John Ford filmography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following are the films directed by John Ford. He was credited as Jack Ford in all his silent films until Cameo Kirby in 1923. The Internet Movie Database lists Ford as directing 140 films from 1917 to 1966. ^[1]

Contents 1 Silent films 2 Sound films 2.1 Documentaries about Ford 3 References

[edit] Silent films

#	Title	Studio	Genre	Cast	Notes
- 1917 -
1	The Tornado	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	John Ford and Jean Hathaway	Ford's debut film and now considered to be lost
2	The Fighting Gringo	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey
3	The Trail of Hate	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Drama	John Ford	Lost film
4	The Scrapper	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	John Ford	Lost film
5	Cheyenne's Pal	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Gertrude Astor and Harry Carey	Lost film
6	The Soul Herder	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey	Lost film
7	Straight Shooting	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey	Prints survive in at the film archive at George Eastman House
8	The Secret Man	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey	Two of the five reels survive
9	A Marked Man	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Molly Malone	Lost film
10	Bucking Broadway	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Molly Malone	Thought to be lost, but rediscovered in 2002
- 1918 -
11	The Phantom Riders	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and William Steele	Lost film
12	Wild Women	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Molly Malone	Lost film
13	Thieves' Gold	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Molly Malone	Lost film
14	The Scarlet Drop	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Molly Malone	30 minutes of footage still survives
15	Hell Bent	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Duke R. Lee	A print of the film still survives
16	A Woman's Fool	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Betty Schade	Lost film
17	The Craving	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Drama	Francis Ford	Lost film and co-directed with his brother, Francis Ford
18	Three Mounted Men	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey	Lost film
- 1919 -
19	Roped	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Neva Gerber	Lost film
20	The Fighting Brothers	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson	Lost film
21	A Fight for Love	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey	Lost film
22	Rustlers	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
23	Bare Fists	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Betty Schade	Lost film
24	Gun Law	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
25	By Indian Post	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Pete Morrison and Duke R. Lee	One of the two reels survive
26	The Gun Packer	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
27	Riders of Vengeance	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Seena Owen	Lost film
28	The Last Outlaw	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Edgar Jones and Lucille Hutton	Part of the film survives
29	The Outcasts of Poker Flat	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Cullen Landis	Lost film
30	Ace of the Saddle	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Duke R. Lee	Lost film
31	Rider of the Law	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Vester Pegg	Lost film
32	A Gun Fightin' Gentleman	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and J. Barney Sherry	Partially lost film - 3 reels survive
33	Marked Men	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey	Lost film and a remake of the 1916 film The Three Godfathers
- 1920 -
34	The Prince of Avenue A	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Drama	James J. Corbett and Richard Cummings	Lost film
35	The Girl in Number 29	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Drama	Frank Mayo and Elinor Fair	Lost film
36	Hitchin' Posts	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Drama	Frank Mayo	Lost film
37	Just Pals	Fox Film Corporation	Western	Buck Jones and Helen Ferguson	Ford's first film for Fox
- 1921 -
38	The Big Punch	Fox Film Corporation	Western	Buck Jones and Barbara Bedford
39	The Freeze-Out	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Helen Ferguson	Lost film
40	The Wallop	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Mignonne Golden	Lost film
41	Desperate Trails	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Harry Carey and Irene Rich	Lost film
42	Action	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Hoot Gibson and Francis Ford	Lost film
43	Sure Fire	Universal Film Manufacturing Company	Western	Hoot Gibson and Molly Malone	Lost film
44	Jackie	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Shirley Mason and William Scott	Lost film
- 1922 -
45	Little Miss Smiles	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Shirley Mason and Gaston Glass	Lost film
46	Silver Wings	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Mary Carr and Lynn Hammond	Ford directed the prologue only
47	The Village Blacksmith	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Will Walling and Virginia True Boardman	Lost film with only one of the eight reels surviving
- 1923 -
48	The Face on the Bar-Room Floor	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Henry B. Walthall and Ruth Clifford	Lost film
49	Three Jumps Ahead	Fox Film Corporation	Western	Tom Mix and Alma Bennett	Lost film
50	Cameo Kirby	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead	First film credited as John Ford
51	North of Hudson Bay	Fox Film Corporation	Action	Tom Mix and Kathleen Key	40 minutes of footage survive
52	Hoodman Blind	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	David Butler and Gladys Hulette	Lost film
- 1924 -
53	The Iron Horse	Fox Film Corporation	Western	George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy	Ford was uncredited
54	Hearts of Oak	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Hobart Bosworth and Pauline Starke	Lost film
- 1925 -
55	Lightnin'	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Jay Hunt and Wallace MacDonald
56	Kentucky Pride	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Gertrude Astor and Peaches Jackson
57	Thank You	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Alec B. Francis and Jacqueline Logan	Lost film
58	The Fighting Heart	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	George O'Brien and Billie Dove	Lost film
- 1926 -
59	The Shamrock Handicap	Fox Film Corporation	Romance	Janet Gaynor and Leslie Fenton	Print survives at the Museum of Modern Art
60	3 Bad Men	Fox Film Corporation	Western	George O'Brien and Olive Borden
61	The Blue Eagle	Fox Film Corporation	Action	George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor	Ford was uncredited
- 1927 -
62	Upstream	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Nancy Nash and Earle Foxe	Lost film

