Cast
Francis Ford
Acting
Cast
Francis Ford
Known for
Acting
Born
1881-08-12
From
Portland, Maine, USA
Died
1953-09-05
Also known as J. Francis O'Fearna, Francis Feeney, Frank Thomas Feeney
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.
Fort Apache
as Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
Frankenstein
as Hans (uncredited)
Stagecoach
as Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Migrant (uncredited)
The Desperadoes
as Hank
Tobacco Road
Unconquered
as Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
as Drunk (uncredited)
The Quiet Man
as Dan Tobin
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
as Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
The Informer
as 'Judge' Flynn
Western Union
as Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
The Climax
as Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
Kathleen Mavourneen
as James, the butler
Sister Kenny
as Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Sam Boone (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
California
as Jessie (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as William Gregory (uncredited)
Driftwood
as Abner Green
Thundering Hoofs
as Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
Officer '444'
as Fire Chief
The Plunderers
as Barnaby
Wagon Master
as Mr. Peachtree
The Outcast
as Evans, a Trapper
Slave Ship
as Scraps
Pilgrimage
as Mayor Elmer Briggs
Diamond Frontier
as Derek Bluje
Tangled Fortunes
as Matt Higgins
Possessed
as Drunken Husband (uncredited)
Checkers
as Daniel Snodgrass
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Joe Boleo
Hangover Square
as Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
Judge Priest
as Juror No. 12
They Died with Their Boots On
as Veteran (uncredited)
A Free Soul
as Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln
as Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
The Princess and the Pirate
as Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
Educating Father
as Sheriff Hart
The Heart of Maryland
as Jefferson Davis
Paddy O'Day
as Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
Gunfighters
as Cook (uncredited)
Paris in Spring
as Drunken Peasant
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Caretaker
Toughest Man in Arizona
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as John Gaines
Geronimo
as Scout
Air Mail
as Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
Mannequin
as Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
Three Faces West
as Farmer Bill, with Higgins
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Corporal O'Toole
The Front Page
as Carl - Detective (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Black Watch
as MacGregor (uncredited)
Goin' to Town
as Sheriff
Wildfire
as Ezra Mills
The Sun Shines Bright
as Feeney
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
The Last Train from Madrid
as Pedro Elias (uncredited)
Washington at Valley Forge
as The Spy
Accomplice
as King Connors
Mom and Dad
as Dr. Rubin
High Tide
as Pop Garrow
Murder, He Says
as Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
The Deserter
as The Deserter
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Efe
The Arizonian
as Mayor Ed Comstock
Doctor Bull
as Mr. Herring
The World Moves On
as Legionaire in Trench
Roman Scandals
as Roman Citizen (uncredited)
The Man from Monterey
as Don Pablo Gonzales
Scandal for Sale
as Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
The Plough and the Stars
as Old Man (uncredited)
Frontier Investigator
as Ed Garnett
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Captain (uncredited)
Sleepers East
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
as Driver
King of the Mounties
as Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Captain Hallett
Incendiary Blonde
as Ranch Owner (uncredited)
The Far Frontier
as Alf Sharper
Charlie Chan's Courage
as Hewitt
The Fortune Favors the Brave
Kentucky Moonshine
as Grandpa Hatfield
Eyes of Texas
as Thad Cameron
Seas Beneath
as Eric - Captain of Trawler (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Court Clerk
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Tavern Keeper
The Purple Mask
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
Smoky
as Horse Buyer
Upstream
as Juggler
Viva Cisco Kid
as Proprietor
The Girl of the Golden West
as Miner
The Trail of '98
as Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
The Broken Coin
as Count Frederick
The Fighting Heart
as Town Fool
The Village Blacksmith
as Asa Martin
Last of the Duanes
as Luke Stevens
Life in the Raw
as Sheriff Myles
The Texans
as Uncle Dud
The Ball Player and the Bandit
as A Baseball Fan
Bad Lands
as Charlie Garth
Sins of Man
as Town Drunk
Action
as Soda Water Manning
Charlie Chan's Secret
as Captain of salvage ship
Pirate Treasure
as Dick's Friend at the Airfield
Murder in Trinidad
as Davenant
The Demon of the Sky
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
The White Gorilla
as Mr. Stacey
Home in Indiana
as Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
The Invaders
as Colonel James Bryson
The Timber Trail
as Ralph Baker
Ridin' Thunder
as Frank Douglas
The Red Rider
as Brown Bear
A Study in Scarlet
as Sherlock Holmes
South of Pago Pago
as Foster
Lash of the Whip
as 'Hurricane' Smith
His Majesty Dick Turpin
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
The Lariat Kid
as Cal Gregg
Soft Shoes
as Quig Mundy
Little Miss Nobody
as Detective
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
as Hugo Loubeque
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
as John Ermine
San Antone Ambush
as Major Farnsworth
Gordon of Ghost City
as Jim Carmody
Romance of the Rio Grande
as Stagecoach Driver
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Horse Trader
Three Jumps Ahead
as Ben McLean
Mine to Keep
as Jack Deering
This Is the Life
as Sticky Jones
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as John Hazzard
Custer's Last Fight
as General George A. Custer
War on the Plains
as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
Gentle Julia
as Tubbs, Fish Peddler
The Measure of a Man
as 'Pale' Peter
Mister Antonio
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Men of Daring
as Black Roger
The Rider of Death Valley
as Gabe
The Boss of Camp 4
as Dude McCormick
Clancy of the Mounted
as Inspector Cabot
Destry Rides Again
as Judd Ogden
Sir Percy and the Punchers
as Sir Percy Granville
The Great Reward
as The American Adventurer
The Impatient Maiden
as Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
The Devil's Saddle
as Pete Hepburn
The Living Bible
as Samaritan Leper
The Lost Special
as Botter Hood
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
as Dr. Lund, Junior
Heroes of the West
as Cavalry Captain
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
as Bartender
Hearts of Oak
Wake Up and Dream
as Old Man at Counter
The Lieutenant's Last Fight
as Colonel Garvin
Baseball, That's All
as The Husband
Behind the Mask
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
The Cruise of the Hellion
as Peg-leg
The Heart of Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
The Sign of the Cactus
as Panhandle George
Taming the West
as Frosty Miller
Who Was the Other Man?
