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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