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