John Ford filmography

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] Of Ford's silent films, only 15% of them are known to survive.[2]

Contents

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 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 Once lost, but rediscovered in 2010 in New Zealand

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 Air Mail 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
Ford won an Academy Award for Best Director
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
Nominated for Best Picture
Ford nominated Academy Award for Best Director
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 Best Director 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. Ford won an Academy Award for Best Director
- 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 Director. 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 Republic Pictures Comedy Charles Winninger and Arleen Whelan Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival
121 Mogambo MGM Adventure Clark Gable Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly
- 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 Bamboo Cross 29 minute episode of Fireside Theater
- 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 James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, John Wayne 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 MGM Drama Rod Taylor and Julie Christie Directed by Jack Cardiff with an uncredited Ford
- 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 Narrated by John Wayne Tribute to General Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller

Documentaries about Ford

References

  1. ^ "John Ford at the Internet Movie Database". imdb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000406/. Retrieved 2008-03-03. 
  2. ^ "New Zealand-American Partnership to Save and Make Available "Lost" American Silent Films". filmpreservation.org. http://www.filmpreservation.org/about/PR-2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-06-06.