What is Glenn Ford?
{{Infobox person |image = Glenn Ford - 1955.jpg |imagesize = |caption = Ford in 1955 | name = Glenn Ford | birthname = Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford | birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|5|1}} | birth_place = [[Quebec City|Quebec City, Quebec]], [[Canada]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|08|30|1916|5|1}} | death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], [[U.S.]] | death_cause = [[Stroke]] | othername = | yearsactive = 1937–1991 |occupation = Actor |spouse = [[Eleanor Powell]] (1943–59) (one child)<br/>[[Kathryn Hays]] (1966–69)<br/>Cynthia Hayward (1977–84)<br/>Jeanne Baus (1993–94)}} '''Glenn Ford''' (May 1, 1916 - August 30, 2006) was an American actor, born in [[Canada]]. == Biography == Born '''Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford''' in [[Quebec City]], [[Canada]]. He son of a Canadian railroad worker. Glenn studied at Santa Monica High School.<ref>{{cite book| last = Cozad| first = W. Lee| title = More Magnificent Mountain Movies: The Silverscreen Years, 1940-2004| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3FCZYYcx5ccC&pg=PA124| year = 2006| publisher = Sunstroke Media| isbn = 978-0-9723372-2-9| page = 124 }}</ref> After graduating he started working in small local theaters. Glenn Ford interrupted his actor career in 1942 to enlist as a volunteer in the Marine Corps of the United States during World War II. Ford was assigned in 1943 to active duty in San Diego Base. Then be promoted to sergeant<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Wise| first1 = James E.| last2 = Rehill| first2 = Anne Collier| title = Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=h__ResgZNz4C&pg=PA262| year = 2007| publisher = Naval Institute Press| isbn = 978-1-59114-944-6| page = 262 }}</ref> Glenn Ford also joined the Naval Reserve United States in 1958 and was promoted to lieutenant commander. Ford touts the Navy through radio and television spectacles. He was promoted to captain in 1968. Glenn Ford was married four times, and a son, Peter Ford. He died at 90 years