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Francis Ford (I) (1881–1953)

Elder brother of the director John Ford and himself a screen director (and John's erstwhile mentor) until the advent of sound. He had also acted in his own films and those of other directors, but turned to acting exclusively circa 1929. As actor, he would provide convincing portrayals of men of authority - men sometimes ruthless if not downright unsavory... See full bio »

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1953 The Marshal's Daughter
Gramps (uncredited)
 
1953 The Sun Shines Bright
Feeney (Old Backwoodsman)
 
1953 It Happens Every Thursday
Elderly Man (uncredited)
 
1953 The Lawless Breed
Saloon Janitor Charlie (uncredited)
 
1952 Toughest Man in Arizona
Hanchette
 
1952 The Quiet Man
Dan Tobin
 
1952 Gruen Guild Theater (TV series)
A Boy Wears a Gun (1952)
 
1951-1952 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Old Zeke / Rimrock Robby
Savvy, the Smart Little Dog (1952) … Rimrock Robby
Indian Pony Express (1951) … Old Zeke
 
1950-1951 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
The Tunnel (1951)
Close Shave (1951)
The Parasol (1950)
 
1950 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
Jed, Rancher / Whopper Darrow
The Devil's Brand (1950) … Jed, Rancher
The Posse (1950) … Whopper Darrow
 
1950 Father Makes Good
Fisherman (uncredited)
 
1950 Wagon Master
Mr. Peachtree
 
1950 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Sam Dingle
Gold Fever (1950) … Sam Dingle
 
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Connelly, Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
 
1949 San Antone Ambush
Major Farnsworth
 
1949 Frontier Investigator
Ed Garnett
 
1948 The Far Frontier
Alf Sharper
 
1948 3 Godfathers
Drunken Old-Timer at Bar (uncredited)
 
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Race Checker/Fisherman (uncredited)
 
1948 The Timber Trail
Ralph Baker
 
1948 Fort Apache
Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
 
1947 Bandits of Dark Canyon
Horse Trader
 
1947 Driftwood
Abner Green
 
1947 High Tide
Pop Garrow
 
1947 Gunfighters
Cook (uncredited)
 
1947 California
Jessie (uncredited)
 
1946 Wake Up and Dream
Old Man at Counter (uncredited)
 
1946 My Darling Clementine
Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
 
1946 Sister Kenny
Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
 
1946 Accomplice
King Connors
 
1946 A Tale of Two Cafes (short)
Colonel (uncredited)
 
1946 Renegades
Eph (uncredited)
 
1946 College Queen (short)
Pop, The Janitor
 
1946 The Wife of Monte Cristo (uncredited)
 
1945 San Antonio
Old Cowboy Greeting Coach (uncredited)
 
1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye
Old Sea Dog (uncredited)
 
1945 State Fair
R.C. Martin (uncredited)
 
1945 Incendiary Blonde
Ranch Owner (uncredited)
 
1945 Wildfire
Ezra Mills (as Frances Ford)
 
1945 The White Gorilla
Mr. Stacey (uncredited)
 
1945 Murder, He Says
Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
 
1945 Hangover Square
Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
 
1945 Mom and Dad
Dr. Rubin
 
1944 The Big Bonanza
Daley (uncredited)
 
1944 Bowery Champs
Sports Writer
 
1944 The Princess and the Pirate
Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
 
1944 The Climax
Backstage Attendant (uncredited)
 
1944 The Big Noise
Train Station Attendant (uncredited)
 
1944 Wilson
Hughes Campaign Orator (uncredited)
 
1944 Home in Indiana
Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
 
1943 Jitterbugs
Skeptical Old-Timer (uncredited)
 
1943 The Desperadoes
Hank (uncredited)
 
1943 Girls in Chains
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
 
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
Halva Harvey (uncredited)
 
