Francis Ford

Birthday: 1881-08-12
Deathday: 1953-09-05
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
Bessie's Ride John Burton
1953-05-02 The Sun Shines Bright Feeney
1952-10-10 Toughest Man in Arizona
1952-07-21 The Quiet Man Dan Tobin
1952-01-01 The Living Bible Samaritan Leper
1951-07-04 Rim of the Wheel Mr. Dickerson
1950-04-22 Wagon Master Mr. Peachtree
1949-10-22 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
1949-10-06 San Antone Ambush Major Farnsworth
1949-05-01 Frontier Investigator Ed Garnett
1948-12-31 3 Godfathers Drunk (uncredited)
1948-12-29 The Far Frontier Alf Sharper
1948-10-30 The Plunderers Barnaby
1948-06-15 Eyes of Texas Thad Cameron
1948-06-14 Fort Apache Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
1948-06-14 The Timber Trail Ralph Baker
1948-06-01 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
1947-12-15 Bandits of Dark Canyon Horse Trader
1947-10-10 Unconquered Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
1947-09-15 Driftwood Abner Green
1947-09-13 High Tide Pop Garrow
1947-07-15 Gunfighters Cook (uncredited)
1947-02-21 California Jessie (uncredited)
1946-12-02 Wake Up and Dream Old Man at Counter
1946-10-17 My Darling Clementine Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
1946-10-10 Sister Kenny Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
1946-09-29 Accomplice King Connors
1946-05-17 College Queen Pop, The Janitor
1945-07-25 Incendiary Blonde Ranch Owner (uncredited)
1945-07-18 Wildfire Ezra Mills
1945-07-12 The White Gorilla Mr. Stacey
1945-06-23 Murder, He Says Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
1945-02-07 Hangover Square Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
1945-01-03 Mom and Dad Dr. Rubin
1944-11-17 The Princess and the Pirate Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
1944-10-20 The Climax Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
1944-06-15 Home in Indiana Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
1943-05-25 The Desperadoes Hank
1942-12-03 The Ox-Bow Incident Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
1942-10-27 Outlaws of Pine Ridge Bartender
1942-10-23 The Mummy's Tomb Townsman (uncredited)
1942-10-17 King of the Mounties Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
1942-08-28 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe Tavern Keeper
1942-04-27 The Man Who Wouldn't Die Caretaker
1941-11-20 They Died with Their Boots On Veteran (uncredited)
1941-10-09 Riders of the Purple Sage Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
1941-09-26 Last of the Duanes Luke Stevens
1941-02-21 Western Union Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
1941-02-20 Tobacco Road
1941-01-17 Romance of the Rio Grande Stagecoach Driver
1940-09-30 Diamond Frontier Derek Bluje
1940-07-19 South of Pago Pago Foster
1940-07-03 Three Faces West Farmer Bill, with Higgins
1940-06-28 Lucky Cisco Kid Court Clerk
1940-04-12 Viva Cisco Kid Proprietor
1940-03-15 The Grapes of Wrath (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1939-11-26 Geronimo Scout
1939-11-10 Drums Along the Mohawk Joe Boleo
1939-08-28 Bad Lands Charlie Garth
1939-06-09 Young Mr. Lincoln Sam Boone (uncredited)
1939-03-03 Stagecoach Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
1938-08-12 The Texans Uncle Dud
1938-05-20 Kentucky Moonshine Grandpa Hatfield
1938-03-18 The Girl of the Golden West Miner
1938-01-21 Mannequin Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
1937-12-08 Checkers Daniel Snodgrass
1937-06-16 Slave Ship Scraps
1937-04-27 A Star Is Born William Gregory (uncredited)
1936-12-26 The Plough and the Stars Old Man (uncredited)
1936-06-19 Sins of Man Town Drunk
1936-06-05 Little Miss Nobody Detective
1936-05-23 Educating Father Sheriff Hart
1936-04-10 Gentle Julia Tubbs, Fish Peddler
1936-03-27 Charlie Chan at the Circus John Gaines
1936-02-28 The Prisoner of Shark Island Corporal O'Toole
