Biography
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.
Filmography
all 98
Movies 90
TV Shows 8

Sol Madrid (1968)

Batman (1966)

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

Green Acres (1965)

Cat Ballou (1965)

Fate Is the Hunter (1964)

Law of the Lawless (1964)

Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)

The Man from Galveston (1963)

Under the Yum-Yum Tree (1963)

Son of Flubber (1963)

Advise & Consent (1962)

Lover Come Back (1961)

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)

Go Naked in the World (1961)

Cimarron (1960)

North to Alaska (1960)

Thriller (1960)

Who Was That Lady? (1960)

Seven Thieves (1960)

The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

The Untouchables (1959)

Pillow Talk (1959)

Dennis the Menace (1959)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

The FBI Story (1959)

Holiday for Lovers (1959)

Imitation of Life (1959)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

The Last Hurrah (1958)

The Buccaneer (1958)

The Enemy Below (1957)

Raintree County (1957)

My Man Godfrey (1957)

Pawnee (1957)

Designing Woman (1957)

The Garment Jungle (1957)

The Opposite Sex (1956)

The Rack (1956)

The Werewolf (1956)

The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

Artists and Models (1955)

Gunsmoke (1955)

It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

Three for the Show (1955)

The Silver Chalice (1954)

White Christmas (1954)

Vicki (1953)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Angel Face (1953)

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Brave Warrior (1952)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

The Stooge (1951)

Roadblock (1951)

His Kind of Woman (1951)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

The Jack Benny Program (1950)

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

Dick Barton at Bay (1950)

Born to Be Bad (1950)

The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

Slightly French (1949)

Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948)

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Born to Kill (1947)

Heartbeat (1946)

Dragonwyck (1946)

The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)

Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Around the World (1943)

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

Bombardier (1943)

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Who Done It? (1942)

The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

Broadway (1942)

The Letter (1940)

City for Conquest (1940)

King of the Royal Mounted (1940)

Love Affair (1939)

Beauty for the Asking (1939)

Carefree (1938)

The Crowd Roars (1938)

Wee Willie Winkie (1937)

Give Me Your Heart (1936)

Top Hat (1935)

Mississippi (1935)

The Gay Bride (1934)

Hollywood Party (1934)

The Wet Parade (1932)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1905-03-31
Deathday1983-07-30 (78 years old)
Birth PlacePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known AsGeorge Howard Blandford
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