1942 Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Bartender
 
1942 King of the Mounties
Zeke Collins
 
1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Tavern Keeper
 
1942 The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Caretaker
 
1942 The Vanishing Virginian
Campaign Committee Member (uncredited)
 
1941 They Died with Their Boots On
Veteran (uncredited)
 
1941 Riders of the Purple Sage (uncredited)
 
1941 Last of the Duanes
Luke Stevens
 
1941 Tobacco Road
Vagabond on Road (uncredited)
 
1941 Western Union
Eastbound Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
 
1941 Romance of the Rio Grande
Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
 
1940 Diamond Frontier
Derek Bluje
 
1940 South of Pago Pago
Foster
 
1940 Three Faces West
Farmer Bill, with Higgins (uncredited)
 
1940 Lucky Cisco Kid
Court Clerk
 
1940 Viva Cisco Kid
Proprietor
 
1940 The Man from Dakota
Horseman on Bridge (uncredited)
 
1940 The Grapes of Wrath (unconfirmed - uncredited)
 
1939 Geronimo
Scout (uncredited)
 
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
Joe Boleo
 
1939 Bad Lands
Charlie Garth
 
1939 Colorado Sunset
The Drunk (uncredited)
 
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln
Sam Boone (uncredited)
 
1939 Stagecoach
Billy Pickett (uncredited)
 
1938 The Texans
Uncle Dud
 
1938 Kentucky Moonshine
Grandpa Hatfield
 
1938 The Girl of the Golden West
Miner (uncredited)
 
1938 Change of Heart
Dog Pound Man (uncredited)
 
1937 Mannequin
Tim O'Rourke (uncredited)
 
1937 Checkers
Daniel Snodgrass
 
1937 The Prisoner of Zenda (scenes deleted)
 
1937 The Last Train from Madrid
Pedro Elias (uncredited)
 
1937 Slave Ship
Scraps
 
1937 The Road Back
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
 
1937 A Star Is Born
William Gregory (uncredited)
 
1937 In Old Chicago
Driver
 
1936 The Plough and the Stars (uncredited)
 
1936 The Plainsman
Anderson - Old Veteran (uncredited)
 
1936 Sins of Man
Town Drunk
 
1936 Little Miss Nobody
Detective (uncredited)
 
1936 Educating Father
Sheriff Hart
 
1936 Gentle Julia
Tubbs, Fish Peddler
 
1936 Charlie Chan at the Circus
John Gaines
 
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island
Cpl. O'Toole
 
1936 Charlie Chan's Secret
Captain of Salvage Ship (uncredited)
 
1935 Paddy O'Day
Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
 
1935 This Is the Life
'Sticky' Jones
 
1935 Paris in Spring
Drunken Peasant (uncredited)
 
1935 The Informer
'Judge' Flynn
 
1935 Goin' to Town
Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1935 The Whole Town's Talking
Newspaper Reporter at Dock (uncredited)
 
