Francis Ford
275 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 12, 1881
- Died
- Sep 5, 1953 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Portland, Maine, USA
- Also known as
- J. Francis O'Fearna · Francis Feeney · Frank Thomas Feeney
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.
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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.
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Known for
Francis Ford: movies and TV shows
Acting (260)
- 1953 The Sun Shines Bright
as Feeney
- 1952
- 1952 The Quiet Man
as Dan Tobin
- 1952 The Living Bible
as Samaritan Leper
- 1951 Rim of the Wheel
as Mr. Dickerson
- 1951
- 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 3 Godfathers
as Drunk (uncredited)
- 1948 The Far Frontier
as Alf Sharper
- 1948 The Plunderers
as Barnaby
- 1948 Eyes of Texas
as Thad Cameron
- 1948 The Timber Trail
as Ralph Baker
- 1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
- 1948 Fort Apache
as Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
- 1947 Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Horse Trader
- 1947 Unconquered
as Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
- 1947 Driftwood
as Abner Green
- 1947 High Tide
as Pop Garrow
- 1947 Gunfighters
as Cook (uncredited)
- 1947 California
as Jessie (uncredited)
- 1946 Wake Up and Dream
as Old Man at Counter
- 1946 My Darling Clementine
as Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
- 1946 Sister Kenny
as Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
- 1946 Accomplice
as King Connors
- 1946 College Queen
as Pop, The Janitor
- 1945 Incendiary Blonde
as Ranch Owner (uncredited)
- 1945 Wildfire
as Ezra Mills
- 1945 The White Gorilla
as Mr. Stacey
- 1945 Murder, He Says
as Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
- 1945 Hangover Square
as Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
- 1945 Mom and Dad
as Dr. Rubin
- 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 Desperadoes
as Hank
- 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
as Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
- 1942 Outlaws of Pine Ridge
as Bartender
- 1942 The Mummy's Tomb
as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1942 King of the Mounties
as Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
- 1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Tavern Keeper
- 1942 The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Caretaker
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Veteran (uncredited)
- 1941 Riders of the Purple Sage
as Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
- 1941 Last of the Duanes
as Luke Stevens
- 1941 Western Union
as Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
- 1941
- 1941 Romance of the Rio Grande
as Stagecoach Driver
- 1940 Diamond Frontier
as Derek Bluje
- 1940 South of Pago Pago
as Foster
- 1940 Three Faces West
as Farmer Bill, with Higgins
- 1940 Lucky Cisco Kid
as Court Clerk
- 1940 Viva Cisco Kid
as Proprietor
- 1940 The Grapes of Wrath
as Migrant (uncredited)
- 1939 Geronimo
as Scout
- 1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
as Joe Boleo
- 1939 Bad Lands
as Charlie Garth
- 1939 Young Mr. Lincoln
as Sam Boone (uncredited)
- 1939 Stagecoach
as Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
- 1938 The Texans
as Uncle Dud
- 1938 Kentucky Moonshine
as Grandpa Hatfield
- 1938 In Old Chicago
as Driver
- 1938 The Girl of the Golden West
as Miner
- 1938 Mannequin
as Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
- 1937 Checkers
as Daniel Snodgrass
- 1937 The Last Train from Madrid
as Pedro Elias (uncredited)
- 1937 Slave Ship
as Scraps
- 1937 A Star Is Born
as William Gregory (uncredited)
- 1936 The Plough and the Stars
as Old Man (uncredited)
- 1936 Sins of Man
as Town Drunk
- 1936 Little Miss Nobody
as Detective
- 1936 Educating Father
as Sheriff Hart
- 1936 Gentle Julia
as Tubbs, Fish Peddler
- 1936 Charlie Chan at the Circus
as John Gaines
- 1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Corporal O'Toole
