John Ford

John Ford

Born 01/02/1894
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

Died 31/08/1973 (79 years old)
Palm Desert, California, USA

Biography (1)

John Ford, American director, screenwriter, and producer of Irish descent. A legend of world cinema, he began in Hollywood in the silent era, and his filmography is highly extensive and varied. As a director he is credited with more than 100 features, many of which are Westerns and adventure flicks, but he also worked on socio-critical topics and adaptations of literary works. In his pictures he often developed a favorite motif: a group of people facing danger. … (more)

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Director

Movies
1966

7 Women

1965

Young Cassidy

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

1963

Donovan's Reef

1962

Flashing Spikes (TV movie)

 

How the West Was Won

 

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1961

Two Rode Together

1960

Sergeant Rutledge

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1959

The Horse Soldiers

1958

Gideon's Day

 

The Last Hurrah

1957

The Rising of the Moon

 

The Wings of Eagles

1956

The Searchers

1955

Mister Roberts

 

The Bamboo Cross (TV movie)

 

The Long Gray Line

1953

Mogambo

 

The Sun Shines Bright

1952

The Quiet Man

 

What Price Glory

1950

Rio Grande

 

Wagon Master

 

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1949

Pinky

 

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1948

3 Godfathers

 

Fort Apache

1947

The Fugitive

1946

My Darling Clementine

1945

They Were Expendable

1943

December 7th

1941

How Green Was My Valley

 

Tobacco Road

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

 

The Long Voyage Home

1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

 

Stagecoach

 

Young Mr. Lincoln

1938

Four Men and a Prayer

 

Submarine Patrol

 

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1937

The Hurricane

 

Wee Willie Winkie

1936

Mary of Scotland

 

The Plough and the Stars

 

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1935

Steamboat Round the Bend

 

The Informer

 

The Whole Town's Talking

1934

Judge Priest

 

The Lost Patrol

 

The World Moves On

1933

Doctor Bull

 

Pilgrimage

1932

Air Mail

 

Flesh

1931

Arrowsmith

 

Seas Beneath

 

The Brat

1930

Born Reckless

 

Men Without Women

 

Up the River

1929

Salute

 

Strong Boy

 

The Black Watch

1928

Four Sons

 

Hangman's House

 

Mother Machree

 

Riley the Cop

1927

Upstream

1926

3 Bad Men

 

The Blue Eagle

 

The Shamrock Handicap

1925

Kentucky Pride

 

Lightnin'

 

Thank You

 

The Fighting Heart

1924

Hearts of Oak

 

The Iron Horse

1923

Cameo Kirby

 

Hoodman Blind

 

North of Hudson Bay

 

The Face on the Bar-Room Floor

 

Three Jumps Ahead

1922

Little Miss Smiles

 

Silver Wings

 

The Village Blacksmith

1921

Action

 

Desperate Trails

 

Jackie

 

Sure Fire

 

The Big Punch

 

The Freeze-Out

 

The Wallop

1920

Hitchin' Posts

 

Just Pals

 

The Girl in Number 29

 

The Prince of Avenue A

1919

A Fight for Love

 

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

 

Ace of the Saddle

 

Bare Fists

 

Marked Men

 

Rider of the Law

 

Riders of Vengeance

 

Roped

 

The Gun Packer

 

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1918

A Woman's Fool

 

Hell Bent

 

The Craving

 

The Phantom Riders

 

The Scarlet Drop

 

Thieves' Gold

 

Three Mounted Men

 

Wild Women

1917

A Marked Man

 

Red Saunders Plays Cupid

 

Slumbering Fires

 

Straight Shooting

 

The Secret Man

Series
1957

Wagon Train

1955

Screen Directors Playhouse

1949

Fireside Theatre

Documentaries
1983

World War II - 7: Fury in the Pacific

1976

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

1959

Korea

1951

This Is Korea!

1943

German Industrial Manpower

 

How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

 

We Sail at Midnight

1942

The Battle of Midway

 

Torpedo Squadron

Short
1942

Sex Hygiene

1928

Napoleon's Barber

1919

By Indian Post

 

Fighting Brothers, The

 

Gun Law

 

Rustlers

 

The Last Outlaw

1917

Cheyenne's Pal

 

Soul Herder, The

 

The Scrapper

 

The Tornado

 

The Trail of Hate

Producer

Screenwriter

Actor

Movies
1929

Big Time

1916

Adventures of Peg o' the Ring, The

 

The Purple Mask

1915

Broken Coin, The

 

Campbells Are Coming, The

 

The Birth of a Nation

1914

Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery

Documentaries
2021

The Lost Film of Nuremberg (TV movie) - a.f.

2018

John Ford, the Man Who Invented America (TV movie) - a.f.

 

The Directors (series) - a.f.

 

John Ford - a.f. (S02E04)

2014

Spanish Western - a.f.

2013

John Ford et Monument Valley - a.f.

2011

The Story of Film: An Odyssey (series) - a.f.

2010

Sodankylä ikuisesti (series) - a.f.

2009

Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood (TV movie) - a.f.

2007

John Wayne: Behind the Scenes - a.f.

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Never Apologize

2006

An Appreciation - a.f.

2005

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (TV movie)

2002

John Ford and John Wayne (TV movie) - a.f.

2001

War Stories with Oliver North (series) - a.f.

2000

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV movie)

1999

Biography: John Ford - An American Vision (TV movie)

1998

A Turning of the Earth - a.f.

 

John Wayne: The Unquiet American - a.f.

1992

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1987

Universum (series) - a.f.

1976

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

1971

Directed by John Ford

 

The American West of John Ford (TV movie)

1955

Wide Wide World (series)

1951

The Screen Director

1943

At the Front

 

How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

Short
1965

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland

1917

The Scrapper

 

The Tornado

 

The Trail of Hate

1916

Chicken-Hearted Jim

 

Lumber Yard Gang, The

 

Strong Arm Squad, The

 

The Bandit's Wager

1915

Doorway of Destruction, The

 

Hidden City, The

 

Smuggler's Island

 

Three Bad Men and a Girl

1914

Mysterious Rose, The

 

The Mysterious Hand

1913

The Honor of the Regiment

Author

Movies
1930

Men Without Women - book

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