as James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
The Four-Footed Ranger
as Brom Hockley
When Lincoln Paid
The Silent Mystery
as Phil Kelly
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as Jim Rodney
The Craving
as Carroll Wayles
The Unexpected
as The Mexican Foreman
Song of the Caballero
as Don Pedro Madero
Berlin Via America
as Phil Kelly
The Stampede
as Robert Wagner
The Mystery Of 13
as Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
The Chinatown Mystery
as The Sphinx
The Bandit's Wager
as Nan's Brother / The Bandit
Return of Ta-Wa-Wa
as Ta-Wa-Wa
Pals
as Denton
The Campbells Are Coming
The Crimson Scars
The Indians Are Coming
as George Woods / Tom Woods
A Roaring Adventure
as Colonel Burns
Speed Cop
as The Silk Thief
Billy and His Pal
as Jim - the Cowpuncher
Won in the Fifth
as Young Minister
Brennon o' the Moor
as Willy Brennon
One Glorious Scrap
as Ralph Curtis
The Branded Sombrero
as Link Jarvis
The Snake in the Grass
as Texas Ed
The Black Masks
as Fred Francis - a Crook
A Rough Night on the Bridge
The Silent Trailer
as Mrs. Coleman's Physician
The Warrant for Red Rube
as Red Rube
When the Tables Turned
as Cowboy
A Texas Joke
Bessie's Ride
as John Burton
The Romance of Circle Ranch
as Honest Jim
The Princely Bandit
as Prince Frederick
The Paleface Princess
as Captain Keen
College Queen
as Pop, The Janitor
The Vault of Mystery
Sons of the Saddle
as 'Red' Slade
A Western Welcome
as John
The Immortal Alamo
as Navarre
A Plucky American Girl
Her Spoiled Boy
The Spring Round-Up
as Jim Dempsey
Only a Sister
as John
The Jade Box
as Martin Morgan
Speed Versus Death
as Mr. Braggs
The Post Telegrapher
as Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
Her Faithful Heart
as Bill Rank
In the Right of Way
as John Walsh
Mister Vampire
as The Vampire Man
Jack Mason's Last Deal
as Jim Saunders
On Secret Service
as Abraham Lincoln
The Lady from Longacre
as Count de Freitas
Rim of the Wheel
as Mr. Dickerson
The Seal of the Church
A Mountain Wife
as Her Husband, a Moonshiner
The Mounted Stranger
as 'Spider' Coy
A Postal Substitute
as Jack Flynn
The Redemption of Rawhide
as Reverend Simpson
The Newly Born
as Mr. Newlywed
Life in Hollywood No. 1
as Self
Love's C.Q.D.
as Lt. Robert Bright
Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16
as The Director / Self
In the Hot Lands
as The County Doctor
His Sergeant's Stripes
as The Corporal
Mary's Stratagem
as Bill
Cyclone Pete's Matrimony
as Cyclone Pete
Branding a Thief
An Unwilling Cowboy
as Jim Edwards
Haunted Valley
as Sharkey
The Golden Secret
as Will Brown
The Madcap Queen of Crona
as Prince Frederick
In the Fall of '64
as Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
The Reformation of Jack Robins
as Jack Robbins
The Purple Domino
as Hugo Loubeque
Sisters of Eve
as Pritchard
The Padre's Secret
as Baptiste
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls
as The Cowboy Hero
In Time for Press
as Jim Ford
The Phantom Violin
The Ablaze in Mid-Air
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
The Little Preacher
as Joe Lane
The Ruling Passion
as Tony Valero
The Owner of L.L. Ranch
as Jeff
Uncle Jim
Out for Mischief
as The Father
The Cry of Erin
as Shemus O'Brien
The Leap
White Doe's Lovers
as The Cowboy
I Am the Woman
The Kiss of Mary Jane
as Black Bill
A Western Girl
as Hartley
Billy's Sister
as Billy
Blazing the Trail
as Blake
The Battle of Bull Run
as Abraham Lincoln
In the Mission Shadows
The Heart of an Indian
as The Indian chief
Salt on the Bird's Tail
In the Tall Grass Country
as Bob