Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 31, 1905
Place of Birth:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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George Ford
Biography
Tall distinguished looking George Ford started out as a contract player in the early 1930s but like most contract players, it didn't work out. Never discouraged, Ford moved on to roles as dancers, socialites, and chorus boys. Ford would occasionally have dialog but he was constantly used for his good looking appearance and his unique ability to ballroom dance.
During the 1950s, Ford developed a reputation for being one of the best dancers in Hollywood. Musicals weren't his specialty though, it was the nice ballrooms and the socialite parties. He continue to work these throughout his career. He also managed to appear in a lot of various war films playing soldiers and high ranking military officers. With the popularity of television westerns increase, Ford found himself frequently appearing at square dances and as a dancer to show the leading ladies off. Eventually he became a regular townsman for a few years on Gunsmoke appearing in the bar scenes and playing bank tellers and town dignitaries.
By 1968, Ford's work started to decrease and he decided to retire to Colorado where he could take up skiing and where he and his wife regularly competed in ballroom dancing contest. Like many extras, Ford's talents were not known to the general film public but he leaves behind a legacy of making the other dancers he danced with look better than they were and a large amount of film work that can be appreciated by future generation.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Sol Madrid | Board Member |
| 1967 | Winchester '73 | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Poker Game Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Cat Ballou | Brothel Customer (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Law of the Lawless | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Man's Favorite Sport? | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Fate Is the Hunter | Loadmaster (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Youngblood Hawke | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Man from Galveston | Attorney Mullaney (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Under the Yum-Yum Tree | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Son of Flubber | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Senator (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Lover Come Back | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1961 | King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Go Naked in the World | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Hypnotic Eye | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 1960 | North to Alaska | Miner (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Seven Thieves | Casino Patron |
| 1959 | Holiday for Lovers | Man at Airport (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The FBI Story | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Pillow Talk | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Imitation of Life | Show Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Man (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1957 | My Man Godfrey | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Garment Jungle | Union Member (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Raintree County | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Death in Small Doses | |
| 1957 | Pawnee | Wagon Train Member (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Designing Woman | Ringside Photographer (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Enemy Below | Officer |
| 1957 | The Buster Keaton Story | Restaurant Diner (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Eddy Duchin Story | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Werewolf | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Opposite Sex | Patron at 21 (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Rack | Courtroom Spectator |
| 1955 | Three for the Show | Male Harem Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Artists and Models | Spectator on Sidewalk (uncredited) |
| 1955 | It's Always Fair Weather | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Cult of the Cobra | |
| 1955 | The Square Jungle | |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1954 | White Christmas | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Country Girl | Theatre Patron (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Vicki | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Courtroom Officer (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Angel Face | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Band Wagon | Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Singin' in the Rain | Security Guard (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Brave Warrior | Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Stooge | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Roadblock | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1951 | His Kind of Woman | Lodge Guest (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Show Boat | Chorus Boy (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Callaway Went Thataway | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Born to Be Bad | Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Killer That Stalked New York | Federal Agent (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Johnny Stool Pigeon | Joe - The Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Slightly French | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Born to Kill | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Night Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Heartbeat | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Dragonwyck | Man (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Notorious Lone Wolf | Club Marquis Patron (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Eve Knew Her Apples | Rewrite Man (scenes deleted) |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance | Wealthy Young Man |
| 1943 | Around the World | Soldier |
| 1943 | Bombardier | Co-Pilot |
| 1943 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | You Were Never Lovelier | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Who Done It? | Station Employee (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Falcon Takes Over | Nightclub Patron (Uncredited) |
| 1942 | Broadway | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Letter | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1940 | King of the Royal Mounted | Paralytic #3 |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Dance Contestant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Beauty for the Asking | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Love Affair | Ship Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Carefree | Country Club Guest (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Wee Willie Winkie | Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1936 | College Holiday | Dancer |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Top Hat | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Mississippi | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Hollywood Party | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Gay Bride | Troupe Member (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Batman | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Green Acres | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Thriller | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Casino Patron |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Croupier |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace | Auction Guest (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Gangster Shooting in Lobby (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Jake Gurrah (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Doc (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Zorro | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Wagon Train Member (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Clarendon Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Clerk (uncredited) |