George Ford
Known for: Acting
Born: March 31, 1905
Died: July 30, 1983
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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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Filmography
116 movies · 37 TV shows, newest first
6.9
Sol Madrid
1968
5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
6.7
Winchester '73
1967
6.9
The Invaders
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.4
The Green Hornet
1966
6.6
Torn Curtain
1966
6.3
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
7.3
Batman
1966
7.0
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.2
Honey West
1965
7.2
Green Acres
1965
7.1
The Great Race
1965
6.4
Cat Ballou
1965
6.3
Youngblood Hawke
1964
6.5
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
6.5
Law of the Lawless
1964
7.0
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
5.6
The Man from Galveston
1963
6.1
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
7.0
The Lieutenant
1963
7.1
The Thrill of It All
1963
5.6
Critic's Choice
1963
6.1
Son of Flubber
1963
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
6.7
Sam Benedict
1962
5.9
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
7.2
Advise & Consent
1962
7.0
Lover Come Back
1961
7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
6.4
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
5.1
Go Naked in the World
1961
6.2
Cimarron
1960
6.5
North to Alaska
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
7.3
Elmer Gantry
1960
6.4
Who Was That Lady?
1960
6.6
Seven Thieves
1960
5.8
The Hypnotic Eye
1960
6.7
Mr. Lucky
1959
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
7.1
Pillow Talk
1959
6.6
Dennis the Menace
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
6.2
The FBI Story
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
5.5
It Started with a Kiss
1959
6.3
Holiday for Lovers
1959
6.8
Warlock
1959
7.4
Imitation of Life
1959
8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
6.5
The Buccaneer
1958
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.5
The Donna Reed Show
1958
7.2
The Enemy Below
1957
6.4
Raintree County
1957
6.5
My Man Godfrey
1957
7.6
Zorro
1957
5.3
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
7.0
Alcoa Theatre
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
5.1
Death in Small Doses
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.2
Pawnee
1957
6.7
Designing Woman
1957
6.5
The Garment Jungle
1957
5.2
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
5.4
The Opposite Sex
1956
6.6
The Rack
1956
5.6
The Werewolf
1956
6.3
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
6.7
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
7.2
Ransom!
1956
6.1
The Square Jungle
1955
6.7
Artists and Models
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.9
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
6.0
Cult of the Cobra
1955
5.9
Three for the Show
1955
4.4
The Silver Chalice
1954
7.0
The Country Girl
1954
7.2
White Christmas
1954
6.6
Father Knows Best
1954
6.8
Lucky Me
1954
5.6
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
5.5
Vicki
1953
7.2
The Band Wagon
1953
7.3
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
7.1
Angel Face
1953
7.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
6.2
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
6.3
The Turning Point
1952
4.9
Brave Warrior
1952
8.1
Singin' in the Rain
1952
6.7
The Stooge
1951
5.6
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
5.9
Roadblock
1951
6.8
His Kind of Woman
1951
6.5
On Moonlight Bay
1951
6.2
Show Boat
1951
5.5
My Forbidden Past
1951
6.3
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
6.2
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
6.0
Born to Be Bad
1950
7.0
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
6.3
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
7.5
Slightly French
1949
7.7
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
6.2
Riff-Raff
1947
6.7
Born to Kill
1947
6.1
Black Angel
1946
5.2
Heartbeat
1946
6.6
Dragonwyck
1946
6.0
The Notorious Lone Wolf
19465.6
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945
7.3
Hollywood Canteen
1944
6.3
Around the World
1943
5.9
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
5.7
Bombardier
1943
6.2
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
7.1
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
7.0
Who Done It?
1942
6.3
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
6.4
Broadway
1942
6.7
All Through the Night
1942
7.2
Hellzapoppin'
1941
7.3
The Letter
1940
6.9
City for Conquest
1940
7.5
King of the Royal Mounted
1940
7.0
Love Affair
1939
5.7
Beauty for the Asking
1939
6.7
Carefree
1938
7.0
The Crowd Roars
1938
6.6
Wee Willie Winkie
1937
5.7
College Holiday
1936
5.9
Give Me Your Heart
1936
7.3
Top Hat
1935
6.8
Mississippi
1935
6.0
The Gay Bride
1934
5.6
Hollywood Party
1934
6.2
The Wet Parade
1932