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Francis Ford Acting Filmography (261)

The Sun Shines Bright
1953·Feeney
The Quiet Man
1952·Dan Tobin
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
The Living Bible
1952·Samaritan Leper
Rim of the Wheel
1951·Mr. Dickerson
Wagon Master
1950·Mr. Peachtree
San Antone Ambush
1949·Major Farnsworth
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949·Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
Frontier Investigator
1949·Ed Garnett
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 Timber Trail
1948·Ralph Baker
The Plunderers
1948·Barnaby
High Tide
1947·Pop Garrow
Driftwood
1947·Abner Green
Unconquered
1947·Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
Gunfighters
1947·Cook (uncredited)
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947·Horse Trader
California
1947·Jessie (uncredited)
College Queen
1946·Pop, The Janitor
Accomplice
1946·King Connors
Wake Up and Dream
1946·Old Man at Counter
Sister Kenny
1946·Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
1946·Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
The White Gorilla
1945·Mr. Stacey
Wildfire
1945·Ezra Mills
Murder, He Says
1945·Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
1945·Ranch Owner (uncredited)
Hangover Square
1945·Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
Mom and Dad
1945·Dr. Rubin
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 Desperadoes
1943·Hank
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943·Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
1942·Townsman (uncredited)
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)
Tobacco Road
1941
Last of the Duanes
1941·Luke Stevens
Romance of the Rio Grande
1941·Stagecoach Driver
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941·Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
Western Union
1941·Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
They Died with Their Boots On
1941·Veteran (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940·Migrant (uncredited)
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
Stagecoach
1939·Sgt. 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
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
A Star Is Born
1937·William Gregory (uncredited)
Slave Ship
1937·Scraps
Checkers
1937·Daniel Snodgrass
The Last Train from Madrid
1937·Pedro Elias (uncredited)
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
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
Judge Priest
1934·Juror No. 12
The World Moves On
1934·Legionaire in Trench
Pirate Treasure
1934·Dick's Friend at the Airfield
Murder in Trinidad
1934·Davenant
Sleepers East
1934·Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934·Hewitt
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
Clancy of the Mounted
1933·Inspector Cabot
Roman Scandals
1933·Roman Citizen (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden
1932·Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
Air Mail
1932·Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
Tangled Fortunes
1932·Matt Higgins
Destry Rides Again
1932·Judd Ogden
The Rider of Death Valley
1932·Gabe
Scandal for Sale
1932·Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
The Lost Special
1932·Botter Hood
Heroes of the West
1932·Cavalry Captain
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931·Jim Rodney
Frankenstein
1931·Hans (uncredited)
Possessed
1931·Drunken Husband (uncredited)
A Free Soul
1931·Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
The Front Page
1931·Carl - Detective (uncredited)
Seas Beneath
1931·Eric - Captain of Trawler (uncredited)
The Jade Box
1930·Martin Morgan
The Indians Are Coming
1930·George Woods / Tom Woods
The Mounted Stranger
1930·'Spider' Coy
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 Lariat Kid
1929·Cal Gregg
The Black Watch
1929·MacGregor (uncredited)
Mister Antonio
1929·Bit Role (uncredited)
The Branded Sombrero
1928·Link Jarvis
The Chinatown Mystery
1928·The Sphinx
The Trail of '98
1928·Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
The Four-Footed Ranger
1928·Brom Hockley
Sisters of Eve
1928·Pritchard
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 Devil's Saddle
1927·Pete Hepburn
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1927·John Hazzard
Upstream
1927·Juggler
The Heart of Maryland
1927·Jefferson Davis
One Glorious Scrap
1927·Ralph Curtis
The Silent Trailer
1926·Mrs. Coleman's Physician
Officer '444'
1926·Fire Chief
Speed Cop
1926·The Silk Thief
Taming the West
1925·Frosty Miller
Ridin' Thunder
1925·Frank Douglas
The Red Rider
1925·Brown Bear
The Fighting Heart
1925·Town Fool
Soft Shoes
1925·Quig Mundy
A Roaring Adventure
1925·Colonel Burns
The Sign of the Cactus
1925·Panhandle George
Hearts of Oak
1924
Lash of the Whip
1924·'Hurricane' Smith
The Measure of a Man
1924·'Pale' Peter
Mine to Keep
1923·Jack Deering
Three Jumps Ahead
1923·Ben McLean
Haunted Valley
1923·Sharkey
The Village Blacksmith
1922·Asa Martin
The Boss of Camp 4
1922·Dude McCormick
Thundering Hoofs
1922·Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
Action
1921·Soda Water Manning
The Stampede
1921·Robert Wagner
The Lady from Longacre
1921·Count de Freitas
The Great Reward
1921·The American Adventurer
I Am the Woman
1921
Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16
1920·The Director / Self
The Mystery Of 13
1919·Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
Berlin Via America
1918·Phil Kelly
The Silent Mystery
1918·Phil Kelly
The Craving
1918·Carroll Wayles
The Purple Domino
1917·Hugo Loubeque
The Vault of Mystery
1917
The Leap
1917
Who Was the Other Man?
1917·James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
1917·John Ermine
The Ablaze in Mid-Air
1917·Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
The Demon of the Sky
1917·Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
Mister Vampire
1916·The Vampire Man
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
The Purple Mask
1916·Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
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
The Broken Coin
1915·Count Frederick
The Heart of Lincoln
1915·Abraham Lincoln
The Campbells Are Coming
1915
In the Fall of '64
1914·Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
1914·Hugo Loubeque
Washington at Valley Forge
1914·The Spy
The Phantom Violin
1914
A Study in Scarlet
1914·Sherlock Holmes
The Black Masks
1913·Fred Francis - a Crook
When Lincoln Paid
1913
The Battle of Bull Run
1913·Abraham Lincoln
The Ball Player and the Bandit
1912·A Baseball Fan
The Outcast
1912·Evans, a Trapper
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
A Western Girl
1911·Hartley
Billy and His Pal
1911·Jim - the Cowpuncher
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
Bessie's Ride
1911·John Burton
When the Tables Turned
1911·Cowboy
The Crimson Scars
1911
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·Billy
Out for Mischief
1910·The Father
Uncle Jim
1910
A Mountain Wife
1910·Her Husband, a Moonshiner
His Sergeant's Stripes
1910·The Corporal
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls
1910·The Cowboy Hero
Pals
1910·Denton
A Western Welcome
1910·John
The Fortune Favors the Brave
1908