John Ford (I) (1894–1973)

Director | Producer | Actor

John Ford came to Hollywood following one of his brothers, an actor. Asked what brought him to ...

Born: February 1, 1894
Died: August 31, 1973 (age 79)

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Filmography

Known For

The Quiet Man Director (1952)
The Grapes of Wrath Director (1940)
Stagecoach Director (1939)
Known For

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Director (1962)
Director

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976)
7 Women (1966)
Young Cassidy (1965)
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Donovan's Reef (1963)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Alcoa Premiere (1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Two Rode Together (1961)
Wagon Train (1960)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Korea (1959)
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)
The Rising of the Moon (1957)
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
The Searchers (1956)
Screen Directors Playhouse (1955)
Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955)
Mister Roberts (1955)
The Long Gray Line (1955)
Mogambo (1953)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
What Price Glory (1952)
The Quiet Man (1952)
This Is Korea! (1951)
Rio Grande (1950)
Wagon Master (1950)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Pinky (1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Fireside Theatre (1949)
3 Godfathers (1948)
Fort Apache (1948)
The Fugitive (1947)
It's Your America (1946)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Undercover (1944)
German Industrial Manpower (1943)
We Sail at Midnight (1943)
December 7th (1943)
At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army (1943)
Torpedo Squadron (1942)
The Battle of Midway (1942)
Sex Hygiene (1942)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Tobacco Road (1941)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Submarine Patrol (1938)
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
The Hurricane (1937)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
The Plough and the Stars (1936)
Mary of Scotland (1936)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
The Informer (1935)
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
Judge Priest (1934)
The World Moves On (1934)
The Lost Patrol (1934)
Doctor Bull (1933)
Pilgrimage (1933)
Flesh (1932)
Air Mail (1932)
Arrowsmith (1931)
The Brat (1931)
Seas Beneath (1931)
Up the River (1930)
Born Reckless (1930)
Men Without Women (1930)
Salute (1929)
The Black Watch (1929)
Strong Boy (1929)
Riley the Cop (1928)
Napoleon's Barber (1928)
Hangman's House (1928)
Four Sons (1928)
Mother Machree (1927)
Upstream (1927)
The Blue Eagle (1926)
3 Bad Men (1926)
The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
The Fighting Heart (1925)
Thank You (1925)
Kentucky Pride (1925)
Lightnin' (1925)
Hearts of Oak (1924)
The Iron Horse (1924)
Hoodman Blind (1923)
North of Hudson Bay (1923)
Cameo Kirby (1923)
Three Jumps Ahead (1923)
The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923)
The Village Blacksmith (1922)
Silver Wings (1922)
Little Miss Smiles (1922)
Jackie (1921)
Sure Fire (1921)
Action (1921)
Desperate Trails (1921)
The Wallop (1921)
The Freeze-Out (1921)
The Big Punch (1921)
Just Pals (1920)
Hitchin' Posts (1920)
The Girl in Number 29 (1920)
The Prince of Avenue A (1920)
Marked Men (1919)
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919)
Rider of the Law (1919)
Ace of the Saddle (1919)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919)
The Last Outlaw (1919)
Riders of Vengeance (1919)
The Gun Packer (1919)
Gun Law (1919)
Bare Fists (1919)
Rustlers (1919)
By Indian Post (1919)
A Fight for Love (1919)
The Fighting Brothers (1919)
Roped (1919)
Three Mounted Men (1918)
The Craving (1918)
A Woman's Fool (1918)
Hell Bent (1918)
The Scarlet Drop (1918)
Thieves' Gold (1918)
Wild Women (1918)
The Phantom Riders (1918)
Bucking Broadway (1917)
A Marked Man (1917)
The Secret Man (1917)
Straight Shooting (1917)
Cheyenne's Pal (1917)
The Soul Herder (1917)
The Scrapper (1917)
The Trail of Hate (1917)
Director

The Tornado (1917)
Producer

Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971)
7 Women (1966)
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Donovan's Reef (1963)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Two Rode Together (1961)
Korea (1959)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
The Quiet Man (1952)
Rio Grande (1950)
Wagon Master (1950)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
3 Godfathers (1948)
Fort Apache (1948)
The Fugitive (1947)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Undercover (1944)
German Industrial Manpower (1943)
December 7th (1943)
The Battle of Midway (1942)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Stagecoach (1939)
The Informer (1935)
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
The Lost Patrol (1934)
Flesh (1932)
Seas Beneath (1931)
Men Without Women (1930)
Salute (1929)
Riley the Cop (1928)
Hangman's House (1928)
Four Sons (1928)
Mother Machree (1927)
The Blue Eagle (1926)
3 Bad Men (1926)
The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
The Fighting Heart (1925)
Lightnin' (1925)
The Iron Horse (1924)
The Village Blacksmith (1922)
Producer

