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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 12, 1881
Died
September 5, 1953
Place of Birth
Portland, Maine, USA
Also Known As
- J. Francis O'Fearna
- Francis Feeney
- Frank Thomas Feeney
Francis Ford
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.4
Feeney
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
0.0
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
7.3
Dan Tobin
The Quiet Man
1952
6.0
Samaritan Leper
The Living Bible
1952
🎬
0.0
Mr. Dickerson
Rim of the Wheel
1951
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
6.6
Mr. Peachtree
Wagon Master
1950
6.9
Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
4.0
Major Farnsworth
San Antone Ambush
1949
0.0
Ed Garnett
Frontier Investigator
1949
Credits
The Sun Shines Bright
as Feeney
1953
6.4
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
0.0
The Quiet Man
as Dan Tobin
1952
7.3
The Living Bible
as Samaritan Leper
1952
6.0
🎬
Rim of the Wheel
as Mr. Dickerson
1951
0.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Wagon Master
as Mr. Peachtree
1950
6.6
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
1949
6.9
San Antone Ambush
as Major Farnsworth
1949
4.0
Frontier Investigator
as Ed Garnett
1949
0.0
3 Godfathers
as Drunk (uncredited)
1948
6.7
The Far Frontier
as Alf Sharper
1948
6.0
The Plunderers
as Barnaby
1948
5.6
Eyes of Texas
as Thad Cameron
1948
6.0
The Timber Trail
as Ralph Baker
1948
0.0
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
1948
6.5
Fort Apache
as Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
1948
7.0
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Horse Trader
1947
0.0
Unconquered
as Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
1947
6.3
Driftwood
as Abner Green
1947
6.1
High Tide
as Pop Garrow
1947
5.9
Gunfighters
as Cook (uncredited)
1947
5.6
California
as Jessie (uncredited)
1947
6.7
Wake Up and Dream
as Old Man at Counter
1946
6.5
My Darling Clementine
as Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
1946
7.4
Sister Kenny
as Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
1946
6.8
Accomplice
as King Connors
1946
5.4
College Queen
as Pop, The Janitor
1946
0.0
Incendiary Blonde
as Ranch Owner (uncredited)
1945
4.6
Wildfire
as Ezra Mills
1945
1.0
The White Gorilla
as Mr. Stacey
1945
3.8
Murder, He Says
as Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
1945
6.6
Hangover Square
as Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
1945
6.9
Mom and Dad
as Dr. Rubin
1945
4.8
The Princess and the Pirate
as Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
1944
6.9
The Climax
as Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
1944
5.5
Home in Indiana
as Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
1944
5.5
The Desperadoes
as Hank
1943
5.7
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
1943
7.7
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
as Bartender
1942
0.0
The Mummy's Tomb
as Townsman (uncredited)
1942
5.5
King of the Mounties
as Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
1942
0.0
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Tavern Keeper
1942
5.7
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Caretaker
1942
6.4
They Died with Their Boots On
as Veteran (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
1941
0.0
Last of the Duanes
as Luke Stevens
1941
6.0
Western Union
as Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
