John Ford
Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA — Feb 01 1894• Died Aug 31 1973
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John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Valley (1941), also won Best Picture. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although nearly all…
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Wagon Train
Directing
Screen Director's Playhouse
Self - Introduction
Alcoa Premiere
Directing
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Unforgiven
Crew
Stagecoach
Production
The Quiet Man
Production
How the West Was Won
Directing
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Production
Fort Apache
Directing
The Searchers
Directing
The Grapes of Wrath
Directing
Rio Grande
Directing
The Horse Soldiers
Ned (uncredited)
Donovan's Reef
Production
Wagon Master
Directing
Mighty Joe Young
Production
The Alamo
Directing
How Green Was My Valley
Directing
3 Godfathers
Directing
The Jane Wyman Show
Directing
Mogambo
Directing
The Fugitive
Directing
Young Mr. Lincoln
Directing
The Last Hurrah
Directing
Directed by John Ford
Self (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
Directing
The Birth of a Nation
Klansman (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright
Production
Drums Along the Mohawk
Directing
The Hurricane
Directing
They Were Expendable
Directing
7 Women
Directing
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Directing
Tobacco Road
Directing
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
The Informer
Directing
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Clementine
Directing
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
The Battle of Midway
Production
Battleground
Directing
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Up the River
Directing
Mister Roberts
Directing
Mary of Scotland
Directing
Born Reckless
Directing
Gideon's Day
Directing
The Iron Horse
Directing
The Wings of Eagles
Directing
Arrowsmith
Directing
Fonda on Fonda
Self (archive footage)
3 Bad Men
Production
Flesh
Directing
What Price Glory
Directing
The Brat
Directing
The Long Gray Line
Directing
Two Rode Together
Directing
Judge Priest
Directing
The World Moves On
Directing
Sergeant Rutledge
Directing
Four Men and a Prayer
Directing
Salute
Directing
Shooting War
himself
Steamboat Round the Bend
Directing
The Long Voyage Home
Directing
Straight Shooting
Directing
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Directing
The Secret Man
Directing
Pilgrimage
Directing
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Wee Willie Winkie
Directing
Men without Women
Directing
The Whole Town's Talking
Directing
The Last Outlaw
Writing
Doctor Bull
Directing
The Lost Patrol
Directing
Riley the Cop
Directing
The Black Watch
Directing
The Rising of the Moon
Directing
Thank You
Directing
Just Pals
Directing
Submarine Patrol
Directing
December 7th
Directing
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Self
Show-Business at War
Self
Air Mail
Directing
Cameo Kirby
Directing
Hell Bent
Directing
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
Lightnin'
Directing
Sex Hygiene
Directing
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Self (archive footage)
A Woman's Fool
Directing
Hearts of Oak
Directing
A Marked Man
Directing
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Directing
Cheyenne's Pal
Writing
The Phantom Riders
Directing
Wild Women
Directing
John Ford & Monument Valley
Self (archive footage)
Four Sons
Directing
The Big Punch
Writing
The Shamrock Handicap
Directing
The American West of John Ford
Self
Sure Fire
Directing
Hoodman Blind
Directing
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage) (unaccredited)
The Scarlet Drop
Writing
The Village Blacksmith
Directing
Upstream
Directing
The Growler Story
Directing
Bucking Broadway
Directing
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Self (archive footage)
Napoleon's Barber
Directing
Seas Beneath
Directing
Hangman's House
Directing
Nazi Concentration Camps
Production
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
J.P. Baldwin
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
The Plough and the Stars
Directing
The Colter Craven Story
Directing
Strong Boy
Directing
Roped
Directing
The Fighting Heart
Directing
The Wallop
Directing
Action
Directing
Flashing Spikes
Directing
The Soul Herder
Directing
Thieves' Gold
Directing
North of Hudson Bay
Directing
Three Mounted Men
Directing
Riders of Vengeance
Writing
The Blue Eagle
Directing
Silver Wings
Directing
My Name Is John Ford, I Make Westerns
Self
Kentucky Pride
Directing
Gun Law
Directing
The Ace of the Saddle
Directing
The Gun Packer
Writing
Bare Fists
Directing
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
Big Time
John Ford (uncredited)
The Red, White and Blue Line
Directing
The Trail of Hate
Lt. Jack Brewer
Vietnam! Vietnam!
Production
The Purple Mask
(unconfirmed)
Three Jumps Ahead
Writing
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Directing
The Fighting Brothers
Directing
The Freeze-Out
Directing
Omnibus: John Ford, Part One
Self (archive footage)
The Last Outlaw
Directing
Rider of the Law
Directing
Marked Men
Directing
Little Miss Smiles
Directing
Mother Machree
Directing
This Is Korea!
Directing
Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas
Himself (Grand Ball Attendee)
It's Your America
Directing
Desperate Trails
Directing
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
Self (archive footage)
Hitchin' Posts
Directing
The Craving
Writing
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
Directing
By Indian Post
Directing
A Fight For Love
Directing
Jackie
Directing
The Broken Coin
Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford)
The Rustlers
Directing
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Directing
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
self
The Girl in Number 29
Directing
Torpedo Squadron
Directing
At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army
Directing
A Study in Scarlet
John H. Watson, M.D.
The Scrapper
Buck, the scrapper
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
Himself/Interviewer
The Prince of Avenue A
Directing
Women in Defense
Production
Monument Valley: John Ford Country
Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Tornado
Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)
The Bandit's Wager
Korea
Directing
German Industrial Manpower
Directing
In Memoriam Manuel Quezon
Directing
Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner
Himself (archive footage)
John Ford's America
Himself (Archive Footage)
We Sail at Midnight
Directing