Francis Ford

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1881-08-12 (72 years old)

Deathday

1953-09-05

Place of Birth

Portland, Maine, USA

Francis Ford

Biography

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 infa...

Acting

1939

Stagecoach

as Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as Migrant (uncredited)

1952

The Quiet Man

as Dan Tobin

1946

College Queen

as Pop, The Janitor

1944

The Princess and the Pirate

as Drunken Pirate (uncredited)

1934

Judge Priest

as Juror No. 12

1937

A Star Is Born

as William Gregory (uncredited)

1930

The Jade Box

as Martin Morgan

1938

Mannequin

as Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)

1916

Mister Vampire

as The Vampire Man

1936

1936

Charlie Chan's Secret

as Captain of salvage ship

1916

The Madcap Queen of Crona

as Prince Frederick

1916

The Unexpected

as The Mexican Foreman

1916

His Majesty Dick Turpin

as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin

1916

The Cry of Erin

as Shemus O'Brien

1930

The Indians Are Coming

as George Woods / Tom Woods

1916

The Princely Bandit

as Prince Frederick

1916

Brennon o' the Moor

as Willy Brennon

1922

1925

Taming the West

as Frosty Miller

1925

Ridin' Thunder

as Frank Douglas

1950

Wagon Master

as Mr. Peachtree

1947

High Tide

as Pop Garrow

1942

The Mummy's Tomb

as Townsman (uncredited)

1927

Men of Daring

as Black Roger

1946

Accomplice

as King Connors

1926

The Silent Trailer

as Mrs. Coleman's Physician

1922

The Boss of Camp 4

as Dude McCormick

1928

The Branded Sombrero

as Link Jarvis

1925

The Red Rider

as Brown Bear

1911

A Western Girl

as Hartley

1933

The Man from Monterey

as Don Pablo Gonzales

1939

1912

1912

The Outcast

as Evans, a Trapper

1917

The Purple Domino

as Hugo Loubeque

1945

The White Gorilla

as Mr. Stacey

1932

The Impatient Maiden

as Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)

1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

as Corporal O'Toole

1927

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Captain (uncredited)

1923

Mine to Keep

as Jack Deering

1942

1947

Driftwood

as Abner Green

1951

Rim of the Wheel

as Mr. Dickerson

1911

Billy and His Pal

as Jim - the Cowpuncher

1938

The Texans

as Uncle Dud

1928

1948

The Far Frontier

as Alf Sharper

1912

The Invaders

as Colonel James Bryson

1932

Air Mail

as Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)

1934

The World Moves On

as Legionaire in Trench

1930

The Mounted Stranger

as 'Spider' Coy

1932

Tangled Fortunes

as Matt Higgins

1929

The Lariat Kid

as Cal Gregg

1937

Slave Ship

as Scraps

1912

Custer's Last Fight

as General George A. Custer

1940

Viva Cisco Kid

as Proprietor

1930

Kathleen Mavourneen

as James, the butler

1934

Pirate Treasure

as Dick's Friend at the Airfield

1929

The Black Watch

as MacGregor (uncredited)

1932

Destry Rides Again

as Judd Ogden

1940

1938

Kentucky Moonshine

as Grandpa Hatfield

1939

Bad Lands

as Charlie Garth

1946

Wake Up and Dream

as Old Man at Counter

1936

Little Miss Nobody

as Detective

1948

Fort Apache

as Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)

1916

The Purple Mask

as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx

1916

1918

Berlin Via America

as Phil Kelly

1914

In the Fall of '64

as Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer

1915

The Broken Coin

as Count Frederick

1915

The Heart of Lincoln

as Abraham Lincoln

1927

The Devil's Saddle

as Pete Hepburn

1930

Sons of the Saddle

as 'Red' Slade

1930

Song of the Caballero

as Don Pedro Madero

1918

The Silent Mystery

as Phil Kelly

1927

1932

Scandal for Sale

as Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk

1945

Wildfire

as Ezra Mills

1918

The Craving

as Carroll Wayles

1932

The Lost Special

as Botter Hood

1916

The Bandit's Wager

as Nan's Brother / The Bandit

1912

The Heart of an Indian

as The Indian chief

1933

Life in the Raw

as Sheriff Myles

1935

Paris in Spring

as Drunken Peasant

1941

Last of the Duanes

as Luke Stevens

1927

Upstream

as Juggler

1952

The Living Bible

as Samaritan Leper

1936

Paddy O'Day

as Immigration Officer Tom McGuire

1944

Home in Indiana

as Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)

1945

Murder, He Says

as Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)

1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Sam Boone (uncredited)

1935

This Is the Life

as Sticky Jones

1932

Heroes of the West

as Cavalry Captain

1933

Gordon of Ghost City

as Jim Carmody

1912

On Secret Service

as Abraham Lincoln

1931

Frankenstein

as Hans (uncredited)

1919

The Mystery Of 13

as Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly

1940

Lucky Cisco Kid

as Court Clerk

1928

The Trail of '98

as Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)

1943

1946

Sister Kenny

as Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)

1949

San Antone Ambush

as Major Farnsworth

1910

The Newly Born

as Mr. Newlywed

1910

1910

Speed Versus Death

as Mr. Braggs

1910

Love's C.Q.D.