1936-01-17 Paddy O'Day Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
1936-01-10 Charlie Chan's Secret Captain of salvage ship
1936-01-09 In Old Chicago Driver
1935-10-07 This Is the Life Sticky Jones
1935-09-06 Steamboat Round the Bend Efe
1935-06-27 The Arizonian Mayor Ed Comstock
1935-05-27 Paris in Spring Drunken Peasant
1935-05-09 The Informer 'Judge' Flynn
1935-04-25 Goin' to Town Sheriff
1934-09-15 Judge Priest Juror No. 12
1934-07-06 Charlie Chan's Courage Hewitt
1934-06-27 The World Moves On Legionaire in Trench
1934-05-16 Murder in Trinidad Davenant
1934-01-29 Pirate Treasure Dick's Friend at the Airfield
1934-01-01 Sleepers East Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
1933-12-08 Smoky Horse Buyer
1933-09-22 Doctor Bull Mr. Herring
1933-09-14 Charlie Chan's Greatest Case Captain Hallett
1933-08-13 Gordon of Ghost City Jim Carmody
1933-07-15 The Man from Monterey Don Pablo Gonzales
1933-07-12 Pilgrimage Mayor Elmer Briggs
1933-07-07 Life in the Raw Sheriff Myles
1933-02-27 Clancy of the Mounted Inspector Cabot
1932-11-25 The Lost Special Botter Hood
1932-11-03 Air Mail Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
1932-06-19 Heroes of the West Cavalry Captain
1932-04-23 The Rider of Death Valley Gabe
1932-04-17 Destry Rides Again Judd Ogden
1932-04-01 Scandal for Sale Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
1932-03-22 Tangled Fortunes Matt Higgins
1932-03-01 The Impatient Maiden Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
1931-11-22 Battling with Buffalo Bill Jim Rodney
1931-11-21 Frankenstein Hans (uncredited)
1931-11-21 Possessed Drunken Husband (uncredited)
1931-06-02 A Free Soul Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
1930-11-08 Abraham Lincoln Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
1930-10-09 The Indians Are Coming George Woods / Tom Woods
1930-08-03 Sons of the Saddle 'Red' Slade
1930-06-29 Song of the Caballero Don Pedro Madero
1930-06-19 Kathleen Mavourneen James, the butler
1930-03-24 The Jade Box Martin Morgan
1930-02-08 The Mounted Stranger 'Spider' Coy
1929-10-15 Mister Antonio
1929-05-22 The Black Watch MacGregor (uncredited)
1929-05-12 The Lariat Kid Cal Gregg
1928-09-01 The Chinatown Mystery The Sphinx
1928-09-01 Sisters of Eve Pritchard
1928-03-25 The Four-Footed Ranger Brom Hockley
1928-03-20 The Trail of '98 Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
1928-01-08 The Branded Sombrero Link Jarvis
1927-11-04 Uncle Tom's Cabin Captain (uncredited)
1927-10-31 The Wreck of the Hesperus John Hazzard
1927-09-10 The Cruise of the Hellion Peg-leg
1927-07-13 The Heart of Maryland Jefferson Davis
1927-07-10 The Devil's Saddle Pete Hepburn
1927-06-04 Men of Daring Black Roger
1927-01-30 Upstream Juggler
1926-09-30 The Silent Trailer Mrs. Coleman's Physician
1926-05-14 Officer '444' Fire Chief
1925-10-18 The Fighting Heart Town Fool
1925-08-02 The Red Rider Brown Bear
1925-06-14 Ridin' Thunder Frank Douglas
1925-03-01 Taming the West Frosty Miller
1925-02-08 A Roaring Adventure Colonel Burns
1925-01-01 Soft Shoes Quig Mundy
1924-10-14 The Measure of a Man 'Pale' Peter
1924-10-05 Hearts of Oak
1924-05-01 Lash of the Whip 'Hurricane' Smith
1923-08-20 Mine to Keep Jack Deering
1923-03-25 Three Jumps Ahead Ben McLean
1922-11-26 The Boss of Camp 4 Dude McCormick
1922-11-01 The Village Blacksmith Asa Martin
1922-09-30 Thundering Hoofs Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
1921-10-02 The Lady from Longacre Count de Freitas
1921-10-01 The Stampede Robert Wagner
1921-09-12 Action Soda Water Manning
1921-05-09 The Great Reward The American Adventurer
1919-08-01 The Mystery Of 13 Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
1918-11-01 The Silent Mystery Phil Kelly
1918-09-21 The Craving Carroll Wayles
1918-05-01 Berlin Via America Phil Kelly
1917-11-05 John Ermine of the Yellowstone John Ermine
1917-09-03 Who Was the Other Man? James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
