TCM Schedule for Fri, May 1, 2026: Glenn Ford / Star of the Month: Gregory Peck

Glenn Ford was born in Canada on May 1st, 1916, 110 years ago today.

Ford often portrayed ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Although he starred in many genres of film, some of his most significant roles were in the films noir Gilda (1946) and The Big Heat (1953), and the high-school drama Blackboard Jungle (1955).

For comedies and Westerns, though, he received acting laurels, including three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, winning for Pocketful of Miracles (1961). He also played a supporting role as Superman's mild-mannered alter ego Clark Kent's adoptive farmer father, Jonathan Kent, in the first film of the franchise series Superman (1978)

Five of his films have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Gilda (1946), The Big Heat (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), and Superman (1978), the first three of which are airing today.

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DAYTIME (listings EST)

7:30 AM Hollywood Without Make-Up (1966)
Ken Murray hosts his behind-the-scenes home movies of Hollywood's greatest stars.

8:30 AM Interrupted Melody (1955)
True story of Australian opera singer Marjorie Lawrence and her battle against polio.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore

10:30 AM Trial (1955)
A boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy

12:30 PM The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
A reformed gunslinger's past keeps catching up with him.
Dir: Russell Rouse Cast: Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford

2:15 PM Blackboard Jungle (1955)
An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern

4:00 PM Gilda (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she's married to his new boss.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready

6:00 PM The Big Heat (1953)
A cop investigates a string of murders, and exposes an organized crime cartel.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando


PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT & EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
In 1932 Alabama, a lawyer defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton

10:15 PM Spellbound (1945)
A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov

12:15 AM Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield

2:30 AM The Yearling (1946)
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr.

4:45 AM The Valley of Decision (1945)
An housemaid's romance with the boss's son is complicated by labor disputes.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp