FRANCIS FORD
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Date of Birth
August 15, 1882 - Portland, ME
Date of Death
September 9, 1953
Mini-Biography
Mainly remembered for offering younger brother John Ford
his first opportunities in the movie business, Francis Ford (born Feeney)
was a touring company actor before entering films with Thomas Edison in 1907.
In the early 1910s, he served a tumultuous apprenticeship as a director/star
for producer Thomas Ince -- who in typical Ince fashion presented many
of Ford's accomplishments as his own -- before moving over to Carl Laemmle's
Universal in 1913. A true auteur, Ford would direct, write, and star in his own
Westerns and serials, often opposite Grace Cunard, the studio's top action heroine.
Contrary to popular belief they never married, but their onscreen partnership resulted
in such popular action serials as Lucille Love -- Girl of Mystery (1914),
The Broken Coin (1915), and The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring (1916).
Both Ford's and Cunard's careers declined in the 1920s,
with Ford directing mostly poverty row productions.
He kept working in films as a supporting actor through the early '50s,
mainly due to the influence of John, who often made Francis Ford
and Victor McLaglen supply the corny Irish humor for which he
exhibited a lifelong fondness. Francis Ford's son, Philip Ford,
also became a director of Westerns, and also like his father,
mainly of the poverty row variety.
~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Filmography
Actor
1953 The Marshal's Daughter.... Gramps
1953 The Sun Shines Bright.... Feeney
1953 It Happens Every Thursday .... Old Gentleman
1952 The Toughest Man in Arizona.... Hanchette
1952 The Quiet Man ....Dan Tobin
1952 The Lawless Breed .... Old Timer
1950 Wagon Master .... Mr. Peachtree
1950 Father Makes Good
1949 San Antone Ambush .... Maj. Farnsworth
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon .... Barman
1949 Frontier Investigator .... Ed Garnett
1948 The Plunderers .... Barnaby
1948 The Timber Trail .... Ralph Baker
1948 Eyes of Texas .... Thaddeus Cameron
1948 Fort Apache .... Fen, the Stage Guard
1948 The Far Frontier .... .... Alf Sharper
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 The Three Godfathers Drunken Old-Timer at Bar
1947 Unconquered
1947 Driftwood .... .... .... .... Abner Green
1947 Bandits of Dark Canyon Horse Trader
1947 High Tide Pop Garrow
1946 Renegades.... Eph
1946 Wake up and Dream .... Old Man at Counter
1946 Accomplice .... Pete Connors
1946 My Darling Clementine.... Dad
1946 California
1945 Murder, He Says .... Lee
1945 San Antonio .... Old Cowboy Greeting Coach
1945 Wildfire .... Ezra Mills
1945 State Fair Mr. ....Martin
1945 Hangover Square .... Antique Dealer
1945 Incendiary Blonde .... Ranch owner
1944 The Princess and the Pirate .... Drunken Pirate
1944 The Big Noise .... Station Attendant
1944 Bowery Champs .... Scoop
1944 Home in Indiana ... Ed
1943 Girls in Chains .... Jury Foreman
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident.... Old Man
1943 The Desperadoes .... Hank
1943 Jitterbugs .... Old-timer/Shill in League with Con Man Bailey
1942 The Man Who Wouldn't Die .... Caretaker
1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe .... Tavern Keeper
1942 Outlaws of Pine Ridge .... Bartender
1942 King of the Mounties .... Collins
1941 Tobacco Road .... Vagabond
1941 Western Union .... Stagecoach Driver
1941 They Died With Their Boots On .... Veteran
1941 The Last of the Duanes .... Luke Stevens
1940 The Man from Dakota .... Horseman
1940 Lucky Cisco Kid .... Court Clerk
1940 Viva Cisco Kid .... Proprietor
1940 The Grapes of Wrath
1940 South of Pago Pago .... Foster
1940 Diamond Frontier .... Derek Bluje
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk .... Joe Boleo
1939 Stagecoach .... Billy Pickett
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln .... Frank Ford
1939 Colorado Sunset .... drunk
1939 Geronimo .... Scout
1939 Bad Lands.... Garth
1938 The Texans .... Uncle Dud
