Francis Ford

Known for: Acting
Born: August 12, 1881, Portland, Maine, USA
Died: September 5, 1953
Movies: 320

From Wikipedia

Francis Ford (born Francis Feeney, August 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953) was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the mentor and elder brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man.

Francis Ford was born in Portland, Maine. He was the son of John A. Feeney, who was born in the village of Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland in 1854. By 1878, John had moved to Portland, Maine and opened a saloon, at 42 Center Street, that used a false front to pose as grocery store. John opened four others in following years.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

Frankenstein

1931

7.6

Stagecoach

1939

7.8

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

7.3

The Quiet Man

1952

7.5

My Darling Clementine

1946

7.7

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

7.0

Fort Apache

1948

6.9

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

7.2

A Star Is Born

1937

6.8

3 Godfathers

1948

Filmography

1953	The Sun Shines Bright	Feeney
1952	Toughest Man in Arizona
1952	The Quiet Man	Dan Tobin
1952	The Living Bible	Samaritan Leper
1951	Rim of the Wheel	Mr. Dickerson
1950	Wagon Master	Mr. Peachtree
1949	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
1949	San Antone Ambush	Major Farnsworth
1949	Frontier Investigator	Ed Garnett
1948	3 Godfathers	Drunk (uncredited)
1948	The Far Frontier	Alf Sharper
1948	The Plunderers	Barnaby
1948	Eyes of Texas	Thad Cameron
1948	The Timber Trail	Ralph Baker
1948	Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'	Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
1948	Fort Apache	Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
1947	Bandits of Dark Canyon	Horse Trader
1947	Unconquered	Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
1947	Driftwood	Abner Green
1947	High Tide	Pop Garrow
1947	Gunfighters	Cook (uncredited)
1947	California	Jessie (uncredited)
1946	Wake Up and Dream	Old Man at Counter
1946	My Darling Clementine	Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
1946	Sister Kenny	Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
1946	Accomplice	King Connors
1946	College Queen	Pop, The Janitor
1945	Incendiary Blonde	Ranch Owner (uncredited)
1945	Wildfire	Ezra Mills
1945	The White Gorilla	Mr. Stacey
1945	Murder, He Says	Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
1945	Hangover Square	Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
1945	Mom and Dad	Dr. Rubin
1944	The Princess and the Pirate	Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
1944	The Climax	Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
1944	Home in Indiana	Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
1943	The Desperadoes	Hank
1943	The Ox-Bow Incident	Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
1942	Outlaws of Pine Ridge	Bartender
1942	The Mummy's Tomb	Townsman (uncredited)
1942	King of the Mounties	Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
1942	The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe	Tavern Keeper
1942	The Man Who Wouldn't Die	Caretaker
1941	They Died with Their Boots On	Veteran (uncredited)
1941	Riders of the Purple Sage	Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
1941	Last of the Duanes	Luke Stevens
1941	Western Union	Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
1941	Tobacco Road
1941	Romance of the Rio Grande	Stagecoach Driver
1940	Diamond Frontier	Derek Bluje
1940	South of Pago Pago	Foster
1940	Three Faces West	Farmer Bill, with Higgins
1940	Lucky Cisco Kid	Court Clerk
1940	Viva Cisco Kid	Proprietor
1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Migrant (uncredited)
1939	Geronimo	Scout
1939	Drums Along the Mohawk	Joe Boleo
1939	Bad Lands	Charlie Garth
1939	Young Mr. Lincoln	Sam Boone (uncredited)
1939	Stagecoach	Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
1938	The Texans	Uncle Dud
1938	Kentucky Moonshine	Grandpa Hatfield
1938	In Old Chicago	Driver
1938	The Girl of the Golden West	Miner
