---
name: "Steven Ford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steven-ford"
fi1m_id: "steven-ford"
imdb_id: "nm0285885"
tmdb_id: 9258
wikidata_id: "Q541304"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 May 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T04:50:43.207428+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Steven Ford

## Identity

Steven Ford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steven-ford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steven-ford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0285885
- **TMDB ID:** 9258
- **Wikidata ID:** Q541304
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Ford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285885/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9258

Actor. Born 19 May 1956 in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 May 1956, East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 1981–2007
- **Also known as:** Steven Meigs Ford
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 1990s 74 (5), 2000s 57 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 69 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 6, Science Fiction 5, Adventure 3, Drama 3, Thriller 3, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,129m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Ford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285885/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9258

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Starship Troopers*](https://film.one/film/starship-troopers.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Steven Ford (born Steven Meigs Ford) is an American actor. He is the youngest son of former US President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.

Ford is best known for playing private investigator Andy Richards in the soap opera *The Young and the Restless* from 1981 to 1987, with a later return from 2002 to 2003. He has appeared in supporting roles in numerous films and television series, including *Escape from New York* (1981), *When Harry Met Sally...* (1989), *Heat* (1995), *Starship Troopers* (1997) as Lieutenant Willy, *Armageddon* (1998), *Black Hawk Down* (2001) and *Transformers* (2007). He was originally cast in *Grease* (1978) but withdrew before filming began.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Transformers* (2007), Fi1m 57, as Four Star General — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers.md)
- *Armageddon* (1998), Fi1m 64, as Nuke Tech — [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *Contact* (1997), Fi1m 76, as Major Russell — [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Starship Troopers* (1997), Fi1m 79, as Lieutenant Willy — [page](https://film.one/film/starship-troopers.md)
- *Eraser* (1996), Fi1m 58, as Knoland — [page](https://film.one/film/eraser.md)
- *Heat* (1995), Fi1m 91, as Officer Bruce — [page](https://film.one/film/heat.md)
- *When Harry Met Sally...* (1989), Fi1m 84, as Joe — [page](https://film.one/film/when-harry-met-sally.md)
- *Escape from New York* (1981), Fi1m 76, as Secret Service #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-new-york.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Transformers* (2007), as Four Star General — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers.md)
- *Black Hawk Down* (2001), as Cribbs — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md)
- *The Rage: Carrie 2* (1999), as Coach Walsh
- *Armageddon* (1998), as Nuke Tech — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *Babylon 5: In the Beginning* (1998), as Prometheus First Officer
- *Against the Law* (1997), as Lt. Bill Carpenter
- *Starship Troopers* (1997), as Lieutenant Willy — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/starship-troopers.md)
- *Two Came Back* (1997), as Lt. Belwick
- *Contact* (1997), as Major Russell — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *The Beneficiary* (1997), as Bill Girard
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (1996), series, as Frank Parker
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, as Skip
- *Eraser* (1996), as Knoland — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/eraser.md)
- *The Sentinel* (1996), series, as Norman Oliver
- *Heat* (1995), as Officer Bruce — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/heat.md)
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Dan Austin
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, as Prosecutor Meadows
- *Secret Service* (1992), series, as Host
- *When Harry Met Sally...* (1989), as Joe — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/when-harry-met-sally.md)
- *Shooter* (1988), as Capt. Walker
- *Twenty Dollar Star* (1988), as Jim
- *The 11th Commandment* (1986), as Tom Leary
- *The Cowboy and the Ballerina* (1984), as Wes Butler
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Drake Eaton
- *The Dungeonmaster* (1984), Director
- *Young Doctors in Love* (1982), as Soap Cameos
- *Escape from New York* (1981), as Secret Service #2 — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-new-york.md)
- *Cattle Annie and Little Britches* (1981), as Deputy Marshal
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Toby Ritt — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Gallery

- ![Steven Ford](https://film.one/media/person/87284/gallery-f201e586ba64.jpg) Steven Ford — United States Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shawn P. Eklund., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Steven_Meigs_Ford_at_a_ceremony_where_a_model_of_the_USS_Gerald_R_Ford_%28CVN-78%29_was_unveiled_at_the_Pentagon_-_20070116.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![First Lady Betty Ford introduces her son Steve to a crowd gathered outside a President Ford Committee phone bank in Downey, California.](https://film.one/media/person/87284/gallery-b84e72889b97.jpg) First Lady Betty Ford introduces her son Steve to a crowd gathered outside a President Ford Committee phone bank in Downey, California. — Karl Schumacher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First_Lady_Betty_Ford_and_her_son_Steve_-_NARA_-_7027906.jpg/1280px-First_Lady_Betty_Ford_and_her_son_Steve_-_NARA_-_7027906.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The photo contact sheet, identified as A0567 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of th (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/87284/gallery-054512b2a9cc.jpg) The photo contact sheet, identified as A0567 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of th (1974) — David Hume Kennerly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Ford_A0567_NLGRF_photo_contact_sheet_%281974-09-01%29%28Gerald_Ford_Library%29.jpg/1280px-Ford_A0567_NLGRF_photo_contact_sheet_%281974-09-01%29%28Gerald_Ford_Library%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The photo contact sheet, identified as A8955 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of th (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/87284/gallery-971d51f12851.jpg) The photo contact sheet, identified as A8955 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of th (1976) — David Hume Kennerly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Ford_A8955_NLGRF_photo_contact_sheet_%281976-03-26%29%28Gerald_Ford_Library%29.jpg/1280px-Ford_A8955_NLGRF_photo_contact_sheet_%281976-03-26%29%28Gerald_Ford_Library%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Steven Ford](https://film.one/media/person/87284/gallery-8c831ad11dfe.jpg) Steven Ford — Image via TMDB
- ![The photo contact sheet, identified as B1079 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of th (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/87284/gallery-2196b47f795b.jpg) The photo contact sheet, identified as B1079 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of th (1976) — David Hume Kennerly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ford_B1079_NLGRF_photo_contact_sheet_%281976-08-15%29%28Gerald_Ford_Library%29.jpg/1280px-Ford_B1079_NLGRF_photo_contact_sheet_%281976-08-15%29%28Gerald_Ford_Library%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The photo contact sheet, identified as B1083 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of th (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/87284/gallery-dc85a2c21174.jpg) The photo contact sheet, identified as B1083 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of th (1976) — David Hume Kennerly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Ford_B1083_NLGRF_photo_contact_sheet_%281976-08-16%29%28Gerald_Ford_Library%29.jpg/1280px-Ford_B1083_NLGRF_photo_contact_sheet_%281976-08-16%29%28Gerald_Ford_Library%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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