Francis Ford
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1881-08-12
Day of Death
1953-09-05 (72 years old)
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 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.
Acting
(1953)
The Sun Shines Bright
as Feeney
(1952)
The Quiet Man
as Dan Tobin
(1952)
(1952)
The Living Bible
as Samaritan Leper
(1951)
Rim of the Wheel
as Mr. Dickerson
(1950)
Wagon Master
as Mr. Peachtree
(1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
(1949)
San Antone Ambush
as Major Farnsworth
(1949)
Frontier Investigator
as Ed Garnett
(1948)
Fort Apache
as Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
(1948)
3 Godfathers
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1948)
The Far Frontier
as Alf Sharper
(1948)
Eyes of Texas
as Thad Cameron
(1948)
The Timber Trail
as Ralph Baker
(1948)
The Plunderers
as Barnaby
(1948)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
(1947)
California
as Jessie (uncredited)
(1947)
Unconquered
as Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
(1947)
Gunfighters
as Cook (uncredited)
(1947)
Driftwood
as Abner Green
(1947)
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Horse Trader
(1947)
High Tide
as Pop Garrow
(1946)
My Darling Clementine
as Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
(1946)
Wake Up and Dream
as Old Man at Counter
(1946)
Accomplice
as King Connors
(1946)
College Queen
as Pop, The Janitor
(1945)
Mom and Dad
as Dr. Rubin
(1945)
Hangover Square
as Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
(1945)
Murder, He Says
as Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
(1945)
The White Gorilla
as Mr. Stacey
(1945)
Wildfire
as Ezra Mills
(1945)
Incendiary Blonde
as Ranch Owner (uncredited)
(1944)
The Princess and the Pirate
as Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
(1944)
The Climax
as Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
(1944)
Home in Indiana
as Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
(1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
(1943)
The Desperadoes
as Hank
(1942)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1942)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Caretaker
(1942)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Tavern Keeper
(1942)
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
as Bartender
(1942)
King of the Mounties
as Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Veteran (uncredited)
(1941)
Western Union
as Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
(1941)
(1941)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
(1941)
Last of the Duanes
as Luke Stevens
(1941)
Romance of the Rio Grande
as Stagecoach Driver
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Migrant (uncredited)
(1940)
Three Faces West
as Farmer Bill, with Higgins
(1940)
South of Pago Pago
as Foster
(1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Court Clerk
(1940)
Viva Cisco Kid
as Proprietor
(1940)
Diamond Frontier
as Derek Bluje
(1939)
Stagecoach
as Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
(1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Joe Boleo
(1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Sam Boone (uncredited)
(1939)
Geronimo
as Scout
(1939)
Bad Lands
as Charlie Garth
(1938)
Mannequin
as Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
(1938)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Miner
(1938)
The Texans
as Uncle Dud
(1938)
In Old Chicago
as Driver
(1938)
Kentucky Moonshine
as Grandpa Hatfield
(1937)
A Star Is Born
as William Gregory (uncredited)
(1937)
The Last Train from Madrid
as Pedro Elias (uncredited)
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Scraps
(1937)
Checkers
as Daniel Snodgrass
(1936)
Charlie Chan's Secret
as Captain of salvage ship
(1936)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Corporal O'Toole
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as John Gaines
(1936)
The Plough and the Stars
as Old Man (uncredited)
(1936)
Sins of Man
as Town Drunk
(1936)
Little Miss Nobody
as Detective
(1936)
Paddy O'Day
as Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
(1936)
Gentle Julia
as Tubbs, Fish Peddler
(1936)
Educating Father
as Sheriff Hart
(1935)
Paris in Spring
as Drunken Peasant
(1935)
The Informer
as 'Judge' Flynn
(1935)
Goin' to Town
as Sheriff
(1935)
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Efe
(1935)
The Arizonian
as Mayor Ed Comstock
(1935)
This Is the Life
as Sticky Jones
(1934)
Judge Priest
as Juror No. 12
(1934)
Sleepers East
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
(1934)
The World Moves On
as Legionaire in Trench