1917-01-02 The Vault of Mystery
1917-01-01 The Purple Domino Hugo Loubeque
1917-01-01 Unmasked Fred Francis - a Crook
1917-01-01 The Leap
1916-12-25 The Purple Mask Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
1916-12-24 Mister Vampire The Vampire Man
1916-11-05 The Bandit's Wager Nan's Brother / The Bandit
1916-09-09 The Princely Bandit Prince Frederick
1916-08-27 Brennon o' the Moor Willy Brennon
1916-04-26 The Unexpected The Mexican Foreman
1916-04-08 Behind the Mask Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
1916-03-21 The Madcap Queen of Crona Prince Frederick
1916-03-17 The Cry of Erin Shemus O'Brien
1916-02-12 His Majesty Dick Turpin Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
1916-01-02 The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Dr. Lund, Junior
1915-10-18 The Campbells Are Coming
1915-06-21 The Broken Coin Count Frederick
1915-02-09 The Heart of Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
1914-12-29 A Study in Scarlet Sherlock Holmes
1914-10-01 The Phantom Violin
1914-03-30 Washington at Valley Forge The Spy
1914-02-03 In the Fall of '64 Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
1914-01-02 Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery Hugo Loubeque
1913-01-31 When Lincoln Paid
1912-11-29 The Invaders Colonel James Bryson
1912-11-27 The Ball Player and the Bandit A Baseball Fan
1912-11-01 On Secret Service Abraham Lincoln
1912-10-03 Custer's Last Fight General George A. Custer
1912-06-08 The Outcast Evans, a Trapper
1912-05-31 The Lieutenant's Last Fight Colonel Garvin
1912-04-30 The Post Telegrapher Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
1912-04-14 Blazing the Trail Blake
1912-03-15 The Deserter The Deserter
1912-03-01 The Heart of an Indian The Indian chief
1912-02-23 War on the Plains Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
1911-12-07 A Western Girl Hartley
1911-07-13 In the Right of Way John Walsh
1911-06-22 The Kiss of Mary Jane Black Bill
1911-06-15 When the Tables Turned
1911-06-08 Her Spoiled Boy
1911-06-01 In Time for Press Jim Ford
1911-05-25 The Immortal Alamo Navarre
1911-05-18 The Redemption of Rawhide Reverend Simpson
1911-05-11 The Spring Round-Up Jim Dempsey
1911-05-04 Mary's Stratagem Bill
1911-04-27 The Reformation of Jack Robins Jack Robbins
1911-04-20 An Unwilling Cowboy Jim Edwards
1911-04-13 Jack Mason's Last Deal Jim Saunders
1911-04-06 Her Faithful Heart Bill Rank
1911-03-30 The Warrant for Red Rube Red Rube
1911-03-23 Sir Percy and the Punchers Sir Percy Granville
1911-03-09 The Snake in the Grass Texas Ed
1911-03-02 In the Hot Lands The County Doctor
1911-02-15 Billy and His Pal Jim - the Cowpuncher
1911-02-02 Only a Sister John
1911-01-12 The Owner of L.L. Ranch Jeff
1910-12-29 In the Tall Grass Country Bob
1910-12-22 A Western Welcome John
1910-12-01 Pals Denton
1910-11-24 Cowboys and Bachelor Girls The Cowboy Hero
1910-11-17 His Sergeant's Stripes The Corporal
1910-11-10 A Mountain Wife
1910-10-20 Uncle Jim
1910-10-13 Out for Mischief The Father
1910-10-06 Billy's Sister
1910-09-29 A Plucky American Girl
1910-09-22 Salt on the Bird's Tail
1910-09-15 In the Mission Shadows
1910-09-08 Baseball, That's All The Husband
1910-09-01 Won in the Fifth Young Minister
1910-08-24 The Romance of Circle Ranch Honest Jim
1910-08-11 Return of Ta-Wa-Wa Ta-Wa-Wa
1910-07-21 A Postal Substitute Jack Flynn
1910-07-14 The Golden Secret Will Brown
1910-07-07 The Little Preacher Joe Lane
1910-06-30 The Ruling Passion Tony Valero
1910-06-23 White Doe's Lovers The Cowboy
1910-06-16 A Texas Joke
1910-06-09 Love's C.Q.D. Lt. Robert Bright
1910-06-02 The Padre's Secret Baptiste
1910-05-26 The Paleface Princess Captain Keen
1910-05-19 A Rough Night on the Bridge
1910-05-05 Speed Versus Death Mr. Braggs
1910-04-28 The Seal of the Church
1910-04-21 The Newly Born Mr. Newlywed
1910-04-14 Branding a Thief
1910-04-07 Cyclone Pete's Matrimony Cyclone Pete
1909-12-01 Fortune Favors the Brave