| Harrison Ford | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 16, 1884 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | December 2, 1957 (aged 73) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1904 – 1932 |
| Spouse(s) | Beatrice Prentice |
Harrison Ford (March 16, 1884 – December 2, 1957) was an American stage and film actor. He was a leading Broadway theatre performer and a star of the silent film era.
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Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Ford began his acting career on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1904 in Richard Harding Davis's Ranson's Folly. He went on to appear in productions of William C. deMille's Strongheart; Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young (the production lasted only 24 performances but the play was later adapted for an Oscar-nominated film of the same name); Bayard Veiller's The Fight (which quickly closed); Edgar Wallace's The Switchboard; Edward Locke's The Bubble; and Edgar Selwyn's Rolling Stones.
Ford turned to film beginning in 1915 and moved to Hollywood. He became a leading man opposite early stars such as Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Marie Prevost, Marion Davies, Marguerite De La Motte and Clara Bow. Ford's film career ended with the advent of talkies. His final film, and only talkie, Love in High Gear, was released in 1932. He returned to acting in the theatre, and also directed productions at the Little Theater of the Verdugos in Glendale, California. During World War II, he toured with the United Service Organizations (USO).[1]
Ford married New York stage actress Beatrice Prentice in 1905 or 1906.[2]
In the early 1950s, he was struck by a car while out walking. He never recovered from the severe injuries received and spent the rest of his life at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. Ford died there on December 2, 1957 at the age of 73. [1] He was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Harrison Ford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Musso & Frank Grill at 6665 Hollywood Blvd.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Excuse Me | Lt. Harry Mallory | |
| 1916 | Anton the Terrible | David Burkin | Alternative title: The Austrian Spy |
| 1917 | The Crystal Gazer | Dick Alden | |
| Molly Entangled | Barney Malone | ||
| 1918 | Good Night, Paul | Paul Boudeaux | |
| A Lady's Name | Noel Corcoran | ||
| 1919 | You Never Saw Such a Girl | Eric Burgess | |
| Hawthorne of the U.S.A. | Rodney Blake | ||
| 1920 | Food for Scandal | Watt Dinwiile | |
| Her Beloved Villain | Martinot | ||
| 1921 | Wedding Bells | Reginald Carter | |
| Love's Redemption | Clifford Standish | ||
| 1922 | Foolish Wives | Rude Soldier/Armless Soldier | Uncredited |
| Smilin' Through | Kenneth Wayne/Jeremiah Wayne | ||
| Her Gilded Cage | Lawrence Pell | ||
| 1923 | Vanity Fair | George Osborne | |
| Maytime | Richard Wayne | ||
| 1924 | The Average Woman | Jimmy Munroe | |
| Janice Meredith | Charles Fownes | ||
| 1925 | Proud Flesh | Don Jaime | |
| That Royle Girl | Fred Ketlar | ||
| 1926 | Hell's 400 | John North | |
| The Nervous Wreck | Henry Williams | ||
| 1927 | Night Bride | Stanley Warrington | |
| The Girl in the Pullman | Dr. Donald A. Burton | ||
| 1928 | Let 'Er Go Gallegher | Henry Clay Callahan | |
| The Rush Hour | Dan Morley | ||
| 1929 | The Flattering Word | ||
| Her Husband's Women | |||
| 1932 | Love in High Gear | Donald Ransome |
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