Glenn Ford - 1916-2006

August 31, 2006 6:28 AM

All those things I can do. All those powers. And I couldn't even save him.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher (26 comments total)

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The only nice thing I can find to say about the movie Midway is it provided Mr. Ford, among other people, a paycheck.
posted by pax digita at 6:38 AM on August 31, 2006

The only nice thing I can find to say about the movie Midway is it provided Mr. Ford, among other people, a paycheck.

Yeah... great cast, lousy movie.
posted by COBRA! at 6:53 AM on August 31, 2006

thank you Mr. Ford

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posted by matteo at 6:56 AM on August 31, 2006

Um ... is the reference maybe actually to Cliff Robertson?
posted by RavinDave at 6:57 AM on August 31, 2006

Nevermind ... just now recalling "Superman". Carry on ...
posted by RavinDave at 6:58 AM on August 31, 2006

He was a great president

*ducking*
posted by ZachsMind at 6:59 AM on August 31, 2006

I thought it was a reference to The Neverending Story.

"They look like big strong hands, don't they?"

In the meantime,


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posted by hermitosis at 7:07 AM on August 31, 2006

Gilda is one of my favorite noir films.

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posted by sciurus at 7:11 AM on August 31, 2006

I loved the nod to him in the new Superman film.

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posted by grubi at 7:11 AM on August 31, 2006

this may sound corny, but his death scene in Superman (y'know, when he walks up to the house, grabs his left arm and says, rather matter-of-factly, "oh no") has always stuck with me... now everytime I have a pain in my left arm, I'm convinced I'm having a heartattack...

oh, and

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posted by WhipSmart at 7:48 AM on August 31, 2006

IMDB lists his real name as: Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford.

I'm having happy flashbacks to "Cade's County" with Edgar Buchanan.

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posted by RavinDave at 9:08 AM on August 31, 2006

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posted by ceri richard at 9:12 AM on August 31, 2006

IMDB lists his real name as: Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford.

Is that a typo? I though it was Gwyllym ... Ford?
posted by ceri richard at 9:14 AM on August 31, 2006

(I mean an IMDB typo, not RavinDave's)
posted by ceri richard at 9:15 AM on August 31, 2006

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posted by tkchrist at 9:55 AM on August 31, 2006

Wow, he's been in a total of 8 things since I was born.
posted by Eideteker at 9:58 AM on August 31, 2006

I hope I make it to 90.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:05 AM on August 31, 2006

What's your point Eideteker? He retired at age 75!
posted by Lord Kinbote at 10:51 AM on August 31, 2006

I show Blackboard Jungle to a few of my Teacher Ed classes. It is the prototypical "teacher movie".
This makes me quite sad.
posted by oflinkey at 11:52 AM on August 31, 2006

Another link to Superman was that he played alongside the young Christopher Reeve in Once an Eagle, which I loved.

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posted by Sk4n at 12:16 PM on August 31, 2006

"What's your point Eideteker? He retired at age 75!"

Obit/Newsfilter? Obligatory "not the best of the web" remark in here.
posted by Eideteker at 12:21 PM on August 31, 2006

I actually caught "Gilda" the other night on TMC. I'd never seen it, and figured I would watch about 5 minutes and go to bed. I stayed up way past my bed time, and boy was it worth it.

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posted by thanatogenous at 12:39 PM on August 31, 2006

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posted by disclaimer at 1:21 PM on August 31, 2006

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posted by feelinglistless at 1:53 PM on August 31, 2006

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The Times called Fate Is The Hunter a 'stupid' movie. Maybe it was, but I was a kid when I saw it and I liked it. STFU NYT!
posted by nj_subgenius at 3:57 PM on August 31, 2006

He starred in the original Ransom!, in which he sold vacuum cleaners.
posted by brujita at 11:07 PM on August 31, 2006