Glenn Ford Movies

During my research...I found Glenn Ford A Life by his son, Peter, very useful.....well worth checking out.
During my research…I found the book, Glenn Ford A Life by his son, Peter, very useful…..well worth checking out.

Want to know the best Glenn Ford movies?  How about the worst Glenn Ford movies?  Curious about Glenn Ford’s box office grosses or which Glenn Ford movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Glenn Ford movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

One of our first requested pages (5 years and 2 website homes ago) was for Glenn Ford (1916-2006).  So why the delay?  The main reason is that we generally stay away from Columbia Pictures performers.  The reason for this reluctance, is the fact that it is almost impossible to find box office numbers for Columbia Pictures movies from 1930 to 1980.  Getting box office numbers is one of the most important factors in our rankings.  Recently we got another request for Ford.  A deeper look into Ford’s career showed that many of his movies made Variety’s Top Grossing yearly movie charts.  So Søren, Flora, William, Hinton66 and Tom….finally here is your requested page.

Glenn Ford (1916-2006) was a Canadian-born American Golden Globe® winning actor.  Ford’s acting career covered 7 decades…from the 1930s to the 1990s. His IMDb page shows 110 acting credits from 1937-1991. This page ranks Glenn Ford movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.

Glenn Ford in 1946's Gilda
Glenn Ford in 1946’s Gilda

Glenn Ford Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Glenn Ford Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

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  • Sort Glenn Ford movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Glenn Ford movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Glenn Ford movie won.
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Glenn Ford in 1957's 3:10 To Yuma....our favorite Ford performance
Glenn Ford in 1957’s 3:10 To Yuma….our favorite Ford performance

Possibly Interesting Facts About Glenn Ford

1.  Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford was born in Quebec, Canada in 1916.   Ford was related to U.S. President Martin Van Buren.

2.  Glenn Ford’s path to stardom: 1.  After graduating high school started working in small theater groups. 2. Was taught horsemanship by Will Rogers.  3.  Performed with West Coast stage companies. 4.  Signed a movie contract with Columbia.  5.  After some weak B movies hit a homerun with 1941’s So Ends Our Night.  6.  After serving in the Marines during World War 2 he returned to movies.  7.  In 1946, Ford appeared in one of his most famous roles, Gilda.  Ford was a star the rest of his life.

3.  Gummo Marx helped get Glenn Ford his first Columbia movie contract.  Gummo was the 2nd youngest Marx Brother.

4.  Glenn Ford was never nominated for an Academy Award®.  For more on this please visit our Classic Actors Who Got Hosed By The Academy page.

5.  Glenn Ford did get nominated for 3 Golden Globe® awards.  He received nominations for 1956’s The Teahouse of the August Moon and 1957’s Don’t Go Near The Water.  He won the Golden Globe® Best Actor for 1961’s A Pocketful of Miracles.

6.  Glenn Ford was married 4 times.  His first marriage to singer, dancer, actress Eleanor Powell was from 1943 to 1959.  They had one child….Peter Ford who became an actor and writer.

7.  Glenn Ford is credited with being the fastest “gun” in Hollywood westerns, able to draw and fire in 0.4 seconds.

8.  Glenn Ford was among Hollywood’s Top 10 box office stars 3 times:  He ranked 5th in 1956, 1st in 1958, and 6th in 1959.

9.  Glenn Ford appeared in 5 movies with Rita Hayworth: The Lady in Question (1940), Affair in Trinidad (1952), The Loves of Carmen (1948), The Money Trap (1965) and of course Gilda (1946).  The Ford/Hayworth team is one of the greatest in movie history.

10. Check out Glenn Ford‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

Finally:  Just want to take a minute to acknowledge a very awesome book on Glenn Ford.  Glenn Ford A Life by Peter Ford is a fascinating read.  Book offers a look at both Ford’s screen life and his off screen personal life.  If you like Glenn Ford then you have to check out this book.  Glenn Ford A Life.

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  1. FLORA:

    1 As I said in my main Glenn Ford post he made 7 great westerns from 1955-1959 though my father who was a great Western fan and who also idolised Glenn Ford along with John and Randolph Scott would accept The Americano as only a semi-Western because it was set in Brazil and not in the American West.

    2 However it surprised me that of those 7 westerns Bruce has seen just 3.10 to Yuma but he says he is going to try to catch up with some of the others. After 3.10 to Yuma I would recommend Cowboy to Bruce as I found it a very mature and intelligent western.

    3 Indeed some historians reckon that Cowboy which was 11 years before Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid was almost the first ‘Buddy-Buddy’ film in that the central; theme was not the usual shoot outs but the friendship that developed between the characters played in the film by Ford and Lemmon.

    4 You could argue that as well about Gunfight at OK Corral with its friendship between Earp and Doc Holliday except that Cowboy at the end gave the relationship between the two men the humorous treatment that was the hallmark of the later Buddy-Buddy films whereas Gunfight at OK Corral was deadly serious in its entirety.

    5 Anyway after 3.10 to Yuma what Glenn Ford 50s western would you Flora recommend that Bruce try to track down for openers?

