Glenn Ford

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (born May 1, 1916), better known by his stage name Glenn Ford, is an actor. He was born in Sainte-Christine, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada and moved to Santa Monica, California with his family as a child.

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. His breakthrough role was in 1946, following military service, 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, Blackboard Jungle, Interrupted Melody, Experiment in Terror, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and 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.

In 1962, Glenn Ford won a Golden Globe Award as best actor for his part in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1992 he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur medal for his action in the Second World War.

As of 2004, Ford was living in quiet retirement in Beverly Hills with his son's family.


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As of 2004, Ford was living in quiet retirement in Beverly Hills with his son's family. Despite his lack of high profile roles since 1990's Three Men and a Little Lady, his name remains well known in popular culture. In 1992 he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur medal for his action in the Second World War. In the 1990s he worked on a number of children's films and low budget movies. In 1962, Glenn Ford won a Golden Globe Award as best actor for his part in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Guttenberg was a popular movie star throughout much of the 1980s, and is best known for starring roles in Police Academy, Three Men and a Baby, Cocoon and Short Circuit. With Eleanor Powell he is the father of actor Peter Ford. He is sometimes credited as Steven Guttenberg.

Ford has been married (and divorced) four times to Eleanor Powell, Jeanne Baus, Kathryn Hays and Cynthia Hayward. Steve Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958 in New York, New York) is an American actor. His major roles in thrillers and dramas and action films include A Stolen Life, The Big Heat, Blackboard Jungle, Interrupted Melody, Experiment in Terror, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Superman and Westerns such as The Fastest Gun Alive, 3:10 to Yuma and Cimarron. The Boys from Brazil (1978). Ford's movie-acting career flourished in the 1950s and 60s, and continued into the early 1990s, with increasing television roles. Can't Stop the Music (1980). 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. Diner (1982).

His breakthrough role was in 1946, following military service, starring alongside Rita Hayworth in Gilda. The Man Who Wasn't There (1983). His acting career began on stage, and his first large movie part was in 1939 film Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence. The Day After (1983) (TV movie). Ford is best known for his film roles as cowboys and as an ordinary man in unusual circumstances. Police Academy (1984). He was born in Sainte-Christine, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada and moved to Santa Monica, California with his family as a child. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985).

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (born May 1, 1916), better known by his stage name Glenn Ford, is an actor. Cocoon (1985). Bad Medicine (1985). Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986). Short Circuit (1986).

The Bedroom Window (1987). Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987). Amazon Women on the Moon (1987). Three Men and a Baby (1987).

Cocoon: The Return (1988). Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990). Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). The Big Green (1995).

Home for the Holidays (1995). It Takes Two (1995). Zeus and Roxanne (1997). Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997).

Your Cat Is Dead (2002). P.S.