Francis Ford

Francis Ford

12 Aug 1881 (143 years old) in Portland, Maine, USA

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

  • 1953 · The Sun Shines Bright as Feeney
  • 1952 · Toughest Man in Arizona as
  • 1952 · The Quiet Man as Dan Tobin
  • 1952 · The Living Bible as Samaritan Leper
  • 1951 · Rim of the Wheel as Mr. Dickerson
  • 1951 · The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as
  • 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 · Fort Apache as Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
  • 1948 · The Timber Trail as Ralph Baker
  • 1948 · Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' as Race Checker / Fisherman (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 · Tobacco Road as
  • 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 (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
  • 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 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 · 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 · The Arizonian as Mayor Ed Comstock
  • 1935 · Paris in Spring as Drunken Peasant
  • 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 · 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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 Trail of '98 as Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
  • 1928 · The Branded Sombrero as Link Jarvis
  • 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 · Life in Hollywood No. 1 as Self
  • 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 · 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 · The Four-Footed Ranger as Brom Hockley
  • 1925 · Taming the West as Frosty Miller
  • 1925 · Soft Shoes as Quig Mundy
  • 1924 · Hearts of Oak as
  • 1924 · Lash of the Whip as 'Hurricane' Smith
  • 1923 · Mine to Keep as Jack Deering
  • 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 Stampede as Robert Wagner
  • 1921 · Action as Soda Water Manning
  • 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 · The Vault of Mystery as
  • 1917 · The Purple Domino as Hugo Loubeque
  • 1917 · Unmasked as Fred Francis - a Crook
  • 1917 · The Leap as
  • 1916 · The Purple Mask as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
  • 1916 · Mister Vampire as The Vampire Man
  • 1916 · The Bandit's Wager as Nan's Brother / The Bandit
  • 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 · The Campbells Are Coming as
  • 1915 · The Broken Coin as Count Frederick
  • 1915 · The Heart of Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
  • 1914 · A Study in Scarlet as Sherlock Holmes
  • 1914 · The Phantom Violin as
  • 1914 · Washington at Valley Forge as The Spy
  • 1914 · In the Fall of '64 as Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
  • 1914 · Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery as Hugo Loubeque
  • 1913 · When Lincoln Paid as
  • 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
  • 1912 · The Post Telegrapher as Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
  • 1912 · Blazing the Trail as Blake
  • 1912 · The Deserter as The Deserter
  • 1912 · The Heart of an Indian as The Indian chief
  • 1912 · War on the Plains as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
  • 1911 · A Western Girl as Hartley
  • 1911 · In the Right of Way as John Walsh
  • 1911 · The Kiss of Mary Jane as Black Bill
  • 1911 · When the Tables Turned as
  • 1911 · Her Spoiled Boy as
  • 1911 · In Time for Press as Jim Ford
  • 1911 · The Immortal Alamo as Navarre
  • 1911 · The Redemption of Rawhide as Reverend Simpson
  • 1911 · The Spring Round-Up as Jim Dempsey
  • 1911 · Mary's Stratagem as Bill
  • 1911 · The Reformation of Jack Robins as Jack Robbins
  • 1911 · An Unwilling Cowboy as Jim Edwards
  • 1911 · Jack Mason's Last Deal as Jim Saunders
  • 1911 · Her Faithful Heart as Bill Rank
  • 1911 · The Warrant for Red Rube as Red Rube
  • 1911 · Sir Percy and the Punchers as Sir Percy Granville
  • 1911 · The Snake in the Grass as Texas Ed
  • 1911 · In the Hot Lands as The County Doctor
  • 1911 · Billy and His Pal as Jim - the Cowpuncher
  • 1911 · Only a Sister as John
  • 1911 · The Owner of L.L. Ranch as Jeff
  • 1910 · In the Tall Grass Country as Bob
  • 1910 · A Western Welcome as John
  • 1910 · Pals as Denton
  • 1910 · Cowboys and Bachelor Girls as The Cowboy Hero
  • 1910 · His Sergeant's Stripes as The Corporal
  • 1910 · A Mountain Wife as
  • 1910 · Uncle Jim as
  • 1910 · Out for Mischief as The Father
  • 1910 · Billy's Sister as
  • 1910 · A Plucky American Girl as
  • 1910 · Salt on the Bird's Tail as
  • 1910 · In the Mission Shadows as
  • 1910 · Baseball, That's All as The Husband
  • 1910 · Won in the Fifth as Young Minister
  • 1910 · The Romance of Circle Ranch as Honest Jim
  • 1910 · Return of Ta-Wa-Wa as Ta-Wa-Wa
  • 1910 · A Postal Substitute as Jack Flynn
  • 1910 · The Golden Secret as Will Brown
  • 1910 · The Little Preacher as Joe Lane
  • 1910 · The Ruling Passion as Tony Valero
  • 1910 · White Doe's Lovers as The Cowboy
  • 1910 · A Texas Joke as
  • 1910 · Love's C.Q.D. as Lt. Robert Bright
  • 1910 · The Padre's Secret as Baptiste
  • 1910 · The Paleface Princess as Captain Keen
  • 1910 · A Rough Night on the Bridge as
  • 1910 · Speed Versus Death as Mr. Braggs
  • 1910 · The Seal of the Church as
  • 1910 · The Newly Born as Mr. Newlywed
  • 1910 · Branding a Thief as
  • 1910 · Cyclone Pete's Matrimony as Cyclone Pete
  • 2024 · Bessie's Ride as John Burton