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Glenn Ford

1916 - 2006

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Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and had a career that lasted more than 50 years. Ford often portrayed ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Although he starred in many genres of film, some of his most significant roles were in the films noir Gilda (1946) and The Big Heat (1953), and the high-school drama Blackboard Jungle (1955). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Glenn Ford is the 870th most popular actor (up from 889th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Canada (down from 68th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Canadian Actor.

Glenn Ford is most famous for his roles in the movies Blackboard Jungle, The Big Heat, and The Blackboard Jungle.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Glenn Ford ranks 870 out of 13,578. Before him are Ajay Devgn, Anthony Mann, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oskar Werner, Inger Nilsson, and Kaley Cuoco. After him are Fred Ward, Patrick McGoohan, Ma Dong-seok, Nathalie Baye, Mistinguett, and Victor Wong.

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Among people born in 1916, Glenn Ford ranks 58. Before him are Carl Johan Bernadotte, Dương Văn Minh, Alberto Ginastera, Consuelo Velázquez, Kristján Eldjárn, and Jacque Fresco. After him are Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Rafael Caldera, Michael Gough, Saburō Sakai, Henri Dutilleux, and Georg Henrik von Wright. Among people deceased in 2006, Glenn Ford ranks 61. Before him are Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prince George William of Hanover, Murray Bookchin, Hugh Thompson Jr., Ta Mok, and Mariska Veres. After him are Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Jack Warden, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Telê Santana, David Bronstein, and Shamil Basayev.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Glenn Ford ranks 74 out of 1,622. Before him are David H. Hubel (1926), John Ireland (1914), Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), The Weeknd (1990), Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), and Elizabeth Arden (1878). After him are Mark Robson (1913), John Candy (1950), John Charles Fields (1863), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Geneviève Bujold (1942), and Percy Williams (1908).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Glenn Ford ranks 14. Before him are Pamela Anderson (1967), Catherine O'Hara (1954), Elliot Page (1987), Eugene Levy (1946), Dan Aykroyd (1952), and John Ireland (1914). After him are John Candy (1950), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Geneviève Bujold (1942), Mack Sennett (1880), Conrad Bain (1923), and Victor Garber (1949).

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