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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-03-31
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Images
Cast
Cimarron
1960
6.00
Singin' in the Rain
1952
8.14
Beauty for the Asking
1939
5.70
Vicki
1953
5.50
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
6.98
The Stooge
1951
6.60
My Man Godfrey
1957
6.30
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
6.20
Cat Ballou
1965
6.40
Law of the Lawless
1964
6.10
The Man from Galveston
1963
5.20
The Silver Chalice
1954
4.40
Brave Warrior
1952
4.00
Holiday for Lovers
1959
5.50
The Letter
1940
7.30
The Garment Jungle
1957
6.40
The Hypnotic Eye
1960
6.00
The FBI Story
1959
6.10
Top Hat
1935
7.27
Who Was That Lady?
1960
6.20
Lover Come Back
1961
6.94
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
6.50
The Werewolf
1956
5.60
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
7.34
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
7.34
College Holiday
1936
5.20
Three for the Show
1955
6.00
Heartbeat
1946
4.90
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
1963
5.90
Roadblock
1951
5.80
Raintree County
1957
6.40
Death in Small Doses
1957
5.00
King of the Royal Mounted
1940
6.00
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945
5.20
Love Affair
1939
7.00
Dragonwyck
1946
6.64
The Last Hurrah
1958
7.10
Born to Kill
1947
6.70
Pillow Talk
1959
7.13
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
7.70
The Wet Parade
1932
5.80
Pawnee
1957
6.40
Designing Woman
1957
6.60
The Buccaneer
1958
6.40
Hollywood Party
1934
5.80
White Christmas
1954
7.18
The Gay Bride
1934
5.80
Carefree
1938
6.59
Give Me Your Heart
1936
6.00
Wee Willie Winkie
1937
6.50
North to Alaska
1960
6.50
Artists and Models
1955
6.70
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
5.50
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
7.04
The Crowd Roars
1938
6.50
Angel Face
1953
7.10
Cult of the Cobra
1955
5.96
The Square Jungle
1955
6.00
Advise & Consent
1962
7.20
City for Conquest
1940
6.80
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
7.10
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
7.10
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
5.70
Seven Thieves
1960
6.50
Slightly French
1949
7.20
Around the World
1943
5.00
Bombardier
1943
5.40
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
6.21
Born to Be Bad
1950
5.90
The Opposite Sex
1956
5.20
Imitation of Life
1959
7.40
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
6.09
Hollywood Canteen
1944
7.30
Who Done It?
1942
6.97
Some Like It Hot
1959
8.10
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
6.99
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
6.00
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
6.40
Sol Madrid
1968
6.38
The Enemy Below
1957
7.00
Go Naked in the World
1961
5.00
The Rack
1956
6.60
Son of Flubber
1963
5.90
Mississippi
1935
6.70
His Kind of Woman
1951
6.58
Broadway
1942
5.50
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
4.90
Show Boat
1951
6.10
Youngblood Hawke
1964
6.10