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Peter Ford (judge) , British electronic music producer
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Peter Ford may refer to: *Peter Ford (footballer) (1933–2020), English footballer * Peter Ford (artist) (born 1937), English artist *Peter Ford (actor) (born 1945), son of actor Glenn Ford *Peter Ford (diplomat) (born 1947), retired British ambassador to Bahrain and Syria, now lobbyist *Peter Shann Ford (born 1950), Australian television news anchor *Peter Ford (entertainment reporter), Australian entertainment reporter *Peter Ford (Gaelic footballer) (born 1962), Irish retired sportsperson *Peter Ford (transport administrator) (born 1938), former chairman of London Transport *Peter Ford, better known as Baby Ford Peter Ford, better known as Baby Ford, is a British electronic music record producer, known particularly for his contributions to the birth of acid house. He has also released material under aliases with Mark Broom (Casino Classix, El Mal, Solcy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ford (footballer)
Peter Leslie Ford (10 August 1933 – 17 July 2020) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Port Vale and Stoke City. He later played for Macclesfield Town in the Cheshire County League. Career Ford began his career as an amateur with West Bromwich Albion, before joining Stoke City 1956. He was never able for force his way into the plans of manager Frank Taylor, and made just 14 Second Division appearances in three years at the Victoria Ground. He transferred to Port Vale, along with Harry Oscroft, in exchange for Dickie Cunliffe and £2,000 in September 1959. The club were competing in the Third Division after winning the Fourth Division title. He played 25 league and six FA Cup games in the 1959–60 season. However he was diagnosed with Tuberculosis, along with teammate Terry Miles, and spent 12 weeks in hospital recovering after the disease was fortunately caught in the early stages. He missed just five league games in the 1960–61 campaign, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ford (artist)
Peter Ford RE, RWA (born 1937) is an English artist, specifically a printmaker. Ford was born in Hereford, England. He studied at Hereford College of Arts, Brighton College of Art, and the University of London. Since 1987, he has been the Artistic Director of the Off-Centre Gallery in Bristol. He is an Honorary Member of the Printmakers Council. Ford's work can be found in public collections around the world including: Musée de la Publicité, Paris, France; Pan Asia Paper Museum, Jeonju, Republic of Korea; Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Russia; Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Spain; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan; Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, UK; Tate Gallery, London, UK; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK; Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, USA; and other public collections in Egypt, Ireland, Russia, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ford (actor)
Peter Newton Ford (born February 5, 1945) is an American retired actor, singer and former President and Co-Founder of Blackoak Development Company. Early life Ford was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Canadian-American actor Glenn Ford and American actress-dancer Eleanor Powell. As a child Ford's interest in rock and roll music inadvertently contributed to "Rock Around the Clock" being chosen as the title track for ''Blackboard Jungle''. Ford graduated from Chadwick High School in Palos Verdes, California in 1962, received an Associate of Arts degree from Santa Monica College in 1966, and graduated, ''cum laude'', from the University of Southern California in 1968 with a B.A. degree in English. While attending the University of Southern California, Ford met his future wife, Lynda Gundersen. Peter was accepted to the University of Southern California School of Law, but chose instead to work as an actor and singer. Career Musical career Originally under contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ford (diplomat)
Peter William Ford (born 27 June 1947) is an English diplomat who served as the British ambassador to Bahrain from 1999 to 2003 and Syria from 2003 to 2006. Education and career Ford was educated at Weston Point Community Primary School, Helsby Grammar School in Cheshire and The Queen's College, Oxford. Having finished his Arabic studies he worked in Beirut, Riyadh, Paris and Cairo before being appointed British ambassador to Bahrain as well as Syria from 2003 to 2006. Retiring from the Diplomatic Service in 2006, he became Representative of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA in the Arab world. In February 2017, Ford became a Director of the British Syrian Society, alongside President Assad's father-in-law Dr Fawaz Akhras. Positions In 2003, as ambassador to Bahrain, Ford says he sent critical memoranda to London before the Iraq War. Later, he regretted not having been more outspoken. During his time in Damascus (2003-2006), he says he distanced himself more and more from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Shann Ford
Peter Shann Ford is an Australian CEO, bionics software developer, author and former journalist and news anchor. He is the founder of Control Bionics, a neural systems technology company, and the inventor of NeuroSwitch, an EMG (electromyograph) based communications and control system for people with profound disabilities including Locked in Syndrome. Career Australian-born Ford was a news anchor with CNN and CNN2 (aka HLN ) in the United States, when he also became a programmer/analyst with the new US Veterans Administration Rehabilitation R&D Laboratory in Atlanta where he coded communication technology for people with severe disabilities. He continued developing advanced Assistive Technology (AT) programs, firstly using single key inputs, then coding movement sensors on the body to enable a person with paralysis or quadriplegia to control a computer for text, text-to-speech and online communications. This was achieved while Ford worked as a news anchor at WTVJ, the NBC a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ford (entertainment Reporter)
Peter Ford is an Australian entertainment reporter. He is known for his many regular live appearances on radio stations and television programs in Australia and New Zealand. Early career Ford formed an interest in the local entertainment industry while living in the Melbourne suburb of Yarraville in his youth. He has recalled waiting outside a local newsagency for the latest issues of entertainment magazines and would attend the opening of shopping centres to see celebrities. Ford has also recalled waiting outside the 3AW studio to see Mary Hardy. Ford attempted to pursue a career in journalism but he was unsuccessful in applying for a course at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. While working as a cleaner in Footscray, Ford attempted to obtain work in the media. He attempted to obtain cadetships with newspapers including '' The Herald'' and ''The Age'' and also approached radio stations in the hope of working in their newsrooms. His attempts were in vain until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ford (Gaelic Footballer)
Peter Ford (born 28 January 1962) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ... with Sligo club St Mary's and was a member of the senior Mayo county football team, Mayo county team in the 1980s and 1990s. Ford later served as manager of the Galway county football team, Galway and Sligo county football team, Sligo teams. He departed as Galway manager in August 2007. He has also managed Breaffy GAA, Breaffy. He is a secondary school teacher. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Peter 1962 births Living people Gaelic football backs Gaelic football managers Irish schoolteachers Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers St Mary's (Sligo) Gaelic footballers People from Ballinrobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ford (transport Administrator)
Peter John Ford, CBE (born 21 November 1938) was Executive Chairman of P&O European Ferries and North Sea Ferries in the 1970 and 1980s, and Chairman of London Regional Transport from 1994 until 1998. History Townsend Thoresen and P&O Ford was Chairman of Townsend Thoresen at the time of the ''MS Herald of Free Enterprise'' disaster in 1987. Following the disaster, Ford was criticised for underestimating the number of people killed in the disaster. London Transport Ford was appointed as Chairman of London Regional Transport (LT) in September 1994, replacing Sir Wilfrid Newton. During Ford's tenure, the number of passengers on London Underground and London Buses continued to rise - however cuts by the Treasury of £375m and cost overruns of £500m on the Jubilee Line Extension project increased the maintenance backlog on the Underground and worsened LT's financial position. In April 1998, amid furore over the potential imposition of Public private partnership (PPP) on Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
