|
1 registered members (RushStreet),
704
guests, and 3
spiders. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums21
Topics42,455
Posts1,061,246
Members10,349
| |
Most Online992
Jun 1st, 2024
|
|
|
Glenn Ford Dies
#164275
08/31/06 02:31 AM
08/31/06 02:31 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 275
UK
Paul Krendler
OP
The Dude
|
OP
The Dude
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 275
UK
|
US actor Glenn Ford has died aged 90, at his home in Beverly Hills. The actor, who appeared in hits like Gilda, The Big Heat and Midway, was found dead by paramedics. He had suffered a number of strokes. Born in Canada, he had moved to California as a child, and joined Colombia Pictures in 1939. In a 53-year Hollywood career, he featured in more than 100 films from romance to comedy, often portraying the tough, introspective hero. Early in his career he turned out a film every five days from Colombia Pictures' B-unit. Ford appeared with Henry Fonda (l) and Robert Mitchum (r) in Midway. Service in the marines during World War II interrupted his fledgling career, but only briefly. He went on to become a leading Hollywood star and formed an electric on-screen partnership with Rita Hayworth, which lasted for six films. An action man both on and off screen, he later took up hang-gliding at the age of 64 and got married for the fourth time at 76. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5300640.stm A wonderful character actor. Rest in peace.
"I'm sorry if your stepmother is a nympho but I don't see what this has to do with, uh... do you have any Kalhua?"
|
|
|
Re: Glenn Ford Dies
#164277
08/31/06 09:32 AM
08/31/06 09:32 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 25,984
California
The Italian Stallionette
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 25,984
California
|
Too bad.  I too remember The Blackboard Jungle. Never saw it in the theaters, but years later. I remember how popular and, as you say, how "radical" it was for it's time. They hardly ever play it on tv do they? For some reason  , I remember a movie Ford made with Debbie Reynolds, but can't think of the name of it. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
|
|
|
Re: Glenn Ford Dies
#164280
08/31/06 06:36 PM
08/31/06 06:36 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 4,273
Hell
Mike Sullivan
Underboss
|
Underboss
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 4,273
Hell
|
Don't forget Ford in "The Big Heat". One of the toughest roles in all of film history.
RIP Glenn.
Madness! Madness!
- Major Clipton
The Bridge On The River Kwai
GOLD - GOLD - GOLD - GOLD. Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold, Molten, Graven, Hammered, Rolled, Hard to Get and Light to Hold; Stolen, Borrowed, Squandered - Doled.
- Greed
Nothing Is Written
Lawrence Of Arabia
|
|
|
|
