Ford, Harrison

Japanese: フォード(英語表記)Ford, Harrison
Ford, Harrison
Born July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. American actor. After attending college, he appeared in films for Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios. His first major acting role was in a small role in George Lucas' hit American Graffiti (1973), and he also appeared in Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who also produced that film. He played Han Solo in Lucas' Star Wars (1977), and continued to appear in the sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). He cemented his reputation with roles in the Lucas-produced, Steven Spielberg-directed series Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Witness (1985). In the 1990s, he continued to star in action films such as Patriot Games (1992), Clear and Present Danger (1994), and The Fugitive (1993). She starred in the fourth film in the Lucas and Spielberg series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), and has since appeared in numerous films.

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Ford, John

Born February 1, 1895 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
[Died] August 31, 1973, Palm Desert, California. One of America's leading film directors. His real name was Sean Aloysius O'Feeney (or O'Fearna). He joined Universal Studios in 1914 as a props man, and after working as an actor he became a director. He gained fame in 1924 with The Iron Horse, and went on to produce classic westerns such as Stagecoach (1939) and the cavalry story She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), which poetically depicted the adventures and lives of pioneers set in the harsh wilderness of the West. His Best Director films include The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941, Best Picture), and The Quiet Man (1952). He also produced many other excellent westerns, including My Darling Clementine (1946) and The Searchers (1956).

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Ford, Ford Madox

Born: December 17, 1873. Merton, Sally
[Died] June 26, 1939. Deauville, France. British novelist and poet. His real name was Ford Hermann Hueffer, and he was also known as FMHueffer. One of his early works is famous for The Good Soldier (1915). He founded the monthly English Review (08), which published early short stories by DH Lawrence. Hardy, H. James, HG Wells, and Galsworthy also contributed. In addition to Parade's End (24-28), a four-part war novel about World War I, he also published The Inheritors (01), which he collaborated with Conrad, as well as collections of poems, critical essays, travelogues, and memoirs.

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Ford, Gerald Rudolph, Jr.

Born: July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska
[Died] December 26, 2006. Rancho Mirage, California. American politician. 38th President (in office 1974-77). Graduated from the University of Michigan. Became a lawyer, but entered politics in 1948 when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan, and established his position within the Republican Party. In 1973, when Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned due to bribery charges, he was appointed Vice President, and in 1974, when President Richard M. Nixon resigned due to the Watergate Scandal, he became the 38th President. During his term in office, he basically followed Nixon's policy line. He was also the first sitting president to visit Japan. He lost the 1976 presidential election to James E. Carter.

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Ford, Henry

Born July 30, 1863 in Wayne, Dearborn, Michigan.
[Died] April 7, 1947. Born in Dearborn, Michigan. American businessman. Became an apprentice at a machine shop in Detroit in 1879, and in 1890 became an engineer for the Edison Electric Company. In 1903, he founded Ford Motor Company and became its president, beginning the manufacture of automobiles that he had designed himself. There, he implemented a highly streamlined management method known as the Ford System, succeeding in mass-producing automobiles, ushering in the automobile age in America and creating the world's largest automobile company. The Ford Foundation, established in 1936, has made significant contributions to the promotion of education.

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Ford, John

Born: April 17, 1586. Baptised: Ilsington, Devonshire
[Died] c. 1639. Ilsington, Devonshire. English playwright. Known for his gruesome "bloody tragedies" representative of the decadent tragedies of the James dynasty. He collaborated on several plays and masques with Decker and W. Lawley, and later worked on playwrighting alone. His representative works include tragedies such as The Broken Heart (c. 1629), 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (c. 32), and Perkin Warbeck (c. 33).

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Ford, Paul Leicester

Born: March 23, 1865 in New York
[Died] May 8, 1902, New York. American novelist, biographer, and historian. His major works include the biography The True George Washington (1896) and the historical novel The Honorable Peter Stirling (1994). He also compiled the works of T. Jefferson and the bibliography of A. Hamilton.

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Ford, Edward Onslow

Born: July 27, 1852, London
[Died] December 23, 1901, London. British sculptor. Studied sculpture in Antwerp and Munich, and was known as a portrait sculptor. Became a member of the Royal Academy in 1895. His major works include Sir Rowland Hill (1882), the Shelley Memorial (1992, Oxford University), and Queen Victoria (1999).

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[生]1942.7.13. イリノイ,シカゴ
アメリカ合衆国の俳優。大学に通ったあとコロンビア・ピクチャーズ(→コロンビア・ピクチャーズ・エンタテインメント)やユニバーサル・スタジオの作品に出演。本格的な演技はジョージ・ルーカスのヒット作『アメリカン・グラフィティ』American Graffiti(1973)の端役からで,この映画の制作担当だったフランシス・フォード・コッポラ監督の『地獄の黙示録』Apocalypse Now(1979)にも出演した。ルーカスの『スター・ウォーズ』Star Wars(1977)のハン・ソロ役があたり,続くシリーズ作品『スター・ウォーズ/帝国の逆襲』The Empire Strikes Back(1980),『スター・ウォーズ/ジェダイの復讐』Return of the Jedi(1983)にも出演。ルーカス制作,スティーブン・スピルバーグ監督のシリーズ『レイダース/失われたアーク』Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981),『インディ・ジョーンズ/魔宮の伝説』Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984),『インディ・ジョーンズ/最後の聖戦』Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade(1989)で名声を不動のものとした。『刑事ジョン・ブック/目撃者』Witness(1985)の演技でアカデミー賞主演男優賞にノミネートされた。1990年代に入っても持ち味のアクションで『パトリオット・ゲーム』Patriot Games(1992),『今そこにある危機』Clear and Present Danger(1994),『逃亡者』The Fugitive(1993)に主演した。ルーカスとスピルバーグによるシリーズ 4作目『インディ・ジョーンズ/クリスタル・スカルの王国』Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull(2008)に主演。その後も数々の映画に出演。

