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.

Filmography

• 2025Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928) — Director
• 1953The Sun Shines Bright — Feeney
• 1952The Living Bible — Samaritan Leper
• 1952The Quiet Man — Dan Tobin
• 1952Toughest Man in Arizona
• 1951Rim of the Wheel — Mr. Dickerson
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
• 1950Wagon Master — Mr. Peachtree
• 1949Frontier Investigator — Ed Garnett
• 1949San Antone Ambush — Major Farnsworth
• 1949She Wore a Yellow Ribbon — Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
• 19483 Godfathers — Drunk (uncredited)
• 1948Eyes of Texas — Thad Cameron
• 1948Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' — Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
• 1948Fort Apache — Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
• 1948The Far Frontier — Alf Sharper
• 1948The Plunderers — Barnaby
• 1948The Timber Trail — Ralph Baker
• 1947Bandits of Dark Canyon — Horse Trader
• 1947California — Jessie (uncredited)
• 1947Driftwood — Abner Green
• 1947Gunfighters — Cook (uncredited)
• 1947High Tide — Pop Garrow
• 1947Unconquered — Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
• 1946Accomplice — King Connors
• 1946College Queen — Pop, The Janitor
• 1946My Darling Clementine — Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
• 1946Sister Kenny — Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
• 1946Wake Up and Dream — Old Man at Counter
• 1945Hangover Square — Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
• 1945Incendiary Blonde — Ranch Owner (uncredited)
• 1945Mom and Dad — Dr. Rubin
• 1945Murder, He Says — Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
• 1945The White Gorilla — Mr. Stacey
• 1945Wildfire — Ezra Mills
• 1944Home in Indiana — Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
• 1944The Climax — Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
• 1944The Princess and the Pirate — Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
• 1943The Desperadoes — Hank
• 1943The Ox-Bow Incident — Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
• 1942King of the Mounties — Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
• 1942Outlaws of Pine Ridge — Bartender
• 1942The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe — Tavern Keeper
• 1942The Man Who Wouldn't Die — Caretaker
• 1942The Mummy's Tomb — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1941Last of the Duanes — Luke Stevens
• 1941Riders of the Purple Sage — Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
• 1941Romance of the Rio Grande — Stagecoach Driver
• 1941They Died with Their Boots On — Veteran (uncredited)
• 1941Tobacco Road
• 1941Western Union — Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
• 1940Diamond Frontier — Derek Bluje
• 1940Lucky Cisco Kid — Court Clerk
• 1940South of Pago Pago — Foster
• 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Migrant (uncredited)
• 1940Three Faces West — Farmer Bill, with Higgins
• 1940Viva Cisco Kid — Proprietor
• 1939Bad Lands — Charlie Garth
• 1939Drums Along the Mohawk — Joe Boleo
• 1939Geronimo — Scout
• 1939Stagecoach — Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
• 1939Young Mr. Lincoln — Sam Boone (uncredited)
• 1938In Old Chicago — Driver
• 1938Kentucky Moonshine — Grandpa Hatfield
• 1938Mannequin — Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
• 1938The Girl of the Golden West — Miner
• 1938The Texans — Uncle Dud
• 1937A Star Is Born — William Gregory (uncredited)
• 1937Checkers — Daniel Snodgrass
• 1937Slave Ship — Scraps
• 1937The Last Train from Madrid — Pedro Elias (uncredited)
• 1936Charlie Chan at the Circus — John Gaines
• 1936Charlie Chan's Secret — Captain of salvage ship
• 1936Educating Father — Sheriff Hart
• 1936Gentle Julia — Tubbs, Fish Peddler
• 1936Little Miss Nobody — Detective
• 1936Paddy O'Day — Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
• 1936Sins of Man — Town Drunk
• 1936The Plough and the Stars — Old Man (uncredited)
• 1936The Prisoner of Shark Island — Corporal O'Toole
• 1935Goin' to Town — Sheriff
• 1935Paris in Spring — Drunken Peasant
• 1935Steamboat Round the Bend — Efe
• 1935The Arizonian — Mayor Ed Comstock
• 1935The Informer — 'Judge' Flynn
• 1935This Is the Life — Sticky Jones
• 1934Charlie Chan's Courage — Hewitt
• 1934Judge Priest — Juror No. 12
