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John Ford Filmography
1913
The Battle of Bull Run, Actor
Directed by and starring John Ford’s brother, Francis Ford; two reels; survival of film unknown.
1914
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery, Production Assistant, Propman, Stunts
Universal; with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; 15-episode serial; incomplete prints of four episodes.
The Mysterious Rose, Actor
Universal; with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; two reels; survival of film unknown.
The D.A.'s Brother, Actor
With Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; two reels; survival of film unknown.
A Study in Scarlet, Actor
With Francis Ford as Sherlock Holmes and John Ford as Dr. Watson; two reels; film lost
1915
The Birth of a Nation, Actor
Epoch; with Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall; Epoch Film Corp.; directed by D. W. Griffith; John Ford played one of the clansmen.
And They Called Him Hero, Actor
With Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; two reels; survival of film unknown.
Three Bad Men and a Girl, Actor
Universal; with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; two reels; survival of film unknown.
The Hidden City, Actor
Universal; with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; two reels; survival of film unknown.
Smuggler's Island, Actor
Universal; with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; two reels; film lost.
The Doorway of Destruction, Assistant Director, Actor
Universal; with Francis Ford; two reels; film lost.
The Broken Coin, Assistant Director, Actor
Universal; with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; directed by Francis Ford; 22-chapter serial; film lost.
The Campbells Are Coming, Actor
Universal; with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; directed by Francis Ford; four reels; survival of film unknown.
1916
Strong-Arm Squad (aka The Lumber Yard Gang), Actor
Universal; directed by and starring Francis Ford; two reels; survival of film unknown.
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring, Actor
Universal; with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; directed by Francis Ford; 15-chapter serial; film lost.
Chicken Hearted Jim, Actor
Universal; directed by and starring Francis Ford; one reel; survival of film unknown.
A Bandit's Wager, Actor
Universal; with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford; directed by Francis Ford; this film is included as an extra on Criterion DVD and blu-ray releases of My Darling Clementine; one reel.
1917
The Tornado, Director, Actor, Writer
Universal; with Jean Hathaway; two reels. Ford's directorial debut film; two reels; film lost.
The Trail of Hate, Director, Actor, Writer
Universal; two reels; film lost.
The Scrapper, Director, Actor, Writer
Universal; two reels; film lost.
The Soul Herder (aka The Sky Pilot), Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Molly Malone, Hoot Gibson; three reels; film lost; John Ford's first film with Gibson and Carey.
Straight Shooting, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey; Ford's first feature film.
The Secret Man, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey; two of the five reels survive.
A Marked Man, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Molly Malone; story by John Ford; film lost.
Cheyenne's Pal, Director, Writer
Universal; with Harry Carey, Gertrude Astor, Hoot Gibson; two reels; film lost.
Bucking Broadway, Director, Writer
Universal; with Harry Carey, Molly Malone; available on the Criterion blu-ray DVD of Stagecoach.
The Purple Mask, Actor
Universal; with Francis Ford, Grace Cunard; directed by Francis Ford; 16-chapter serial; John Ford may have acted in this; film survives incomplete.
1918
The Phantom Riders, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Molly Malone; film lost.
Wild Women, Director, Writer
Universal; with Harry Carey, Molly Malone; story by Ford and Carey; film lost.
Thieves' Gold, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Molly Malone; film lost.
The Scarlet Drop, Director, Writer
Universal; with Harry Carey, Molly Malone; 30 minutes of film survives.
Hell Bent, Director, Writer
Universal; with Harry Carey, Duke R. Lee; George Eastman Museum has surviving film.
A Woman's Fool, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Betty Schade; film lost.
The Craving, Second Unit Director
Directed by and featuring Francis Ford; film prints survive.
Three Mounted Men, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey; film lost.
1919
Roped, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Neva Gerber; film lost.
The Fighting Brothers, Director
Universal; with Pete Morrison, Hoot Gibson; two reels; film lost.
A Fight for Love, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey; film lost.
Rustlers, Director
Universal; with Pete Morrison, Hoot Gibson; two reels; could be directed by Reginald Barker; two reels; survival of film unknown.
Bare Fists, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Betty Schade; film lost.
Gun Law, Director
Universal; with Pete Morrison, Hoot Gibson; two reels; survival of film unknown.
The Gun Packer, Director, Writer
Universal; with Pete Morrison, Hoot Gibson; two reels; story by Ford and Harry Carey; two reels; survival of film unknown.