1941
6.0
Tobacco Road
1941
6.6
Romance of the Rio Grande
as Stagecoach Driver
1941
3.8
Diamond Frontier
as Derek Bluje
1940
0.0
South of Pago Pago
as Foster
1940
4.8
Three Faces West
as Farmer Bill, with Higgins
1940
5.4
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Court Clerk
1940
5.6
Viva Cisco Kid
as Proprietor
1940
5.5
The Grapes of Wrath
as Migrant (uncredited)
1940
7.8
Geronimo
as Scout
1939
4.6
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Joe Boleo
1939
6.4
Bad Lands
as Charlie Garth
1939
3.7
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Sam Boone (uncredited)
1939
7.2
Stagecoach
as Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
1939
7.6
The Texans
as Uncle Dud
1938
5.6
Kentucky Moonshine
as Grandpa Hatfield
1938
4.8
In Old Chicago
as Driver
1938
6.6
The Girl of the Golden West
as Miner
1938
4.6
Mannequin
as Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
1938
5.9
Checkers
as Daniel Snodgrass
1937
0.0
The Last Train from Madrid
as Pedro Elias (uncredited)
1937
4.3
Slave Ship
as Scraps
1937
4.5
A Star Is Born
as William Gregory (uncredited)
1937
7.2
The Plough and the Stars
as Old Man (uncredited)
1936
5.8
Sins of Man
as Town Drunk
1936
0.0
Little Miss Nobody
as Detective
1936
6.0
Educating Father
as Sheriff Hart
1936
0.0
Gentle Julia
as Tubbs, Fish Peddler
1936
0.0
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as John Gaines
1936
6.2
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Corporal O'Toole
1936
6.8
Paddy O'Day
as Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
1936
7.0
Charlie Chan's Secret
as Captain of salvage ship
1936
6.9
This Is the Life
as Sticky Jones
1935
6.0
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Efe
1935
7.5
Paris in Spring
as Drunken Peasant
1935
5.0
The Arizonian
as Mayor Ed Comstock
1935
0.0
The Informer
as 'Judge' Flynn
1935
6.7
Goin' to Town
as Sheriff
1935
5.2
Judge Priest
as Juror No. 12
1934
6.4
Charlie Chan's Courage
as Hewitt
1934
8.0
The World Moves On
as Legionaire in Trench
1934
5.6
Murder in Trinidad
as Davenant
1934
0.0
Pirate Treasure
as Dick's Friend at the Airfield
1934
4.0
Sleepers East
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
1934
0.0
Smoky
as Horse Buyer
1933
0.0
Roman Scandals
as Roman Citizen (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Doctor Bull
as Mr. Herring
1933
6.5
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Captain Hallett
1933
6.0
Gordon of Ghost City
as Jim Carmody
1933
4.0
The Man from Monterey
as Don Pablo Gonzales
1933
4.4
Pilgrimage
as Mayor Elmer Briggs
1933
6.9
Life in the Raw
as Sheriff Myles
1933
0.0
Clancy of the Mounted
as Inspector Cabot
1933
0.0
The Lost Special
as Botter Hood
1932
4.5
Air Mail
as Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
1932
5.0
Heroes of the West
as Cavalry Captain
1932
5.5
The Rider of Death Valley
as Gabe
1932
7.0
Destry Rides Again
as Judd Ogden
1932
3.5
Scandal for Sale
as Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
1932
7.0
Tangled Fortunes
as Matt Higgins
1932
0.0
The Impatient Maiden
as Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
1932
0.0
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as Jim Rodney
1931
5.0
Possessed
as Drunken Husband (uncredited)
1931
7.0
Frankenstein
as Hans (uncredited)
1931
7.5
A Free Soul
as Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
1931
6.0
Abraham Lincoln
as Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
