Francis Ford
Acting
1881-08-12 · Portland, Maine, USA
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. After service in the infantry in the Spanish-American War, Francis left home. He drifted into the film business in New York City, working for David Horsley, Al Christie, and the Star Film Company's San Antonio operation under Gaston Méliès. He adopted the name Ford from the automobile. From San Antonio Francis began his Hollywood career working for Thomas H. Ince at Ince's Bison studio, directing and appearing in westerns. Francis Ford's younger brother, John M. Feeney, was a successful fullback and defensive tackle on a Portland High state championship football team, nicknamed "Bull". In 1914 Bull followed Francis to Hollywood, changed his name to John Ford and would eventually surpass his elder brother's considerable reputation. Francis Ford's son, Philip Ford, was also a film actor/director.
Filmography
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025 · Movie
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 · Movie
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Movie
The Quiet Man
1952 · Movie
The Living Bible
1952 · Movie
Rim of the Wheel
1951 · Movie
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Series
Wagon Master
1950 · Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Movie
San Antone Ambush
1949 · Movie
Frontier Investigator
1949 · Movie
3 Godfathers
1948 · Movie
The Far Frontier
1948 · Movie
The Plunderers
1948 · Movie
Eyes of Texas
1948 · Movie
The Timber Trail
1948 · Movie
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 · Movie
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947 · Movie
Unconquered
1947 · Movie
Driftwood
1947 · Movie
High Tide
1947 · Movie
Gunfighters
1947 · Movie
California
1947 · Movie
Wake Up and Dream
1946 · Movie
My Darling Clementine
1946 · Movie
Sister Kenny
1946 · Movie
Accomplice
1946 · Movie
College Queen
1946 · Movie
Incendiary Blonde
1945 · Movie
Wildfire
1945 · Movie
The White Gorilla
1945 · Movie
Murder, He Says
1945 · Movie
Hangover Square
1945 · Movie
Mom and Dad
1945 · Movie
The Princess and the Pirate
1944 · Movie
The Climax
1944 · Movie
Home in Indiana
1944 · Movie
The Desperadoes
1943 · Movie
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Movie
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
1942 · Movie
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 · Movie
King of the Mounties
1942 · Movie
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942 · Movie
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942 · Movie
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Movie
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941 · Movie
Last of the Duanes
1941 · Movie
Western Union
1941 · Movie
Tobacco Road
1941 · Movie
Romance of the Rio Grande
1941 · Movie
Diamond Frontier
1940 · Movie
South of Pago Pago
1940 · Movie
Three Faces West
1940 · Movie
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940 · Movie
Viva Cisco Kid
1940 · Movie
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Movie
Geronimo
1939 · Movie
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 · Movie
Bad Lands
1939 · Movie
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Movie
Stagecoach
1939 · Movie
The Texans
1938 · Movie
Kentucky Moonshine
1938 · Movie
In Old Chicago
1938 · Movie
The Girl of the Golden West
1938 · Movie
Mannequin
1938 · Movie
Checkers
1937 · Movie
The Last Train from Madrid
1937 · Movie
Slave Ship
1937 · Movie
A Star Is Born
1937 · Movie
The Plough and the Stars
1936 · Movie
Sins of Man
1936 · Movie