The Wallop (1921)
Actor

Nelly's Folly Agent (1961)
The Horse Soldiers Ned (1959)
Undercover J. P. Baldwin (1944)
Big Time John Ford (1929)
The Scrapper Buck - the Scrapper (1917)
The Trail of Hate Lt. Jack Brewer (1917)
The Tornado Jack Dayton (1917)
The Yellow Streak Jack McClean - Cecil's Brother (1916)
The Purple Mask (1916)
The Bandit's Wager Nan's Brother (1916)
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Lund's Accomplice (1916)
Chicken-Hearted Jim Roughneck Crewman (1916)
The Campbells Are Coming Undetermined Role (1915)
The Broken Coin Sacchio's Accomplice (1915)
The Doorway of Destruction Edward Feeney (1915)
The Hidden City Lt. Johns' Brother (1915)
Three Bad Men and a Girl Jim (1915)
The Birth of a Nation Klansman on Horse Holding Up Hood with Hand (1915)
Smuggler's Island Smuggler (1915)
A Study in Scarlet John H. Watson, M.D. (1914)
The Call of the Waves (1914)
The District Attorney's Brother Jack - Frank's Twin Brother (1914)
The Mysterious Rose Dopey (1914)
The Mysterious Hand Undetermined Secondary Role (1914)
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery (1914)
Actor

The Honor of the Regiment Jack (1913)
Writer

The Quiet Man (1952)
Wagon Master (1950)
The Battle of Midway (1942)
The Last Outlaw (1936)
Up the River (1930)
Men Without Women (1930)
Three Jumps Ahead (1923)
The Big Punch (1921)
Under Sentence (1920)
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919)
The Last Outlaw (1919)
Riders of Vengeance (1919)
The Gun Packer (1919)
The Craving (1918)
Hell Bent (1918)
The Scarlet Drop (1918)
Wild Women (1918)
A Marked Man (1917)
The Secret Man (1917)
Cheyenne's Pal (1917)
The Scrapper (1917)
The Trail of Hate (1917)
The Tornado (1917)
Writer

The Doorway of Destruction (1915)
Soundtrack

The American West of John Ford (1971)
Soundtrack

The Quiet Man (1952)
Archive footage

Ford at Pearl (2021)
Hemingway (2021)
Hollywood Insider (2021)
Nuremberg: des images pour l'histoire (2021)
The Movies (2019)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019)
America in Color (2018)
Welcome to the Basement (2015-2018)
Five Came Back (2017)
National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (2017)
Mystères d'archives (2015)
This Is Orson Welles (2015)
Spanish Western (2014)
What Is Cinema? (2013)
John Ford et Monument Valley (2013)
Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012)
Playing Pappy (2012)
Una lunga vacanza (2012)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007)
Never Apologize (2007)
Big John (2006)
Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner (2006)
Monument Valley: John Ford Country (2006)
American Masters (2006)
Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005)
Universum (2005)
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
Filmmakers in Action (2005)
I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005)
John Ford Goes to War (2002)
War Stories with Oliver North (2002)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
Shooting War: World War II Combat Cameramen (2000)
Backstory (2000)
National Geographic Explorer (1999)
The Making of 'How the West Was Won' (1998)
Century of Cinema (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
John Ford (1993)
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (1993)
The Making of 'The Quiet Man' (1992)
Omnibus (1992)
Fonda on Fonda (1992)
Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
AFI Life Achievement Award (1988)
The Moviemakers (1984)
Archive footage

Hollywood (1980)
Biography (1987)
Additional Crew

Taiwan: Island of Freedom (1963)
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
Wagon Master (1950)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
3 Godfathers (1948)
Fort Apache (1948)
Additional Crew

The Fugitive (1947)
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery (1914)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

The Alamo (1960)
Hondo (1953)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

What Price Glory (1926)
The Craving (1918)
The Broken Coin (1915)
The Doorway of Destruction (1915)
Cinematographer

The News Parade of the Year 1942 (1942)
The Battle of Midway (1942)
Stunts

The Tornado (1917)
Stunts

Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery (1914)
Editor

The Battle of Midway (1942)
Art Department

Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery (1914)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

John Wayne usually called him by the nickname "Coach" or "Pappy" in private, but several times publicly, including during Wayne's acceptance speech for the 1970 Oscar for Best Actor, Wayne called him "Admiral John Ford", in reference to his rank at ...

Quotes

I love making pictures but I don't like talking about them.

Trademark

If a doomed character plays poker, the last hand he plays before going to his death will be the "death hand" (two aces, one of them the ace of spades, and two 8s; so-called because Wild Bill Hickok held this hand when he was murdered). The hand will...