1930
5.4
The Indians Are Coming
as George Woods / Tom Woods
1930
4.5
Sons of the Saddle
as 'Red' Slade
1930
0.0
Song of the Caballero
as Don Pedro Madero
1930
0.0
Kathleen Mavourneen
as James, the butler
1930
10.0
The Jade Box
as Martin Morgan
1930
5.0
The Mounted Stranger
as 'Spider' Coy
1930
0.0
Mister Antonio
1929
5.0
The Black Watch
as MacGregor (uncredited)
1929
6.0
The Lariat Kid
as Cal Gregg
1929
0.0
🎬
Sisters of Eve
as Pritchard
1928
0.0
The Chinatown Mystery
as The Sphinx
1928
0.0
The Four-Footed Ranger
as Brom Hockley
1928
0.0
The Trail of '98
as Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
1928
5.9
The Branded Sombrero
as Link Jarvis
1928
5.0
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Captain (uncredited)
1927
6.6
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as John Hazzard
1927
0.0
🎬
The Cruise of the Hellion
as Peg-leg
1927
0.0
Life in Hollywood No. 1
as Self
1927
0.0
The Heart of Maryland
as Jefferson Davis
1927
0.0
The Devil's Saddle
as Pete Hepburn
1927
0.0
Men of Daring
as Black Roger
1927
0.0
Upstream
as Juggler
1927
5.8
The Silent Trailer
as Mrs. Coleman's Physician
1926
0.0
Officer '444'
as Fire Chief
1926
7.0
The Fighting Heart
as Town Fool
1925
5.0
The Red Rider
as Brown Bear
1925
0.0
Ridin' Thunder
as Frank Douglas
1925
0.0
Taming the West
as Frosty Miller
1925
0.0
🎬
A Roaring Adventure
as Colonel Burns
1925
0.0
The Sign of the Cactus
as Panhandle George
1925
0.0
Soft Shoes
as Quig Mundy
1925
7.0
The Measure of a Man
as 'Pale' Peter
1924
0.0
Hearts of Oak
1924
4.0
Lash of the Whip
as 'Hurricane' Smith
1924
5.0
🎬
Mine to Keep
as Jack Deering
1923
0.0
Haunted Valley
as Sharkey
1923
0.0
Three Jumps Ahead
as Ben McLean
1923
5.0
The Boss of Camp 4
as Dude McCormick
1922
0.0
The Village Blacksmith
as Asa Martin
1922
5.3
Thundering Hoofs
as Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
1922
0.0
The Lady from Longacre
as Count de Freitas
1921
0.0
The Stampede
as Robert Wagner
1921
5.0
Action
as Soda Water Manning
1921
4.0
🎬
The Great Reward
as The American Adventurer
1921
0.0
Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16
as The Director / Self
1920
0.0
The Mystery Of 13
as Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
1919
5.0
The Silent Mystery
as Phil Kelly
1918
0.0
The Craving
as Carroll Wayles
1918
5.0
Berlin Via America
as Phil Kelly
1918
0.0
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
as John Ermine
1917
0.0
Who Was the Other Man?
as James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
1917
0.0
The Vault of Mystery
1917
0.0
The Leap
1917
0.0
The Purple Domino
as Hugo Loubeque
1917
0.0
🎬
The Ablaze in Mid-Air
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
1917
0.0
The Purple Mask
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
1916
0.0
🎬
Mister Vampire
as The Vampire Man
1916
0.0
The Bandit's Wager
as Nan's Brother / The Bandit
1916
5.1
🎬
The Princely Bandit
as Prince Frederick
1916
0.0
🎬
Brennon o' the Moor
as Willy Brennon
1916
0.0
🎬
The Unexpected
as The Mexican Foreman
1916
0.0
🎬
Behind the Mask
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
1916
0.0
🎬
The Madcap Queen of Crona
as Prince Frederick
1916
0.0
🎬
The Cry of Erin
as Shemus O'Brien
1916
0.0
🎬
His Majesty Dick Turpin
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
1916
0.0
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
as Dr. Lund, Junior
1916
0.0
The Campbells Are Coming
1915
5.0
