Jeffrey Buckner Ford

JEFFREY BUCKNER FORD was an American actor, writer, and voice-over artist who appeared in more than twenty feature films, including The Firm, The Client, and Blue Like Jazz, and in hundreds of television and radio commercials. He was the author of the memoir River of No Return: Tennessee Ernie Ford and the Woman He Loved.

Ford was a regular on the CBS series Christy and had roles on In the Heat of the Night, I'll Fly Away, and Walker Texas Ranger, among others. He also managed Tennessee Ernie Ford Enterprises and worked as a multimedia writer and producer.

When not writing, Ford drew on his family history as the eldest son of Country Music Hall of Fame member Tennessee Ernie Ford. That inheritance shaped River of No Return directly.

Ford lived in Nashville, Tennessee, and died there at age 76.

Jeffrey Buckner Ford’s books are published by Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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