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Ford, John

[生]1895.2.1. メーン,ケープエリザベス
[没]1973.8.31. カリフォルニア,パームデザート
アメリカ合衆国の代表的映画監督。本名 Sean Aloysius O'Feeney(または O'Fearna)。1914年ユニバーサル・スタジオに小道具係として入り,俳優を経て監督となる。1924年に『アイアン・ホース』The Iron Horseで有名になり,以後西部劇の古典ともいえる『駅馬車』Stagecoach(1939)や騎兵隊物『黄色いリボン』She Wore a Yellow Ribbon(1949)などを発表し,西部の荒野の厳しい自然を舞台に開拓者の冒険と生活を詩情豊かに描いた。アカデミー賞監督賞作品に『男の敵』The Informer(1935),『怒りの葡萄』The Grapes of Wrath(1940),『わが谷は緑なりき』How Green Was My Valley(1941,同作品賞),『静かなる男』The Quiet Man(1952)がある。このほか『荒野の決闘』My Darling Clementine(1946)や『捜索者』The Searchers(1956)など優れた西部劇が多い。

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Ford, Ford Madox

[生]1873.12.17. サリー,マートン
[没]1939.6.26. フランス,ドービル
イギリスの小説家,詩人。本名 Ford Hermann Hueffer。 F.M.Huefferとも称する。初期の作品では『善良な兵士』 The Good Soldier (1915) が有名。月刊誌『イングリッシュ・レビュー』を創刊 (08) し,D.H.ロレンスの初期の短編を掲載。ハーディ,H.ジェームズ,H.G.ウェルズやゴールズワージーも寄稿した。第1次世界大戦を扱った4部作の戦争小説『パレードの終り』 Parade's End (24~28) のほか,コンラッドと合作した『相続者』 The Inheritors (01) ,詩集,批評論集,旅行記,回想記などがある。

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Ford, Gerald Rudolph, Jr.

[生]1913.7.14. ネブラスカ,オマハ
[没]2006.12.26. カリフォルニア,ランチョミラージ
アメリカ合衆国の政治家。第 38代大統領 (在任 1974~77) 。ミシガン大学卒業。弁護士となったが 1948年ミシガン州から連邦下院議員に当選して政界に入り,共和党内での地歩を固めた。 1973年スピロ・T.アグニュー副大統領が収賄容疑で辞職すると副大統領に任命され,さらに 1974年ウォーターゲート事件によるリチャード・M.ニクソン大統領の辞任に伴い第 38代大統領に昇格した。在任中は基本的にニクソンの政策路線を受け継いだ。また現職大統領として初めて訪日した。 1976年の大統領選挙でジェームズ・E.カーターに敗れた。

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Ford, Henry

[生]1863.7.30. ミシガン,ディアボーン近郊ウェーン
[没]1947.4.7. ミシガン,ディアボーン
アメリカの実業家。 1879年デトロイトで機械工場の見習工となり,90年エジソン電気会社の技師となった。 1903年フォード・モーターを設立して社長となり,自分でつくりだした自動車の製造を始めた。彼はここでフォード・システムといわれる高度の経営合理化方式を実施し,自動車の大量生産に成功,アメリカに自動車時代をもたらし,世界最大の自動車企業をつくり上げた。 36年に設立されたフォード財団は,教育の振興に大きな貢献をしている。

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Ford, John

[生]1586.4.17. 〈洗礼〉デボンシャー,イルジントン
[没]1639頃.デボンシャー,イルジントン
イギリスの劇作家。ジェームズ朝の退廃的な悲劇を代表する陰惨な「流血悲劇」で知られる。デッカー,W.ローリーらと数編の戯曲や仮面劇を合作,その後は単独で劇作に従事。『傷心』 The Broken Heart (1629頃) ,『あわれ,彼女は娼婦』'Tis Pity She's a Whore (32頃) ,『パーキン・ウォーベック』 Perkin Warbeck (33頃) などの悲劇が代表作。

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Ford, Paul Leicester

[生]1865.3.23. ニューヨーク
[没]1902.5.8. ニューヨーク
アメリカの小説家,伝記作家,歴史家。主著,伝記『ジョージ・ワシントンの素顔』 The True George Washington (1896) ,歴史小説『尊敬すべきピーター・スターリング』 The Honorable Peter Stirling (94) 。また T.ジェファーソンの著作や A.ハミルトンの書誌の編纂などを行なった。

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Ford, Edward Onslow

[生]1852.7.27. ロンドン
[没]1901.12.23. ロンドン
イギリスの彫刻家。アントウェルペンとミュンヘンで彫刻を学び,肖像彫刻家として知られた。 1895年ロイヤル・アカデミー会員。主要作品は『サー・ローランド・ヒル』 (1882) ,『シェリー記念像』 (92,オックスフォード大学) ,『ビクトリア女王』 (99) 。

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