Glenn Ford

To most people born after 1960, this ruggedly handsome actor was best known as the Man of Steel's adoptive dad in the 1978 Superman movie. But by that year, Ford — who had spent m...
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BirthPlace
04/30/1916
Quebec, Canada
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Worked as Tallulah Bankhead's stage manager in New York.
Was a Marine during World War II and served two tours of duty in Vietnam.
Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers by the Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma in 1978.
Nephew of former prime minister of Canada Sir John A. MacDonald and a descendant of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States.
Learned to ride horses and play polo while employed as Will Rogers' stable boy.