Francis Ford

Biography

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

Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)

Stagecoach

(uncredited) (unconfirmed)

The Grapes of Wrath

Dan Tobin

The Quiet Man

Pop, The Janitor

College Queen

Drunken Pirate (uncredited)

The Princess and the Pirate

Juror No. 12

Judge Priest

William Gregory (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Martin Morgan

The Jade Box

Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)

Mannequin

The Vampire Man

Mister Vampire

John Gaines

Charlie Chan at the Circus

Captain of salvage ship

Charlie Chan's Secret

Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin

His Majesty Dick Turpin

Shemus O'Brien

The Cry of Erin

Prince Frederick

The Madcap Queen of Crona

The Mexican Foreman

The Unexpected

George Woods / Tom Woods

The Indians Are Coming

Willy Brennon

Brennon o' the Moor

Prince Frederick

The Princely Bandit

Asa Martin

The Village Blacksmith

Frosty Miller

Taming the West

Frank Douglas

Ridin' Thunder

Mr. Peachtree

Wagon Master

Miner

The Girl of the Golden West

Pop Garrow

High Tide

Townsman (uncredited)

The Mummy's Tomb

Black Roger

Men of Daring

Toughest Man in Arizona

King Connors

Accomplice

Mrs. Coleman's Physician

The Silent Trailer

Self

Life in Hollywood No. 1

Dude McCormick

The Boss of Camp 4

Link Jarvis

The Branded Sombrero

Brown Bear

The Red Rider

Hartley

A Western Girl

Don Pablo Gonzales

The Man from Monterey

Joe Boleo

Drums Along the Mohawk

A Baseball Fan

The Ball Player and the Bandit

Peg-leg

The Cruise of the Hellion

Hugo Loubeque

The Purple Domino

Evans, a Trapper

The Outcast

Mr. Stacey

The White Gorilla

Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)

The Impatient Maiden

Corporal O'Toole

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Captain (uncredited)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Jack Deering

Mine to Keep

Caretaker

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

Abner Green

Driftwood

Feeney

The Sun Shines Bright

Mr. Dickerson

Rim of the Wheel

Jim - the Cowpuncher

Billy and His Pal

Uncle Dud

The Texans

The Sphinx

The Chinatown Mystery

Alf Sharper

The Far Frontier

Colonel James Bryson

The Invaders

Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)

Air Mail

Legionaire in Trench

The World Moves On

'Spider' Coy

The Mounted Stranger

Matt Higgins

Tangled Fortunes

Cal Gregg

The Lariat Kid

Scraps

Slave Ship

General George A. Custer

Custer's Last Fight

Bob

In the Tall Grass Country

Proprietor

Viva Cisco Kid

James, the butler

Kathleen Mavourneen

Dick's Friend at the Airfield

Pirate Treasure

MacGregor (uncredited)

The Black Watch

Judd Ogden

Destry Rides Again

Foster

South of Pago Pago

Grandpa Hatfield

Kentucky Moonshine

Charlie Garth

Bad Lands

Old Man at Counter

Wake Up and Dream

Detective

Little Miss Nobody

Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)

Fort Apache

Phil Kelly/The Sphinx

The Purple Mask

Dr. Lund, Junior

The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring

Phil Kelly

Berlin Via America

Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer

In the Fall of '64

Count Frederick

The Broken Coin

Abraham Lincoln

The Heart of Lincoln

Mister Antonio

The Vault of Mystery

Pete Hepburn

The Devil's Saddle

Hugo Loubeque

Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery

Don Pedro Madero

Song of the Caballero

'Red' Slade

Sons of the Saddle

Phil Kelly

The Silent Mystery

The Spy

Washington at Valley Forge

Tobacco Road

Gabe

The Rider of Death Valley

John Hazzard

The Wreck of the Hesperus

Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk

Scandal for Sale

Ezra Mills

Wildfire

Jim Rodney

Battling with Buffalo Bill

Carroll Wayles

The Craving

Botter Hood

The Lost Special

Nan's Brother / The Bandit

The Bandit's Wager

The Indian chief

The Heart of an Indian

Sheriff Myles

Life in the Raw

Drunken Peasant

Paris in Spring

Luke Stevens

Last of the Duanes

Juggler

Upstream

Samaritan Leper

The Living Bible

Immigration Officer Tom McGuire

Paddy O'Day

Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)

Home in Indiana

Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)

Murder, He Says

Sam Boone (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln

Sticky Jones

This Is the Life

Cavalry Captain

Heroes of the West

Jim Carmody

Gordon of Ghost City

Abraham Lincoln

On Secret Service

Hans (uncredited)

Frankenstein

Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly

The Mystery Of 13

Court Clerk

Lucky Cisco Kid

Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)

The Trail of '98

Hank

The Desperadoes

Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)

Sister Kenny

Major Farnsworth

San Antone Ambush

Cyclone Pete

Cyclone Pete's Matrimony

Branding a Thief

Mr. Newlywed

The Newly Born

The Seal of the Church

Mr. Braggs

Speed Versus Death

A Rough Night on the Bridge

Captain Keen

The Paleface Princess

Baptiste

The Padre's Secret

Lt. Robert Bright

Love's C.Q.D.