1938	Mannequin	Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
1937	Checkers	Daniel Snodgrass
1937	The Last Train from Madrid	Pedro Elias (uncredited)
1937	Slave Ship	Scraps
1937	A Star Is Born	William Gregory (uncredited)
1936	The Plough and the Stars	Old Man (uncredited)
1936	Sins of Man	Town Drunk
1936	Little Miss Nobody	Detective
1936	Educating Father	Sheriff Hart
1936	Gentle Julia	Tubbs, Fish Peddler
1936	Charlie Chan at the Circus	John Gaines
1936	The Prisoner of Shark Island	Corporal O'Toole
1936	Paddy O'Day	Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
1936	Charlie Chan's Secret	Captain of salvage ship
1935	This Is the Life	Sticky Jones
1935	Steamboat Round the Bend	Efe
1935	Paris in Spring	Drunken Peasant
1935	The Arizonian	Mayor Ed Comstock
1935	The Informer	'Judge' Flynn
1935	Goin' to Town	Sheriff
1934	Judge Priest	Juror No. 12
1934	Charlie Chan's Courage	Hewitt
1934	The World Moves On	Legionaire in Trench
1934	Murder in Trinidad	Davenant
1934	Pirate Treasure	Dick's Friend at the Airfield
1934	Sleepers East	Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
1933	Smoky	Horse Buyer
1933	Roman Scandals	Roman Citizen (uncredited)
1933	Doctor Bull	Mr. Herring
1933	Charlie Chan's Greatest Case	Captain Hallett
1933	Gordon of Ghost City	Jim Carmody
1933	The Man from Monterey	Don Pablo Gonzales
1933	Pilgrimage	Mayor Elmer Briggs
1933	Life in the Raw	Sheriff Myles
1933	Clancy of the Mounted	Inspector Cabot
1932	The Lost Special	Botter Hood
1932	Air Mail	Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
1932	Heroes of the West	Cavalry Captain
1932	The Rider of Death Valley	Gabe
1932	Destry Rides Again	Judd Ogden
1932	Scandal for Sale	Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
1932	Tangled Fortunes	Matt Higgins
1932	The Impatient Maiden	Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
1931	Battling with Buffalo Bill	Jim Rodney
1931	Frankenstein	Hans (uncredited)
1931	Possessed	Drunken Husband (uncredited)
1931	A Free Soul	Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
1931	The Front Page	Carl - Detective (uncredited)
1931	Seas Beneath	Eric - Captain of Trawler (uncredited)
1930	Abraham Lincoln	Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
1930	The Indians Are Coming	George Woods / Tom Woods
1930	Sons of the Saddle	'Red' Slade
1930	Song of the Caballero	Don Pedro Madero
1930	Kathleen Mavourneen	James, the butler
1930	The Jade Box	Martin Morgan
1930	The Mounted Stranger	'Spider' Coy
1929	Mister Antonio	Bit Role (uncredited)
1929	The Black Watch	MacGregor (uncredited)
1929	The Lariat Kid	Cal Gregg
1928	The Chinatown Mystery	The Sphinx
1928	Sisters of Eve	Pritchard
1928	The Four-Footed Ranger	Brom Hockley
1928	The Trail of '98	Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
1928	The Branded Sombrero	Link Jarvis
1927	One Glorious Scrap	Ralph Curtis
1927	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Captain (uncredited)
1927	The Wreck of the Hesperus	John Hazzard
1927	The Cruise of the Hellion	Peg-leg
1927	Life in Hollywood No. 1	Self
1927	The Heart of Maryland	Jefferson Davis
1927	The Devil's Saddle	Pete Hepburn
1927	Men of Daring	Black Roger
1927	Upstream	Juggler
1926	Speed Cop	The Silk Thief
1926	The Silent Trailer	Mrs. Coleman's Physician
1926	Officer '444'	Fire Chief
1925	The Fighting Heart	Town Fool
1925	The Red Rider	Brown Bear
1925	Ridin' Thunder	Frank Douglas
1925	Taming the West	Frosty Miller
1925	A Roaring Adventure	Colonel Burns
1925	The Sign of the Cactus	Panhandle George
1925	Soft Shoes	Quig Mundy
1924	The Measure of a Man	'Pale' Peter
1924	Hearts of Oak
1924	Lash of the Whip	'Hurricane' Smith
1923	Mine to Keep	Jack Deering
1923	Haunted Valley	Sharkey
1923	Three Jumps Ahead	Ben McLean
1922	The Boss of Camp 4	Dude McCormick
1922	The Village Blacksmith	Asa Martin
1922	Thundering Hoofs	Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
1921	The Lady from Longacre	Count de Freitas
1921	The Stampede	Robert Wagner
1921	Action	Soda Water Manning
1921	The Great Reward	The American Adventurer
1921	I Am the Woman
1920	Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16	The Director / Self
