Ford was definitely one of the greatest. Does anybody happen to know his political stance? I.e., was he just another Hollywierd liberal?
It's difficult to avoid stereotypes when you have such an overwhelming leftward tilt in the entertainment industry, isn't it?
Glenn Ford may not have been as vocal a patriot as, say, Walter Brennan or John Wayne, and he may not have taken an activist role like Charlton Heston in defending the rights of Americans to keep and bear (most) arms -- but he was a patriot nevertheless.
I think we will all want to salute Glenn Ford once his son Peter's biography of him finally hits the presses.
Not everyone in Hollywood is a Democrat or a Communist, in spite of the image.
During the late 1990's he said he watched Fox news channel!
Well lets see. He was a Marine in WWII; a Naval Reserve Officer during Vietnam; he had class and dignity.
Does that sound like a Hollyweird Liberal to you?
If he was a democrat, he was a democrat of days gone by, when they actually loved, cared about, and stood up for this country.