Constance Ford

Acting

Constance Ford

Born 1923-07-01 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Constance Ford (July 1, 1923 – February 26, 1993) was an American actress and model. She began her career in television in the 1950s, performing in live television dramas on "Studio One in Hollywood" (1948),"Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1950), "Goodyear Playhouse" (1951), and other acclaimed series, and playing recurring characters in four afternoon serials; "Rose Peabody" in "Search for Tomorrow" (1951), "Lynn Sherwood" in "Woman with a Past" (1954), "Eve Morris" in "The Edge of Night"(1956) and "Ada Davis Downs Hobson" in "Another World" (1964). Ford's assertive style made her a favorite of TV casting directors, and she was often featured in episodes of "Ponds Theater" (1953), "Bat Masterson" (1958), "Rawhide" (1959), "Gunsmoke" (1955), "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955), "Twilight Zone" (1959), and other series, as tough but sensible career women.

Acting credits

A Summer Place poster
6.6

A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.

A Summer Place

1959

All Fall Down poster
6.0

Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry. When Berry-Berry begins yet another meaningless love affair, this time with an older woman named Echo O’Brien, he really gets his parents at each others’ throats.

All Fall Down

1962

The Comedian poster
9.0

Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, whom Sammy has hired as his assistant but whom he really uses as his whipping boy.

The Comedian

1957

Home from the Hill poster
6.9

The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.

Home from the Hill

1960

The Last Hunt poster
6.9

A buffalo hunter has a falling-out with his partner, who kills for fun.

The Last Hunt

1956

Rome Adventure poster
5.8

Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy of a romance novel. She sails for Italy, takes a job at a small bookstore in Rome, and meets Don, who has just broken up with his girlfriend. Prudence and Don tour Italy together, and romance naturally follows.

Rome Adventure

1962

The Cabinet of Caligari poster
6.4

A delirious young woman feels trapped in a remote mansion at the mercy of a madman.

The Cabinet of Caligari

1962

99 and 44/100% Dead poster
5.2

Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.

99 and 44/100% Dead

1974

The Caretakers poster
6.4

This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital.

The Caretakers

1963

The Iron Sheriff poster
6.6

Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie. Sworn to uphold the law at all costs, Galt is grimly determined to see that Benjie will receive a fair trial without any coercion on his part. But the townsfolk have already decided that the sheriff will try to spring the boy, and a lynch-mob mentality slows festers its way through the community. As the trial proceeds, it becomes obvious that Benjie is going to hang for his alleged crime, but there's still one or two surprises in store.

The Iron Sheriff

1957

Claudelle Inglish poster
5.2

A young daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by becoming the town's harlot.

Claudelle Inglish

1961

House of Women poster
5.3

An innocent, pregnant prison inmate (Shirley Knight) becomes the bad warden's (Andrew Duggan) personal favorite.

House of Women

1962

Shootout at Big Sag poster
5.5

A man has his eyes set on controlling the Big Sag territory in Montana and hopes to achieve his goal by forcing a newly-arrived family from Texas from their land. Hoping to convince the local saloonkeeper to help him, the man sends his daughter into town with instructions for his potential partner. A storm waylays the daughter during her trip to town and she is forced to stay at the home of her father's intended victims, leading to an interesting turn or two.

Shootout at Big Sag

1962

Bailout at 43,000 poster
5.3

An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.

Bailout at 43,000

1957

The Dark, Dark Hours poster
NR

A hood forces a doctor and his wife to remove a bullet from the hood's partner.

The Dark, Dark Hours

1954

No artwork available
5.0

A soldier has a ten-day leave from his military duties. He’s an easygoing guy who rarely thinks about his sometimes reckless behavior until he tempts fate once too often.

Once Too Often

1950

No artwork available
NR

Fred Hoffman is an American church volunteer in 1950 postwar Germany serving as a missionary during the Potsdam Agreement, where the thunder of bombs has been followed by the clash of ideas. Upon arrival, Fred encounters and helps a young German boy, Willy, whose family are refugees now living in squalor. Papa Koerner is a former city councilor and member of the Nazi Party who still believes the state should be the source for all authority and that all Germans should not be paying the price for the evils committed by the nazis. Despite the father's ideology, Fred is determined to help his wife Frau Koerner, and his daughter Erika, who mysteriously earns the money necessary to sustain the family. The film demonstrates the ideological crossroads between the kingdom of the state and the Kingdom of God. The cast includes John Alberts, Philip Cooledge, Mildred Dunnock, and Constance Ford in her first film appearance.

The Two Kingdoms

1950