John Ford

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-02-01 (79 years old)

Deathday

1973-08-31

Place of Birth

Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

John Ford

Biography

John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Valley (1941), also won Best Picture. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important a...

Acting

1992

Omnibus: John Ford, Part One

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Monument Valley: John Ford Country

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2000

Shooting War

as himself

1952

Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas

as Himself (Grand Ball Attendee)

1915

The Broken Coin

as Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford)

1916

The Purple Mask

as (unconfirmed)

1917

The Tornado

as Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)

2009

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

as Self (archive footage)

2013

John Ford & Monument Valley

as Self (archive footage)

1999

National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway

as Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage) (unaccredited)

2006

Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner

as Himself (archive footage)

1917

The Trail of Hate

as Lt. Jack Brewer

1917

The Scrapper

as Buck, the scrapper

1971

Directed by John Ford

as Self (uncredited)

1915

The Birth of a Nation

as Klansman (uncredited)

1951

The Screen Director

as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

2019

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Spanish Western

as Self (archive footage)

1914

A Study in Scarlet

as John H. Watson, M.D.

2023

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1992

Fonda on Fonda

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Five Came Back

as Self (archive footage)

1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Ned (uncredited)

1929

Big Time

as John Ford (uncredited)

2000

John Wayne-A Life on Film

as Self (archive footage)

1989

John Ford's America

as Himself (Archive Footage)

Production

1939

Stagecoach

as Producer

1939

Stagecoach

as Director

1940

1946

1952

The Quiet Man

as Producer

1952

The Quiet Man

as Writer

1956

The Searchers

as Director

1934

Judge Priest

as Director

1950

Rio Grande

as Director

1950

Rio Grande

as Producer

1962

1961

1953

Mogambo

as Director

1926

3 Bad Men

as Producer

1926

3 Bad Men

as Director

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Director

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Producer

1948

3 Godfathers

as Director

1948

3 Godfathers

as Producer

1960

1963

Donovan's Reef

as Producer

1963

Donovan's Reef

as Director

1950

Wagon Master

as Director

1948

Fort Apache

as Director

1947

The Fugitive

as Director

1947

The Fugitive

as Producer

1957

1939

1937

1936

Mary of Scotland

as Director

1935

The Informer

as Director

1955

1958

Gideon's Day

as Director

1955

Mister Roberts

as Director

1934

The Lost Patrol

as Director

1959

1941

Tobacco Road

as Director

1945

1965

7 Women

as Director

1925

The Iron Horse

as Director

1925

The Iron Horse

as Producer

1939

1940

1942

1942

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Director

1930

Up the River

as Director

1952

What Price Glory

as Director

1933

Doctor Bull

as Director

1931

Arrowsmith

as Director

1930

Born Reckless

as Director

1937

The Hurricane

as Director

1917

Bucking Broadway

as Director

1928

Four Sons

as Director

1942

Sex Hygiene

as Director

1943

December 7th

as Director

1932

Air Mail

as Director

1953

1923

Hoodman Blind

as Director

1953

1920

Just Pals

as Director

1923

Cameo Kirby

as Director

1927

Upstream

as Director

1929

Salute

as Director

1932

Flesh

as Director

1928

Hangman's House

as Director

1928

Hangman's House

as Producer

1926

The Blue Eagle

as Director

1917

1933

Pilgrimage

as Director

1934

1938

1931

Seas Beneath

as Director

1921

The Big Punch

as Writer

1921

The Big Punch

as Director

1930

1928

Riley the Cop

as Director

1919

By Indian Post

as Director

1927

Mother Machree

as Director

1929

The Black Watch

as Director

1922

1925

Lightnin'

as Director

1957

1959

Korea

as Director

1951

This Is Korea!

as Director

1942

Torpedo Squadron

as Director

1938

Submarine Patrol

as Director

1922

Silver Wings

as Director

1926

1926

The Blue Eagle

as Producer

1957

1925

Kentucky Pride

as Director

1917

The Tornado

as Director

1918

Hell Bent

as Director

1918

Hell Bent

as Story

1918

The Craving

as Writer

1931

The Brat

as Director

1921

Desperate Trails

as Director

1921

Sure Fire

as Director

1921

The Freeze-Out

as Director

1919

The Last Outlaw

as Director

1949

Mighty Joe Young

as Executive Producer

1930

1930

1962

Flashing Spikes

as Director

1928

Four Sons

as Producer

1928

Riley the Cop

as Producer

1927

Mother Machree

as Producer

1934

The Lost Patrol

as Producer

1936

1952

The Quiet Man

as Director

1923

1922

1921

Jackie

as Director

1932

Flesh

as Producer

1915

The Broken Coin

as Assistant Director

1917

The Soul Herder

as Director

1917

1917

The Scrapper

as Director

1917

Cheyenne's Pal

as Director

1917

The Scrapper

as Writer

1917

A Marked Man

as Director

1917

The Secret Man

as Director

1918

Wild Women

as Director

1918

1918

Thieves' Gold

as Director

1918

1918

The Scarlet Drop

as Director

1918

1918

A Woman's Fool

as Director

1929

Salute

as Producer

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Producer

1940

1919

Roped

as Director

1929

Strong Boy

as Director

1925

1928

1919

1924

Hearts of Oak

as Director

1925

Thank You

as Director

1919

1919

The Rustlers

as Director

1919

Gun Law

as Director

1919

The Gun Packer

as Director

1919

Bare Fists

as Director

1919

A Fight For Love

as Director

1917

The Tornado

as Writer

1919

Riders of Vengeance

as Screenplay

1919

1950

Wagon Master

as Executive Producer

1948

Fort Apache

as Executive Producer

1941

Women in Defense

as Producer

1941

Women in Defense

as Director

1948

3 Godfathers

as Presenter

1950

Wagon Master

as Presenter

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Executive Producer

1950

Wagon Master

as Story

1919

Marked Men

as Director

1961

1935

The Informer

as Producer

1926

1947

The Fugitive

as Presenter

1920

1919

1919

Rider of the Law

as Director

1965

7 Women

as Producer

1971

Vietnam! Vietnam!

as Executive Producer

1921

Action

as Director

1943

December 7th

as Producer

1923

1923

1920

1945

1942

The Battle of Midway

as Director of Photography

1920

Hitchin' Posts

as Director

1946

1992

Unforgiven

as Thanks

1921

The Wallop

as Director

1918

Hell Bent

as Writer

1917

The Secret Man

as Scenario Writer

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