- 1936 Paddy O'Day
as Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
- 1936 Charlie Chan's Secret
as Captain of salvage ship
- 1935 This Is the Life
as Sticky Jones
- 1935 Steamboat Round the Bend
as Efe
- 1935 Paris in Spring
as Drunken Peasant
- 1935 The Arizonian
as Mayor Ed Comstock
- 1935 The Informer
as 'Judge' Flynn
- 1935 Goin' to Town
as Sheriff
- 1934 Judge Priest
as Juror No. 12
- 1934 Charlie Chan's Courage
as Hewitt
- 1934 The World Moves On
as Legionaire in Trench
- 1934 Murder in Trinidad
as Davenant
- 1934 Pirate Treasure
as Dick's Friend at the Airfield
- 1934 Sleepers East
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
- 1933 Smoky
as Horse Buyer
- 1933 Roman Scandals
as Roman Citizen (uncredited)
- 1933 Doctor Bull
as Mr. Herring
- 1933 Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Captain Hallett
- 1933 Gordon of Ghost City
as Jim Carmody
- 1933 The Man from Monterey
as Don Pablo Gonzales
- 1933 Pilgrimage
as Mayor Elmer Briggs
- 1933 Life in the Raw
as Sheriff Myles
- 1933 Clancy of the Mounted
as Inspector Cabot
- 1932 The Lost Special
as Botter Hood
- 1932 Air Mail
as Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
- 1932 Heroes of the West
as Cavalry Captain
- 1932 The Rider of Death Valley
as Gabe
- 1932 Destry Rides Again
as Judd Ogden
- 1932 Scandal for Sale
as Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
- 1932 Tangled Fortunes
as Matt Higgins
- 1932 The Impatient Maiden
as Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
- 1931 Battling with Buffalo Bill
as Jim Rodney
- 1931 Frankenstein
as Hans (uncredited)
- 1931 Possessed
as Drunken Husband (uncredited)
- 1931 A Free Soul
as Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
- 1931 The Front Page
as Carl - Detective (uncredited)
- 1931 Seas Beneath
as Eric - Captain of Trawler (uncredited)
- 1930 Abraham Lincoln
as Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
- 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
- 1930 Kathleen Mavourneen
as James, the butler
- 1930 The Jade Box
as Martin Morgan
- 1930 The Mounted Stranger
as 'Spider' Coy
- 1929 Mister Antonio
as Bit Role (uncredited)
- 1929 The Black Watch
as MacGregor (uncredited)
- 1929 The Lariat Kid
as Cal Gregg
- 1928 The Chinatown Mystery
as The Sphinx
- 1928 Sisters of Eve
as Pritchard
- 1928 The Four-Footed Ranger
as Brom Hockley
- 1928 The Trail of '98
as Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1928 The Branded Sombrero
as Link Jarvis
- 1927 One Glorious Scrap
as Ralph Curtis
- 1927 Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Captain (uncredited)
- 1927 The Wreck of the Hesperus
as John Hazzard
- 1927 The Cruise of the Hellion
as Peg-leg
- 1927 The Heart of Maryland
as Jefferson Davis
- 1927 The Devil's Saddle
as Pete Hepburn
- 1927 Men of Daring
as Black Roger
- 1927 Upstream
as Juggler
- 1926 Speed Cop
as The Silk Thief
- 1926 The Silent Trailer
as Mrs. Coleman's Physician
- 1926 Officer '444'
as Fire Chief
- 1925 The Fighting Heart
as Town Fool
- 1925 The Red Rider
as Brown Bear
- 1925 Ridin' Thunder
as Frank Douglas
- 1925 Taming the West
as Frosty Miller
- 1925 A Roaring Adventure
as Colonel Burns
- 1925 The Sign of the Cactus
as Panhandle George
- 1925 Soft Shoes
as Quig Mundy
- 1924 The Measure of a Man
as 'Pale' Peter
- 1924
- 1924 Lash of the Whip
as 'Hurricane' Smith
- 1923 Mine to Keep
as Jack Deering
- 1923 Haunted Valley
as Sharkey
- 1923 Three Jumps Ahead
as Ben McLean
- 1922 The Boss of Camp 4
as Dude McCormick
- 1922 The Village Blacksmith
as Asa Martin
- 1922 Thundering Hoofs
as Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
- 1921 The Lady from Longacre
as Count de Freitas
- 1921 The Stampede
as Robert Wagner
- 1921 Action
as Soda Water Manning
- 1921 The Great Reward
as The American Adventurer
- 1921
- 1919 The Mystery Of 13
as Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
- 1918 The Silent Mystery
as Phil Kelly
- 1918 The Craving
as Carroll Wayles
- 1918 Berlin Via America
as Phil Kelly
- 1917 John Ermine of the Yellowstone
as John Ermine
- 1917 Who Was the Other Man?
