Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "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.
Born Gwyllyn Ford at Jeffrey Hale Hospital in Quebec City, Quebec. Ford was the son of Anglo-Quebecers Hannah Wood Mitchell and Newton Ford; Newton was a railroad conductor. Through ...
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Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "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.
Born Gwyllyn Ford at Jeffrey Hale Hospital in Quebec City, Quebec. Ford was the son of Anglo-Quebecers Hannah Wood Mitchell and Newton Ford; Newton was a railroad conductor. Through Newton, Glenn was a great-nephew of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. Ford moved to Santa Monica, California with his family at the age of eight, and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939.
After Ford graduated from Santa Monica High School, he began working in small theatre groups. Ford later commented that his railroad executive father had no objection to his growing interest in acting, but told him, "It's all right for you to try to act, if you learn something else first. Be able to take a car apart and...
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