Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006)

His film debut was in "Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence" (1939). After World War II started, he put his career on hold and enlisted in the United States Marines. In 1992, Ford was awarded the French Legion of Honor Medal for his service in France during the war aiding those fleeing from the Nazis. He also served in Vietnam as a member of the United States Naval Reserves. He was married to dancer Eleanor Powell (1943 to 1959) and they had a son, Peter. He resumed his film career after the war and became a star after appearing opposite Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" (1946). Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he maintained his status as a popular star showing his diverse talents in dramas, comedies and westerns. His extensive list of films includes "Blackboard Jungle" (1955), "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and "Ransom!" (both in 1956), "3:10 to Yuma" (1957), "The Sheepman" (1958), "The Gazebo" (1960), "Experiment in Terror" (1962), "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" (1963), "Dear Heart" (1964), "The Rounders" (1965), "Is Paris Burning?" (1966), "Heaven With a Gun" (1969), "Midway" (1976), "Superman" (1978), "Day of the Assassin" (1979), among other films. Ford suffered a series of minor strokes which left him in frail health in the years leading up to his death. He died in his Beverly Hills home on August 30, 2006, at the age of 90. Glenn Ford is interred at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Santa Monica, CA.