George Ford
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.
Movies (117)
Sol Madrid
1968 · Board Member
Winchester '73
1967 · Townsman (uncredited)
Torn Curtain
1966 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Great Race
1965 · Man in Hallway at Sentinel (uncredited)
Cat Ballou
1965 · Brothel Customer (uncredited)
Youngblood Hawke
1964 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Fate Is the Hunter
1964 · Loadmaster (uncredited)
Law of the Lawless
1964 · Townsman (uncredited)
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964 · Fisherman (uncredited)
The Man from Galveston
1963 · Attorney Mullaney (uncredited)
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Thrill of It All
1963 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
1963 · Audience Member (uncredited)
Son of Flubber
1963 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962 · Guest at Anniversary Banquet (uncredited)
Advise & Consent
1962 · Senator (uncredited)
Lover Come Back
1961 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Go Naked in the World
1961 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Cimarron
1960 · Townsman (uncredited)
North to Alaska
1960 · Miner (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Reporter (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
1960 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Seven Thieves
1960 · Casino Patron (uncredited)
The Hypnotic Eye
1960 · Audience Member (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
1959 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The FBI Story
1959 · Plane Passenger (uncredited)
It Started with a Kiss
1959 · Charity Raffle Guest (uncredited)
Holiday for Lovers
1959 · Man at Airport (uncredited)
Warlock
1959 · Townsman (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
1959 · Show Spectator (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Police Officer (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
1958 · Man (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
1958 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Enemy Below
1957 · Officer (uncredited)
Raintree County
1957 · Club Patron (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1957 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Death in Small Doses
1957 · Diner Patron (uncredited)
Pawnee
1957 · Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Designing Woman
1957 · Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
The Garment Jungle
1957 · Union Member (uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story
1957 · Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
1956 · Patron at 21 (uncredited)
The Rack
1956 · Courtroom Spectator
The Werewolf
1956 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 · Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Ransom!
1956 · Guard (uncredited)
The Square Jungle
1955 · Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Artists and Models
1955 · Spectator on Sidewalk (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Cult of the Cobra
1955
Three for the Show
1955 · Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
1954 · Guard (uncredited)
The Country Girl
1954 · Theatre Patron (uncredited)
White Christmas
1954 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lucky Me
1954 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Thunder Over the Plains
1953 · Guard (uncredited)
Vicki
1953 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Band Wagon
1953 · Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
Angel Face
1953 · Bailiff (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Club Patron (uncredited)
The Turning Point
1952 · Policeman (uncredited)
Brave Warrior
1952 · Soldier (uncredited)
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Security Guard (uncredited)
Boots Malone
1952 · Man at Horse Auction (uncredited)
The Stooge
1951 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Waiter (uncredited)
Roadblock
1951 · Plane Passenger (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
1951 · Lodge Guest (uncredited)
On Moonlight Bay
1951 · Train Passenger (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951 · Chorus Boy (uncredited)
My Forbidden Past
1951 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Reporter (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Federal Agent (uncredited)
Born to Be Bad
1950 · Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Club Patron (uncredited)
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 · Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)
Slightly French
1949 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Riff-Raff
1947 · Club Patron (uncredited)
Born to Kill
1947 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Black Angel
1946 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Heartbeat
1946 · Ball Guest (uncredited)
Dragonwyck
1946 · Man (uncredited)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 · Club Marquis Patron (uncredited)
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945 · Rewrite Man (scenes deleted)
Hollywood Canteen
1944 · Soldier (uncredited)
Around the World
1943 · Soldier
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943 · Wealthy Young Man
Bombardier
1943 · Co-Pilot
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 · Townsman (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier
1942 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Who Done It?
1942 · Station Employee (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
1942 · Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Broadway
1942 · Club Patron (uncredited)
All Through the Night
1942 · Club Patron (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Letter
1940 · Party Guest (uncredited)
City for Conquest
1940 · Dance Contestant (uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted
1940 · Paralytic #3
Love Affair
1939 · Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Beauty for the Asking
1939 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Carefree
1938 · Country Club Guest (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars
1938 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Wee Willie Winkie
1937 · Soldier (uncredited)
College Holiday
1936 · Dancer
Give Me Your Heart
1936 · Club Patron (uncredited)
Top Hat
1935 · Club Patron (uncredited)
Mississippi
1935 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Gay Bride
1934 · Troupe Member (uncredited)
Hollywood Party
1934 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
1932 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
TV shows (37)
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Invaders
1967 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Guard (uncredited), Agent (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
1966 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Batman
1966 · Police Officer (uncredited), Club Member (uncredited), Art Gallery Patron (uncredited), Supporter at Rally (uncredited), Observer at Window (uncredited), Anniversary Tribute Attendee (uncredited), Citizen (uncredited)
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited), Party Guest (uncredited)
Honey West
1965 · Photographer (uncredited)
Green Acres
1965 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Party Guest (uncredited), Casino Patron (uncredited), Pedestrian (uncredited), Club Member (uncredited), Thrush Agent (uncredited), Fashion Show Spectator (uncredited), Scientist (uncredited)
Burke's Law
1963 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Juror (uncredited), Judge (uncredited), Courtroom Spectator (uncredited), Party Guest (uncredited)
The Lieutenant
1963 · Observer at Rally (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
1962 · Photographer (uncredited)
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Party Guest (uncredited), Contest Guest (uncredited)
The Virginian
1962 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Benedict
1962 · Board Member (uncredited), Juror (uncredited)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Thriller
1960 · Club Patron (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky
1959 · Casino Patron (uncredited)
The Untouchables
1959 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited), Gangster Shooting in Lobby (uncredited), Jake Gurrah (uncredited), Doc (uncredited), Race Spectator (uncredited), Photographer (uncredited)
Dennis the Menace
1959 · Auction Guest (uncredited), Man at Airport (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Casino Patron (uncredited), Croupier (uncredited), Bar Patron (uncredited)
Bonanza
1959 · Duel Spectator (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited), Delegate (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959 · Party Guest (uncredited), Railroad Guard (uncredited)
Bat Masterson
1958 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Zorro
1957 · Townsman (uncredited)
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Reporter (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957 · Party Guest (uncredited), Club Patron (uncredited)
Wagon Train
1957 · Wagon Train Member (uncredited), Restaurant Patron (uncredited), Sandra's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Party Guest (uncredited), Member of Princess's Court (uncredited), Poker Player (uncredited)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Reporter (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955 · Senator (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
1955 · Townsman (uncredited), Clarendon Townsman (uncredited), Diner Patron (uncredited)
Father Knows Best
1954 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited), Audience Member (uncredited)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952 · Club Patron (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Clerk (uncredited)