Glenn Ford

Born: 1916-05-01

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenn Ford, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    


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as Pa Kent
Released: 1978-12-14

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane....

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as Jonathan Kent in Opening Montage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1980-12-12

Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton, who have the same powers on Earth as Superman,...

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Midway

as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Released: 1976-06-18

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became...

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3:10 to Yuma

as Ben Wade
Released: 1957-08-07

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As...

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Gilda

as Johnny Farrell
Released: 1946-04-25

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

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Pocketful of Miracles

as Dave 'The Dude' Conway
Released: 1961-12-18

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society...

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Happy Birthday to Me

as Dr. David Faraday
Released: 1981-05-15

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But...

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Is Paris Burning?

as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Released: 1966-10-26

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if...

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The Big Heat

as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Released: 1953-10-14

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the...

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Virus

as President Richardson
Released: 1980-06-26

Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in...

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Blackboard Jungle

as Richard Dadier
Released: 1955-03-25

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the...

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Cimarron

as Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
Released: 1960-12-01

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.

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The Visitor

as Det. Jake Durham
Released: 1979-03-14

An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to...

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Experiment in Terror

as John Ripley
Released: 1962-04-12

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces...

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The Fastest Gun Alive

as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
Released: 1956-07-12

Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to...

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

as Julio Desnoyers
Released: 1962-02-07

In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is...

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Jubal

as Jubal Troop
Released: 1956-02-25

Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given...

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The Sheepman

as Jason Sweet
Released: 1958-05-01

A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself...

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Affair in Trinidad

as Steve Emery
Released: 1952-07-29

A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.

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Torpedo Run

as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
Released: 1958-10-24

A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South...

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Human Desire

as Jeff Warren
Released: 1954-08-05

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid...

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The Desperadoes

as Cheyenne Rogers
Released: 1943-05-25

Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They...

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Cowboy

as Tom Reese
Released: 1958-01-23

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted...

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The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Tom Corbett
Released: 1963-03-27

Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get...

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The Violent Men

as John Parrish
Released: 1955-01-26

A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée,...

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Convicted

as Joe Hufford
Released: 1950-08-01

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

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Texas

as Tod Ramsey
Released: 1941-10-09

Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up....

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The Teahouse of the August Moon

as Captain Fisby
Released: 1957-07-01

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals...

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Heaven with a Gun

as Jim Killan
Released: 1969-05-20

Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local...

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A Time for Killing

as Tom Wolcott
Released: 1967-08-01

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican...

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A Stolen Life

as Bill Emerson
Released: 1946-05-01

A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.

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The Rounders

as Ben Jones
Released: 1965-01-08

Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild...

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Guadalcanal Diary

as Marine Extra (uncredited)
Released: 1943-10-27

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the...

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The Last Challenge

as Marshal Dan Blaine
Released: 1967-12-22

An upstart outlaw baits a legendary gunslinger, now a marshal in love with a saloon keeper.

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The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1968-12-19

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

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The Man from the Alamo

as John Stroud
Released: 1953-08-07

During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to...

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Day of the Evil Gun

as Lorn Warfield
Released: 1968-03-01

Two men on a desperate search to save a woman only one of them could have!

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Interrupted Melody

as Dr. Thomas King
Released: 1955-05-05

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano...

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Ransom!

as David G. 'Dave' Stannard
Released: 1956-01-24

A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.

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Appointment in Honduras

as Jim Corbett
Released: 1953-10-16

On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a...

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Fate Is the Hunter

as Sam McBane
Released: 1964-11-08

A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for...

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The Secret of Convict Lake

as Jim Canfield
Released: 1951-07-29

After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of...

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The Americano

as Sam Dent
Released: 1955-01-19

An American Rancher takes a small herd of Brahma bulls to Brazil where he has sold them for a...

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Destroyer

as Mickey Donohue
Released: 1943-08-19

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is...

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Cry for Happy

as Harue
Released: 1961-03-03

Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.

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Day of the Assassin

as Christakis
Released: 1979-12-15

Treasure hunters from around the world race to Mexico after a Middle Eastern luxury yacht...

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Framed

as Mike Lambert
Released: 1947-05-25

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig...

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The Disappearance of Flight 412

as Colonel Pete Moore
Released: 1974-10-01

Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been...

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The Lady in Question

as Pierre Morestan
Released: 1940-08-07

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

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Rage

as Reuben
Released: 1966-11-30

Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.

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The Man from Colorado

as Col. Owen Devereaux
Released: 1948-08-07

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of...

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Convicted Woman

as Jim Brent (Reporter)
Released: 1940-01-31

A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.

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The Money Trap

as Joe Baron
Released: 1965-09-07

When half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the...

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Mr. Soft Touch

as Joe Miracle
Released: 1949-07-28

When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning...

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Lust for Gold

as Jacob 'Dutch' Walz
Released: 1949-06-10

A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an...

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The Redhead and The Cowboy

as Gil Kyle
Released: 1951-03-15

Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon...

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The White Tower

as Martin Ordway
Released: 1950-06-24

Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.

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Dear Heart

as Harry Mork
Released: 1965-03-07

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a...

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The Gazebo

as Elliott Nash
Released: 1960-01-15

TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But...

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The Loves of Carmen

as Don José
Released: 1948-08-23

Gypsy Carmen drives men wild in 1820s Spain, especially the dragoon Don Jose.

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Don't Go Near the Water

as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
Released: 1957-11-14

Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World...

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The Undercover Man

as Frank Warren
Released: 1949-03-21

Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob...

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Show-Business at War

as Self
Released: 1943-05-21

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

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It Started with a Kiss

as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
Released: 1959-08-19

While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a...

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The Return of October

as Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.
Released: 1948-10-26

A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite...