as James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917 The Demon of the Sky
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
- 1917 The Purple Domino
as Hugo Loubeque
- 1917 The Ablaze in Mid-Air
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
- 1916 The Purple Mask
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
- 1916 Mister Vampire
as The Vampire Man
- 1916 The Bandit's Wager
as The Bandit / Nan's Brother's Friend
- 1916 The Princely Bandit
as Prince Frederick
- 1916 Brennon o' the Moor
as Willy Brennon
- 1916 The Unexpected
as The Mexican Foreman
- 1916 Behind the Mask
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
- 1916 The Madcap Queen of Crona
as Prince Frederick
- 1916 The Cry of Erin
as Shemus O'Brien
- 1916 His Majesty Dick Turpin
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
- 1916 The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
as Dr. Lund, Junior
- 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
- 1914 Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
as Hugo Loubeque
- 1914 Washington at Valley Forge
as The Spy
- 1914 In the Fall of '64
as Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
- 1913 The Black Masks
as Fred Francis - a Crook
- 1913 The Battle of Bull Run
as Abraham Lincoln
- 1913
- 1912 The Invaders
as Colonel James Bryson
- 1912 The Ball Player and the Bandit
as A Baseball Fan
- 1912 On Secret Service
as Abraham Lincoln
- 1912 Custer's Last Fight
as General George A. Custer
- 1912 The Outcast
as Evans, a Trapper
- 1912 The Lieutenant's Last Fight
as Colonel Garvin
+ 60 more credits
Behind the camera (60)
- 2025
- 1930 Shadows of Broadway
Writer
- 1928 The Chinatown Mystery
Writer
- 1928 The Call of the Heart
Director
- 1927 Wolf's Trail
Director
- 1926 Dog Scents
Director
- 1926 The Silent Trailer
Scenario Writer, Director
- 1926 Officer '444'
Director
- 1926 The Winking Idol
Director
- 1925 Perils of the Wild
Director
- 1925 The Power God
Director
- 1924 The Lash of Pinto Pete
Director
- 1924 Cupid's Rustler
Writer, Director
- 1924 Lash of the Whip
Writer, Director
- 1922 Gold Grabbers
Director
- 1922 Thundering Hoofs
Director
- 1921 The Stampede
Director
- 1921 The Great Reward
Director, Producer
- 1921 I Am the Woman
Director
- 1921 Cyclone Bliss
Director
- 1919 The Mystery Of 13
Director
- 1918 The Silent Mystery
Director
- 1918 The Craving
Story, Director
- 1918 Berlin Via America
Director
- 1917 The Avenging Trail
Director
- 1917 John Ermine of the Yellowstone
Director
- 1917 Who Was the Other Man?
Director
- 1917 The Trail of Hate
Director
- 1917 The Leap
Director
- 1917 The Vault of Mystery
Director
- 1917 The Tornado
Story
- 1917 The Demon of the Sky
Director, Writer
- 1917 The Ablaze in Mid-Air
Director
- 1916 The Purple Mask
Writer, Director
- 1916 Mister Vampire
Director
- 1916 The Bandit's Wager
Director, Producer
- 1916 The Princely Bandit
Director
- 1916 Brennon o' the Moor
Director
- 1916 The Unexpected
Director
- 1916 Behind the Mask
Director
- 1916 The Madcap Queen of Crona
Director
- 1916 The Cry of Erin
Director, Scenario Writer
- 1916 Born of the People
Director
- 1916 His Majesty Dick Turpin
Director
- 1916 The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
Director
- 1915 The Campbells Are Coming
Director
- 1915 The Broken Coin
Director
- 1915 The Heart of Lincoln
Director
- 1914 A Study in Scarlet
Director
- 1914 The Phantom Violin
Director
- 1914 Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
Director, Writer
- 1914 Washington at Valley Forge
Scenario Writer, Director
- 1914 In the Fall of '64
Director
- 1913 The Black Masks
Director
- 1913 The Battle of Bull Run
Director
- 1913 When Lincoln Paid
Director
- 1912 The Invaders
Director
- 1912 The Ball Player and the Bandit
Director
- 1912 Custer's Last Fight
Director
- 1912 The Post Telegrapher
Director
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1927
- 1920