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    1. Regarding Cowboy: That is an excellent choice, because it was the first western for Jack Lemmon.

      Lemmon’s character cannot ride a horse.

      Lemmon could not ride a horse.

      So the producers decided to film the movie in chronological order so that the character and the actor cold learn together.

      Normally movies are not filmed in any order.

      And in regards to 3:10 To Yuma – Felicia Farr was in it and Farr married Lemmon – for life.

      So I think that would be perfect.

      But in point of fact, I do not know that I am unbiased as far as Glen’s films are concerned.

      Gunfight at the OK Corral is my favourite telling of the historic battle

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      1. Hey Flora…..I like your comment….it makes me want to track that one done again and re-watch it. I will have to keep my eye out for Ms. Farr on the next viewing.

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    2. Hey Bob. I actually made a mistake…I have seen two of those westerns……as I have seen Cowboy. So that is one off the list already….lol. So you will have to come up with another request. Good points about Cowboy being the first buddy movie. Maybe I need a second viewing of that one…..but seems I did not buy the Jack Lemmon character at all. Ford however was a very believable cowboy.

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      2. MY REQUEST: if an order you want:
        Try The Fastest Gun Alive.

        Then:

        Watch every western Glenn was in – whether you have seen whether you have sen it before or it is brand new to you.

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  3. And now:

    some lyrics from 3:10 to Yuma:

    “Though you got no reason to go there
    And there ain’t a soul that you know there
    When the 3:10 to Yuma starts whislting this sad refrain
    Take that train/
    Take that train.

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    1. FLORA

      1 My pals and I used to regularly break into the 3.10 to Yuma tune but we attached our own words to it.

      There’s a man call;ed Ben Wade
      Aboard a train that it’s said
      They call the 3.10 to Yuma .

      2 As you know Ben Wade was the outlaw that Glenn played in 3.10 to Yuma.

      3 And here’s another coincidental linkage for us. The lovely Felecia Farr who was Glenn’s brief love interest in 3.10 to Yuma was also Glenn’s girlfriend in Jubal the previous year and was married to Glenn’s Cowboy co-star Jack Lemmon in real life. Felecia was also Richard’s girlfriend in The Last Wagon as you will probably know.

      BOBBY

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      1. Yes, I know all that information. I’ve seen Jubal. And I see you knew already about Jack and Felicia.

        As to the BEn Wade lyrics- yes. They are excellent. Ford was supposed to the Heflin role but he wanted to expand his acting ability and try being the bad guy that was not so bad and it expanded his career.

        May I try my own regarding 3:10 to Yuma regarding the film but not being silly, but just rewriting the lyrics:

        “There is a lonely man
        on the 3:10 to Yuma
        The pounding of its wheels
        if much like a mournful sigh.

        There’s a legend and there’s a rumour
        When he takes the 3:10 to Yuma
        He can see the ghost of outlaws go riding by
        In the sky
        Way up high

        The buzzards are circling the train
        While below, the cattle are thirsting for rain

        It’s also true they say
        On the 3:10 to Yuma
        This man can meet his fate
        Cause fate travels everywhere

        Though he’s got no reason to go there
        And there ain’t a soul
        That he knows there

        When the 3:10 To Yuma starts whistling
        It’s sad refrain
        He’ll take that train…

        (Drought kills.)

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    2. By the way Bruce:

      The Fastest Gun alive just aired on TCM, so it is part of their collection.

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  4. I’m thrilled that this page was updated and what a great day to do it when there are Glenn Ford westerns on television.

    I wish that Gerry Marshall had not died.

    But again, he died of natural causes.

    I will wait until tomorrow to go through the new page in terms of viewings by rankings.

    I do see by Bobby aka Robert Roy’s comment that Lust for Gold was added. I have seen it of course.

    And Bobby- re: Glenn and Shirley being interested in reincarnation. They are in The Sheepman together which aired earlier.

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    1. FLORA

      1 Yes it was one of the two great coincidences of 1958 that Glenn and Shirley appeared in the Sheepman together given that they shared the same spiritual beliefs.

      2 The second great coincidence was that Glenn’s other western that year was Cowboy with Jack Lemmon and as you know Jack and Shirley then went on to become a great screen team in The Apartment and Irma La Douche.

      3 I think that with the possible exception of Breakfast at Tiffanys The Apartment is the most beautifully romantic film I’ve ever seen

      Hope your cold has completely gone and that you are sleeping OK

      BOBBY

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      1. Yes, I’ve been sleeping well. My cold is mild now and nothing I cannot handle.

        Jack and Shirley have had some fabulous films together. I love them together.

        From the perspective of Jack’s character in The Apartment, yes – that is an extremely romantic film. What he does for Shirley’s character is very sexy.

        Unfortunately, there are a lot of creeps too.

        I love Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

        It is still only about 6:45pm.

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  5. Yes, Glenn Ford page updated during Glenn Ford western day!

    Currently Cowboy is on.

    I would love to share some great news – two murder suspects in Chilliwack have been caught.

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