In Reply to: Glenn Ford Dead at 90 posted by geoffkait on August 31, 2006 at 07:00:03:
that he'd better learn how to take apart a car engine and put it together and also how to build a house from the foundation up: that would guarantee he'd always be able to put food on the table.
Ford volunteered for the Marines in WWII.
"Blackboard Jungle" and "Experiment in Terror," I think, are his best films.
No actor portrayed an even-tempered, fair, but tough guy better than he.
Of Welsh/Canadian descent, Ford hailed from one of Canada's prominent families.
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- A real guy: his dad told him when he was starting out as an actor - tinear 07:29:55 08/31/06 (1)
- Re: A real guy: his dad told him when he was starting out as an actor - rico 13:07:38 08/31/06 (0)