[edit] Sound films

#	Title	Studio	Genre	Cast	Notes
- 1928 -
63	Mother Machree	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Belle Bennett and Neil Hamilton	Part sound and Ford was uncredited. John Wayne's first film with Ford, albeit in an uncredited minor role. Three reels survive.
64	Four Sons	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Margaret Mann and James Hall	Part sound
65	Hangman's House	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Victor McLaglen and June Collyer	Ford was uncredited. Silent film.
66	Napoleon's Barber	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Otto Matieson and Natalie Golitzen	Short sound film that's now lost
67	Riley the Cop	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	J. Farrell MacDonald and Nancy Drexel	Ford was uncredited. Silent film with synchronized music track.
- 1929 -
68	Strong Boy	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Victor McLaglen and Leatrice Joy	Silent film with synchronized music track.
69	The Black Watch	Fox Film Corporation	Epic	Victor McLaglen and Myrna Loy
70	Salute	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	George O'Brien and Helen Chandler	John Wayne has an uncredited role
- 1930 -
71	Men Without Women	Fox Film Corporation	Action	Kenneth MacKenna and Frank Albertson
72	Born Reckless	Fox Film Corporation	Crime-Comedy	Edmund Lowe and Catherine Dale Owen	Also directed by Andrew Bennison
73	Up the River	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart	Debut film for both Tracy and Bogart
- 1931 -
74	Seas Beneath	Fox Film Corporation	Action	George O'Brien and Marion Lessing
75	The Brat	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Sally O'Neil and Alan Dinehart
76	Arrowsmith	United Artists	Drama	Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes	Nominated for Best Picture
- 1932 -
77	Airmail	Universal Pictures	Action	Ralph Bellamy and Gloria Stuart
78	Flesh	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Drama	Wallace Beery and Ricardo Cortez	Ford was uncredited
- 1933 -
79	Pilgrimage	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Henrietta Crosman and Heather Angel
80	Doctor Bull	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Will Rogers and Vera Allen
- 1934 -
81	The Lost Patrol	RKO Pictures	Action	Victor McLaglen and Boris Karloff
82	The World Moves On	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone
83	Judge Priest	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Will Rogers and Tom Brown
- 1935 -
84	The Whole Town's Talking	Columbia Pictures	Comedy	Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur	Released in the UK as Passport to Fame
85	The Informer	RKO Pictures	Drama	Victor McLaglen and Heather Angel	Nominated for Best Picture
86	Steamboat Round the Bend	Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Will Rogers and Anne Shirley
- 1936 -
87	The Prisoner of Shark Island	Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart
88	Mary of Scotland	RKO Pictures	Historical drama	Katharine Hepburn
89	The Plough and the Stars	RKO Pictures	Drama	Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster
- 1937 -
90	Wee Willie Winkie	Fox Film Corporation	Adventure	Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen
91	The Hurricane	United Artists	Drama	Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall
- 1938 -
92	The Adventures of Marco Polo	United Artists	Drama-Adventure	Gary Cooper and Sigrid Gurie	Directed by Archie Mayo with an uncredited Ford
93	Four Men and a Prayer	Fox Film Corporation	Adventure	Loretta Young and Richard Greene
94	Submarine Patrol	Fox Film Corporation	Adventure	Richard Greene and Nancy Kelly
- 1939 -
95	Stagecoach	United Artists	Western	Claire Trevor and John Wayne	Ford's first Western using sound
96	Young Mr. Lincoln	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	Historical	Henry Fonda	Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story.
97	Drums Along the Mohawk	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	Western	Claudette Colbert and Henry Fonda	Ford's first film in colour
- 1940 -
98	The Grapes of Wrath	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell	Ford won an Academy Award for directing and Darwell won Best Supporting Actress
