George Ford

Also Known As: George Howard Blandford

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Birthday: March 31, 1905

Deathday: July 30, 1983

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

Cimarron
Singin' in the Rain
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Beauty for the Asking
Vicki
The Cincinnati Kid
The Stooge
My Man Godfrey
The Eddy Duchin Story
Cat Ballou
Law of the Lawless
The Man from Galveston
The Silver Chalice
Brave Warrior
Holiday for Lovers
The Letter
The Garment Jungle
The Hypnotic Eye
The FBI Story
Top Hat
Who Was That Lady?
Lover Come Back
Johnny Stool Pigeon
The Werewolf
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Bad and the Beautiful
College Holiday
Three for the Show
Heartbeat
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Roadblock
Raintree County
Death in Small Doses
King of the Royal Mounted
Eve Knew Her Apples
Love Affair
Dragonwyck
The Last Hurrah
Born to Kill
Pillow Talk
Monsieur Verdoux
North to Alaska
The Buccaneer
Pawnee
Designing Woman
Artists and Models
White Christmas
The Wet Parade
Hollywood Party
The Gay Bride
Give Me Your Heart
Wee Willie Winkie
Carefree
The Notorious Lone Wolf
It's Always Fair Weather
The Crowd Roars
Angel Face
Cult of the Cobra
The Square Jungle
Advise & Consent
City for Conquest
The Damned Don't Cry
You Were Never Lovelier
A Lady Takes a Chance
Seven Thieves
Slightly French
Around the World
Bombardier
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Born to Be Bad
The Opposite Sex
Imitation of Life
The Killer That Stalked New York
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Hollywood Canteen
Who Done It?
Some Like It Hot
Man's Favorite Sport?
The Falcon Takes Over
Fate Is the Hunter
Sol Madrid
The Enemy Below
Go Naked in the World
The Rack
Son of Flubber
Mississippi
His Kind of Woman
Broadway