George Ford
Acting
Born 1905-03-31
Died 1983-07-30
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
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Bonanza
Batman
Mission: Impossible
Wagon Train
The Donna Reed Show
The Wild Wild West
The Twilight Zone
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Father Knows Best
The Virginian
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Lucy Show
Cheyenne
Rawhide
The Untouchables
Green Acres
Burke's Law
Thriller
Zorro
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The Invaders
Bat Masterson
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dennis the Menace
Singin' in the Rain
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Honey West
Some Like It Hot
White Christmas
The Green Hornet
Arrest and Trial
Cimarron Strip
Alcoa Theatre
Sam Benedict
Mr. Lucky
The Lieutenant
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Cat Ballou
Torn Curtain
Pillow Talk
The Great Race
North to Alaska
Warlock
The Enemy Below
Monsieur Verdoux
The Cincinnati Kid
The Band Wagon
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Dragonwyck
Imitation of Life
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Country Girl
Top Hat
The Buccaneer
Angel Face
Elmer Gantry
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