Glenn Ford
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Actor Glenn Ford, who played strong, thoughtful protagonists in films such as "The Blackboard Jungle," "Gilda" and "The Big Heat," died Wednesday, police said. He was 90....
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I actually watched Ford's screen (not feature film) debut at his 90th birthday fete this past May 1st at the Egyptian Theatre. It was a Paramount short, "Night in Manhattan" (1937), with a 21 year old...
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Along with Jackie Cooper & Junior Coghlan, we still have Shirley Temple, Jane Withers, Dickie Moore, Dorothy "Echo" DeBorba, Terry Kilburn, and a number of the brothers Watson (alas, no Bobs). Oh,...
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British actress Googie Withers (THE LADY VANISHES, DEAD OF NIGHT), who began her film career at 17 years old, is still with us. Gutridge
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I'm currently in the process of watching THE SACKETTS, which I just bought as a two-disc set, and while it's no LONESOME DOVE, it does have a great cast including Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Ben...
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We still have ERNEST BORGNINE b.1917 KARL MALDEN b.1912 KEVIN McCARTHY b.1914 We also still have some actors/actresses whose careers go back to the 30's. They are OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND b.1916 MAUREEN...
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From the entire supporting cast of "The Sacketts" (1979), nearly everyone is gone with the exception of L.Q. Jones who is still working.
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Malden, Borgnine, and McCarthy weren't making movies in the 1930s. How did we get offtrack?
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Don't forget Gloria Stuart, (b. 1912). She was making movies as an adult during the 1930's.
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My posting made specific mention of those whose careers do date back to the 30's, seperate from the others listed. Not off track there. The others are just there for anyone who may be interested. I...
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Actually, Malden and McCarthy's acting careers DO date back to the 1930's- they were both accomplished stage actors before coming to Hollywood Karl Malden was in the opening night cast of "Golden Boy"...
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It HAS gotten a little off-track because suddenly we've got kid actors, guys who didn't make a movie 'til the '40s, actRESSES, etc., being offered as answers to the question, "What MAN who's still...
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Quote:Glenn Ford was here for a reason. Quote:He seemed eternally the grown-up, from WWII to asphalt classrooms to a Smallville farm. Things seemed under control whenever he was on the screen, and...
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Wow. I know I'm in the minority here, possibly of one. But I've never really appreciated Ford's work. He bores me to tears and is one of the few actors who'll force me to turn the channel. (recently...
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And Charles Lane is 101! Thats truly amazing, one of the oldest actors I would have to think on record.
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Quote:As his son Peter has written in many tributes to his father, Glenn Ford was a grown up. I've been told by more than one person that Peter has written a biography of his father, which was not to...
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"Cimarron" was really pretty bad- McGraw and L.Q. Jones notwithstanding. The producer wanted it shot on the lot, Mann wanted it outdoors and the story was a soap opera about Oklahoma, not a Western....
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An actor who's done so many films and TV shows (Cades County was one of my favorites). "LUST FOR GOLD" Is one of my favlorites. Guess he's having a few drinks with his old buddy William Holden.
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The Real Glenn Ford Story This article was written by NewsMax.com columnist and contributor Phil Brennan, a proud Marine. When Glenn Ford died Thursday morning at the age of 90, major media recalled...
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