1919	The Mystery Of 13	Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
1918	The Silent Mystery	Phil Kelly
1918	The Craving	Carroll Wayles
1918	Berlin Via America	Phil Kelly
1917	John Ermine of the Yellowstone	John Ermine
1917	Who Was the Other Man?	James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
1917	The Leap
1917	The Vault of Mystery
1917	The Demon of the Sky	Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
1917	The Purple Domino	Hugo Loubeque
1917	The Ablaze in Mid-Air	Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
1916	The Purple Mask	Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
1916	Mister Vampire	The Vampire Man
1916	The Bandit's Wager	The Bandit / Nan's Brother's Friend
1916	The Princely Bandit	Prince Frederick
1916	Brennon o' the Moor	Willy Brennon
1916	The Unexpected	The Mexican Foreman
1916	Behind the Mask	Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
1916	The Madcap Queen of Crona	Prince Frederick
1916	The Cry of Erin	Shemus O'Brien
1916	His Majesty Dick Turpin	Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
1916	The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring	Dr. Lund, Junior
1915	The Campbells Are Coming
1915	The Broken Coin	Count Frederick
1915	The Heart of Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln
1914	A Study in Scarlet	Sherlock Holmes
1914	The Phantom Violin
1914	Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery	Hugo Loubeque
1914	Washington at Valley Forge	The Spy
1914	In the Fall of '64	Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
1913	The Black Masks	Fred Francis - a Crook
1913	The Battle of Bull Run	Abraham Lincoln
1913	When Lincoln Paid
1912	The Invaders	Colonel James Bryson
1912	The Ball Player and the Bandit	A Baseball Fan
1912	On Secret Service	Abraham Lincoln
1912	Custer's Last Fight	General George A. Custer
1912	The Outcast	Evans, a Trapper
1912	The Lieutenant's Last Fight	Colonel Garvin
1912	The Post Telegrapher	Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
1912	Blazing the Trail	Blake
1912	The Deserter	The Deserter
1912	The Heart of an Indian	The Indian chief
1912	War on the Plains	Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
1911	A Western Girl	Hartley
1911	Bessie's Ride	John Burton
1911	In the Right of Way	John Walsh
1911	The Kiss of Mary Jane	Black Bill
1911	When the Tables Turned	Cowboy
1911	Her Spoiled Boy
1911	In Time for Press	Jim Ford
1911	The Immortal Alamo	Navarre
1911	The Redemption of Rawhide	Reverend Simpson
1911	The Spring Round-Up	Jim Dempsey
1911	Mary's Stratagem	Bill
1911	The Reformation of Jack Robins	Jack Robbins
1911	An Unwilling Cowboy	Jim Edwards
1911	Jack Mason's Last Deal	Jim Saunders
1911	Her Faithful Heart	Bill Rank
1911	The Warrant for Red Rube	Red Rube
1911	Sir Percy and the Punchers	Sir Percy Granville
1911	The Snake in the Grass	Texas Ed
1911	In the Hot Lands	The County Doctor
1911	Billy and His Pal	Jim - the Cowpuncher
1911	Only a Sister	John
1911	The Owner of L.L. Ranch	Jeff
1911	The Crimson Scars
1910	In the Tall Grass Country	Bob
1910	A Western Welcome	John
1910	Pals	Denton
1910	Cowboys and Bachelor Girls	The Cowboy Hero
1910	His Sergeant's Stripes	The Corporal
1910	A Mountain Wife	Her Husband, a Moonshiner
1910	Uncle Jim	Jim
1910	Out for Mischief	The Father
1910	Billy's Sister	Billy
1910	A Plucky American Girl
1910	Salt on the Bird's Tail
1910	In the Mission Shadows
1910	Baseball, That's All	The Husband
1910	Won in the Fifth	Young Minister
1910	The Romance of Circle Ranch	Honest Jim
1910	The Return of Ta-Wa-Wa	Ta-Wa-Wa
1910	A Postal Substitute	Jack Flynn
1910	The Golden Secret	Will Brown
1910	The Little Preacher	Joe Lane
1910	The Ruling Passion	Tony Valero
1910	White Doe's Lovers	The Cowboy
1910	A Texas Joke
1910	Love's "C.Q.D."	Lt. Robert Bright
1910	The Padre's Secret	Baptiste
1910	The Paleface Princess	Captain Keen
1910	A Rough Night on the Bridge
1910	Speed Versus Death	Mr. Braggs
1910	The Seal of the Church
1910	The First-born	Mr. Newlywed
1910	Branding a Thief
1910	Cyclone Pete's Matrimony	Cyclone Pete
1908	The Fortune Favors the Brave