1935 The County Chairman
Cattle Rancher
 
1934 Bachelor of Arts
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
 
1934 Judge Priest
Juror No. 12
 
1934 Charlie Chan's Courage
Hewitt
 
1934 The World Moves On
Legionaire in Trench (uncredited)
 
1934 Murder in Trinidad
Davenant
 
1934 Cheaters
 
1934 The Lost Patrol
Arab (uncredited)
 
1934 Pirate Treasure
Dick's Friend at the Airfield
 
1933 Smoky
(Uncredited)
 
1933 Roman Scandals
Roman Crowd Extra (uncredited)
 
1933 Doctor Bull
Mr. Herring, Metting Chairman (uncredited)
 
1933 Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Captain Hallett
 
1933 Gordon of Ghost City
Jim Carmody
 
1933 The Man from Monterey
Don Pablo Gonzales
 
1933 Pilgrimage
Mayor Elmer Briggs
 
1933 Life in the Raw
Sheriff Myles
 
1933 The Thundering Herd
Frank (uncredited)
 
1933 Clancy of the Mounted
Inspector Cabot
 
1932 The Lost Special
Botter Hood
 
1932 Air Mail
Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
 
1932 Jungle Mystery
Morgan's Missing Brother
 
1932 Heroes of the West
Cavalry Captain
 
1932 Destry Rides Again
Judd Ogden
 
1932 Scandal for Sale
Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
 
1932 Scarface
Prison Guard (alternate ending) (uncredited)
 
1932 Tangled Fortunes
Matt Higgins
 
1932 The Impatient Maiden
Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
 
1932 Discarded Lovers
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
 
1931 The Last Ride
Brady
 
1931 Battling with Buffalo Bill
Jim Rodney
 
1931 Frankenstein
Hans (uncredited)
 
1931 The Spirit of Notre Dame
Alumnus (uncredited)
 
1931 A Free Soul
Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
 
1931 Let's Play (short)
 
1931 The Front Page
Carl - a Detective (uncredited)
 
1931 Seas Beneath
Eric - Captain of Trawler (uncredited)
 
1931 Resurrection
Drunken Soldier on Train (uncredited)
 
1930 The Indians Are Coming
George Woods/Tom Woods
 
1930 Abraham Lincoln
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
 
1930 Sons of the Saddle
'Red' Slade
 
1930 Song of the Caballero
Don Pedro Madero
 
1930 Kathleen Mavourneen
James, the butler
 
1930 Captain of the Guard
Hussars Officer (uncredited)
 
1930 The Jade Box
Martin Morgan
 
1930 The Mounted Stranger
'Spider' Coy
 
1929 The Talkies (short)
 
1929 Mister Antonio
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1929 The Drake Case (uncredited)
 
1929 The Lariat Kid
Cal Gregg
 
1929 The Black Watch
Maj. MacGregor (uncredited)
 
1929 The Charlatan
Detective (uncredited)
 
1928 Sisters of Eve
Pritchard
 
1928 The Chinatown Mystery
The Sphinx
 
1928 The Four-Footed Ranger
Brom Hockley
 
1928 The Trail of '98
Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
 
1928 The Branded Sombrero
Link Jarvis
 
1927 One Glorious Scrap
Ralph Curtis
 
1927 Uncle Tom's Cabin
Captain (uncredited)
 
1927 The Wreck of the Hesperus
John Hazzard
 
1927 The Cruise of the Hellion
Peg-leg
 
1927 The Devil's Saddle
Pete Hepburn
 
1927 Men of Daring
Black Roger
 
1927 Upstream
Juggler
 
1926 Speed Cop
 
1926 Lash of the Whip
'Hurricane' Smith
 
1926 Officer '444'
Fire Chief
 
1925 The Fighting Heart
Town Fool
 
1925 The Red Rider
Brown Bear
 
1925 Ridin' Thunder
Frank Douglas
 
1925 The Power God
Government Secret Service Man (Chapter 15) (uncredited)
 
1925 Scar Hanan
Jury foreman
 
1925 The Taming of the West
Frosty Miller
 
1925 A Roaring Adventure
Colonel Burns/Bennett Hardy
 
1925 The Sign of the Cactus
Panhandle George
 
1925 Soft Shoes
Quig Mundy
 
1924 The Diamond Bandit
Friar Aloysius
 
1924 The Measure of a Man
'Pale' Peter
 
1924 Hearts of Oak
 
1924 Western Yesterdays
Twitchie
 
1924 A Rodeo Mixup
Her Uncle
 
1924 Western Feuds
J.P. Hartley
 
1923 Mine to Keep
Jack Deering
 
1923 The Haunted Valley
Sharkey
 
1923 Three Jumps Ahead
Ben McLean
 
1922 The Boss of Camp Four
Dude McCormick
 
1922 The Village Blacksmith
Asa Martin
 
1922 Storm Girl
Dr. Blake
 
1922 Bells of San Juan
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1922 Thundering Hoofs
Jimmy
 
1922 They're Off
Col. Blake
 
1922 Another Man's Boots
The Stranger
 
1922 So This Is Arizona
Ned Kendall
 
