Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that lasted more than 50 years. Despite his versatility, Ford was best known for playing ordinary men in unusual circumstances.
Early life and career
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford was born at Jeffrey Hale Hospital in Quebec City. He was the son of the Québécois Hannah Wood Mitchell and Newton Ford, a railway man. Through his father, Ford was a great-nephew of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. and also related to U.S. President Martin Van Buren. Ford moved to Santa Monica, California, with his family at the age of eight. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939.
After Ford graduated from Santa Monica High School, he began working in small theatre groups. While in high school, he took odd jobs, including working for Will Rogers, who taught him horsemanship. Ford later commented that his railroad executive father had no objection to his growing interest in acting, but told him, "It's all right for you to try to act, if you learn something else first. Be able to take a car apart and put it together. Be able to build a house, every bit of it. Then you'll always have something." Ford heeded the advice and during the 1950s, when he was one of Hollywood's most popular actors, he regularly worked on plumbing, wiring and air conditioning at home. At times, he worked as a roofer and installer of plate-glass windows.
Glenn Ford (October 29, 1949 – June 29, 2015) was convicted of murder in 1984 and released from Angola Prison in March 2014 after a full exoneration. Ford was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was the longest serving death row inmate in the United States to be fully exonerated before his death. He was denied compensation by the state of Louisiana for his wrongful conviction.
Arrest
Isadore Rozeman, 58, was found dead in his jewelry store on November 5, 1983, by Shreveport police who had been notified by acquaintance Dr. A. R. Ebrahim that the shop appeared to be in disarray. Rozeman had been murdered with a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. Glenn Ford, Rozeman's yard man, was known to be in the vicinity of the store at the time of the murder and identified by multiple people at the trial. He was known to be with Jake and Henry Robinson after the crime, showing materials stolen from the crime scene as well as a .22 calibre pistol belonging to Jake. An acquaintance of Ford testified that he had a .38 pistol in his waistband the morning of the crime, the same caliber bullet found at the crime scene. Police initially were unable to find any evidence of the crime at Ford's residence, but did find residue from a gunshot wound on his left hand (he is left-handed). Ford was immediately taken into custody. Evidence was, however, found in Henry Robinson's possession, as well as pawn shop receipts in Ford's name from the date of the murder.
Glenn Ford (1916–2006) was a Canadian-born American actor.
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Podcasts:
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CLEAN HEART
by: Beenie ManIntro:
ambition is a privilege (zaga)
weh nuff man ah have (remember dat)
bad mind is ah disaese (true)
weh some man waan ketch
yeaaa ah aha ha ahaaaa............
Verse 1:
well i neva buss a train and mi never pick pocket
never see a ol' 'oman bag an try grab it
everyting mi have you know mi work hard fa it
so why some dutty nigga badmind mi fa it
everyday dem see mi outta road and mi ah fly
buy mi own ah liquor and so mi have mi own ah glass
gal dem sexy and mi clothes dem shotta
so unnu like mi style tell a bwoy fi drop off (so)
dem ah watch everything dat mi a wear
dem nuh see di hard worl' weh mi do fi mek ah wear (but)
dem ah wonder how mi tings dem so deh
dem waan kill mi fi di car weh mi ah steer (but)
Chorus:
mi heart nuh dutty (zaga naw),
mi heart clean (aah)
clean like di water pon di stream
mi mind nuh dutty (oh Lord)
mi tink clean (aahh)
I'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen
mi heart nuh dutty
mi heart clean
clean like di water pon di stream (aah)
mi mind nuh dutty
mi tink clean
i'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen
Verse 2:
remember seh
nuh man is ah island (merry)
di only man who is ah islander ah dead man (rememeber)
seh each one help one (so)
so it nuh mek sense yuh badmind ah next man
she rob di gun go benz already an 'im have a next one
an ah nuttn dat, if yuh nuh have one (eh)
yuh fren get ah yute already now 'im get ah next one
ah nuh nuttn dat, if yuh nuh get one (lo)
go look ah gal an try be ah foundation
badmind fi dead before di next generation
weh dis ah yuh dancehall ah pon yuh radio station (yo)
to all di real people dis is ah real turn
Chorus:
mi heart nuh dutty (oh na na),
mi heart clean
clean like di water pon di stream
mi mind nuh dutty
mi tink clean
I'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen (cho)
mi heart nuh dutty
mi heart clean (c'mon)
clean like di water from di stream
mi mind nuh dutty (oh na na na na)
mi tink clean (eh)
i'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen
verse 3:
suh tell dem seh
five fi Jamaica coz deh worl' is mine
tell dem time until now Beenie Man still ah shine (unnu)
check di stats and unnu see from online
fi mi badmind people ah waste ah time (because)
mi work hard fi mi money, money
so mi di heads ah head brighter and funny, funny (sing song)
neva do nuttn funny, funny (neva)
tek care of mi kids an mi honey, honey (noooooo...)
Jamaica i will neva let yuh down
King of di dancehall an ah unnu gimme crown (yeah)
always beenie man fans gather roun'
ah listen to di hit bouncer (but)
Chorus:
mi heart nuh dutty (oh na na na),
mi heart clean (yeh aah)
clean like di water pon di stream (seen)
mi mind nuh dutty (true)
mi tink clean
I'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen (seen)
mi heart nuh dutty
mi heart clean
clean like di water from di stream (wooh)
mi mind nuh dutty (eh na na)
mi tink clean
i'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen
Outro:
i seh, neva yuh badmind (oh no no no)
never be grudgeful (yeah)
and neva be envious (yeah yeah)
In God you muss trust (yeah yeah)
believe in yuhself
got to real leff ah badmind anodda one
so anyting ah man ah have
yuh can work fa and it can be yours