig Kern | |
| Movie | 1948 | The Mating of Millie | Doug Andrews | |
| Movie | 1986 | My Town | Lucas Wheeler | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Flying Missile | William A. Talbot | |
| Movie | 1951 | Follow the Sun | Ben Hogan | |
| Movie | 1941 | Go West, Young Lady | Tex Miller | |
| Movie | 1978 | Police Story: No Margin for Error | Deputy Chief Walter Hayes | |
| Movie | 1954 | City Story | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1955 | Have Faith in Our Children | Himself | |
| Movie | 1946 | Gallant Journey | John J. Montgomery | |
| Movie | 1991 | Final Verdict | Rev. Rogers | |
| Movie | 1991 | Raw Nerve | Captain Gavin | |
| Movie | 1989 | William Holden: The Golden Boy | Self | |
| Movie | 1942 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Martin Eden | |
| Movie | 1966 | Rage | Reuben | |
| Movie | 1939 | My Son Is Guilty | Barney | |
| Movie | 1957 | The Day Called X | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Gift | Billy Devlin | |
| Movie | 1972 | Sam Cade | Sam Cade | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Marshal of Madrid | Sam Cade | |
| Movie | 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | |
| Movie | 1979 | Beggarman, Thief | David Donnelly | |
| Movie | 1943 | Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform | Himself | |
| Movie | 1975 | Long Way Home | Rev. Tom Holvak | |
| Movie | 1974 | Punch and Jody | Peter 'Punch' Travers | |
| Movie | 1977 | The 3,000 Mile Chase | Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Greatest Gift | Rev. Holvak | |
| Movie | 1943 | Guadalcanal Diary | Marine Extra (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1978 | Evening in Byzantium | Jesse Craig | |
| Movie | 1980 | Superman II | Jonathan Kent (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1990 | Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream | Self | |
| Movie | 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley | |
| Movie | 1956 | Operation Teahouse | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Mahana | Ben Wade (archive footage) | |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Police Story | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | The Dean Martin Show | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1979 | The Sacketts | Tom Sunday | 2 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Once an Eagle | George Caldwell | 7 |
| TV Show | 1975 | The Family Holvak | 10 | |
| TV Show | 1955 | MGM Parade | Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) | 2 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Cade's County | Sheriff Sam Cade | 24 |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Dick Powell Show | Self - Guest Host | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Hollywood and the Stars | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Dinah! | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Associate Producer | Production |