1921/II The Stampede
Robert Wagner
 
1921 The Lady from Longacre
Count de Freitas
 
1921 Action
Soda Water Manning
 
1921 Eat and Be Happy (short)
 
1921 The Great Reward
The American Adventurer
 
1921 When Eve Fell (short)
 
1921 Flower of the Range (short)
 
1920 A Man from Nowhere
The Town Drunkard
 
1919 Crimson Shoals
Jack Quinn, the son/Frederick Fielding, the father/Thomas Fielding, the grandfather
 
1919 The Mystery of 13
Phil Kelly/Jim Kelly
 
1918 The Silent Mystery
Phil Kelly
 
1918 The Craving
Carroll Wayles
 
1918 Berlin Via America
Phil Kelly
 
1917 John Ermine of Yellowstone
John Ermine
 
1917 Who Was the Other Man?
James Walbert/Ludwig Schumann
 
1917 Unmasked (short)
 
1917 The Puzzle Woman (short)
 
1917 True to Their Colors (short)
 
1917 The Terrors of War (short)
 
1917 The Rebel's Net (short)
 
1916 The Purple Mask
Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
 
1916 Mister Vampire (short)
 
1916 The Heroine of San Juan (short)
 
1916 The Powder Trail (short)
 
1916 The Bandit's Wager (short)
 
1916 The Elusive Enemy (short)
 
1916 Poisoned Lips (short)
 
1916 The Princely Bandit (short)
 
1916 Brennon o' the Moor (short)
 
1916 The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
Dr. Lund, Junior
 
1916 Chicken-Hearted Jim (short)
Jimmie Endicott
 
1916 The Unexpected (short)
 
1916 The Sham Reality (short)
 
1916 Behind the Mask (short)
Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
 
1916 Her Sister's Sin (short)
 
1916 Lady Raffles Returns (short)
Detective Kelly
 
1916 The Madcap Queen of Crona (short)
 
1916 The Cry of Erin (short)
 
1916 The Dumb Bandit (short)
 
1916 The Phantom Island (short)
 
1916 The Lumber Yard Gang (short)
 
1915 The Campbells Are Coming (short)
Nana Sahib
 
1915 The Broken Coin
Count Frederick
 
1915 One Kind of Friend (short)
Bill Westcott - Civil Engineer
 
1915 Nabbed (short)
 
1915 The Doorway of Destruction (short)
Col. Patrick Feeney
 
1915 And They Called Him Hero (short)
Jim
 
1915 The Hidden City (short)
Lieutenant Johns
 
1915 The Curse of the Desert (short)
 
1915 Three Bad Men and a Girl (short)
Joe
 
1915 Old Peg Leg's Will (short)
 
1915 Smuggler's Island (short)
 
1915 The Mystery of the Throne Room (short)
Detective Phil Kelly
 
1914/II A Study in Scarlet (short)
Sherlock Holmes
 
1914 The Call of the Waves (short)
Frank
 
1914 The Ghost of Smiling Jim (short)
 
1914 The District Attorney's Brother (short)
Frank - the District Attorney
 
1914 The Mysterious Rose (short)
Detective Phil Kelly
 
1914 The Phantom Violin (short)
Ellis Zahring
 
1914 The Mysterious Hand (short)
Detective Phil Kelly
 
1914 Be Neutral (short)
 
1914 The Return of the Twins' Double (short)
Detective Phil Kelly
 
1914 The Man of Her Choice (short)
 
1914/II The Tangle (short)
 
1914 How Green Saved His Wife (short)
 
1914 Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
Hugo Loubeque
 
1914 The Mystery of the White Car (short)
Detective Phil Kelly
 
1914 Washington at Valley Forge (short)
The Spy
 
1914 The Mysterious Leopard Lady (short)
Detective Phil Kelly
 
1914 The Twins' Double (short)
Detective Phil Kelly
 
1914 A Bride of Mystery (short)
The Detective
 
1914 In the Fall of '64 (short)
Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
 
1914 The Mad Hermit (short)
Gray - the Mad Hermit
 
1914 An Unsigned Agreement (short)
Harry
 
1914 A Wartime Reformation (short)
Dave Hart
 
1913 The Belle of Yorktown (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 The White Vaquero (short)
The White Vaquero
 
1913 The Madonna of the Slums (short)
Paul - the Artist
 
1913 From Dawn Till Dark (short)
The Trapper
 
1913 The Black Masks (short)
Fred Francis
 
1913/I The She Wolf (short)
Fred - the Husband
 
1913 Captain Billie's Mate (short)
Captain Billie's Mate
 
1913/III The Struggle (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 A Cow-Town Reformation (short)
 
1913 An Orphan of War (short)
John Waldron
 
1913 The Battle of Manila (short)
 
1913 The Capture of Aguinaldo (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 An Indian's Gratitude (short)
Lt. Randall
 
