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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 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
Frankenstein
(1931)
Hans (uncredited)
Stagecoach
(1939)
Billy Pickett (uncredited)
Fort Apache
(1948)
Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
Wagon Master
(1950)
Mr. Peachtree
My Darling Clementine
(1946)
Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
The Quiet Man
(1952)
Dan Tobin
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
(1948)
Drunk (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
(1937)
William Gregory (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
(uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Drums Along the Mohawk
(1939)
Joe Boleo
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Veteran (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(1949)
Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln
(1930)
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Hank
Doctor Bull
(1933)
Mr. Herring
Full Filmography
Acting
In the Tall Grass Country
(1910)
Bob
Cyclone Pete's Matrimony
(1910)
Cyclone Pete
Branding a Thief
(1910)
The Newly Born
(1910)
Mr. Newlywed
The Seal of the Church
(1910)
Speed Versus Death
(1910)
Mr. Braggs
A Rough Night on the Bridge
(1910)
The Paleface Princess
(1910)
Captain Keen
The Padre's Secret
(1910)
Baptiste
Love's C.Q.D.
(1910)
Lt. Robert Bright
A Texas Joke
(1910)
White Doe's Lovers
(1910)
The Cowboy
The Ruling Passion
(1910)
Tony Valero
The Little Preacher
(1910)
Joe Lane
The Golden Secret
(1910)
Will Brown
A Postal Substitute
(1910)
Jack Flynn
Return of Ta-Wa-Wa
(1910)
Ta-Wa-Wa
The Romance of Circle Ranch
(1910)
Honest Jim
Won in the Fifth
(1910)
Young Minister
Baseball, That's All
(1910)
The Husband
In the Mission Shadows
(1910)
Salt on the Bird's Tail
(1910)
A Plucky American Girl
(1910)
Billy's Sister
(1910)
Out for Mischief
(1910)
The Father
Uncle Jim
(1910)
A Mountain Wife
(1910)
His Sergeant's Stripes
(1910)
The Corporal
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls
(1910)
The Cowboy Hero
Pals
(1910)
Denton
A Western Welcome
(1910)
John
Billy and His Pal
(1911)
Jim - the Cowpuncher
When the Tables Turned
(1911)
A Western Girl
(1911)
Hartley
The Owner of L.L. Ranch
(1911)
Jeff
Only a Sister
(1911)
John
In the Hot Lands
(1911)
The County Doctor
The Snake in the Grass
(1911)
Texas Ed
Sir Percy and the Punchers
(1911)
Sir Percy Granville
The Warrant for Red Rube
(1911)
Red Rube
Her Faithful Heart
(1911)
Bill Rank
Jack Mason's Last Deal
(1911)
Jim Saunders
An Unwilling Cowboy
(1911)
Jim Edwards
The Reformation of Jack Robins
(1911)
Jack Robbins
Mary's Stratagem
(1911)
Bill
The Spring Round-Up
(1911)
Jim Dempsey
The Redemption of Rawhide
(1911)
Reverend Simpson
The Immortal Alamo
(1911)
Navarre
In Time for Press
(1911)
Jim Ford
Her Spoiled Boy
(1911)
The Kiss of Mary Jane
(1911)
Black Bill
In the Right of Way
(1911)
John Walsh
The Invaders
(1912)
Colonel James Bryson
Custer's Last Fight
(1912)
General George A. Custer
The Heart of an Indian
(1912)
The Indian chief
On Secret Service
(1912)
Abraham Lincoln
The Lieutenant's Last Fight
(1912)
Colonel Garvin
The Post Telegrapher
(1912)
Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
Blazing the Trail
(1912)
Blake
The Deserter
(1912)
The Deserter
War on the Plains
(1912)
Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
The Ball Player and the Bandit
(1912)
A Baseball Fan
The Outcast
(1912)
Evans, a Trapper
When Lincoln Paid
(1913)
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
(1914)
Hugo Loubeque
The Phantom Violin
(1914)
A Study in Scarlet
(1914)
Sherlock Holmes
In the Fall of '64
(1914)
Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
Washington at Valley Forge
(1914)
The Spy
The Broken Coin
(1915)
Count Frederick
The Campbells Are Coming
(1915)
The Heart of Lincoln
(1915)
Abraham Lincoln
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
(1916)
Dr. Lund, Junior
The Bandit's Wager
(1916)
Nan's Brother / The Bandit
Behind the Mask
(1916)
Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
His Majesty Dick Turpin
(1916)
Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
The Cry of Erin
(1916)
Shemus O'Brien
The Madcap Queen of Crona
(1916)
Prince Frederick
The Unexpected
(1916)
The Mexican Foreman
Brennon o' the Moor
(1916)
Willy Brennon
The Princely Bandit
(1916)
Prince Frederick
Mister Vampire
(1916)
The Vampire Man
The Purple Mask
(1916)
Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
The Vault of Mystery
(1917)
Unmasked
(1917)
Fred Francis - a Crook
The Leap
(1917)
Who Was the Other Man?