The Broken Coin
as Count Frederick
1915
6.0
The Heart of Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
1915
0.0
A Study in Scarlet
as Sherlock Holmes
1914
6.0
The Phantom Violin
1914
0.0
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
as Hugo Loubeque
1914
6.0
🎬
Washington at Valley Forge
as The Spy
1914
0.0
🎬
In the Fall of '64
as Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
1914
0.0
The Black Masks
as Fred Francis - a Crook
1913
5.8
🎬
When Lincoln Paid
1913
0.0
The Invaders
as Colonel James Bryson
1912
5.5
The Ball Player and the Bandit
as A Baseball Fan
1912
5.0
On Secret Service
as Abraham Lincoln
1912
5.0
Custer's Last Fight
as General George A. Custer
1912
6.0
The Outcast
as Evans, a Trapper
1912
0.0
The Lieutenant's Last Fight
as Colonel Garvin
1912
5.5
The Post Telegrapher
as Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
1912
4.0
🎬
Blazing the Trail
as Blake
1912
4.0
The Deserter
as The Deserter
1912
0.0
The Heart of an Indian
as The Indian chief
1912
5.5
War on the Plains
as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
1912
0.0
A Western Girl
as Hartley
1911
0.0
Bessie's Ride
as John Burton
1911
0.0
In the Right of Way
as John Walsh
1911
0.0
The Kiss of Mary Jane
as Black Bill
1911
0.0
When the Tables Turned
as Cowboy
1911
0.0
Her Spoiled Boy
1911
0.0
In Time for Press
as Jim Ford
1911
0.0
The Immortal Alamo
as Navarre
1911
0.0
The Redemption of Rawhide
as Reverend Simpson
1911
0.0
The Spring Round-Up
as Jim Dempsey
1911
0.0
🎬
Mary's Stratagem
as Bill
1911
0.0
🎬
The Reformation of Jack Robins
as Jack Robbins
1911
0.0
🎬
An Unwilling Cowboy
as Jim Edwards
1911
0.0
🎬
Jack Mason's Last Deal
as Jim Saunders
1911
0.0
🎬
Her Faithful Heart
as Bill Rank
1911
0.0
🎬
The Warrant for Red Rube
as Red Rube
1911
0.0
🎬
Sir Percy and the Punchers
as Sir Percy Granville
1911
0.0
🎬
The Snake in the Grass
as Texas Ed
1911
0.0
🎬
In the Hot Lands
as The County Doctor
1911
0.0
Billy and His Pal
as Jim - the Cowpuncher
1911
5.0
🎬
Only a Sister
as John
1911
0.0
🎬
The Owner of L.L. Ranch
as Jeff
1911
0.0
🎬
The Crimson Scars
1911
0.0
🎬
In the Tall Grass Country
as Bob
1910
0.0
🎬
A Western Welcome
as John
1910
0.0
🎬
Pals
as Denton
1910
0.0
🎬
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls
as The Cowboy Hero
1910
0.0
🎬
His Sergeant's Stripes
as The Corporal
1910
0.0
🎬
A Mountain Wife
as Her Husband, a Moonshiner
1910
0.0
🎬
Uncle Jim
1910
0.0
🎬
Out for Mischief
as The Father
1910
0.0
🎬
Billy's Sister
as Billy
1910
0.0
🎬
A Plucky American Girl
1910
0.0
🎬
Salt on the Bird's Tail
1910
0.0
🎬
In the Mission Shadows
1910
0.0
🎬
Baseball, That's All
as The Husband
1910
0.0
🎬
Won in the Fifth
as Young Minister
1910
0.0
🎬
The Romance of Circle Ranch
as Honest Jim
1910
0.0
🎬
Return of Ta-Wa-Wa
as Ta-Wa-Wa
1910
0.0
🎬
A Postal Substitute
as Jack Flynn
1910
0.0
🎬
The Golden Secret
as Will Brown
1910
0.0
🎬
The Little Preacher
as Joe Lane
1910
0.0
🎬
The Ruling Passion
as Tony Valero
1910
0.0
🎬
White Doe's Lovers
as The Cowboy
1910
0.0
🎬
A Texas Joke
1910
0.0
🎬
Love's C.Q.D.
as Lt. Robert Bright
1910
0.0
🎬
The Padre's Secret
as Baptiste
1910
0.0
🎬
The Paleface Princess
as Captain Keen
1910
0.0
🎬
A Rough Night on the Bridge
1910
3.5
🎬
Speed Versus Death
as Mr. Braggs
1910
0.0
🎬
The Seal of the Church
1910
0.0
🎬
The Newly Born
as Mr. Newlywed
1910
0.0
🎬
Branding a Thief
1910
0.0
🎬
Cyclone Pete's Matrimony
as Cyclone Pete
1910
0.0
🎬
The Fortune Favors the Brave
1908
0.0