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Best John Ford Movies Ranked
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John Ford Acting Filmography (38)
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
2023·Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019·Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Five Came Back
2017·Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015·Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013·Self (archive footage)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009·Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009·Self (archive footage)
Monument Valley: John Ford Country
2006·Self (voice) (archive footage)
Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner
2006·Himself (archive footage)
Shooting War
2000·himself
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000·Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000·Self (archive footage)
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999·Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage) (unaccredited)
Omnibus: John Ford, Part One
1992·Self (archive footage)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992·Self
Fonda on Fonda
1992·Self (archive footage)
John Ford's America
1989·Himself (Archive Footage)
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976·Himself/Interviewer
The American West of John Ford
1971·Self
Directed by John Ford
1971·Self (uncredited)
My Name Is John Ford, I Make Westerns
1970·Self
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965·self
The Horse Soldiers
1959·Ned (uncredited)
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958·Self
Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas
1952·Himself (Grand Ball Attendee)
The Screen Director
1951·Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
1943·Self
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943·J.P. Baldwin
Big Time
1929·John Ford (uncredited)
The Tornado
1917·Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)
The Trail of Hate
1917·Lt. Jack Brewer
The Scrapper
1917·Buck, the scrapper
The Purple Mask
1916·(unconfirmed)
The Bandit's Wager
1916
The Broken Coin
1915·Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford)
The Birth of a Nation
1915·Klansman (uncredited)
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
1914
A Study in Scarlet
1914·John H. Watson, M.D.