Glenn Ford

Birth Name:

Glenn Ford

Birth Place:

Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Producer

Inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1978
Received the Donostia Award at the 1987 San Sebastian International Film Festival
Participated in a few West Coast stage companies before making his film debut in "Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence" in 1939
Quote: "When I'm on camera, I have to do things pretty much the way I do things in everyday life․ It gives the audience someone real to identify with․"
Frequently portrayed cowboy-type roles in Westerns
Widely known for taking on roles in which he plays as ordinary men in unusual circumstances
As a member of the U․S․ Marine Corps, he served in World War II and Vietnam as a motion-picture production technician
Being able to draw and fire in 0․4 seconds, he was known as the "fastest gun" in Hollywood westerns
Insisted on being shot on film from his left side because he was self-conscious about a previous injury he had sustained when he was kicked in the right side of his jaw by a horse
Once worked was a waiter in a Santa Monica bar for $5 a week

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