1913 The Battle of San Juan Hill (short)
Simmons - Soldier of Fortune
 
1913 The Honor of the Regiment (short)
Frank
 
1913 The Stars and Stripes Forever (short)
Sepulveda
 
1913 The Vengeance of the Skystone (short)
Juan
 
1913 Will o' the Wisp (short)
Jim Dorne
 
1913 War (short)
 
1913 The Darling of the Regiment (short)
 
1913 Taps (short)
 
1913 The Half Breed Parson (short)
 
1913 Texas Kelly at Bay (short)
 
1913 The Iconoclast (short)
Mike Flanagan
 
1913 A Frontier Wife (short)
Ford - the Gamekeeper
 
1913 The Pride of the South (short)
Col. William Mosby C.S.A.
 
1913/I The Sins of the Father (short)
 
1913 The Lost Dispatch (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 The Barrier (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 His Brother (short)
 
1913 The Telltale Hatband (short)
Jim
 
1913 The Coward's Atonement (short)
 
1913 The Counterfeiter (short)
 
1913 The Favorite Son (short)
 
1913 When Life Fades (short)
 
1913 A Bluegrass Romance (short)
 
1913 In the Ranks (short)
Sgt. Allen
 
1913 The Burning Brand (short)
 
1912 The Law of the West (short)
 
1912 Blood Will Tell (short)
 
1912 A Double Reward (short)
Jack Williams
 
1912 His Squaw (short)
 
1912 The Invaders (short)
Colonel James Bryson
 
1912 Linked by Fate (short)
John - First Mate of the Ship
 
1912 The Ball Player and the Bandit (short)
A Baseball Fan
 
1912 The Army Surgeon (short)
Rowan - the Half Breed
 
1912 The Governor's Clemency (short)
 
1912 The Civilian (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 The Altar of Death (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 Mary of the Mines (short)
Hale
 
1912 When Lee Surrenders (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 The Man They Scorned (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 How Shorty Kept His Word (short)
Lawyer Jim Burns
 
1912 An Indian Legend (short)
 
1912 On the Firing Line (short)
 
1912 Sundered Ties (short)
 
1912 The Frontier Child (short)
John Adams, a Trapper
 
1912/II The Fugitive (short)
 
1912 An Old Tune (short)
 
1912 The Bandit's Gratitude (short)
The Bandit
 
1912/I The Reckoning (short)
 
1912 The Ranger's Girls (short)
 
1912 The Reformed Outlaw (short)
 
1912/I His Partner's Share (short)
Tom Harding
 
1912 The Gambler and the Girl (short)
 
1912 The Desert (short)
 
1912 The Last Resource (short)
 
1912 A String of Beads (short)
 
1912 His Double Life (short)
 
1912 Snowball and His Pal (short)
 
1912 Reconciled (short)
 
1912 His Nemesis (short)
 
1912 The Sheriff of Stoney Butte (short)
 
1912 On the Warpath (short)
Cavalry Officer
 
1912 A Soldier's Honor (short)
Frank, the Cowardly Officer
 
1912 Ghosts at Circle X Camp (short)
 
1912 The Outcast (short)
Evans, a Trapper
 
1912/II Making Good (short)
 