By Indian Post, Director
Universal; with Pete Morrison, Duke R. Lee; two reels; film survives incomplete.
Riders of Vengeance, Director, Writer
Universal; with Harry Carey, Seena Owen; film lost.
The Last Outlaw, Director
Universal; with Edgar Jones, Lucille Hutton; two reels; film survives incomplete.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Cullen Landis; based on the short story by Bret Harte; film lost.
Ace of the Saddle, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Duke R. Lee; film lost.
Rider of the Law, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Vester Pegg; film lost.
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman, Director, Writer
Universal; with Harry Carey, J. Barney Sherry; only 3 reels survive.
Marked Men, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey; remade by Ford as The Three Godfathers (1948); film lost.
1920
The Prince of Avenue A, Director
Universal; with James J. Corbett, Richard Cummings; John Ford's first non-western feature; film lost.
The Girl in Number 29, Director
Universal; with Frank Mayo, Elinor Fair; film lost.
Under Sentence, Writer
Universal; wirected by Edward O'Fearna (brother of John Ford); two reels; survival of film unknown.
Hitchin' Posts, Director
Universal; with Frank Mayo; film lost.
Just Pals, Director
Fox films; with Buck Jones, Helen Ferguson; John Ford's first film for Fox; prints survive.
1921
The Big Punch, Director, Writer
Fox films; with Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford; film lost.
The Freeze-Out, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Helen Ferguson; film lost.
The Wallop, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Mignonne Golden; film lost.
Desperate Trails, Director
Universal; with Harry Carey, Irene Rich; film lost.
Action, Director
Universal; with Hoot Gibson, Francis Ford; film lost.
Sure Fire, Director
Universal; with Hoot Gibson, Molly Malone; film lost.
Jackie, Director
Fox films; with Shirley Mason, William Scott; film lost.
1922
Nero, Second Unit Director (uncredited)
Fox films; directed by J. Gordon Edwards; John Ford directed some scenes; film lost.
Little Miss Smiles, Director
Fox films; With Shirley Mason, Gaston Glass; film lost.
Silver Wings, Co-directed with Edwin Carewe
Fox films; With Mary Carr, Lynn Hammond; John Ford directed the prologue, the rest of the film was directed by Edwin Carewe.
The Village Blacksmith, Director
Fox films; With Will Walling, Virginia True Boardman; only a reel survives.
1923
The Face on the Bar-Room Floor, Director
Fox films; with Henry B. Walthall, Ruth Clifford; based on the poem by Hugh Antoine d'Arcy; film lost.
Three Jumps Ahead, Director, Writer
Fox films; with Tom Mix, Alma Bennett; film lost.
Cameo Kirby, Director
Fox films; with John Gilbert, Gertrude Olmstead; Ford's first film credited as "John Ford"; up to this point, he used “Jack Ford” in credits.
North of Hudson Bay, Director, Actor
Fox films; with Tom Mix, Kathleen Key; Ford has a small part in the film; only 40 minutes of the film survive.
Hoodman Blind, Director
Fox films; with David Butler, Gladys Hulette; film lost.
1924
The Iron Horse, Director, Producer
Fox films; with George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy; it was added to the National Film Registry in 2011.
Hearts of Oak, Director
Fox films; with Hobart Bosworth, Pauline Starke; film lost.
1925
Lightnin', Director
Fox films; with Jay Hunt, Madge Bellamy, Wallace MacDonald.
Kentucky Pride, Director
Fox films; with Henry B. Walthall, Gertrude Astor.
Thank You, Director
Fox films; with Alec B. Francis, Jacqueline Logan, George O'Brien; film lost.
The Fighting Heart, Director
Fox films; with George O'Brien, Billie Dove; film lost.
1926
The Shamrock Handicap, Director
Fox films; with Janet Gaynor, Leslie Fenton, J. Farrell MacDonald; print survives in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
3 Bad Men, Director, Writer
Fox films; with George O'Brien, Olive Borden.
The Blue Eagle, Director
Fox films; with George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor; one reel missing.
1927
Upstream, Director
Fox films; with Nancy Nash, Earle Foxe; Once thought lost, but a print was found in a New Zealand collection.
7th Heaven, Second Unit Director (uncredited)
Fox films; directed by Frank Borzage; with Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell.
What Price Glory?, Second Unit Director (uncredited)
Fox films; directed by Raoul Walsh; with Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Dolores del Rio.
