Superman's dad is dead

[thatcrazycajun]

Reuters reports today that Glenn Ford has passed away at the age of 90. One of Canada's finest exports, he played many roles in a long and varied career...but to those of us who still consider "funny books" a legitimate art/literature form, he will always and forever be most closely identified with one: Jonathan Kent, the wise and kindly foster father to the Man of Steel in Superman: The Movie (1978). With all due respect to John Schneider's by-no-means-lacking performance in the same role on TV's Smallville, when I think of young Clark listening to his "Pa" dispensing sage advice, it is Mr. Ford's gentle voice I hear in my head: "You were put on this Earth for a reason...and it's not to score touchdowns."  That he never received an Oscar is to the Academy's eternal shame.

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[fmullen7.livejournal.com]

Waaa. Time to search Netflix for movies by Glenn Ford. I remember his work fondly. I bet there will be a posthumous award somewhere.

[filkferengi]

He also rocked in the original "Courtship of Eddie's Father."