A Texas Joke

The Cowboy

White Doe's Lovers

Tony Valero

The Ruling Passion

Joe Lane

The Little Preacher

Will Brown

The Golden Secret

Jack Flynn

A Postal Substitute

Ta-Wa-Wa

Return of Ta-Wa-Wa

Honest Jim

The Romance of Circle Ranch

Young Minister

Won in the Fifth

The Husband

Baseball, That's All

In the Mission Shadows

Salt on the Bird's Tail

A Plucky American Girl

Billy's Sister

The Father

Out for Mischief

Uncle Jim

Her Husband, a Moonshiner

A Mountain Wife

The Corporal

His Sergeant's Stripes

The Cowboy Hero

Cowboys and Bachelor Girls

Denton

Pals

John

A Western Welcome

Jeff

The Owner of L.L. Ranch

John

Only a Sister

Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)

My Darling Clementine

The County Doctor

In the Hot Lands

Texas Ed

The Snake in the Grass

Sir Percy Granville

Sir Percy and the Punchers

Red Rube

The Warrant for Red Rube

Bill Rank

Her Faithful Heart

Jim Saunders

Jack Mason's Last Deal

Jim Edwards

An Unwilling Cowboy

Jack Robbins

The Reformation of Jack Robins

Bill

Mary's Stratagem

Jim Dempsey

The Spring Round-Up

Reverend Simpson

The Redemption of Rawhide

Navarre

The Immortal Alamo

Jim Ford

In Time for Press

Her Spoiled Boy

Black Bill

The Kiss of Mary Jane

John Walsh

In the Right of Way

John Burton

Bessie's Ride

Town Drunk

Sins of Man

Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)

The Ox-Bow Incident

Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)

Unconquered

Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Colonel Garvin

The Lieutenant's Last Fight

Stagecoach Driver

Romance of the Rio Grande

Horse Buyer

Smoky

Derek Bluje

Diamond Frontier

Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher

The Post Telegrapher

Cook (uncredited)

Gunfighters

Mayor Ed Comstock

The Arizonian

Captain Hallett

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

Farmer Bill, with Higgins

Three Faces West

Thad Cameron

Eyes of Texas

Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Scout

Geronimo

Soda Water Manning

Action

Tavern Keeper

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Driver

In Old Chicago

Mr. Herring

Doctor Bull

Bartender

Outlaws of Pine Ridge

Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)

King of the Mounties

Efe

Steamboat Round the Bend

Drunk (uncredited)

3 Godfathers

Horse Trader

Bandits of Dark Canyon

Town Fool

The Fighting Heart

Hearts of Oak

Ralph Baker

The Timber Trail

Barnaby

The Plunderers

Inebriated Courtroom Spectator

Riders of the Purple Sage

Eastbound Stagecoach Driver

Western Union

Ed Garnett

Frontier Investigator

Ranch Owner (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde

Veteran (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

Davenant

Murder in Trinidad

Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

Sleepers East

Fred Francis - a Crook

Unmasked

Drunken Husband (uncredited)

Possessed

'Judge' Flynn

The Informer

Robert Wagner

The Stampede

Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)

A Free Soul

Fire Chief

Officer '444'

Ben McLean

Three Jumps Ahead

The Leap

Quig Mundy

Soft Shoes

Brom Hockley

The Four-Footed Ranger

Jefferson Davis

The Heart of Maryland

'Hurricane' Smith

Lash of the Whip

Pritchard

Sisters of Eve

Blake

Blazing the Trail

Sheriff Hart

Educating Father

Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)

Abraham Lincoln

Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)

Hangover Square

When the Tables Turned

Dr. Rubin

Mom and Dad

Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin

Behind the Mask

James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann

Who Was the Other Man?

When Lincoln Paid

The Phantom Violin

John Ermine

John Ermine of the Yellowstone

Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill

Thundering Hoofs

Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)

The Climax

The Campbells Are Coming

Sherlock Holmes

A Study in Scarlet

Sheriff

Goin' to Town

Old Man (uncredited)

The Plough and the Stars

The Deserter

The Deserter

Hewitt

Charlie Chan's Courage

Drake, a Treacherous Prospector

War on the Plains

Mayor Elmer Briggs

Pilgrimage

Tubbs, Fish Peddler

Gentle Julia

Daniel Snodgrass

Checkers

Jessie (uncredited)

California

Le Génie des cloches ou le Fils du sonneur

Inspector Cabot

Clancy of the Mounted

Count de Freitas

The Lady from Longacre

The American Adventurer

The Great Reward

Colonel Burns

A Roaring Adventure

'Pale' Peter

The Measure of a Man

The Crimson Scars

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

248

Gender

Male

Birthday

1881-08-12

Place of Birth

Portland, Maine, USA

Also Known As

J. Francis O'Fearna