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