Ford, Glenn

Ford, Glenn
▪ 2007
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford 
      Canadian-born American actor (b. May 1, 1916, Sainte-Christine, Que.—d. Aug. 30, 2006, Beverly Hills, Calif.), portrayed strong-willed yet soft-spoken characters in more than 80 films during a career that spanned some 50 years. Ford started out in B movies, but his superb ability subtly to inject complexity and intensity into the parts for which he was cast landed him leading roles in better-quality films. He appeared in a wide variety of genres, including melodramas, romantic comedies, and westerns. Some of Ford's most notable film performances were in Gilda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), The Sheepman (1958), Pocketful of Miracles (1961), for which he won a Golden Globe Award as best actor, and The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), which spawned a television series of the same name.

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