Francis Ford

Personal Info

Birthday

August 12, 1881

Day of Death

1953-09-05

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Portland, Maine, USA

Also Known As

J. Francis O'Fearna

Francis Feeney

Frank Thomas Feeney

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.

Known For

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Stagecoach

Fort Apache

Frankenstein

Paris in Spring

My Darling Clementine

The Quiet Man

The Desperadoes

Filmography

1953
The Sun Shines Bright
as Feeney
1952
The Quiet Man
as Dan Tobin
The Living Bible
as Samaritan Leper
1951
Rim of the Wheel
as Mr. Dickerson
1950
Wagon Master
as Mr. Peachtree
1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
San Antone Ambush
as Major Farnsworth
Frontier Investigator
as Ed Garnett
1948
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)
1947
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)
1946
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
1945
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
1944
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)
1943
The Desperadoes
as Hank
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
1942
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
1941
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
Romance of the Rio Grande
as Stagecoach Driver
1940
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)
1939
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)
1938
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)
1937
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)
1936
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
1935
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
1934
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)
1933
Smoky
as Horse Buyer
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
1932
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)
1931
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as Jim Rodney
Frankenstein
as Hans (uncredited)
Possessed
as Drunken Husband (uncredited)
A Free Soul
as Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
1930
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
1929
The Black Watch
as MacGregor (uncredited)
The Lariat Kid
as Cal Gregg
1928
The Chinatown Mystery
as The Sphinx
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
1927
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Captain (uncredited)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as John Hazzard
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
1926
The Silent Trailer
as Mrs. Coleman's Physician
Officer '444'
as Fire Chief
1925
The Fighting Heart
as Town Fool
The Red Rider
as Brown Bear
Ridin' Thunder
as Frank Douglas
Taming the West
as Frosty Miller
A Roaring Adventure
as Colonel Burns
Soft Shoes
as Quig Mundy
1924
The Measure of a Man
as 'Pale' Peter
Lash of the Whip
as 'Hurricane' Smith
1923
Mine to Keep
as Jack Deering
Three Jumps Ahead
as Ben McLean
1922
The Boss of Camp 4
as Dude McCormick
The Village Blacksmith
as Asa Martin
Thundering Hoofs
as Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
1921
The Lady from Longacre
as Count de Freitas
The Stampede
as Robert Wagner
Action
as Soda Water Manning
The Great Reward
as The American Adventurer
1920
Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16
as The Director / Self
1919
The Mystery Of 13
as Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
1918
The Silent Mystery
as Phil Kelly
The Craving
as Carroll Wayles
Berlin Via America
as Phil Kelly
1917
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
as John Ermine
Who Was the Other Man?
as James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
The Purple Domino
as Hugo Loubeque
1916
The Purple Mask
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
Mister Vampire
as The Vampire Man
The Bandit's Wager
as Nan's Brother / The Bandit
The Princely Bandit
as Prince Frederick
Brennon o' the Moor
as Willy Brennon
The Unexpected
as The Mexican Foreman
Behind the Mask
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
The Madcap Queen of Crona
as Prince Frederick
The Cry of Erin
as Shemus O'Brien
His Majesty Dick Turpin
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
as Dr. Lund, Junior
1915
The Broken Coin
as Count Frederick
The Heart of Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
1914
A Study in Scarlet
as Sherlock Holmes
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
as Hugo Loubeque
Washington at Valley Forge
as The Spy
In the Fall of '64
as Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
1913
The Black Masks
as Fred Francis - a Crook
1912
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
The Post Telegrapher
as Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
Blazing the Trail
as Blake
The Deserter
as The Deserter
The Heart of an Indian
as The Indian chief
War on the Plains
as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
1911
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
When the Tables Turned
as Cowboy
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
Mary's Stratagem
as Bill
The Reformation of Jack Robins
as Jack Robbins
An Unwilling Cowboy
as Jim Edwards
Jack Mason's Last Deal
as Jim Saunders
Her Faithful Heart
as Bill Rank
The Warrant for Red Rube
as Red Rube
Sir Percy and the Punchers
as Sir Percy Granville
The Snake in the Grass
as Texas Ed
In the Hot Lands
as The County Doctor
Billy and His Pal
as Jim - the Cowpuncher
Only a Sister
as John
The Owner of L.L. Ranch
as Jeff
1910
In the Tall Grass Country
as Bob
A Western Welcome
as John
Pals
as Denton
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls
as The Cowboy Hero
His Sergeant's Stripes
as The Corporal
A Mountain Wife
as Her Husband, a Moonshiner
Out for Mischief
as The Father
Billy's Sister
as Billy
Baseball, That's All
as The Husband
Won in the Fifth
as Young Minister
The Romance of Circle Ranch
as Honest Jim
Return of Ta-Wa-Wa
as Ta-Wa-Wa
A Postal Substitute
as Jack Flynn
The Golden Secret
as Will Brown
The Little Preacher
as Joe Lane
The Ruling Passion
as Tony Valero
White Doe's Lovers
as The Cowboy
Love's C.Q.D.
as Lt. Robert Bright
The Padre's Secret
as Baptiste
The Paleface Princess
as Captain Keen
Speed Versus Death
as Mr. Braggs
The Newly Born
as Mr. Newlywed
Cyclone Pete's Matrimony
as Cyclone Pete