Paul Ford

Actor Nov 2 (died age 74) Baltimore, Maryland, USA 1945–1991 (46 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Highest Rated

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · as Colonel Purdy

8.8

The Baileys of Balboa

1964 · as Sam Bailey

8.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · as Professor Jarvis

7.8

Known For

Film

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Col. Wilberforce

Film

The Naked City

Henry Fowler (Uncredited)

Film

All the King's Men

Spokesman for Impeachment (uncredited)

Film

The Music Man

Mayor George Shinn

Film

Advise & Consent

Senator Stanley Danta

Film

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

Fendall Hawkins

Film

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

C.P. Ballinger

Film

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Wainwright Purdy III

Filmography

Acting (54)

Movies (28)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.7

Journey Back to Oz

1972

as Uncle Henry (voice)

Fair Play

as F.O. McGill

Richard

as Washington Doctor

Twinky

as Mr. Wardman-Scott's father

In Name Only

as Elwy Pertwhistle

The Comedians

as Smith

Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.5

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966

as Fendall Hawkins

6.5

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966

as C.P. Ballinger

7.1

The Spy with a Cold Nose

as American General

Never Too Late

as Harry Lambert

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

as Col. Wilberforce

7.0

The Music Man

1962

as Mayor George Shinn

7.1

Who's Got the Action?

1962

as Judge Boatwright

5.2

Advise & Consent

1962

as Senator Stanley Danta

7.2

Life with Archie

1962

as Mr. Weatherbee

Keep in Step

1959

as Col. John T. Hall

The Matchmaker

1958

as Horace Vandergelder

7.0

The Missouri Traveler

1958

as Finas Daugherty

6.5

The Teahouse of the August Moon

1957

as Wainwright Purdy III

6.2

Bloomer Girl

1956

as Horatio Applegate

Perfect Strangers

as Judge Byron

The Kid from Texas

as Copeland

All the King's Men

as Spokesman for Impeachment (uncredited)

7.0

Lust for Gold

1949

as Sheriff Lynn Early

6.0

The Naked City

1948

as Henry Fowler (Uncredited)

7.2

The Front Page

1945

Television (26)

Love, American Style

1969

as John

6.2

My World and Welcome to It

That's Life

The Baileys of Balboa

as Sam Bailey

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.8

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962

as George Tuppman

6.3

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Outlaws

DuPont Show of the Month

1957

as J.B. Curtis

7.4

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Presenter

5.9

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Professor Jarvis

7.8

The Phil Silvers Show

1955

as John Hall

7.0

General Electric Theater

1953

as Captain Joe McQueen

The Red Skelton Show

as Gen. Hap Hazard

Tales of Tomorrow

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Colonel Purdy

Danger

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Suspense

as Allison

Studio One

as Jones

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

The Ford Theatre Hour

1948

as Rudolph Kugler