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  • PLACE OF DEATH: Beverly Hills, California
  • Originally: Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
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Glenn Ford, the Canadian born actor, rose to fame after serving in World War II, thanks to his roles with the actresses Bette Davis and Rita Hayworth.

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Glenn Ford, born in Quebec City, Canada 1916, rose to fame after serving in World War II, with roles alongside actresses Bette Davis and Rita Hayworth. Ford's career began in 1939 and continued well into the 1990's, including the 1957 3:10 to Yuma and a small role in the original Superman. In addition to acting in over 100 films, Ford continued his military career in the US Naval Reserve.

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Actor, born in Quebec, Canada. Raised in Portneuf, Quebec, at age seven he moved with his family to Santa Monica, CA. After high school he began working with small theatre groups and won his first film part in Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence in 1939. After military service in World War 2 he returned to acting, and went on to establish his reputation in lead roles in westerns, dramas, and romantic films. His many films included Gilda (1946), with Rita Hayworth, The Big Heat (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), and Heaven with a Gun (1969). From the 1970s he appeared mainly in supporting roles in television series, such as Cade's County (1971??2). Married four times, his first marriage (1943??59) was to tap dancer Eleanor Powell (1912??82); their son Peter Ford (1945?? ) became an actor.

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