99	The Long Voyage Home	United Artists	Drama	John Wayne and Thomas Mitchell
- 1941 -
100	Tobacco Road	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Charley Grapewin and Marjorie Rambeau
101	How Green Was My Valley	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O'Hara	Won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture
- 1942 -
102	Torpedo Squadron	United States Navy	Documentary
103	Sex Hygiene	U.S. Army Signal Corps	Documentary	George Reeves and Richard Derr
104	The Battle of Midway	War Activities Committee	Documentary	Donald Crisp and Henry Fonda	Won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature
- 1943 -
105	December 7th		Documentary		Won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
106	We Sail at Midnight		Documentary		Ford was uncredited
- 1945 -
107	They Were Expendable	MGM	War	Robert Montgomery and John Wayne	Nominated for two Academy Awards - Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Recording
- 1946 -
108	My Darling Clementine	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	Western	Henry Fonda and Linda Darnell
- 1947 -
109	The Fugitive	RKO Pictures	Drama	Henry Fonda and Dolores del Río
- 1948 -
110	Fort Apache	RKO Pictures	Western	John Wayne and Henry Fonda
111	3 Godfathers	MGM	Western	John Wayne and Harry Carey Jr.
- 1949 -
112	Pinky	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	Drama	Jeanne Crain and Ethel Barrymore	Ford was the original director, but he was replaced after one week by Elia Kazan
113	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	RKO Pictures	Western	John Wayne and Joanne Dru
- 1950 -
114	When Willie Comes Marching Home	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	Comedy	Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet
115	Wagon Master	RKO Pictures	Western	Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr.
116	Rio Grande	Republic Pictures	Western	John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
- 1951 -
117	This Is Korea!		Documentary
- 1952 -
118	The Quiet Man	Republic Pictures	Romantic comedy	John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara	Ford won an Academy Award for Best Directing. Also won Best Cinematography and was nominated in five other categories.
119	What Price Glory?	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	War	James Cagney and Corinne Calvet
- 1953 -
120	The Sun Shines Bright
121	Mogambo	MGM	Adventure	Clark Gable and Ava Gardner
- 1955 -
122	The Long Gray Line	Columbia Pictures	Drama	Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara
123	Mister Roberts	Warner Bros.	Comedy-drama	Henry Fonda and James Cagney	Replaced by Mervyn LeRoy
124	The Bamboo Cross				Made for TV
- 1956 -
125	The Searchers	Warner Bros.	Western	John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter
- 1957 -
126	The Wings of Eagles	MGM	Drama	John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
127	The Rising of the Moon	Warner Bros.	Comedy-drama	Tyrone Power
- 1958 -
128	Gideon's Day	Columbia Pictures	Crime	Jack Hawkins	US title: Gideon of Scotland Yard
129	The Last Hurrah	Columbia Pictures	Drama	Spencer Tracy and Jeffrey Hunter
- 1959 -
130	Korea		Documentary
131	The Horse Soldiers	United Artists	Western	John Wayne and William Holden
- 1960 -
132	Sergeant Rutledge	Warner Bros.	Western	Woody Strode and Jeffrey Hunter
*	The Alamo	United Artists	Western	John Wayne and Richard Widmark	* Some 2nd unit work only, Ford is often erroneously described as an uncredited co-director
- 1961 -
133	Two Rode Together	Columbia Pictures	Western	James Stewart and Richard Widmark
- 1962 -
134	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Paramount Pictures	Western	John Wayne and James Stewart
135	How the West Was Won	MGM	Western	John Wayne and James Stewart	The Civil War segment
- 1963 -
136	Donovan's Reef	Paramount Pictures	Action	John Wayne and Elizabeth Allen
- 1964 -
137	Cheyenne Autumn	Warner Bros.	Western	Richard Widmark and Carroll Baker
- 1965 -
138	Young Cassidy				Ford was uncredited
- 1966 -
139	7 Women	MGM	Drama	Anne Bancroft and Margaret Leighton	Ford's last feature film
- 1971 -
140	Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend		Documentary