1912 The Lieutenant's Last Fight (short)
Colonel Garvin
 
1912 The Post Telegrapher (short)
Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
 
1912 Blazing the Trail (short)
Blake
 
1912 Wanted: A Wife (short)
The Lonesome Cowboy
 
1912 The Crisis (short)
 
1912 Troubles of the XL Outfit (short)
Tidewater Pete
 
1912 The Deserter (short)
The Deserter
 
1912/II The Sheriff's Daughter (short)
Jim - the Sheriff's Son
 
1912 The Battle of the Red Men (short)
 
1912 Seven Bars of Gold (short)
 
1912 The Heart of an Indian (short)
The Indian Chief
 
1912 War on the Plains (short)
Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
 
1912 The Deputy's Sweetheart (short)
 
1912 The Wild West Circus (short)
 
1912 Smiling Bob (short)
Smiling Bob
 
1912 Broncho Bill's Love Affair (short)
 
1912 A Tenderfoot's Revenge (short)
The Tenderfoot
 
1912 The Protection of the Cross (short)
 
1912 The Empty Water Keg (short)
The Prospector
 
1912 Love and Jealousy (short)
 
1912 The Ranch Girl's Love (short)
 
1912 The Sub-Chief's Choice (short)
 
1912 Melita's Ruse (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 The Run on the Bank (short)
Jim
 
1912 The Honor of the Tribe (short)
 
1912 The Laugh on Dad (short)
 
1912 The Gambler's Heart (short)
 
1912 The Indian Maid's Elopement (short)
 
1912 A Woman's Gratitude (short)
The Half Breed
 
1912 Chinese Smugglers (short)
 
1911 Getting His Man (short)
The Sheriff
 
1911 Falsely Accused (short)
 
1911 An Indian Martyr (short)
 
1911 The Mission Father (short)
Don Hernando
 
1911 Cowgirls' Pranks (short)
 
1911 The Foreman's Courage (short)
 
1911 Bar Z's New Cook (short)
 
1911 A Western Girl (short)
Hartley
 
1911 Right or Wrong (short)
Dick Dresler
 
1911 Mexican as It Is Spoken (short)
 
1911 The Mission Waif (short)
The Mission Father
 
1911 A Spanish Love Song (short)
Don Jose
 
1911 The Local Bully (short)
Roaring Bill - The Local Bully
 
1911 Red Cloud's Secret (short)
Philip Armstrong - a Young Clergyman
 
1911 Bessie's Ride (short)
John Burton (unconfirmed)
 
1911 In the Right of Way (short)
John Walsh
 
1911 The Strike at the Gringo (short)
 
1911 The Great Heart of the West (short)
Jack
 
1911 The Kiss of Mary Jane (short)
Black Bill (unconfirmed)
 
1911 When the Tables Turned (short)
Cowboy
 
1911 Her Spoiled Boy (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 In Time for Press (short)
Jim Ford
 
1911 The Immortal Alamo (short)
Navarre
 
1911 The Redemption of Rawhide (short)
Reverend Simpson
 
1911 The Spring Round-Up (short)
Jim Dempsey - a Gambler
 
1911 Mary's Strategem (short)
Bill
 
1911 The Reformation of Jack Robbins (short)
Jack Robbins - a Gentleman Bandit
 
1911 An Unwilling Cowboy (short)
Jim Edwards
 
1911 Jack Mason's Last Deal (short)
Jim Saunders - a Sneak
 
1911 Her Faithful Heart (short)
Bill Rank - the Foreman
 
1911 The Warrant for Red Rube (short)
Red Rube
 
1911 Sir Percy and the Punchers (short)
Sir Percy Granville
 
1911 The Snake in the Grass (short)
Texas Ed - a Desperado
 
1911 In the Hot Lands (short)
The Country Doctor
 
1911 Only a Sister (short)
John (unconfirmed)
 
1911 Billy and His Pal (short)
Jim - the Cowpuncher
 
1911 Changing Cooks (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 The Owner of L.L. Ranch (short)
Jeff
 
1911 The Crimson Scars (short)
 
1910 In the Tall Grass Country (short)
Bob
 
1910 A Western Welcome (short)
John
 
1910 Old Norris' Gal (short)
Frank Gray - a Young Lawyer (unconfirmed)
 
1910 What Great Bear Learned (short)
 
1910 Pals (short)
Harper - Young Miner
 
1910 The Cowboys and the Bachelor Girls (short)
The Cowboy Hero
 
1910 His Sergeant's Stripes (short)
 
1910 A Mountain Wife (short)
 
1910 Under the Stars and Bars (short)
A Young Officer of the Confederate Army
 
1910 Uncle Jim (short)
 
1910 Out for Mischief (short)
The Father
 
1910 Billy's Sister (short)
 
1910 A Plucky American Girl (short)
 
1910 Salt on the Bird's Tail (short)
 