as Lt. Robert Bright

1910

1910

The Paleface Princess

as Captain Keen

1910

White Doe's Lovers

as The Cowboy

1910

Out for Mischief

as The Father

1910

Won in the Fifth

as Young Minister

1910

1910

The Golden Secret

as Will Brown

1910

1910

The Ruling Passion

as Tony Valero

1910

1910

A Postal Substitute

as Jack Flynn

1910

A Mountain Wife

as Her Husband, a Moonshiner

1910

His Sergeant's Stripes

as The Corporal

1910

Baseball, That's All

as The Husband

1910

Pals

as Denton

1910

Cowboys and Bachelor Girls

as The Cowboy Hero

1911

In the Hot Lands

as The County Doctor

1911

Her Faithful Heart

as Bill Rank

1911

1911

1911

An Unwilling Cowboy

as Jim Edwards

1911

1911

The Spring Round-Up

as Jim Dempsey

1911

Sir Percy and the Punchers

as Sir Percy Granville

1946

My Darling Clementine

as Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)

1911

1911

Jack Mason's Last Deal

as Jim Saunders

1911

1911

1911

In the Right of Way

as John Walsh

1911

Bessie's Ride

as John Burton

1911

The Redemption of Rawhide

as Reverend Simpson

1936

Sins of Man

as Town Drunk

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

as Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)

1947

Unconquered

as Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)

1948

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

as Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)

1912

1941

Romance of the Rio Grande

as Stagecoach Driver

1933

Smoky

as Horse Buyer

1940

Diamond Frontier

as Derek Bluje

1912

The Post Telegrapher

as Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher

1947

Gunfighters

as Cook (uncredited)

1935

The Arizonian

as Mayor Ed Comstock

1933

1940

Three Faces West

as Farmer Bill, with Higgins

1948

Eyes of Texas

as Thad Cameron

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)

1939

Geronimo

as Scout

1921

Action

as Soda Water Manning

1942

1938

1933

Doctor Bull

as Mr. Herring

1942

1942

King of the Mounties

as Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)

1948

3 Godfathers

as Drunk (uncredited)

1947

Bandits of Dark Canyon

as Horse Trader

1925

The Fighting Heart

as Town Fool

1948

The Timber Trail

as Ralph Baker

1948

The Plunderers

as Barnaby

1941

Riders of the Purple Sage

as Inebriated Courtroom Spectator

1941

Western Union

as Eastbound Stagecoach Driver

1949

1945

Incendiary Blonde

as Ranch Owner (uncredited)

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Veteran (uncredited)

1934

1934

Sleepers East

as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

1913

The Black Masks

as Fred Francis - a Crook

1931

Possessed

as Drunken Husband (uncredited)

1935

The Informer

as 'Judge' Flynn

1921

The Stampede

as Robert Wagner

1931

A Free Soul

as Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)

1926

Officer '444'

as Fire Chief

1923

Three Jumps Ahead

as Ben McLean

1925

Soft Shoes

as Quig Mundy

1928

The Four-Footed Ranger

as Brom Hockley

1927

The Heart of Maryland

as Jefferson Davis

1924

Lash of the Whip

as 'Hurricane' Smith

1928

Sisters of Eve

as Pritchard

1912

1936

Educating Father

as Sheriff Hart

1930

Abraham Lincoln

as Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)

1945

Hangover Square

as Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)

1945

Mom and Dad

as Dr. Rubin

1916

Behind the Mask

as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin

1917

Who Was the Other Man?

as James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann

1922

Thundering Hoofs

as Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill

1944

The Climax

as Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)

1914

A Study in Scarlet

as Sherlock Holmes

1935

Goin' to Town

as Sheriff

1936

The Plough and the Stars

as Old Man (uncredited)

1912

The Deserter

as The Deserter

1912

War on the Plains

as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector

1933

Pilgrimage

as Mayor Elmer Briggs

1936

Gentle Julia

as Tubbs, Fish Peddler

1937

Checkers

as Daniel Snodgrass

1947

California

as Jessie (uncredited)

1933

Clancy of the Mounted

as Inspector Cabot

1921

The Lady from Longacre

as Count de Freitas

1921

The Great Reward

as The American Adventurer

1925

A Roaring Adventure

as Colonel Burns

1924

The Measure of a Man

as 'Pale' Peter

1920

1937

The Last Train from Madrid

as Pedro Elias (uncredited)

Production

1917

1912

The Invaders

as Director

1926

Officer '444'

as Director

1912

1915

The Broken Coin

as Director

1917

1915

1918

1914

1914

Washington at Valley Forge

as Scenario Writer

1918

The Craving

as Director

1918

The Craving

as Story

1918

1916

1916

The Purple Mask

as Director

1916

1916

The Cry of Erin

as Scenario Writer

1916

1916

The Cry of Erin

as Director

1916

The Unexpected

as Director

1925

1916

1916

1928

1927

Wolf's Trail

as Director

1916

Mister Vampire

as Director

1919

1924

1924

1924

Cupid's Rustler

as Director

1926

Dog Scents

as Director

1926

1926

The Silent Trailer

as Scenario Writer

1914

1916

1912

1930

1917

1917

The Tornado

as Story

1913

The Black Masks

as Director

1922

Thundering Hoofs

as Director

1921

The Stampede

as Director

1913

1925

The Power God

as Director

1917

The Leap

as Director

1922

Gold Grabbers

as Director

1921

Cyclone Bliss

as Director

1924

Lash of the Whip

as Director

1916

Behind the Mask

as Director

1917

1914

1917

1921

The Great Reward

as Director

1921

The Great Reward

as Producer

1924

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