1928
Mother Machree, Director
Fox films; with Belle Bennett, Neil Hamilton, Victor McLaglen; Movietone sound (music and sound effects only); John Wayne's first film with Ford, in an uncredited role; Wayne was also a prop man in this film; only three reels survive.
Four Sons, Director
Fox films; with Margaret Mann, James Hall; Movietone sound (music, limited dialogue, and sound effects only); John Wayne in uncredited small role.
Hangman's House, Director
Fox films; with Victor McLaglen, June Collyer; silent film; John Wayne in uncredited small role.
Napoleon's Barber, Director
Fox films; with Otto Matieson, Natalie Golitzen; Short film; Ford's first all-talkie film; film lost.
Riley the Cop, Director
Fox films; with J. Farrell MacDonald, Louise Fazenda; Silent film with synchronized music track.
1929
Strong Boy, Director
Fox films; with Victor McLaglen, Leatrice Joy; Silent film with synchronized music track; film thought to be lost.
The Black Watch, Co-directed with Lumsden Hare
Fox films; with Victor McLaglen, Myrna Loy; Ford's first all-talkie feature film.
Salute, Director
Fox films; with George O'Brien, Helen Chandler; Ward Bond (in his first film) and John Wayne both have uncredited roles.
Big Time, Actor
Fox films; directed by Kenneth Hawks; with Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke, Stepin Fetchit; John Ford as himself.
1930
Men Without Women, Director, Writer
Fox films; with Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson; John Wayne has an uncredited part; all-talkie film that survived only with titles.
Born Reckless, Director
Fox films; with Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen.
Up the River, Director, Writer (uncredited)
Fox films; with Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart (in film debuts).
1931
The Brat, Director
Fox films; with Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart.
Seas Beneath, Director
Fox films; with George O'Brien, Marion Lessing.
Arrowsmith, Director
Goldwyn-United Artists; with Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy; United Artists; based on the novel by Booth Tarkington; nominated – Academy Award for Best Picture.
1932
Hot Pepper, Second Unit Director
Fox films; directed by John G. Blystone.
Air Mail, Director
Universal; with Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Stuart, Pat O'Brien.
Flesh, Director
MGM; with Wallace Beery, Karen Morley, Ricardo Cortez.
1933
Pilgrimage, Director
Fox films; with Henrietta Crosman, Heather Angel.
Doctor Bull, Director
Fox films; with Will Rogers, Marian Nixon.
1934
The Lost Patrol, Director
RKO Pictures; with Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff.
The World Moves On, Director
Fox films; with Madeleine Carroll, Franchot Tone.
Judge Priest, Director
Fox films; with Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall.
1935
The Whole Town's Talking, Director
Columbia; with Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur.
The Informer, Director
RKO Pictures; with Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel; based on the novel by Liam O'Flaherty, received Academy Award for Best Director; Nominated – Best Picture.
Steamboat Round the Bend, Director
20th Century Fox; with Will Rogers, Anne Shirley.
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island, Director
20th Century Fox; with Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart.
The Last Outlaw, Writer
RKO Pictures; directed by Christy Cabanne; with Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson; original story by John Ford.
Mary of Scotland, Director
RKO Pictures; with Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March.
The Plough and the Stars, Director
RKO Pictures; with Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster.
1937
Wee Willie Winkie, Director
20th Century Fox; with Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen; initially released in sepiatone.
The Hurricane, Director
Goldwyn-United Artists; with Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall.
1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo, Second Unit Director (uncredited)
Goldwyn-United Artists; directed by Archie Mayo; with Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone; John Ford directed some scenes.
Four Men and a Prayer, Director
20th Century Fox; with Loretta Young, Richard Greene, David Niven.
Submarine Patrol, Director
20th Century Fox; with Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly.
1939
Stagecoach, Director, Producer
Wanger-United Artists; with Claire Trevor, John Wayne; first sound Western by Ford and his first location in Monument Valley; nominated – Best Picture; nominated – Academy Award for Best Director; included in the National Film Registry in 1995.
Young Mr. Lincoln, Director
20th Century Fox; with Henry Fonda; included in the National Film Registry in 2003.
Drums Along the Mohawk, Director
20th Century Fox; with Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver; based on the novel by Walter D. Edmonds; Ford's first film in color (Technicolor).
1940
The Grapes of Wrath, Director
20th Century Fox; with Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell; based on the novel by John Steinbeck; Ford received an Academy Award for Best Director and Darwell received Best Supporting Actress; it was added to the National Film Registry in 1989.
The Long Voyage Home, Director, Producer
Argosy-Wanger-United Artists; with John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell; based on four one-act plays by Eugene O'Neill; Ford's first production made by his own company, Argosy Productions.