1938 The Girl of the Golden West .... Miner
1938 In Old Chicago .... Driver
1938 Kentucky Moonshine .... Grandpa Hatfield
1937 Slave Ship ....Scraps
1937 The Road Back.... Street Cleaner
1937 Mannequin ... Tim, Hennessey Worker
1937 The Plainsman .... Veteran
1937 The Prisoner of Zenda .... Man
1937 A Star is Born .... Prisoner
1937 Checkers ... Daniel Snodgrass
1937 The Last Train from Madrid .... APedro Elias
1936 Sins of Man.... Town Drunk
1936 The Plough and the Stars
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island .... Corporal O'Toole
1936 Educating Father .... Sheriff Hart
1936 Gentle Julia .... Mr. Tubbs
1936 Charlie Chan at the Circus .... Gaines
1935 Steamboat Round the Bend .... Efe
1935 Paddy O'Day .... Immigration Officer
1935 This Is the Life .... Sticky
1935 The Whole Town's Talking .... Reporter at Dock
1935 The Informer .... "Judge" Flynn
1935 Goin' to Town .... Sheriff
1935 The Arizonian .... Mayor Ed Comstock
1935 Charlie Chan's Secret .... Boat Captain
1934 Murder in Trinidad .... Davenant
1934 The World Moves On ... Legionnaire
1934 Pirate Treasure: Mutiny .... henchman
1934 The Lost Patrol
1934 Judge Priest .... Juror No. 12
1934 Gun Justice .... Denver
1934 Charlie Chan's Courage .... Hewitt
1933 The Man from Monterey .... Don Pablo
1933 Pilgrimage .... Elmer
1933 Roman Scandals....Citizen
1933 Charlie Chan's Greatest Case.... Capt. Hallett
1933 Doctor Bull
1933 Life in the Raw
1932 Rider of Death Valley .... Gabe Dillon
1932 The Lost Special
1932 The Last Ride
1932 Air Mail .... Passenger
1932 Destry Rides Again
1931 The Seas Beneath .... Trawler Captain
1931 A Free Soul .... Skidrow Drunk
1931 Frankenstein .... Villager
1931 Battling with Buffalo Bill .... Jim Rodney
1930 Song of the Caballero .... Don Pedro Madera
1930 Sons of the Saddle .... Red Slade
1930 Mounted Stranger .... "Spider" Coy
1930 The Indians Are Coming .... Rance Carter
1930 Abraham Lincoln .... Sheridan's Aide
1930 Kathleen Mavourneen .... Butler
1929 The Black Watch .... Major MacGregor
1929 The Lariat Kid .... Cal Gregg
1928 Sisters of Eve
1928 Call of the Heart Director
1927 Men of Daring
1927 One Glorious Scrap .... Ralph Curtis
1927 Upstream ....Director
1927 Wreck of the Hesperus .... John Hazzard
1926 Speed Cop .... The Gentleman Crook
1925 Sign of the Cactus .... Panhandle George
1925 Soft Shoes .... Quig Mundy
1925 Taming of the West .... Frosty Miller
1924 The Measure of a Man .... "Pole" Peter
1924 Fighting Heart .... The Town Fool
1924 Hearts of Oak
1924 Lash of the Whip .... "Hurricane" Smith also Director / Screenwriter
1923 Three Jumps Ahead .... Virgil
1922 Trail's End Director
1922 Storm Girl Director
1922 So This Is Arizona .... Ned Kendall / Director
1922 They're Off Director
1922 Village Blacksmith ... Asa Martin
1922 Angel Citizens Director
1922 Another Man's Boots.... "The Stranger"
1922 Boss of Camp 4 .... Dude McCormick
1921 The Lady from Longacre .... Count de Freitas
1921 Action .... Soda Water Manning
1920 Thunderbolt Jack Director
1919 Crimson Shoals Director
1918 Delirium Director
1918 The Silent Mystery Director
1918 The Avenging Trail Director
1918 The Craving .... Carroll Wales / Screenwriter / Director
1917 Who Was the Other Man? Director
1917 John Ermine of the Yellowstone Director
1916 Lumber Yard Gang .... Det. Phil Kelley
1916 Peg O' the Ring .... Dr. Lund, Jr.
1916 Chicken-hearted Jim ....Jim Hardison
1916 Bandit's Wager .... The Bandit
1916 The Purple Mask
1916 Deserter
1915 Three Bad Men and a Girl.... Joe
1915 Broken Coin .... Count Frederick
1915 Doorway of Destruction .... Col. Patrick Feeney
1915 Hidden City .... Lt. Johns
1915 The Heart of Lincoln .... Director
1915 The Campbells Are Coming .... Actor / Director
1914 Lucille Love - the Girl of Mystery .... Hugo Loubeque
1914 Mysterious Rose .... Detective Phil Kelley
1914 Washington at Valley Forge.... George Washington
Screenwriter / Director
1912 The Invaders Colonel James Bryson Director
1912 Custer's Last Fight .... Director
1911 The Immortal Alamo .... Navarre