[edit] Documentaries about Ford

• Directed by John Ford (1971) directed by Peter Bogdanovich and narrated by Orson Welles
• Directed by John Ford (2006) restored longer version which premiered on Turner Classic Movies on 7 November 2006

[edit] References

v • d • e The films of John Ford 1910s The Tornado • The Fighting Gringo • The Trail of Hate • The Scrapper • Cheyenne's Pal • The Soul Herder • Straight Shooting • The Secret Man • A Marked Man • Bucking Broadway • The Phantom Riders • Wild Women • Thieves' Gold • The Scarlet Drop • Hell Bent • A Woman's Fool • The Craving (with Francis Ford) • Three Mounted Men • Roped • The Fighting Brothers • A Fight for Love • Rustlers • Bare Fists • Gun Law • By Indian Post • The Gun Packer • Riders of Vengeance • The Last Outlaw • The Outcasts of Poker Flat • Ace of the Saddle • Rider of the Law • A Gun Fightin' Gentleman • Marked Men 1920s The Prince of Avenue A • The Girl in Number 29 • Hitchin' Posts • Just Pals • The Big Punch • The Freeze-Out • The Wallop • Desperate Trails • Action • Sure Fire • Jackie • Little Miss Smiles • Silver Wings (with Edwin Carewe) • The Village Blacksmith • The Face on the Bar-Room Floor • Three Jumps Ahead • Cameo Kirby • North of Hudson Bay • Hoodman Blind • Hearts of Oak • Lightnin' • Kentucky Pride • Thank You • The Fighting Heart • The Shamrock Handicap • 3 Bad Men • Upstream • Four Sons • Napoleon's Barber • Strong Boy • The Black Watch 1930s Men Without Women • Born Reckless • Up the River • Seas Beneath • The Brat • Arrowsmith • Airmail • Pilgrimage • Doctor Bull • The Lost Patrol • The World Moves On • Judge Priest • The Whole Town's Talking • The Informer • Steamboat Round the Bend • The Prisoner of Shark Island • Mary of Scotland • The Plough and the Stars • Wee Willie Winkie • The Hurricane • Four Men and a Prayer • Submarine Patrol • Stagecoach • Young Mr. Lincoln • Drums Along the Mohawk 1940s The Grapes of Wrath • The Long Voyage Home • Tobacco Road • How Green Was My Valley • They Were Expendable • My Darling Clementine • The Fugitive • Fort Apache • 3 Godfathers • Pinky • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1950s When Willie Comes Marching Home • Wagon Master • Rio Grande • The Quiet Man • What Price Glory? • The Sun Shines Bright • Mogambo • The Long Gray Line • Mister Roberts (with Mervyn LeRoy) • The Searchers • The Wings of Eagles • The Rising of the Moon • Gideon's Day The Last Hurrah • The Horse Soldiers 1960s Sergeant Rutledge • Two Rode Together • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance • How the West Was Won (with Henry Hathaway and George Marshall) • Donovan's Reef • Cheyenne Autumn • 7 Women Television "Fireside Theatre" (1949) • The Bamboo Cross (1955) • "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1955) • "Wagon Train" (1957-1965) Productions The Iron Horse (1924) • The Blue Eagle (1926) • Mother Machree (1928) • Hangman's House (1928) • Riley the Cop (1928) • Salute (1929) • Flesh (1932) • The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) • Young Cassidy (1965) Documentaries Torpedo Squadron • Sex Hygiene (1942) • The Battle of Midway (1942) • December 7th (1943) • We Sail at Midnight (1943) • This Is Korea! (1951) • Korea (1959) • Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976)