Fritz Ford
Acting
Biography
Fritz Ford was born on 12 November 1927 in Reading, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Damien: Omen II (1978), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and Mister Roberts (1955). He died on 25 August 2006 in Amberley Village, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Born: November 12, 1927
Place of Birth: Reading, Ohio, USA
Known For
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
Challenge to be Free
A friendly trapper tries to escape civilization.
The Big Heat
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
Sabrina
After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.
National Lampoon's Vacation
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
V
Once again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true reptilian natures are wiser. They believe the secret to their survival on Earth lies in the DNA of the newly born half-human, half-spaceling Starchild. But that's something the world's Resistance Fighters cannot allow.
Mister Roberts
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
The Tin Star
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Calamity Jane
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
Morituri
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
Filmography
as Visitor Guard
as Neighbor
as Murray
as Sargent
as Desk Sgt.
as Col. Dent
as Cowboy (uncredited)
as Crew Member (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Wilson, Insurance Investigator
as Lindstrom
as Miner (uncredited)
as Dance Partner (uncredited)
as Hawthorne
as Soldier at Dance (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Football Player