George Ford
Acting
🎂 1905-03-31
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.
Cast credits(112)
Clerk (uncredited)
1950
Auction Guest (uncredited)
1959
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1957
Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
Townsman (uncredited)
1957
Casino Patron
1959
Croupier
1959
Club Patron (uncredited)
1960
Police Officer (uncredited)
1966
Townsman (uncredited)
1965
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1959
Gangster Shooting in Lobby (uncredited)
1959
Jake Gurrah (uncredited)
1959
Doc (uncredited)
1959
Race Spectator (uncredited)
1959
Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Clarendon Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Police Officer (uncredited)
1959
Security Guard (uncredited)
1952
Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
1953
Miner (uncredited)
1960
Brothel Customer (uncredited)
1965
Show Spectator (uncredited)
1959
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1959
Club Patron (uncredited)
1935
Townsman (uncredited)
1964
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1954
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
1965
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1939
Townsman (uncredited)
1943
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
1953
Townsman (uncredited)
1960
Patron at 21 (uncredited)
1956
Lodge Guest (uncredited)
1951
Party Guest (uncredited)
1940
Party Guest (uncredited)
1958
Club Patron (uncredited)
1952
Reporter (uncredited)
1951
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1954
Spectator on Sidewalk (uncredited)
1955
Officer
1957
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1947
Party Guest (uncredited)
1934
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1956
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1953
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1951
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1955
Ball Guest (uncredited)
1946
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1961
Club Patron (uncredited)
1957
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1947
Man (uncredited)
1958
Fisherman (uncredited)
1964
1955
Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
1957
Bailiff (uncredited)
1953
Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)
1950
Man (uncredited)
1946
Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
Soldier (uncredited)
1952
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1963
Courtroom Spectator
1956
Loadmaster (uncredited)
1964
Soldier (uncredited)
1937
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1942
Country Club Guest (uncredited)
1938
Senator (uncredited)
1962
Co-Pilot
1943
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1960
Guard (uncredited)
1954
Party Guest (uncredited)
1951
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
1959
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1961
Dance Contestant (uncredited)
1940
Club Patron (uncredited)
1950
Casino Patron
1960
Soldier
1943
Club Patron (uncredited)
1942
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1942
Soldier (uncredited)
1944
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1963
Audience Member (uncredited)
1960
Townsman (uncredited)
1956
Party Guest (uncredited)
1964
Wealthy Young Man
1943
Townsman (uncredited)
1967
Federal Agent (uncredited)
1950
Man at Airport (uncredited)
1959
Union Member (uncredited)
1957
Waiter (uncredited)
1951
Rewrite Man (scenes deleted)
1945
1955
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1939
Party Guest (uncredited)
1935
Party Guest (uncredited)
1938
Station Employee (uncredited)
1942
Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
1957
Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)
1955
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1957
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
1951
Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)
1949
Club Marquis Patron (uncredited)
1946
Board Member
1968
Attorney Mullaney (uncredited)
1963
Party Guest (uncredited)
1949
Party Guest (uncredited)
1961
Paralytic #3
1940
1957
Troupe Member (uncredited)
1934
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1932
Dancer
1936
Club Patron (uncredited)
1936