Little Miss Nobody
1936 · Movie
Educating Father
1936 · Movie
Gentle Julia
1936 · Movie
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936 · Movie
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Movie
Paddy O'Day
1936 · Movie
Charlie Chan's Secret
1936 · Movie
This Is the Life
1935 · Movie
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 · Movie
Paris in Spring
1935 · Movie
The Arizonian
1935 · Movie
The Informer
1935 · Movie
Goin' to Town
1935 · Movie
Judge Priest
1934 · Movie
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934 · Movie
The World Moves On
1934 · Movie
Murder in Trinidad
1934 · Movie
Pirate Treasure
1934 · Movie
Sleepers East
1934 · Movie
Smoky
1933 · Movie
Roman Scandals
1933 · Movie
Doctor Bull
1933 · Movie
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933 · Movie
Gordon of Ghost City
1933 · Movie
The Man from Monterey
1933 · Movie
Pilgrimage
1933 · Movie
Life in the Raw
1933 · Movie
Clancy of the Mounted
1933 · Movie
The Lost Special
1932 · Movie
Air Mail
1932 · Movie
Heroes of the West
1932 · Movie
The Rider of Death Valley
1932 · Movie
Destry Rides Again
1932 · Movie
Scandal for Sale
1932 · Movie
Tangled Fortunes
1932 · Movie
The Impatient Maiden
1932 · Movie
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931 · Movie
Frankenstein
1931 · Movie
Possessed
1931 · Movie
A Free Soul
1931 · Movie
The Front Page
1931 · Movie
Seas Beneath
1931 · Movie
Shadows of Broadway
1930 · Movie
Abraham Lincoln
1930 · Movie
The Indians Are Coming
1930 · Movie
Sons of the Saddle
1930 · Movie
Song of the Caballero
1930 · Movie
Kathleen Mavourneen
1930 · Movie
The Jade Box
1930 · Movie
The Mounted Stranger
1930 · Movie
Mister Antonio
1929 · Movie
The Black Watch
1929 · Movie
The Lariat Kid
1929 · Movie
The Chinatown Mystery
1928 · Movie
Sisters of Eve
1928 · Movie
The Four-Footed Ranger
1928 · Movie
The Trail of '98
1928 · Movie
The Call of the Heart
1928 · Movie
The Branded Sombrero
1928 · Movie
One Glorious Scrap
1927 · Movie
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927 · Movie
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1927 · Movie
Wolf's Trail
1927 · Movie
The Cruise of the Hellion
1927 · Movie
Life in Hollywood No. 1
1927 · Movie
The Heart of Maryland
1927 · Movie
The Devil's Saddle
1927 · Movie
Men of Daring
1927 · Movie
Upstream
1927 · Movie
Speed Cop
1926 · Movie
Dog Scents
1926 · Movie
The Silent Trailer
1926 · Movie
Officer '444'
1926 · Movie
The Winking Idol
1926 · Movie
The Fighting Heart
1925 · Movie
Perils of the Wild
1925 · Movie
The Red Rider
1925 · Movie
Ridin' Thunder
1925 · Movie
The Power God
1925 · Movie
Taming the West
1925 · Movie
A Roaring Adventure
1925 · Movie
The Sign of the Cactus
1925 · Movie
Soft Shoes
1925 · Movie
The Lash of Pinto Pete
1924 · Movie
The Measure of a Man
1924 · Movie
Hearts of Oak
1924 · Movie
Cupid's Rustler
1924 · Movie
Lash of the Whip
1924 · Movie
Mine to Keep
1923 · Movie
Haunted Valley
1923 · Movie
Three Jumps Ahead
1923 · Movie
The Boss of Camp 4
1922 · Movie
Gold Grabbers
1922 · Movie
The Village Blacksmith
1922 · Movie
Thundering Hoofs
1922 · Movie
The Lady from Longacre
1921 · Movie
The Stampede
1921 · Movie
Action
1921 · Movie
The Great Reward
1921 · Movie
I Am the Woman
1921 · Movie
Cyclone Bliss
1921 · Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16
1920 · Movie
The Mystery Of 13
1919 · Movie
The Silent Mystery
1918 · Movie
The Craving
1918 · Movie
Berlin Via America
1918 · Movie
The Avenging Trail
1917 · Movie
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
1917 · Movie
Who Was the Other Man?
