Harrison Ford (March 16, 1884 – December 2, 1957) was an American stage and
film actor. He was a leading
Broadway theatre performer and a star of the
silent film era.
Career
Born in
Kansas City, Missouri, Ford began his acting career on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1904 in
Richard Harding Davis's
Ranson's Folly. He went on to appear in productions of
William C. deMille's
Strongheart;
Glorious Betsy by
Rida Johnson Young (the production lasted only 24 performances but the play was later adapted for an
Oscar-nominated film of the same name);
Bayard Veiller's
The Fight (which quickly closed);
Edgar Wallace's
The Switchboard; Edward Locke's
The Bubble; and
Edgar Selwyn's
Rolling Stones.