• 1934Murder in Trinidad — Davenant
• 1934Pirate Treasure — Dick's Friend at the Airfield
• 1934Sleepers East — Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
• 1934The World Moves On — Legionaire in Trench
• 1933Charlie Chan's Greatest Case — Captain Hallett
• 1933Clancy of the Mounted — Inspector Cabot
• 1933Doctor Bull — Mr. Herring
• 1933Gordon of Ghost City — Jim Carmody
• 1933Life in the Raw — Sheriff Myles
• 1933Pilgrimage — Mayor Elmer Briggs
• 1933Roman Scandals — Roman Citizen (uncredited)
• 1933Smoky — Horse Buyer
• 1933The Man from Monterey — Don Pablo Gonzales
• 1932Air Mail — Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
• 1932Destry Rides Again — Judd Ogden
• 1932Heroes of the West — Cavalry Captain
• 1932Scandal for Sale — Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
• 1932Tangled Fortunes — Matt Higgins
• 1932The Impatient Maiden — Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
• 1932The Lost Special — Botter Hood
• 1932The Rider of Death Valley — Gabe
• 1931A Free Soul — Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
• 1931Battling with Buffalo Bill — Jim Rodney
• 1931Frankenstein — Hans (uncredited)
• 1931Possessed — Drunken Husband (uncredited)
• 1931Seas Beneath — Eric - Captain of Trawler (uncredited)
• 1931The Front Page — Carl - Detective (uncredited)
• 1930Abraham Lincoln — Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
• 1930Kathleen Mavourneen — James, the butler
• 1930Shadows of Broadway — Writer
• 1930Song of the Caballero — Don Pedro Madero
• 1930Sons of the Saddle — 'Red' Slade
• 1930The Indians Are Coming — George Woods / Tom Woods
• 1930The Jade Box — Martin Morgan
• 1930The Mounted Stranger — 'Spider' Coy
• 1929Mister Antonio — Bit Role (uncredited)
• 1929The Black Watch — MacGregor (uncredited)
• 1929The Lariat Kid — Cal Gregg
• 1928Sisters of Eve — Pritchard
• 1928The Branded Sombrero — Link Jarvis
• 1928The Call of the Heart — Director
• 1928The Chinatown Mystery — The Sphinx, Writer
• 1928The Four-Footed Ranger — Brom Hockley
• 1928The Trail of '98 — Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
• 1927Men of Daring — Black Roger
• 1927One Glorious Scrap — Ralph Curtis
• 1927The Cruise of the Hellion — Peg-leg
• 1927The Devil's Saddle — Pete Hepburn
• 1927The Heart of Maryland — Jefferson Davis
• 1927The Wreck of the Hesperus — John Hazzard
• 1927Uncle Tom's Cabin — Captain (uncredited)
• 1927Upstream — Juggler
• 1927Wolf's Trail — Director
• 1926Dog Scents — Director
• 1926Officer '444' — Fire Chief, Director
• 1926Speed Cop — The Silk Thief
• 1926The Silent Trailer — Mrs. Coleman's Physician, Director, Scenario Writer
• 1926The Winking Idol — Director
• 1925A Roaring Adventure — Colonel Burns
• 1925Perils of the Wild — Director
• 1925Ridin' Thunder — Frank Douglas
• 1925Soft Shoes — Quig Mundy
• 1925Taming the West — Frosty Miller
• 1925The Fighting Heart — Town Fool
• 1925The Power God — Director
• 1925The Red Rider — Brown Bear
• 1925The Sign of the Cactus — Panhandle George
• 1924Cupid's Rustler — Director, Writer
• 1924Hearts of Oak
• 1924Lash of the Whip — 'Hurricane' Smith, Writer, Director
• 1924The Lash of Pinto Pete — Director
• 1924The Measure of a Man — 'Pale' Peter
• 1923Haunted Valley — Sharkey
• 1923Mine to Keep — Jack Deering
• 1923Three Jumps Ahead — Ben McLean
• 1922Gold Grabbers — Director
• 1922The Boss of Camp 4 — Dude McCormick
• 1922The Village Blacksmith — Asa Martin
• 1922Thundering Hoofs — Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill, Director
• 1921Action — Soda Water Manning
• 1921Cyclone Bliss — Director
• 1921I Am the Woman — Director
• 1921The Great Reward — The American Adventurer, Director, Producer
• 1921The Lady from Longacre — Count de Freitas
• 1921The Stampede — Robert Wagner, Director
• 1920Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16 — The Director / Self
• 1919The Mystery Of 13 — Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly, Director
• 1918Berlin Via America — Phil Kelly, Director
• 1918The Craving — Carroll Wayles, Director, Story
• 1918The Silent Mystery — Phil Kelly, Director
• 1917John Ermine of the Yellowstone — John Ermine, Director
• 1917The Ablaze in Mid-Air — Phil Kelly/The Sphinx, Director
• 1917The Avenging Trail — Director
• 1917The Demon of the Sky — Phil Kelly/The Sphinx, Director, Writer
• 1917The Leap — Director