California State Guard Mobilization and Induction Ceremonies
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS
1941
Tobacco Road, Director
20th Century Fox; With Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews; based on the play by Jack Kirkland and the novel by Erskine Caldwell
How Green Was My Valley, Director, Producer
20th Century Fox; with Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowell; based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn; Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director.
Sex Hygiene, Director
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS, U.S. Army Signal Corps; 30-minute training film.
Iceland
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 11 minutes.
Canal Report
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS.
1942
Doolittle Raid: Ships in Task Force (unedited)
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS.
Task Force at Sea: On Way to Doolittle’s Tokyo Raid (unedited)
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS.
Doolittle Raid: Flyers Take Off from USS Enterprise & USS Hornet (unedited)
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS
The Battle of Midway, Director, Co-cinematographer, Editor, Producer
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS, War Activities Committee; with Donald Crisp, Henry Fonda; filmed in color; received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature; Ford personally shot much of the footage during the actual Battle of Midway; he was wounded during filming; 18 minutes.
The Battle of Midway (outtakes)
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color.
USS Yorktown (CV-5), in Battle of Midway
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color.
Torpedo Squadron, Director,
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; documentary short for the United States Navy; filmed in color; 8 minutes.
Pearl Harbor (Damage)
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS.
USS Kearny (aka Damage Repair of the WWII Destroyer)
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 4 minutes.
North African Invasion
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; unedited; in color; 302 minutes.
1943
December 7th, Co-directed with Gregg Toland
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; documentary short for the United States Navy; co-directed by Lt. Gregg Toland, USNR; received the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject; two versions: 82 minutes and 20 minutes.
At the Front in North Africa
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; Signal Corps/OSS; John Ford appears; color; 41 minutes.
War Department Report
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 46 minutes.
German Manpower
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 22 minutes.
German Airpower
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 20 minutes.
OSS Camera Report: China, Burma, India
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 17 minutes.
Inside Tibet
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 39 minutes.
Preview of Assam
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 9 minutes.
Homenaje a Mexico (Mexico National Celebration)
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 10 minutes.
Maneuver Report No. 1
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 24 minutes.
Victory in Burma
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS.
We Sail at Midnight, Director
Documentary short for the United States Navy.
How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines, Director, Actor
Ford is in this training film for the OSS; filmed on location in Burma.
Show Business at War, Actor
Ford is shown with the OSS in this documentary short.
1944
Burial of Air Crash Victims
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 4 minutes.
We Sail at Midnight
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; Maritime Commission; 10 minutes.
Personnel Inspection of Field Photographic Brank
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 6 minutes.
Marshal Tito’s Wartime Headquarters
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 4 minutes.
King George Inspects USS Augusta, LST, LCI, and LCTs at Portland, England
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS
Normandy Invasion
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; Navy/Coast Guard/Field Photo/Allied governments.
Manuel Quezon: In Memoriam
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; Joh Ford also appears; in color; 18 minutes.
German Reprisals: Destruction in Greece
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 53 minutes.
Japanese Surrender [Burma]
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 9 minutes.
A Report on OSS Morale Operations in Italy
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 10 minutes.
Campbell Missile
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 10 minutes.
Cayuga Mission (outtakes)
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 11 minutes.
1945
Mission to Giessen
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 7 minutes.
Evacuation of Prisoner of War
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 3 minutes.
A Report on Airborne Rockets Prepared by the Joint Committee on New Weapons and Equipment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color.
That Justice Be Done
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; on the Nuremberg Nazi War Crimes Trials; 10 minutes.
Nazi Supreme Court Trial of the Anti-Hitler Plot, Sept. 1944-Jan. 1945
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 44 minutes.
Nazi Concentration Camps
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; compilation shown at the Nuremberg Trials, largely photographed by U.S. Army Lieutenant George Stevens; 59 minutes.
The Nazi Plan
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; compilation shown at the Nuremberg Trials, assembled by Stevens and Budd Schulberg.
Nuremberg
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; record of the Nuremberg Trials, filmed and assembled by Ray Kellogg, Pare Lorentz, and Stuart Schulberg; 76 minutes.
They Were Expendable, Director, Producer
MGM; with Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed; nominated for two Academy Awards – Best Visual Effects (A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Robert A. MacDonald, Michael Steinoreand), Best Sound Recording (Douglas Shearer).
1942-1945
Blind Bombing
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 14 minutes.
