George Ford
Acting
1905-03-31 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
Sol Madrid
1968 · Movie
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Series
Winchester '73
1967 · Movie
The Invaders
1967 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
The Green Hornet
1966 · Series
Torn Curtain
1966 · Movie
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966 · Movie
Batman
1966 · Series
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Movie
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
Honey West
1965 · Series
Green Acres
1965 · Series
The Great Race
1965 · Movie
Cat Ballou
1965 · Movie
Youngblood Hawke
1964 · Movie
Fate Is the Hunter
1964 · Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Law of the Lawless
1964 · Movie
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964 · Movie
The Man from Galveston
1963 · Movie
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963 · Movie
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
The Lieutenant
1963 · Series
The Thrill of It All
1963 · Movie
Critic's Choice
1963 · Movie
Son of Flubber
1963 · Movie
The Lucy Show
1962 · Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Sam Benedict
1962 · Series
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962 · Movie
Advise & Consent
1962 · Movie
Lover Come Back
1961 · Movie
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · Series
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961 · Movie
Go Naked in the World
1961 · Movie
Cimarron
1960 · Movie
North to Alaska
1960 · Movie
Thriller
1960 · Series
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Movie
Who Was That Lady?
1960 · Movie
Seven Thieves
1960 · Movie
The Hypnotic Eye
1960 · Movie
Mr. Lucky
1959 · Series
The Untouchables
1959 · Series
Pillow Talk
1959 · Movie
Dennis the Menace
1959 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
The FBI Story
1959 · Movie
Bonanza
1959 · Series
It Started with a Kiss
1959 · Movie
Holiday for Lovers
1959 · Movie
Warlock
1959 · Movie
Imitation of Life
1959 · Movie
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
The Last Hurrah
1958 · Movie
The Buccaneer
1958 · Movie
Bat Masterson
1958 · Series
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Series
The Enemy Below
1957 · Movie
Raintree County
1957 · Movie
My Man Godfrey
1957 · Movie
Zorro
1957 · Series
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Movie
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Death in Small Doses
1957 · Movie
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Pawnee
1957 · Movie
Designing Woman
1957 · Movie
The Garment Jungle
1957 · Movie
The Buster Keaton Story
1957 · Movie
The Opposite Sex
1956 · Movie
The Rack
1956 · Movie
The Werewolf
1956 · Movie
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 · Movie
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 · Movie
Ransom!
1956 · Movie
The Square Jungle
1955 · Movie
Artists and Models
1955 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 · Movie
Cult of the Cobra
1955 · Movie
Three for the Show
1955 · Movie
The Silver Chalice
1954 · Movie
The Country Girl
1954 · Movie
White Christmas
1954 · Movie
Father Knows Best
1954 · Series
Lucky Me
1954 · Movie
Thunder Over the Plains
1953 · Movie
Vicki
1953 · Movie
The Band Wagon
1953 · Movie
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Movie
Angel Face
1953 · Movie
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Movie
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952 · Series
The Turning Point
1952 · Movie
Brave Warrior
1952 · Movie
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Movie
The Stooge
1951 · Movie
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Movie
Roadblock
1951 · Movie
His Kind of Woman
1951 · Movie
On Moonlight Bay
1951 · Movie
Show Boat
1951 · Movie
My Forbidden Past
1951 · Movie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Movie
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Series
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Movie
Born to Be Bad
1950 · Movie
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Movie
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 · Movie
Slightly French
1949 · Movie
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · Movie
Riff-Raff
1947 · Movie
Born to Kill
1947 · Movie
Black Angel
1946 · Movie
Heartbeat
1946 · Movie
Dragonwyck
1946 · Movie
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 · Movie
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945 · Movie
Hollywood Canteen
1944 · Movie
Around the World
1943 · Movie
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943 · Movie
Bombardier
1943 · Movie
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 · Movie
You Were Never Lovelier
1942 · Movie
Who Done It?
1942 · Movie
The Falcon Takes Over
1942 · Movie
Broadway
1942 · Movie
All Through the Night
1942 · Movie
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · Movie
The Letter
1940 · Movie
City for Conquest
1940 · Movie
King of the Royal Mounted
1940 · Movie
Love Affair
1939 · Movie
Beauty for the Asking
1939 · Movie
Carefree
1938 · Movie
The Crowd Roars
1938 · Movie
Wee Willie Winkie
1937 · Movie
College Holiday
1936 · Movie
Give Me Your Heart
1936 · Movie
Top Hat
1935 · Movie
Mississippi
1935 · Movie
The Gay Bride
1934 · Movie
Hollywood Party
1934 · Movie
The Wet Parade
1932 · Movie