• 1917The Purple Domino — Hugo Loubeque
• 1917The Tornado — Story
• 1917The Trail of Hate — Director
• 1917The Vault of Mystery — Director
• 1917Who Was the Other Man? — James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann, Director
• 1916Behind the Mask — Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin, Director
• 1916Born of the People — Director
• 1916Brennon o' the Moor — Willy Brennon, Director
• 1916His Majesty Dick Turpin — Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin, Director
• 1916Mister Vampire — The Vampire Man, Director
• 1916The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring — Dr. Lund, Junior, Director
• 1916The Bandit's Wager — The Bandit / Nan's Brother's Friend, Director, Producer
• 1916The Cry of Erin — Shemus O'Brien, Director, Scenario Writer
• 1916The Madcap Queen of Crona — Prince Frederick, Director
• 1916The Princely Bandit — Prince Frederick, Director
• 1916The Purple Mask — Phil Kelly/The Sphinx, Director, Writer
• 1916The Unexpected — The Mexican Foreman, Director
• 1915The Broken Coin — Count Frederick, Director
• 1915The Campbells Are Coming — Director
• 1915The Heart of Lincoln — Abraham Lincoln, Director
• 1914A Study in Scarlet — Sherlock Holmes, Director
• 1914In the Fall of '64 — Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer, Director
• 1914Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery — Hugo Loubeque, Director, Writer
• 1914The Phantom Violin — Director
• 1914Washington at Valley Forge — The Spy, Director, Scenario Writer
• 1913The Battle of Bull Run — Abraham Lincoln, Director
• 1913The Black Masks — Fred Francis - a Crook, Director
• 1913When Lincoln Paid — Director
• 1912Blazing the Trail — Blake
• 1912Custer's Last Fight — General George A. Custer, Director
• 1912On Secret Service — Abraham Lincoln
• 1912The Ball Player and the Bandit — A Baseball Fan, Director
• 1912The Deserter — The Deserter
• 1912The Heart of an Indian — The Indian chief
• 1912The Invaders — Colonel James Bryson, Director
• 1912The Lieutenant's Last Fight — Colonel Garvin
• 1912The Outcast — Evans, a Trapper
• 1912The Post Telegrapher — Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher, Director
• 1912War on the Plains — Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
• 1911A Western Girl — Hartley
• 1911An Unwilling Cowboy — Jim Edwards
• 1911Bessie's Ride — John Burton
• 1911Billy and His Pal — Jim - the Cowpuncher
• 1911Her Faithful Heart — Bill Rank
• 1911Her Spoiled Boy
• 1911In Time for Press — Jim Ford
• 1911In the Hot Lands — The County Doctor
• 1911In the Right of Way — John Walsh
• 1911Jack Mason's Last Deal — Jim Saunders
• 1911Mary's Stratagem — Bill
• 1911Only a Sister — John
• 1911Sir Percy and the Punchers — Sir Percy Granville
• 1911The Crimson Scars
• 1911The Immortal Alamo — Navarre
• 1911The Kiss of Mary Jane — Black Bill
• 1911The Owner of L.L. Ranch — Jeff
• 1911The Redemption of Rawhide — Reverend Simpson
• 1911The Reformation of Jack Robins — Jack Robbins
• 1911The Snake in the Grass — Texas Ed
• 1911The Spring Round-Up — Jim Dempsey
• 1911The Warrant for Red Rube — Red Rube
• 1911When the Tables Turned — Cowboy
• 1910A Mountain Wife — Her Husband, a Moonshiner
• 1910A Plucky American Girl
• 1910A Postal Substitute — Jack Flynn
• 1910A Rough Night on the Bridge
• 1910A Texas Joke
• 1910A Western Welcome — John
• 1910Baseball, That's All — The Husband
• 1910Billy's Sister — Billy
• 1910Branding a Thief
• 1910Cowboys and Bachelor Girls — The Cowboy Hero
• 1910Cyclone Pete's Matrimony — Cyclone Pete
• 1910His Sergeant's Stripes — The Corporal
• 1910In the Mission Shadows
• 1910In the Tall Grass Country — Bob
• 1910Love's "C.Q.D." — Lt. Robert Bright
• 1910Out for Mischief — The Father
• 1910Pals — Denton
• 1910Return of Ta-Wa-Wa — Ta-Wa-Wa
• 1910Salt on the Bird's Tail
• 1910Speed Versus Death — Mr. Braggs
• 1910The First-born — Mr. Newlywed
• 1910The Golden Secret — Will Brown
• 1910The Little Preacher — Joe Lane
• 1910The Padre's Secret — Baptiste
• 1910The Paleface Princess — Captain Keen
• 1910The Romance of Circle Ranch — Honest Jim
• 1910The Ruling Passion — Tony Valero
• 1910The Seal of the Church
• 1910Uncle Jim
• 1910White Doe's Lovers — The Cowboy
• 1910Won in the Fifth — Young Minister
• 1908The Fortune Favors the Brave

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1927Life in Hollywood No. 1 — Self