(1917)
James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
(1917)
John Ermine
The Purple Domino
(1917)
Hugo Loubeque
The Craving
(1918)
Carroll Wayles
Berlin Via America
(1918)
Phil Kelly
The Silent Mystery
(1918)
Phil Kelly
The Mystery Of 13
(1919)
Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
Action
(1921)
Soda Water Manning
The Stampede
(1921)
Robert Wagner
Thundering Hoofs
(1922)
Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
The Village Blacksmith
(1922)
Asa Martin
The Boss of Camp 4
(1922)
Dude McCormick
Three Jumps Ahead
(1923)
Ben McLean
Mine to Keep
(1923)
Jack Deering
Hearts of Oak
(1924)
Lash of the Whip
(1924)
'Hurricane' Smith
The Fighting Heart
(1925)
Town Fool
Soft Shoes
(1925)
Quig Mundy
The Four-Footed Ranger
(1925)
Brom Hockley
Taming the West
(1925)
Frosty Miller
Ridin' Thunder
(1925)
Frank Douglas
The Red Rider
(1925)
Brown Bear
Officer '444'
(1926)
Fire Chief
The Silent Trailer
(1926)
Mrs. Coleman's Physician
The Devil's Saddle
(1927)
Pete Hepburn
The Wreck of the Hesperus
(1927)
John Hazzard
Upstream
(1927)
Juggler
The Heart of Maryland
(1927)
Jefferson Davis
Men of Daring
(1927)
Black Roger
Life in Hollywood No. 1
(1927)
Self
The Cruise of the Hellion
(1927)
Peg-leg
Uncle Tom's Cabin
(1927)
Captain (uncredited)
The Trail of '98
(1928)
Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
Sisters of Eve
(1928)
The Branded Sombrero
(1928)
Link Jarvis
The Chinatown Mystery
(1928)
The Sphinx
Mister Antonio
(1929)
The Lariat Kid
(1929)
Cal Gregg
The Black Watch
(1929)
MacGregor (uncredited)
Kathleen Mavourneen
(1930)
James, the butler
Song of the Caballero
(1930)
Don Pedro Madero
Sons of the Saddle
(1930)
'Red' Slade
Abraham Lincoln
(1930)
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
The Jade Box
(1930)
Martin Morgan
The Indians Are Coming
(1930)
George Woods / Tom Woods
The Mounted Stranger
(1930)
'Spider' Coy
Battling with Buffalo Bill
(1931)
Jim Rodney
Frankenstein
(1931)
Hans (uncredited)
Possessed
(1931)
Drunken Husband (uncredited)
A Free Soul
(1931)
Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
(1932)
Judd Ogden
Scandal for Sale
(1932)
Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
The Rider of Death Valley
(1932)
Gabe
The Lost Special
(1932)
Botter Hood
Heroes of the West
(1932)
Cavalry Captain
The Impatient Maiden
(1932)
Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
Air Mail
(1932)
Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
Tangled Fortunes
(1932)
Matt Higgins
The Man from Monterey
(1933)
Don Pablo Gonzales
Life in the Raw
(1933)
Sheriff Myles
Gordon of Ghost City
(1933)
Jim Carmody
Smoky
(1933)
Horse Buyer
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
(1933)
Captain Hallett
Doctor Bull
(1933)
Mr. Herring
Pilgrimage
(1933)
Mayor Elmer Briggs
Judge Priest
(1934)
Juror No. 12
Pirate Treasure
(1934)
Dick's Friend at the Airfield
Sleepers East
(1934)
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Murder in Trinidad
(1934)
Davenant
Charlie Chan's Courage
(1934)
Hewitt
The World Moves On
(1934)
Legionaire in Trench
Paris in Spring
(1935)
Drunken Peasant
This Is the Life
(1935)
Sticky Jones
The Arizonian
(1935)
Mayor Ed Comstock
Steamboat Round the Bend
(1935)
Efe
The Informer
(1935)
'Judge' Flynn
Goin' to Town
(1935)
Sheriff
Charlie Chan at the Circus
(1936)
John Gaines
Charlie Chan's Secret
(1936)
Captain of salvage ship
The Prisoner of Shark Island
(1936)
Corporal O'Toole
Little Miss Nobody
(1936)
Detective
Paddy O'Day
(1936)
Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
Sins of Man
(1936)
Town Drunk
Educating Father
(1936)
Sheriff Hart
The Plough and the Stars
(1936)
Old Man (uncredited)
Gentle Julia
(1936)
Tubbs, Fish Peddler
A Star Is Born
(1937)
William Gregory (uncredited)
Slave Ship
(1937)
Scraps
Checkers
(1937)
Daniel Snodgrass
Mannequin
(1938)
Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West
(1938)
Miner
The Texans
(1938)
Uncle Dud
Kentucky Moonshine
(1938)
Grandpa Hatfield
In Old Chicago
(1938)
Driver
Stagecoach
(1939)
Billy Pickett (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk
(1939)
Joe Boleo
Bad Lands
(1939)
Charlie Garth
Young Mr. Lincoln
(1939)
Sam Boone (uncredited)
Geronimo
(1939)
Scout
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
(uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Viva Cisco Kid
(1940)
Proprietor
South of Pago Pago
(1940)
Foster
Lucky Cisco Kid
(1940)
Court Clerk
Diamond Frontier
(1940)
Derek Bluje
Three Faces West
(1940)
Farmer Bill, with Higgins
Romance of the Rio Grande
(1941)
Stagecoach Driver
Western Union
(1941)
Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
Riders of the Purple Sage
(1941)
Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Veteran (uncredited)
Last of the Duanes
(1941)
Luke Stevens
Tobacco Road
(1941)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
(1942)
Caretaker
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
(1942)
Tavern Keeper
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
(1942)
Bartender
King of the Mounties
(1942)
Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
The Mummy's Tomb
(1942)
Townsman (uncredited)
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Hank
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
The Princess and the Pirate
(1944)
Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
Home in Indiana
(1944)
Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
The Climax
(1944)
Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
The White Gorilla
(1945)
Mr. Stacey
Incendiary Blonde
(1945)
Ranch Owner (uncredited)
Wildfire
(1945)
Ezra Mills
Murder, He Says
(1945)
Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
Hangover Square
(1945)
Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
Mom and Dad
(1945)
Dr. Rubin
Accomplice
(1946)
King Connors
Wake Up and Dream
(1946)
Old Man at Counter
My Darling Clementine
(1946)
Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
College Queen
(1946)
Pop, The Janitor
Sister Kenny
(1946)
Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
High Tide
(1947)
Pop Garrow
Driftwood
(1947)
Abner Green
Gunfighters
(1947)
Cook (uncredited)
Bandits of Dark Canyon
(1947)
Horse Trader
Unconquered
(1947)
Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
The Far Frontier
(1948)
Alf Sharper
Fort Apache
(1948)
Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
(1948)
Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
Eyes of Texas
(1948)
Thad Cameron
3 Godfathers
(1948)
Drunk (uncredited)
The Plunderers
(1948)
Barnaby
The Timber Trail
(1948)
Ralph Baker
San Antone Ambush
(1949)
Major Farnsworth
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(1949)
Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
Frontier Investigator
(1949)
Ed Garnett
Wagon Master
(1950)
Mr. Peachtree
Rim of the Wheel
(1951)
Mr. Dickerson
The Quiet Man
(1952)
Dan Tobin
Toughest Man in Arizona
(1952)
The Living Bible
(1952)
Samaritan Leper
The Sun Shines Bright
(1953)
Feeney
Directing
The Ball Player and the Bandit
(1912)
Director
The Invaders
(1912)
Director
Custer's Last Fight
(1912)
Director
The Post Telegrapher
(1912)
Director
When Lincoln Paid
(1913)
Director
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
(1914)
Director
The Phantom Violin
(1914)
Director
In the Fall of '64
(1914)
Director
Washington at Valley Forge
(1914)
Director
A Study in Scarlet
(1914)
Director
The Broken Coin
(1915)
Director
The Campbells Are Coming
(1915)
Director
The Heart of Lincoln
(1915)
Director
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
(1916)
Director
The Bandit's Wager
(1916)
Director
Behind the Mask
(1916)
Director
His Majesty Dick Turpin
(1916)
Director
Born of the People
(1916)
Director
The Cry of Erin
(1916)
Director
The Madcap Queen of Crona
(1916)
Director
The Unexpected
(1916)
Director
Brennon o' the Moor
(1916)
Director
The Princely Bandit
(1916)
Director
Mister Vampire
(1916)
Director
The Purple Mask
(1916)
Director
The Vault of Mystery
(1917)
Director
The Trail of Hate
(1917)
Director
Unmasked
(1917)
Director
The Leap
(1917)
Director
Who Was the Other Man?
(1917)
Director
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
(1917)
Director
The Demon in the Sky
(1917)
Director
The Purple Mask, Ep5: "The Ablaze in Mid-Air"
(1917)
Director
The Avenging Trail
(1917)
Director
The Craving
(1918)
Director
Berlin Via America
(1918)
Director
The Silent Mystery
(1918)
Director
The Mystery Of 13
(1919)
Director
The Stampede
(1921)
Director
Cyclone Bliss
(1921)
Director
Thundering Hoofs
(1922)
Director
Gold Grabbers
(1922)
Director
Lash of the Whip
(1924)
Director
Cupid's Rustler
(1924)
Director
The Power God
(1925)
Director
Perils of the Wild
(1925)
Director
Officer '444'
(1926)
Director
The Silent Trailer
(1926)
Director
Dog Scents
(1926)
Director
Wolf's Trail
(1927)
Director
The Call of the Heart
(1928)
Director
Writing
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
(1914)
Writer
Washington at Valley Forge
(1914)
Scenario Writer
The Cry of Erin
(1916)
Scenario Writer
The Purple Mask
(1916)
Writer
The Tornado
(1917)
Story
The Demon in the Sky
(1917)
Writer
The Craving
(1918)
Story
Lash of the Whip
(1924)
Writer
Cupid's Rustler
(1924)
Writer
The Silent Trailer
(1926)
Scenario Writer
The Chinatown Mystery
(1928)
Writer
Shadows of Broadway
(1930)
Writer
Production