1910 In the Mission Shadows (short)
 
1910 Baseball, That's All (short)
The Husband
 
1910 Won in the Fifth (short)
Young Minister/Pugilist
 
1910 The Romance of Circle Ranch (short)
Honest Jim
 
1910 Return of Ta-Wa-Wa (short)
Ta-Wa-Wa
 
1910 A Postal Substitute (short)
Jaci
 
1910 The Golden Secret (short)
Will Brown
 
1910 The Little Preacher (short)
Joe Lane
 
1910 The Ruling Passion (short)
Tony Valero
 
1910 White Doe's Lovers (short)
The Cowboy
 
1910 A Texas Joke (short)
 
1910 Love's C. Q. D. (short)
Lt. Robert Bright
 
1910 The Padre's Secret (short)
Baptiste
 
1910 The Paleface Princess (short)
Captain Keen
 
1910 A Rough Night on the Bridge (short)
 
1910 Speed Versus Death (short)
Mr. Braggs
 
1910 The Seal of the Church (short)
 
1910 The Newly Born (short)
Mr. Newlywed (unconfirmed)
 
1910 Branding a Thief (short)
 
1910 Cyclone Pete's Matrimony (short)
 
1909 Fortune Favors the Brave (short)
 
1909 For Sale: a Baby (short)
 
1909 Cinderella Up-to-Date (short)
 
1909 For the Cause of Suffrage (short)
 
1909 The Stolen Wireless (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (176 titles)
1927 Wolf's Trail
 
1926 False Friends
 
1926 The Silent Trailer (short)
 
1926 Officer '444'
 
1926 Her Own Story
 
1926 Melodies
 
1925 The Power God (episodes 5-15)
 
1924 Cupid's Rustler
 
1924 Range Blood
 
1924 A Rodeo Mixup
 
1924 Western Feuds
 
1922 Cross Roads (unconfirmed)
 
1922 Gold Grabbers
 
1922 Storm Girl
 
1922 They're Off
 
1922 Angel Citizens
 
1922 Trail's End
 
1921 I Am the Woman
 
1921/II The Stampede
 
1921 Cyclone Bliss
 
1921 Flower of the Range (short)
 
1919 Crimson Shoals
 
1918 The Craving
 
1917 Unmasked (short)
 
1917 The Puzzle Woman (short)
 
1917 True to Their Colors (short)
 
1917 The Terrors of War (short)
 
1917 The Rebel's Net (short)
 
1916 Good Morning, Judge (short)
 
1916 The Purple Mask
 
1916 Mister Vampire (short)
 
1916 The Heroine of San Juan (short)
 
1916 The Powder Trail (short)
 
1916 The Bandit's Wager (short)
 
1916 Poisoned Lips (short)
 
1916 The Princely Bandit (short)
 
1916 Brennon o' the Moor (short)
 
1916 Chicken-Hearted Jim (short)
 
1916 The Unexpected (short)
 
1916 The Sham Reality (short)
 
1916 Behind the Mask (short)
 
1916 Her Sister's Sin (short)
 
1916 Lady Raffles Returns (short)
 
1916 The Madcap Queen of Crona (short)
 
1916 The Cry of Erin (short)
 
1916 Orders Is Orders (short)
 
1916 Born of the People (short)
 
1916 The Dumb Bandit (short)
 
1916 His Majesty Dick Turpin (short)
 
1916 The Phantom Island (short)
 
1916 The Lumber Yard Gang (short)
 
1915 The Campbells Are Coming (short)
 
1915 The Broken Coin
 
1915 One Kind of Friend (short)
 
1915 The Doorway of Destruction (short)
 
1915 And They Called Him Hero (short)
 
1915 The Hidden City (short)
 
1915 The Curse of the Desert (short)
 
1915 Three Bad Men and a Girl (short)
 
1915 Old Peg Leg's Will (short)
 
1915 Smuggler's Island (short)
 
1914/II A Study in Scarlet (short)
 
1914 The Call of the Waves (short)
 
1914 The Ghost of Smiling Jim (short)
 
1914 The Mysterious Rose (short)
 
1914 The Phantom Violin (short)
 
1914 The Mysterious Hand (short)
 
1914 Be Neutral (short)
 
1914 The Man of Her Choice (short)
 
1914/II The Tangle (short)
 
1914 Shorty Turns Judge (short)
 
1914 Shorty's Strategy (short)
 
1914 Washington at Valley Forge (short)
 
1914 The Mysterious Leopard Lady (short)
 
1914 The Adventures of Shorty (short)
 
1914 The Twins' Double (short)
 
1914 Sheridan's Pride (short)
 
1914 A Bride of Mystery (short)
 
1914 In the Fall of '64 (short)
 
1914 The Mad Hermit (short)
 
1914 An Unsigned Agreement (short)
 
1914 A Wartime Reformation (short)
 
1913 War of the Cattle Range (short)
 
1913 The Belle of Yorktown (short)
 
1913 The White Vaquero (short)
 
1913 Wynona's Vengeance (short)
 
1913 The Madonna of the Slums (short)
 
1913 From Dawn Till Dark (short)
 
1913 The Black Masks (short)
 
1913/I The She Wolf (short)
 
