If any man ever had a character face absolutely made for TV and film, it was Paul Ford. Small-eyed, lugubrious, pot-bellied, balding and with a plum nose to rival 'Karl Malden' , this delightful curmudgeon certainly paid his dues and deserved his relatively brief twilight success.
Died of heart failure before being able to come out of retirement and portray Principal McGee in Grease , so the part was rewritten for Eve Arden.
Was nominated for Broadways 1963 Tony Award as Best Actor for "Never Too Late," a part he recreated in the film version of the same title, Never Too Late .
