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