George Ford
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1905-03-31
- Décès:
- 1983-07-30
- Lieu de naissance:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biographie
Tall distinguished looking George Ford started out as a contract player in the early 1930s but like most contract players, it didn't work out. Never discouraged, Ford moved on to roles as dancers, socialites, and chorus boys. Ford would occasionally have dialog but he was constantly used for his good looking appearance and his unique ability to ballroom dance. During the 1950s, Ford developed a reputation for being one of the best dancers in Hollywood. Musicals weren't his specialty though, it was the nice ballrooms and the socialite parties. He continue to work these throughout his career. He also managed to appear in a lot of various war films playing soldiers and high ranking military officers. With the popularity of television westerns increase, Ford found himself frequently appearing at square dances and as a dancer to show the leading ladies off. Eventually he became a regular townsman for a few years on Gunsmoke appearing in the bar scenes and playing bank tellers and town dignitaries. By 1968, Ford's work started to decrease and he decided to retire to Colorado where he could take up skiing and where he and his wife regularly competed in ballroom dancing contest. Like many extras, Ford's talents were not known to the general film public but he leaves behind a legacy of making the other dancers he danced with look better than they were and a large amount of film work that can be appreciated by future generation.
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Filmographie
Sol Madrid
Cimarron
Winchester '73
Les Envahisseurs
Mission : Impossible
Le Frelon vert
Le Rideau déchiré
La blonde défie le FBI
Batman
Le Kid de Cincinnati
Les Mystères de l'Ouest
Honey West
Les Arpents verts
La Grande Course autour du monde
Cat Ballou
Youngblood Hawke
Le crash mystérieux
Des Agents très spéciaux
Condamné à être pendu
Le Sport favori de l'homme
The Man from Galveston
Oui ou non avant le mariage
L'Homme à la Rolls
Arrest and Trial
The Lieutenant
Le piment de la vie
Critic's Choice
Après lui, le déluge
The Lucy Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
Le Virginien
Sam Benedict
Quinze jours ailleurs
Tempête à Washington
Un pyjama pour deux
The Dick Van Dyke Show
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Volupté
La Ruée vers l'Ouest
Le Grand Sam
Thriller
Elmer Gantry, le charlatan
Qui était donc cette dame ?
Les Sept Voleurs
The Hypnotic Eye
Mr. Lucky
Les Incorruptibles
Confidences sur l'oreiller
Denis la petite peste
La Quatrième Dimension
La police fédérale enquête
Bonanza
Tout commença par un baiser
Holiday for Lovers
L'homme aux colts d'or
Mirage de la vie
Certains l'aiment chaud
Rawhide
La Dernière Fanfare
Les boucaniers
Bat Masterson
The Donna Reed Show
Torpilles sous l'Atlantique
L'Arbre de vie
Mon homme Godfrey
Zorro
Pour elle un seul homme
Alcoa Theatre
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
Death in Small Doses
Have Gun, Will Travel
L'Indien Blanc
La Femme modèle
Racket dans la couture
The Buster Keaton Story
Le Sexe opposé
Le supplice des aveux
Le Loup-Garou
Tu seras un homme, mon fils
L'Homme au Complet Gris
La Rançon (Ransom !)
The Square Jungle
Artistes et modèles
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke Police Des Plaines
Beau fixe sur New York
Le Culte du Cobra
Three for the Show
Le calice d'argent
Une fille de la province
Noël blanc
Papa a raison
Mademoiselle Porte-bonheur
La Trahison du Capitaine Porter
Vicki
Tous en scène !
Les hommes préfèrent les blondes
Un si doux visage
Les Ensorcelés
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Le Cran d'arrêt
La Levée des tomahawks
Chantons sous la pluie
Le cabotin et son compère
Callaway Went Thataway
Roadblock
Fini de rire
On Moonlight Bay
Show Boat
Mon passé défendu
Deux nigauds et l'homme invisible
The Jack Benny Program
The Killer That Stalked New York
La Femme aux Maléfices
L'Esclave du gang
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Slightly French
Monsieur Verdoux
Riff-Raff
Né pour tuer
L'Ange noir
Un cœur à prendre
Le Château du dragon
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Eve Knew Her Apples
Hollywood Canteen
Around the World
La Fille et son cow-boy
Bombardier
Frankenstein rencontre le loup-garou
Ô toi ma charmante
Deux nigauds détectives
The Falcon Takes Over
Broadway
Echec à la Gestapo
Hellzapoppin
La Lettre
Ville conquise
King of the Royal Mounted
Elle et lui
Beauty for the Asking
Amanda
The Crowd Roars
La Mascotte du régiment
College Holiday
Give Me Your Heart
Le Danseur du dessus
Mississippi
The Gay Bride
Hollywood Party
The Wet Parade