George Ford

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

121

Movies

116

Born: March 31, 1905 – July 30, 1983
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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.

Works

116 films

Singin' in the Rain

19528.1

Some Like It Hot

19598.1

White Christmas

19547.2

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

19537.3

Pillow Talk

19597.1

Torn Curtain

19666.6

Cat Ballou

19656.4

The Enemy Below

19577.2

Warlock

19596.8

The Great Race

19657.1

The Cincinnati Kid

19657.0

North to Alaska

19606.5

Elmer Gantry

19607.3

Dragonwyck

19466.6

Monsieur Verdoux

19477.7

Top Hat

19357.3

Imitation of Life

19597.4

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

19566.7

The Bad and the Beautiful

19527.3

The Band Wagon

19537.2

The Buccaneer

19586.5

Angel Face

19537.1

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

19436.2

Cimarron

19606.2

You Were Never Lovelier

19427.1

Cult of the Cobra

19556.0

Show Boat

19516.2

Seven Thieves

19606.6

Artists and Models

19556.7

His Kind of Woman

19516.8

The Last Hurrah

19587.2

The Country Girl

19547.0

The Opposite Sex

19565.4

It's Always Fair Weather

19557.0

Man's Favorite Sport?

19647.0

Advise & Consent

19627.2

Son of Flubber

19636.1

Lover Come Back

19617.0

My Man Godfrey

19576.5

The Glass Bottom Boat

19666.3

Raintree County

19576.4

Love Affair

19397.0

The Hypnotic Eye

19605.8

The Letter

19407.3

The Gay Bride

19346.0

The Man from Galveston

19635.6

Hellzapoppin'

19417.2

All Through the Night

19426.7

The Helen Morgan Story

19575.3

The FBI Story

19596.1

The Rack

19566.6

The Eddy Duchin Story

19566.3

The Thrill of It All

19637.1

Born to Kill

19476.7

Born to Be Bad

19506.0

Carefree

19386.7

Black Angel

19466.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

19516.3

Thunder Over the Plains

19535.6

The Silver Chalice

19544.5

Riff-Raff

19476.2

The Buster Keaton Story

19575.2

Fate Is the Hunter

19646.5

It Started with a Kiss

19595.5

Under the Yum Yum Tree

19636.1

The Wet Parade

19326.2

Two Weeks in Another Town

19625.9

Hollywood Canteen

19447.3

The Stooge

19516.7

The Damned Don't Cry

19507.0

Critic's Choice

19635.6

The Killer That Stalked New York

19506.2

Who Was That Lady?

19606.4

Wee Willie Winkie

19376.6

The Garment Jungle

19576.5

Winchester '73

19676.7

The Turning Point

19526.3

Ransom!

19567.2

Designing Woman

19576.7

On Moonlight Bay

19516.5

Roadblock

19515.9

Broadway

19426.4

Law of the Lawless

19646.5

Lucky Me

19546.8

Three for the Show

19555.9

The Falcon Takes Over

19426.3

Mississippi

19356.8

Sol Madrid

19686.9

Go Naked in the World

19615.1

The Werewolf

19565.6

City for Conquest

19406.9

Youngblood Hawke

19646.3

The Notorious Lone Wolf

19466.0

Bombardier

19435.7

Who Done It?

19427.0

Callaway Went Thataway

19515.6

A Lady Takes a Chance

19435.8

Death in Small Doses

19575.1

Heartbeat

19465.2

The Square Jungle

19556.1

Vicki

19535.5

My Forbidden Past

19515.5

Holiday for Lovers

19596.3

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

19616.4

Brave Warrior

19524.3

College Holiday

19365.7

Johnny Stool Pigeon

19496.3

Slightly French

19497.5

Around the World

19436.3

Hollywood Party

19345.7

The Crowd Roars

19387.0

Pawnee

19576.2

King of the Royal Mounted

19407.5

Beauty for the Asking

19395.7

Give Me Your Heart

19365.9

Eve Knew Her Apples

19455.6