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