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)	Director
1930	Shadows of Broadway	Writer
1928	The Chinatown Mystery	Writer
1928	The Call of the Heart	Director
1927	Wolf's Trail	Director
1926	Dog Scents	Director
1926	The Silent Trailer	Director
1926	Officer '444'	Director
1926	The Winking Idol	Director
1925	Perils of the Wild	Director
1925	The Power God	Director
1924	The Lash of Pinto Pete	Director
1924	Cupid's Rustler	Writer, Director
1924	Lash of the Whip	Writer, Director
1922	Gold Grabbers	Director
1922	Thundering Hoofs	Director
1921	The Stampede	Director
1921	The Great Reward	Director, Producer
1921	I Am the Woman	Director
1921	Cyclone Bliss	Director
1919	The Mystery Of 13	Director
1918	The Silent Mystery	Director
1918	The Craving	Director
1918	Berlin Via America	Director
1917	The Avenging Trail	Director
1917	John Ermine of the Yellowstone	Director
1917	Who Was the Other Man?	Director
1917	The Trail of Hate	Director
1917	The Leap	Director
1917	The Vault of Mystery	Director
1917	The Demon of the Sky	Director, Writer
1917	The Ablaze in Mid-Air	Director
1916	The Purple Mask	Director, Writer
1916	Mister Vampire	Director
1916	The Bandit's Wager	Director, Producer
1916	The Princely Bandit	Director
1916	Brennon o' the Moor	Director
1916	The Unexpected	Director
1916	Behind the Mask	Director
1916	The Madcap Queen of Crona	Director
1916	The Cry of Erin	Director
1916	Born of the People	Director
1916	His Majesty Dick Turpin	Director
1916	The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring	Director
1915	The Campbells Are Coming	Director
1915	The Broken Coin	Director
1915	The Heart of Lincoln	Director
1914	A Study in Scarlet	Director
1914	The Phantom Violin	Director
1914	Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery	Director, Writer
1914	Washington at Valley Forge	Director
1914	In the Fall of '64	Director
1913	The Black Masks	Director
1913	The Battle of Bull Run	Director
1913	When Lincoln Paid	Director
1912	The Invaders	Director
1912	The Ball Player and the Bandit	Director
1912	Custer's Last Fight	Director
1912	The Post Telegrapher	Director

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