(1934)
Murder in Trinidad
as Davenant
(1934)
Charlie Chan's Courage
as Hewitt
(1934)
Pirate Treasure
as Dick's Friend at the Airfield
(1933)
Doctor Bull
as Mr. Herring
(1933)
Pilgrimage
as Mayor Elmer Briggs
(1933)
The Man from Monterey
as Don Pablo Gonzales
(1933)
Smoky
as Horse Buyer
(1933)
Gordon of Ghost City
as Jim Carmody
(1933)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Captain Hallett
(1933)
Life in the Raw
as Sheriff Myles
(1933)
Clancy of the Mounted
as Inspector Cabot
(1932)
Tangled Fortunes
as Matt Higgins
(1932)
Scandal for Sale
as Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
(1932)
Air Mail
as Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
(1932)
Destry Rides Again
as Judd Ogden
(1932)
The Rider of Death Valley
as Gabe
(1932)
The Impatient Maiden
as Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
(1932)
The Lost Special
as Botter Hood
(1932)
Heroes of the West
as Cavalry Captain
(1931)
Frankenstein
as Hans (uncredited)
(1931)
Possessed
as Drunken Husband (uncredited)
(1931)
A Free Soul
as Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
(1931)
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as Jim Rodney
(1930)
Abraham Lincoln
as Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
(1930)
The Mounted Stranger
as 'Spider' Coy
(1930)
The Jade Box
as Martin Morgan
(1930)
Kathleen Mavourneen
as James, the butler
(1930)
The Indians Are Coming
as George Woods / Tom Woods
(1930)
Sons of the Saddle
as 'Red' Slade
(1930)
Song of the Caballero
as Don Pedro Madero
(1929)
(1929)
The Black Watch
as MacGregor (uncredited)
(1929)
The Lariat Kid
as Cal Gregg
(1928)
The Trail of '98
as Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
(1928)
The Branded Sombrero
as Link Jarvis
(1928)
Sisters of Eve
as Pritchard
(1928)
The Chinatown Mystery
as The Sphinx
(1928)
The Four-Footed Ranger
as Brom Hockley
(1927)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Captain (uncredited)
(1927)
Upstream
as Juggler
(1927)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as John Hazzard
(1927)
The Devil's Saddle
as Pete Hepburn
(1927)
The Cruise of the Hellion
as Peg-leg
(1927)
The Heart of Maryland
as Jefferson Davis
(1927)
Life in Hollywood No. 1
as Self
(1927)
Men of Daring
as Black Roger
(1926)
The Silent Trailer
as Mrs. Coleman's Physician
(1926)
Officer '444'
as Fire Chief
(1925)
Soft Shoes
as Quig Mundy
(1925)
The Fighting Heart
as Town Fool
(1925)
The Red Rider
as Brown Bear
(1925)
A Roaring Adventure
as Colonel Burns
(1925)
Ridin' Thunder
as Frank Douglas
(1925)
Taming the West
as Frosty Miller
(1924)
The Measure of a Man
as 'Pale' Peter
(1924)
(1924)
Lash of the Whip
as 'Hurricane' Smith
(1923)
Three Jumps Ahead
as Ben McLean
(1923)
Mine to Keep
as Jack Deering
(1922)
The Village Blacksmith
as Asa Martin
(1922)
The Boss of Camp 4
as Dude McCormick
(1922)
Thundering Hoofs
as Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
(1921)
The Lady from Longacre
as Count de Freitas
(1921)
Action
as Soda Water Manning
(1921)
The Stampede
as Robert Wagner
(1921)
The Great Reward
as The American Adventurer
(1920)
Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16
as The Director / Self
(1919)
The Mystery Of 13
as Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
(1918)
The Silent Mystery
as Phil Kelly
(1918)
Berlin Via America
as Phil Kelly
(1918)
The Craving
as Carroll Wayles
(1917)
Who Was the Other Man?
as James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
(1917)
(1917)
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
as John Ermine
(1917)
The Purple Domino
as Hugo Loubeque
(1917)
(1916)
The Purple Mask
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
(1916)
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
as Dr. Lund, Junior
(1916)
The Bandit's Wager
as Nan's Brother / The Bandit
(1916)
The Cry of Erin
as Shemus O'Brien
(1916)
The Princely Bandit
as Prince Frederick
(1916)
The Unexpected
as The Mexican Foreman
(1916)
Mister Vampire
as The Vampire Man
(1916)
His Majesty Dick Turpin
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
(1916)
Brennon o' the Moor
as Willy Brennon
(1916)
Behind the Mask
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
(1916)
The Madcap Queen of Crona
as Prince Frederick
(1915)
(1915)
The Broken Coin
as Count Frederick
(1915)
The Heart of Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
(1914)
A Study in Scarlet
as Sherlock Holmes
(1914)
In the Fall of '64
as Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
(1914)
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
as Hugo Loubeque
(1914)
Washington at Valley Forge
as The Spy
(1914)
