[Wings-n-Wind]

Wings <-----watching Glenn Ford in Fate Is The Hunter"
An airline flick based on the Ernest Gann novel.... a` la "The High & The Mighty"...etc.

Ford brought a lot of talent to the screen...

Thanks for the post
Regards,

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I am a big fan of Herman Wouk's WWII novels, Winds of War and War and Remembrance. Since I first read them in the seventies, I always pictured Glenn Ford portraying main character Capt. Victor Henry in the movie version I hoped would come along. When they finally did a TV miniseries in the eighties, I was deeply saddened that they gave the role of Capt. Henry to Robert Mitchum. Glenn Ford would have been perfect. Mitchum was a disaster on every level.

Thanks for the posting, kattracks. I didn't know about Ford's real military career.

[holymoly]

One of my all-time favorite actors. Happy Birthday Mr. Ford!

And since Mr. Ford is a Marine:

Marine Band Ceremonial CD (free download)
http://www.usmc.mil/band/m_bandcd.nsf

[Moose4]

Didn't he star in a submarine movie (with Ernest Borgnine) where he ended up torpedoing a Japanese freighter carrying civilian refugee prisoners from the Philippines, including his own daughter and child? And then ended up going after and sinking a Japanese carrier at the cost of his own boat?

}:-)4

[Ruth A.]

I'm confused. How can he start as a Marine private and end up a Navy captain?

[Jaxter]

He's always been one of my favorite actors. Contrast this great gentleman with the (mostly) liberal creeps that currently occupy Hollywood. I never knew about his outstanding military carreer.

[lasereye]

In 1976, Glenn costarred with such film greats as Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, James Coburn, Eddie Albert and Hal Holbrook in the film classic "Midway," which told the story of one of history’s greatest naval victories.

James Coburn was in that? Maybe they're confusing him with Charlton Heston?

[ConservativeConvert]

I thought he died years ago...great actor. Love his movies.

[kabar]

He also served two tours of duty in Vietnam, often under enemy fire,

Ford didn't "serve" two tours in Vietnam. He visited the troops as a number of Hollywood stars did. He landed on my ship, USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), in 1966. He was a Commander, USNR at the time and wore his greens. We included an autographed picture of him in our cruise book. Great guy and a real patriot. Hollywood needs more like him.

[what's up]

Wow...he must be the only Hollywood actor from his era to serve 2 tours of duty in Vietnam. Pretty amazing.

[El Gran Salseron]

There is no doubt that Glenn Ford is one of the great Hollywood actors of his day and made MANY good movies that I enjoyed.

However, my all-time-favorite Glenn Ford movie is a little-known movie named "Pocketful of Mircles." Never laughed so much in my life. Peter Falk was also in that movie. Quote from Peter Falk in the movie because in those days there were no "ratings" for movies and they were still family oriented, "I'm gonna tell you somethin' that's gonna make you wet all over." ROFL

[Finalapproach29er]

Someone should tell Congress to give him the Congressional Gold Medal.

[Ruth A.]

New question. Isn't there an actor that looks kind of like him?

[tlb]

A marine in the ETO behind German lines ? This doesn't somehow sound right.