RIP Glenn Ford

[trekgeezer]

Glenn Ford has passed at the age of 90.  The guy did a lot of great work from the Blackboard Jungle to being Superman's dad.

Check out his bio here. There is a link to his obit at the bottom of the page.

[Yaddo 42]

I was surprised that the obit in my paper, and the ones I heard on the radio, made so little mention of his work in westerns. Your link says that about half his films were westerns, and he one of those actors you just automatically associate with westerns like: Wayne, Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Eastwood, and all the old matinee idols.

Plus wasn't he supposed to be a very fast quick draw in real life? I had a teacher in junior high who used to ramble off odd information and trivia he thought interesting or quiz us for extra credit on this kind of stuff. He maintained up and down that Ford was one of the western stars who could actually draw and fire a revolver with the speed and skill you saw in his films. The sad part was I seemed to be the only one in the class who showed even a hint of recognition of the name.

[Scott]

JUBAL was my favorite of his films and it's a very good Western. These are the films that I remember him acting in:

Superman (1978)
Midway (1976)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Jubal (1956)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
The Violent Men (1955)

I think I've seen him in a couple more like The Man From Colorado and The Fastest Gun in the West, but I'm not sure about those.

[RCMerchant]

A class act.RIP,Mr.Ford.

[Shadowphile]

He was indeed a class act.  They just don't make them like that any more.