Posted on 08/30/2006 7:53:46 PM PDT by Borges
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Actor Glenn Ford, who played strong, thoughtful protagonists in films such as "The Blackboard Jungle," "Gilda" and "The Big Heat," died Wednesday, police said. He was 90.
Paramedics called to Ford's home just before 4 p.m. found Ford dead, police Sgt. Terry Nutall said, reading a prepared statement. "They do not suspect foul play," he said.
Ford suffered a series of strokes in the 1990s.
Failing health forced him to skip a 90th birthday tribute on May 1 at Hollywood's historic Grauman's Egyptian Theatre. But he did send greetings via videotape, adding, "I wish I were up and around, but I'm doing the best that I can.... There's so much I have to be grateful for."
At the event, Shirley Jones, who co-starred with him in the comedy "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," called Ford "one of the cornerstones of our industry, and there aren't many left."
Ford appeared in scores of films during his 53-year Hollywood career. The Film Encyclopedia, a reference book, lists 85 films from 1939 to 1991.
He was cast usually as the handsome tough, but his acting talents ranged from romance to comedy. His more famous credits include "Superman," "Gilda," "The Sheepman," "The Gazebo," "Pocketful of Miracles" and "Don't Go Near the Water."
One of my favorites, and a war veteran.
That was good casting, plus I think he had met Spruance.
Their historical memory only goes back thirty years. English education has regressed even more than American.
Just damn!
If that far, IMO.
Reporters today are so shallow it's flabbergasting to me.
I realized that last year during Katrina, with all the moaning and sniveling. They had never SEEN a storm do that to any place in this country.
They're too dumb to realize, as Haley Barbour said last night, that NO had the same resources and access to cash as Mississippi did; they wouldn't dare contemplate WHY it is that Mississippi is so far along in their reconstruction and NO isn't.
Stevens and Grdnic must have near by.
I have often said that people who lived beyond 80 when they pass away nowadays should consider themselves lucky. This is the generation that was seriously addicted to cigarette smoking; those who have lived this long should consider themselves lucky.
During the late 1990's he said he watched Fox news channel!
Ya did good ol' cowboy. May you rest on high, upon that mountain, your work is done...
dont forget Fate is the hunter.
Loved him in just about everything he did. Torpedo Run was a particular favorite.
Jane Powell, who started as a child star in the 1940s, is still around and was working as recently as 2002 at age 73. Glynis Johns is also still with us.
George raft has passed.buried in hollywood hills cemetery. head stone reads:I spent my money on wine,women and song and the rest i just pissed away.Classic
I'm always amazed at how much Hollywood has changed when it comes to the military. Old time actors like Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable, Eddie Albert, and Sterling Hayden all put their acting careers on hold to do their bit for the country during wartime. Nowadays they'd probably be blackballed by studio execs!
One of the best. May he rest in peace.
One of my favorite actors. He played the USN Captain of the submarine 'Gray Fish' in Torpedo Run. It was a WWII movie about the sub that went into Tokyo Bay to sink the aircraft carrier Shenaru that was used in the Dec 7th attack on Pearl Harbor.
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