(1913)
The Black Masks
as Fred Francis - a Crook
(1913)
(1912)
On Secret Service
as Abraham Lincoln
(1912)
The Ball Player and the Bandit
as A Baseball Fan
(1912)
War on the Plains
as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
(1912)
The Post Telegrapher
as Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
(1912)
Custer's Last Fight
as General George A. Custer
(1912)
The Invaders
as Colonel James Bryson
(1912)
Blazing the Trail
as Blake
(1912)
The Deserter
as The Deserter
(1912)
The Heart of an Indian
as The Indian chief
(1912)
The Lieutenant's Last Fight
as Colonel Garvin
(1912)
The Outcast
as Evans, a Trapper
(1911)
(1911)
The Immortal Alamo
as Navarre
(1911)
Jack Mason's Last Deal
as Jim Saunders
(1911)
The Spring Round-Up
as Jim Dempsey
(1911)
(1911)
When the Tables Turned
as Cowboy
(1911)
An Unwilling Cowboy
as Jim Edwards
(1911)
The Owner of L.L. Ranch
as Jeff
(1911)
Only a Sister
as John
(1911)
The Snake in the Grass
as Texas Ed
(1911)
Bessie's Ride
as John Burton
(1911)
In Time for Press
as Jim Ford
(1911)
Sir Percy and the Punchers
as Sir Percy Granville
(1911)
In the Hot Lands
as The County Doctor
(1911)
In the Right of Way
as John Walsh
(1911)
The Redemption of Rawhide
as Reverend Simpson
(1911)
A Western Girl
as Hartley
(1911)
Billy and His Pal
as Jim - the Cowpuncher
(1911)
Mary's Stratagem
as Bill
(1911)
The Kiss of Mary Jane
as Black Bill
(1911)
The Warrant for Red Rube
as Red Rube
(1911)
Her Faithful Heart
as Bill Rank
(1911)
The Reformation of Jack Robins
as Jack Robbins
(1910)
White Doe's Lovers
as The Cowboy
(1910)
His Sergeant's Stripes
as The Corporal
(1910)
(1910)
A Postal Substitute
as Jack Flynn
(1910)
A Western Welcome
as John
(1910)
Speed Versus Death
as Mr. Braggs
(1910)
The Little Preacher
as Joe Lane
(1910)
Return of Ta-Wa-Wa
as Ta-Wa-Wa
(1910)
(1910)
Baseball, That's All
as The Husband
(1910)
The Padre's Secret
as Baptiste
(1910)
Out for Mischief
as The Father
(1910)
The Ruling Passion
as Tony Valero
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
Pals
as Denton
(1910)
(1910)
The Golden Secret
as Will Brown
(1910)
Won in the Fifth
as Young Minister
(1910)
Billy's Sister
as Billy
(1910)
Love's C.Q.D.
as Lt. Robert Bright
(1910)
The Romance of Circle Ranch
as Honest Jim
(1910)
The Newly Born
as Mr. Newlywed
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
The Paleface Princess
as Captain Keen
(1910)
A Mountain Wife
as Her Husband, a Moonshiner
(1910)
(1910)
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls
as The Cowboy Hero
(1910)
(1910)
Cyclone Pete's Matrimony
as Cyclone Pete
(1908)
Crew
(1930)
Shadows of Broadway
Writer
(1928)
The Chinatown Mystery
Writer
(1928)
The Call of the Heart
Director
(1927)
Wolf's Trail
Director
(1926)
Officer '444'
Director
(1926)
The Silent Trailer
Director, Scenario Writer
(1926)
Dog Scents
Director
(1925)
Perils of the Wild
Director
(1925)
The Power God
Director
(1924)
Lash of the Whip
Writer, Director
(1924)
Cupid's Rustler
Director, Writer
(1924)
The Lash of Pinto Pete
Director
(1922)
Thundering Hoofs
Director
(1922)
Gold Grabbers
Director
(1921)
The Stampede
Director
(1921)
Cyclone Bliss
Director
(1921)
The Great Reward
Director, Producer
(1919)
The Mystery Of 13
Director
(1918)
Berlin Via America
Director
(1918)
The Craving
Director, Story
(1918)
The Silent Mystery
Director
(1917)
The Avenging Trail
Director
(1917)
The Vault of Mystery
Director
(1917)
The Trail of Hate
Director
(1917)
The Tornado
Story
(1917)
The Leap
Director
(1917)
Who Was the Other Man?
Director
(1917)
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
Director
(1917)
The Demon in the Sky
Director, Writer
(1916)
(1916)
The Bandit's Wager
Director, Producer
(1916)
The Purple Mask
Director, Writer
(1916)
His Majesty Dick Turpin
Director
(1916)
Born of the People
Director
(1916)
The Cry of Erin
Director, Scenario Writer
(1916)
The Madcap Queen of Crona
Director
(1916)
The Unexpected
Director
(1916)
Brennon o' the Moor
Director
(1916)
The Princely Bandit
Director
(1916)
Mister Vampire
Director
(1916)
Behind the Mask
Director
(1915)
The Broken Coin
Director
(1915)
The Heart of Lincoln
Director
(1915)
The Campbells Are Coming
Director
(1914)
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
Director, Writer
(1914)
In the Fall of '64
Director
(1914)
Washington at Valley Forge
Director, Scenario Writer
(1914)
A Study in Scarlet
Director
(1914)
The Phantom Violin
Director
(1913)
The Black Masks
Director
(1913)
When Lincoln Paid
Director
(1912)
The Ball Player and the Bandit
Director
(1912)
The Invaders
Director
(1912)
Custer's Last Fight
Director
(1912)
The Post Telegrapher
Director