ACTOR

Glenn Ford

1916 - 2006

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Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and had a career that lasted more than 50 years. Ford often portrayed ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Ford has received more than 6,521,024 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Glenn Ford is the 889th most popular actor (down from 767th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Canada (down from 58th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Canadian Actor.

Glenn Ford is most famous for his roles in the movies Blackboard Jungle, The Big Heat, and The Blackboard Jungle.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Glenn Ford ranks 889 out of 13,578. Before him are Jessica Chastain, Ewan McGregor, Brad Dourif, Amy Adams, Michael Nyqvist, and Barbara Bach. After him are Louise Brooks, Miki Manojlović, Jeffrey DeMunn, Tatsuya Nakadai, Norman Reedus, and Halit Ergenç.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Glenn Ford ranks 58. Before him are Ephraim Katzir, Alberto Ginastera, Rafael Caldera, Consuelo Velázquez, Henri Dutilleux, and Hamani Diori. After him are Saburō Sakai, Kristján Eldjárn, Richard Fleischer, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Georg Henrik von Wright, and Michael Gough. Among people deceased in 2006, Glenn Ford ranks 63. Before him are Ta Mok, Robert Bruce Merrifield, James Van Allen, Murray Bookchin, David Bronstein, and Shamil Basayev. After him are Angelica Rozeanu, Joachim Fest, Telê Santana, Aaron Spelling, Richard Fleischer, and Ferenc Bene.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Glenn Ford ranks 68 out of 1,622. Before him are Donald O. Hebb (1904), Lester B. Pearson (1897), Sidney Altman (1939), A. E. van Vogt (1912), Elizabeth Arden (1878), and Mike Myers (1963). After him are Joe Weider (1919), Charles Taylor (1931), Edward Dmytryk (1908), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Catherine O'Hara (1954), and Jason Priestley (1969).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Glenn Ford ranks 15. Before him are Mary Pickford (1892), Ryan Gosling (1980), Lois Maxwell (1927), Mack Sennett (1880), John Candy (1950), and Mike Myers (1963). After him are Ryan Reynolds (1976), Catherine O'Hara (1954), Jason Priestley (1969), Conrad Bain (1923), Carrie-Anne Moss (1967), and Geneviève Bujold (1942).

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