Thursday, August 31, 2006

R.I.P Jonathan "Pa" Kent

I had to do a shout out for Glenn Ford today. Most people our age remember him as Pa Kent from "Superman: The Motion Picture". While I haven't seen many of his films I do remember him from Midway, 3:10 to Yuma, and of course, Gilda.
Glenn Ford was considered one of the great actors of his era. Which is odd, as he was never even nominated for an Academy Award.
In regards to his role as Superman's adopted Father, Glenn Ford brought more to the role of Jonathan Kent than any comic book writer had ever done before. To this day, you can still see the influence of his performance on the character.

3 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

The fact that he probably bagged Rita Hayworth gives him automatic honor in the Lodge.

Thu Aug 31, 02:41:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Train said...

baggin Rita Hayworth = Key to the Lodge

Thu Aug 31, 03:11:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Jimbo said...

I'll third that

Thu Aug 31, 04:35:00 PM PDT  

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