John Ford

    Director, Producer, Actor

    Birthdate: Feb 1, 1894

    Birthplace: Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

    Died: Aug 31, 1973

    John Ford came to Hollywood following one of his brothers, an actor. Asked what brought him to Hollywood, he replied "the train". He became one of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known for his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six Oscars, counting (he always did) the two that he won for his WWII documentary work. He had one wife; a son and daughter; and a grandson, Dan Ford who wrote a biography on his famous grandfather.

    Known For

    The Quiet Man
    The Quiet Man

    (1952)

    The Grapes of Wrath
    The Grapes of Wrath

    (1940)

    How Green Was My Valley
    How Green Was My Valley

    (1941)

    Stagecoach
    Stagecoach

    (1939)

    John Ford Movies

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    • 2023 |

      Filmmakers for the Prosecution

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    • 2019 |
      John Wayne: America at All Costs
    • 2017 |

      Big Time

      asJohn Ford
    • 2015 |
      This Is Orson Welles
    • 2013 |
      John Ford et Monument Valley
    • 2013 |
      What Is Cinema?
    • 2007 |
      Never Apologize
    • 2002 |
      John Ford Goes to War
    • 1990 |
      Hollywood Mavericks
    • 1976 |
      Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
    • 1971 |
      Directed by John Ford
    • 1965 |
      7 Women
    • 1964 |
      Cheyenne Autumn
    • 1963 |
      Donovan's Reef
    • 1962 |
      How the West Was Won
    • 1962 |
      The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
    • 1961 |
      Two Rode Together
    • 1960 |
      Sergeant Rutledge
    • 1959 |
      The Horse Soldiers
    • 1958 |
      Gideon of Scotland Yard
    • 1958 |
      The Last Hurrah
    • 1957 |
      The Rising of the Moon
    • 1957 |
      The Wings of Eagles
    • 1956 |
      The Searchers
    • 1955 |
      The Long Gray Line
    • 1955 |
      Mister Roberts
    • 1953 |
      Mogambo
    • 1953 |
      The Sun Shines Bright
    • 1952 |
      What Price Glory
    • 1952 |
      The Quiet Man
    • 1951 |
      This Is Korea!
    • 1950 |
      When Willie Comes Marching Home
    • 1950 |
      Rio Grande
    • 1950 |
      Wagon Master
    • 1949 |
      She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
    • 1948 |
      3 Godfathers
    • 1948 |
      Fort Apache
    • 1947 |
      The Fugitive
    • 1946 |
      My Darling Clementine
    • 1945 |
      Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps
    • 1945 |
      They Were Expendable
    • 1944 |
      Undercoveras J. P. Baldwin
    • 1943 |
      December 7th
    • 1943 |
      German Industrial Manpower
    • 1941 |
      Tobacco Road
    • 1941 |
      How Green Was My Valley
    • 1940 |
      The Long Voyage Home
    • 1940 |
      The Grapes of Wrath
    • 1939 |
      Drums Along the Mohawk
    • 1939 |
      Young Mr. Lincoln
    • 1939 |
      Stagecoach
    • 1938 |
      Four Men and a Prayer
    • 1938 |
      Submarine Patrol
    • 1937 |
      The Hurricane
    • 1937 |
      Wee Willie Winkie
    • 1936 |
      The Last Outlaw
    • 1936 |
      The Plough and the Stars
    • 1936 |
      The Prisoner of Shark Island
    • 1936 |
      Mary of Scotland
    • 1935 |
      Steamboat Round the Bend
    • 1935 |
      The Whole Town's Talking
    • 1934 |
      Judge Priest
    • 1934 |
      The Lost Patrol
    • 1934 |
      The World Moves On
    • 1933 |
      Doctor Bull
    • 1933 |
      Pilgrimage
    • 1932 |
      Air Mail
    • 1931 |
      Arrowsmith
    • 1931 |
      The Brat
    • 1931 |
      The Seas Beneath
    • 1930 |
      Born Reckless
    • 1930 |
      Men Without Women
    • 1930 |
      Up the River
    • 1929 |
      Salute
    • 1929 |
      Strong Boy
    • 1929 |
      The Black Watch
    • 1928 |
      Four Sons
    • 1927 |
      Upstream
    • 1926 |
      The Blue Eagle
    • 1926 |
      The Shamrock Handicap
    • 1926 |
      3 Bad Men
    • 1925 |
      Kentucky Pride
    • 1925 |
      Lightnin'
    • 1925 |
      Thank You
    • 1925 |
      The Fighting Heart
    • 1924 |
      Hearts of Oak
    • 1923 |
      Cameo Kirby
    • 1923 |
      Hoodman Blind
    • 1923 |
      North of Hudson Bay
    • 1923 |
      The Face on the Bar-Room Floor
    • 1923 |
      Three Jumps Ahead
    • 1922 |
      Little Miss Smiles
    • 1922 |
      Silver Wings
    • 1922 |
      The Village Blacksmith
    • 1921 |
      Action
    • 1921 |
      Desperate Trails
    • 1921 |
      Sure Fire
    • 1921 |
      The Big Punch
    • 1921 |
      The Freeze-Out
    • 1921 |
      The Wallop
    • 1920 |
      Hitchin' Posts
    • 1920 |
      Just Pals
    • 1920 |
      The Girl in Number 29
    • 1920 |
      The Prince of Avenue A
    • 1919 |
      A Fight for Love
    • 1919 |
      A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
    • 1919 |
      Ace of the Saddle
    • 1919 |
      Bare Fists
    • 1919 |
      Marked Men
    • 1919 |
      Rider of the Law
    • 1919 |
      Riders of Vengeance
    • 1919 |
      Roped
    • 1919 |
      The Outcasts of Poker Flat
    • 1918 |
      A Woman's Fool
    • 1918 |
      Hell Bent
    • 1918 |
      The Craving
    • 1918 |
      The Phantom Riders
    • 1918 |
      The Scarlet Drop
    • 1918 |
      Thieves' Gold
    • 1918 |
      Three Mounted Men
    • 1918 |
      Wild Women
    • 1917 |
      A Marked Man
    • 1917 |
      Bucking Broadway
    • 1917 |
      Straight Shooting
    • 1917 |
      The Secret Man
    • 1915 |
      The Broken Coinas Sacchio's Accomplice

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