1917 · Movie
The Trail of Hate
1917 · Movie
The Leap
1917 · Movie
The Vault of Mystery
1917 · Movie
The Tornado
1917 · Movie
The Demon of the Sky
1917 · Movie
The Ablaze in Mid-Air
1917 · Movie
The Purple Domino
1917 · Movie
The Purple Mask
1916 · Movie
Mister Vampire
1916 · Movie
The Bandit's Wager
1916 · Movie
The Princely Bandit
1916 · Movie
Brennon o' the Moor
1916 · Movie
The Unexpected
1916 · Movie
Behind the Mask
1916 · Movie
The Madcap Queen of Crona
1916 · Movie
The Cry of Erin
1916 · Movie
Born of the People
1916 · Movie
His Majesty Dick Turpin
1916 · Movie
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
1916 · Movie
The Campbells Are Coming
1915 · Movie
The Broken Coin
1915 · Movie
The Heart of Lincoln
1915 · Movie
A Study in Scarlet
1914 · Movie
The Phantom Violin
1914 · Movie
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
1914 · Movie
Washington at Valley Forge
1914 · Movie
In the Fall of '64
1914 · Movie
The Black Masks
1913 · Movie
The Battle of Bull Run
1913 · Movie
When Lincoln Paid
1913 · Movie
The Invaders
1912 · Movie
The Ball Player and the Bandit
1912 · Movie
On Secret Service
1912 · Movie
Custer's Last Fight
1912 · Movie
The Outcast
1912 · Movie
The Lieutenant's Last Fight
1912 · Movie
The Post Telegrapher
1912 · Movie
Blazing the Trail
1912 · Movie
The Deserter
1912 · Movie
The Heart of an Indian
1912 · Movie
War on the Plains
1912 · Movie
A Western Girl
1911 · Movie
Bessie's Ride
1911 · Movie
In the Right of Way
1911 · Movie
The Kiss of Mary Jane
1911 · Movie
When the Tables Turned
1911 · Movie
Her Spoiled Boy
1911 · Movie
In Time for Press
1911 · Movie
The Immortal Alamo
1911 · Movie
The Redemption of Rawhide
1911 · Movie
The Spring Round-Up
1911 · Movie
Mary's Stratagem
1911 · Movie
The Reformation of Jack Robins
1911 · Movie
An Unwilling Cowboy
1911 · Movie
Jack Mason's Last Deal
1911 · Movie
Her Faithful Heart
1911 · Movie
The Warrant for Red Rube
1911 · Movie
Sir Percy and the Punchers
1911 · Movie
The Snake in the Grass
1911 · Movie
In the Hot Lands
1911 · Movie
Billy and His Pal
1911 · Movie
Only a Sister
1911 · Movie
The Owner of L.L. Ranch
1911 · Movie
The Crimson Scars
1911 · Movie
In the Tall Grass Country
1910 · Movie
A Western Welcome
1910 · Movie
Pals
1910 · Movie
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls
1910 · Movie
His Sergeant's Stripes
1910 · Movie
A Mountain Wife
1910 · Movie
Uncle Jim
1910 · Movie
Out for Mischief
1910 · Movie
Billy's Sister
1910 · Movie
A Plucky American Girl
1910 · Movie
Salt on the Bird's Tail
1910 · Movie
In the Mission Shadows
1910 · Movie
Baseball, That's All
1910 · Movie
Won in the Fifth
1910 · Movie
The Romance of Circle Ranch
1910 · Movie
Return of Ta-Wa-Wa
1910 · Movie
A Postal Substitute
1910 · Movie
The Golden Secret
1910 · Movie
The Little Preacher
1910 · Movie
The Ruling Passion
1910 · Movie
White Doe's Lovers
1910 · Movie
A Texas Joke
1910 · Movie
Love's C.Q.D.
1910 · Movie
The Padre's Secret
1910 · Movie
The Paleface Princess
1910 · Movie
A Rough Night on the Bridge
1910 · Movie
Speed Versus Death
1910 · Movie
The Seal of the Church
1910 · Movie
The Newly Born
1910 · Movie
Branding a Thief
1910 · Movie
Cyclone Pete's Matrimony
1910 · Movie
The Fortune Favors the Brave
1908 · Movie