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Paul Ford (Paul Ford Weaver) was born on 2 November, 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is an actor,soundtrack. Discover Paul Ford's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

Popular As Paul Ford Weaver
Occupation actor,soundtrack
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 2 November, 1901
Birthday 2 November
Birthplace Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Date of death 12 April, 1976
Died Place Mineola, Long Island, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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Paul Ford Height, Weight & Measurements

At 75 years old, Paul Ford height is 5' 11" (1.8 m) .

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Height 5' 11" (1.8 m)
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Who Is Paul Ford's Wife?

His wife is Nell Britton Campbell (? - 12 April 1976) ( his death) ( 5 children)

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Wife Nell Britton Campbell (? - 12 April 1976) ( his death) ( 5 children)
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Paul Ford Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Paul Ford worth at the age of 75 years old? Paul Ford’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Paul Ford's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1901

If any man ever had a curmudgeon character face absolutely made for TV and film, it was Paul Ford. Small-eyed, balding, lugubrious, pot-bellied and with a memorable plum nose to rival that of the great Karl Malden, he made a very late entry into show business, finding major success as blowhard military brass, gruff executives, grouchy sheriffs and blustery judges. Born Paul Ford Weaver on November 2, 1901, in Baltimore, Maryland, he dropped out of Dartmouth College before working as a salesman throughout the Great Depression. The married Ford was a rather wanderlust family man who decided to give acting a try in his early 40s. He excelled at puppetry and found work staging such shows at the World's Fair. Billing himself as Paul Ford, his middle name and mother's maiden name, he eventually found a fair amount of radio and theatre offers.

1939

Making his off-Broadway debut in 1939, he moved to Broadway playing a sergeant in the 1944 play "Decision" and continued on the New York stage with such popular 40's plays as "Kiss Them for Me," "Flamingo Road" and "Command Decision.

1945

"Paul moved inauspiciously into films with uncredited roles in the dramatic films The House on 92nd Street (1945), The Naked City (1948) and All the King's Men (1949), then walked up the credits ladder rung by rung with credited roles in Lust for Gold (1949), The Kid from Texas (1950) and Perfect Strangers (1950). Eventually he included the newer medium of TV, finding roles on various anthology series including "Armstrong Circle Theatre," "The Ford Theatre Hour," "The Philco Television Playhouse," "Suspense" and "Studio One in Hollywood.

1953

"Paul earned a huge hit on Broadway with his delightfully huffy portrayal of Colonel Wainright Purdy in the 1953 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning war comedy "Teahouse of the August Moon.

1955

Butting heads week after week as the ever-flustered Colonel Hall with Silvers' classic portrayal of the sly, manipulative Sergeant Bilko in The Phil Silvers Show (1955), Paul amused audiences for four seasons and was Emmy-nominated three times.

1956

" He went on to transfer his role to film with The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956).

1957

Shining in the pompous supporting role of Mayor Shinn in the 1957 Tony-awarded musical hit "The Music Man" (he replaced Tony-winning David Burns, the actor, along with Robert Preston (as Harold Hill) and Pert Kelton (as Mrs.

1958

From there, he was given the part of irascible Horace Vandergelder in the movie version of the Thornton Wilder play The Matchmaker (1958) also starring Shirley Booth as Dolly Levi, Shirley MacLaine as Irene Malloy, Anthony Perkins as Cornelius Hackl and Robert Morse as Barnaby Tucker. Having already conquered radio, stage and film, it was on TV that 54-year-old Paul would achieve "overnight success" and become a household name when he was hired played a befuddled second banana to comedian Phil Silvers on TV.

1960

During this time he scored another Broadway success playing multiple roles in the light-hearted sketch revue "Thurber's Carnival" in 1960. As a reward for his small screen success, Paul was awarded the opportunity to film another stage hit.

1962

Paroo) transferred his character to the immortal feature film version of The Music Man (1962).

Other twilight character film roles included his senator in Advise & Consent (1962), another colonel in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), a general in The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966), a military commander in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), a one-time third-party presidential candidate in The Comedians (1967) (for which he won a National Board of Review award for "Best Supporting Actor"), and his last film, as a doctor in the little seen comedy Richard (1972).

1963

Was nominated for Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Never Too Late," a part he recreated in the film version of the same title, Never Too Late (1965).

1965

Ford went on playing playing old coot gents and took a third Broadway triumph to film as elderly father-to-be Harry Lambert in the family comedy Never Too Late (1965) co-starring his stage partner Maureen O'Sullivan as expectant wife Edith.

1978

Died of heart failure before being able to come out of retirement and portray Principal McGee in Grease (1978), so the part was rewritten for Eve Arden.