1913 Captain Billie's Mate (short)
 
1913 A Cow-Town Reformation (short)
 
1913 An Orphan of War (short)
 
1913 The Battle of Manila (short)
 
1913 The Capture of Aguinaldo (short)
 
1913 The Battle of San Juan Hill (short)
 
1913 The Toll of War (short)
 
1913 Will o' the Wisp (short)
 
1913 War (short)
 
1913 The Darling of the Regiment (short)
 
1913 Taps (short)
 
1913 The Half Breed Parson (short)
 
1913 Texas Kelly at Bay (short)
 
1913 The Light in the Window (short)
 
1913 A Frontier Wife (short)
 
1913 The Battle of Bull Run (short)
 
1913 His Brother (short)
 
1913 The Telltale Hatband (short)
 
1913 The Coward's Atonement (short)
 
1913 Smiling Dan (short)
 
1913 The Wheels of Destiny (short)
 
1913 The Favorite Son (short)
 
1913 When Life Fades (short)
 
1913 When Lincoln Paid (short)
 
1913 The Little Turncoat (short)
 
1913 The Paymaster's Son (short)
 
1913 In the Ranks (short)
 
1913 The Bride's History (short)
 
1913 The Burning Brand (short)
 
1912 The Dead Pay (short)
 
1912 For the Cause (short)
 
1912 The Invaders (short) (uncredited)
 
1912 The Army Surgeon (short)
 
1912 How Shorty Kept His Word (short)
 
1912 Custer's Last Fight (short)
 
1912 On the Firing Line (short)
 
1912 His Better Self (short)
 
1912 The Hidden Trail (short)
 
1912 Sundered Ties (short)
 
1912/II The Fugitive (short)
 
1912 An Old Tune (short)
 
1912 The Bandit's Gratitude (short)
 
1912 The Colonel's Peril (short)
 
1912 Memories of a Pioneer (short)
 
1912 The Post Telegrapher (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (28 titles)
1928 The Chinatown Mystery (writer)
 
1927 Wolves of the Air (as J. Francis O'Fearna / story)
 
1926 The Silent Trailer (short) (scenario / as J. Francis O'Fearna)
 
1926 Officer '444' (scenario)
 
1924 Cupid's Rustler
 
1924 Range Blood
 
1924 Western Yesterdays (adaptation)
 
1924 A Rodeo Mixup
 
1922 They're Off
 
1919 Crimson Shoals (story)
 
1918 The Craving (screenplay / story)
 
1917 Unmasked (short)
 
1917 True to Their Colors (short)
 
1917 The Tornado (short) (scenario / story)
 
1916 The Purple Mask
 
1916 Poisoned Lips (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Chicken-Hearted Jim (short)
 
1916 Lady Raffles Returns (short)
 
1916 The Cry of Erin (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Orders Is Orders (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Washington at Valley Forge (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Twins' Double (short)
 
1913 The Black Masks (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowProducer (11 titles)
1925 The Four from Nowhere (producer)
 
1921 The Great Reward (producer)
 
1918 Berlin Via America (producer)
 
1917 Unmasked (short) (producer)
 
1916 The Bandit's Wager (short) (producer)
 
1916 The Unexpected (short) (producer)
 
1916 The Sham Reality (short) (producer)
 
1915 The Campbells Are Coming (short) (producer)
 
1915 And They Called Him Hero (short) (producer)
 
1915 The Heart of Lincoln (producer)
 
1913 The Black Masks (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1952 The Quiet Man (performer: "The Wild Colonial Boy" - uncredited)
 
1945 Incendiary Blonde (performer: "Sweet Genevieve" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1914 The Great Universal Mystery (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2006 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Halva Harvey (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Frances Ford | J. Francis O'Fearna

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6' (1.83 m)
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When Ford was the head of the Universal Film Manufacturing Co.'s shorts and serials department, he assigned his kid brother John Ford, who was working odd jobs around the studio, to Harry Carey's unit. When Universal boss "Uncle" Carl Laemmle gave Carey his own unit, Carey took John along as his director... See more »

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Leo