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The Mating of Millie

as Doug Andrews
Released: 1948-03-08

Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just...

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Plunder of the Sun

as Al Colby
Released: 1953-08-26

An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist and a...

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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

as Joe Riley
Released: 1939-11-03

New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in...

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Raw Nerve

as Captain Gavin
Released: 1991-06-28

Race car driver Jimmy Clayton has mind-shattering visions of young women being ruthlessly...

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Smith!

as Smith
Released: 1969-03-21

When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith,...

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Long Way Home

as Rev. Tom Holvak
Released: 1975-09-07

The Holvak family house the escaped convict named Craw that the son befriends. Reverend Holvak's...

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So Ends Our Night

as Ludwig Kern
Released: 1941-02-27

An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's...

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The 3,000 Mile Chase

as Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
Released: 1977-06-16

Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife...

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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

as Self
Released: 1980-01-01

Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film....

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Time Bomb

as Peter Lyncort
Released: 1953-02-05

When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call...

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Go West, Young Lady

as Tex Miller
Released: 1941-11-27

A young woman arrives in the western town of Headstone and helps the locals outsmart a gang of...

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Trial

as David Blake
Released: 1955-10-07

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A...

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Casablanca Express

as Major Gen. Williams
Released: 1989-12-22

It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence...

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The Marshal of Madrid

as Sam Cade
Released: 1972-01-01

A gang of smugglers headed by an oil dealer are brought to justice by a lawman.

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Beggarman, Thief

as David Donnelly
Released: 1979-11-26

In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen...

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Love Is a Ball

as John Lathrop Davis
Released: 1963-04-24

Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled...

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Evening in Byzantium

as Jesse Craig
Released: 1978-08-14

While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse...

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Punch and Jody

as Peter 'Punch' Travers
Released: 1974-11-26

When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that...

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Border Shootout

as Sheriff Danaher
Released: 1989-12-31

Young rancher Kirby Frye is appointed deputy in a small town tyrannized by ruthless Phil...

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The Gift

as Billy Devlin
Released: 1979-12-15

A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s...

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Gallant Journey

as John J. Montgomery
Released: 1946-09-24

Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this...

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The Green Glove

as Michael 'Mike' Blake
Released: 1952-02-28

In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator...

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Police Story: No Margin for Error

as Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
Released: 1978-04-30

Two policemen are suspected of excessive violence and causing two deaths. The investigation...

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Babies for Sale

as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
Released: 1940-06-14

A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a...

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Advance to the Rear

as Capt. Jared Heath
Released: 1964-06-10

As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and...

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The Flying Missile

as William A. Talbot
Released: 1950-12-24

A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.

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Final Verdict

as Rev. Rogers
Released: 1991-09-09

A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be...

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The Brotherhood of the Bell

as Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
Released: 1970-09-17

A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he...

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Blondie Plays Cupid

as Charlie
Released: 1940-10-31

The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and...

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Santee

as Santee
Released: 1973-09-01

Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of...

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The Doctor and the Girl

as Dr. Michael Corday
Released: 1949-09-29

Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John...

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William Holden: The Golden Boy

as Self
Released: 1989-12-13

It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.

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My Town

as Lucas Wheeler
Released: 1986-05-25

A series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.

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Sam Cade

as Sam Cade
Released: 1972-01-01

Sam Cade was the first feature-length "movie" put together from episodes of Cade's County, the...

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The Hollywood Clowns

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1979-03-23

Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.

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Young Man with Ideas

as Maxwell Webster
Released: 1952-05-02

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.

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Men Without Souls

as Johnny Adams
Released: 1940-05-20

A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of...

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Imitation General

as MSgt. Murphy Savage
Released: 1958-08-20

An officer poses as a general after the death of his commanding officer and inspires his troops...

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Great White Death

as Narrator
Released: 1981-01-01

Glenn Ford appears in and narrates in this mondo style documentary about the search for the...

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Follow the Sun

as Ben Hogan
Released: 1951-05-22

A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of...

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The Adventures of Martin Eden

as Martin Eden
Released: 1942-02-26

Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.

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Flight Lieutenant

as Danny Doyle
Released: 1942-07-09

A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the...

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My Son Is Guilty

as Barney
Released: 1939-12-28

Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.

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The Day Called X

as Narrator
Released: 1957-12-08

Portentously portrays the evacuation of Portland, Oregon, when threatened by a nuclear attack on...

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The Greatest Gift

as Rev. Holvak
Released: 1974-11-04

Reverend Holvak, a weak rural preacher from the 1940s, fights stiff-necked church deacons along...

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Jarrett

as Sam Jarrett
Released: 1973-03-17

A private investigator specializing in fine arts tries to track down some missing rare Biblical...

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Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

as Himself
Released: 1943-08-15

Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his...

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Operation Teahouse

as Self
Released: 1956-11-29

This short promotional film provides a behind-the-scenes look at "The Teahouse of the August...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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The Bob Hope Show

as Self
First aired: 1950-04-09

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...

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This Is Your Life

as Self
First aired: 1952-10-01

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...

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The Dean Martin Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-16

The Dean Martin Show, also known as The Dean Martin Variety Show, is a TV variety-comedy series...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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The Sacketts

as Tom Sunday
First aired: 1979-05-15

A traditional sagebrush saga based on two novels ("Sackett" and "The Daybreakers") by Louis...

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The Dick Powell Show

as Self - Guest Host
First aired: 1961-09-26

The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily...

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Cade's County

as Sheriff Sam Cade
First aired: 1971-09-19

A sheriff keeps law in Madrid County, California.

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Once an Eagle

as George Caldwell
First aired: 1976-12-02

Once An Eagle is a 1976 nine-hour American television mini-series directed by Richard Michaels...

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MGM Parade

as Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage)
First aired: 1955-09-14

The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie...

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