Brendan Ford

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Brendan Ford
Occupation Television actor

Brendan Ford is a television and repertory actor who has appeared in an episode of the science fiction show Babylon 5 , among other shows. He has played the lead on the Los Angeles stage in Brendan Behan's Hostage, [1] Ibsen's A Doll's House , [2] Break of Day, [3] Camelot, [4] and Ernest in Love . [5]

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Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Clear and Present Danger Coast Guardsman #2
1998Merchants of VenusCop #2
1999 Clubland Patron #3
2002 We Were Soldiers Jump CoordinatorUncredited
2011 Weeds Colm Mulcahey
2014 Henry Danger Carl Manchester

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  2. "Acting Sparkles in 'Doll's House' Revival". Los Angeles Times. November 20, 1998. p. F26. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
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