Body Search
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 19 minutes.
Brazilian Material OSS Unit No. 17
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color.
Burma Butterflies
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 9 minutes.
Burma, Kachin Guerrilla Camp
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 9 minutes.
Burmese Troops
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 9 minutes.
Chinese Commandos
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 10 minutes.
Crete
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 30 minutes.
The E 2-Man Fol-Boat
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 8 minutes.
The 8-Man Fol-Boat
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 6 minutes.
Farish Report
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 11 minutes.
Fate Conoscenza Colnemico: Uniformi Tedesche e Distintivi
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; Italian sound track; 14 minutes.
Galahad Forces
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 20 minutes.
Ground to Air Transfer
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 11 minutes.
House Search
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 27 minutes.
Iconography
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 30 minutes.
Japanese Background Study Program: Natural Resources of Japan: Part 2
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 22 minutes.
Japanese Behavior
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 50 minutes.
Joan and Eleanor
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 18 minutes.
Kachin State, Burma
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 11 minutes.
Kachin State, Burma, During World War II, Office of Strategic Services
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 7 minutes.
Kachin State, Burma, Office of Strategic Services Operations
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 10 minutes.
Meet the Enemy (Germany)
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 40 minutes.
Morale Operations Field Report No. 1
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 46 minutes.
Nassau Training Report
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; produced by Field Photo for the Maritime Unit; 10 minutes.
Nylon Rubber Boat
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 16 minutes.
Office of Strategic Services Operations, Burma
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 8 minutes.
OSS Activities in Burma During World War II
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; in color; 8 minutes.
OSS Activities in Burma During World War II
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS. (note: this is a different film from the title listed above)
OSS Basic Military Training
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 25 minutes.
OSS Training in Middle East
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 10 minutes.
Pridi Phanomyong Meets Office of Strategic Services Officers
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 2 minutes.
Project Eagle
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 16 minutes.
Project Gunn
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 21 minutes.
P.W.E. and M.O.—Cairo
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 16 minutes.
Rescued Flyers
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 4 minutes.
Seabees
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 44 minutes.
S.I. in Action
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 14 minutes.
Suspended Runway
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 22 minutes.
This Is Japan
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 12 minutes.
Undercover
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 80 minutes.
Unfinished Report
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 17 minutes.
Using the Lambertson Unit
Produced by Ford’s Field Photographic Branch, OSS; 8 minutes.
1946
My Darling Clementine, Director
20th Century Fox, with Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature; filmed in Monument Valley; included in the National Film Registry in 1991.
1947
The Fugitive, Director, Producer
Argosy-RKO Pictures; with Henry Fonda, Dolores del Río.
1948
Fort Apache, Director, Producer
Argosy-RKO Pictures; with John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, John Agar; based on the short story "Massacre" by James Warner Bellah; the first of Ford's "Cavalry trilogy"; filmed in Monument Valley and Simi Valley, California.
3 Godfathers, Director, Producer
Argosy-MGM; With John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Harry Carey Jr.; filmed in Technicolor; based on the novel by Peter B. Kyne; filmed in Death Valley; it was a remake of Ford's Marked Men; in color.
1949
Mighty Joe Young, Producer
Argosy-RKO Pictures; directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack; with Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong; special effects by Willis H. O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Director, Producer
Argosy-RKO Pictures; with John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar; filmed in Technicolor; based on the short stories "The Big Hunt" and "War Party" by James Warner Bellah; filmed on location in Monument Valley; Ford’s second feature in the "Cavalry trilogy"; in color.
Pinky, Original Director
20th Century Fox; directed by Elia Kazan; with Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore; Ford was the original director but, due to illness, was replaced after one week by Kazan.
1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home, Director
20th Century Fox; with Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet.
Wagon Master, Director, Producer, Writer
Argosy-RKO Pictures; with Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr.; filmed on location in Moab, Utah.
Rio Grande, Director, Producer
Argosy-Republic Pictures; with John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Claude Jarman, Jr.; based on the short story "Mission with No Record" by James Warner Bellah; filmed in Moab, Utah; the last film in Ford's "Cavalry trilogy".
1951
The Bullfighter and the Lady, Editor (uncredited)
Republic Pictures; produced by John Wayne; directed by Budd Boetticher; with Robert Stack, Gilbert Roland; Ford edited this film at the request of Wayne.
This is Korea!, Director
U.S. Navy-Republic Pictures; in color; documentary about the United States Navy and Marines during the Korean War.
1952
What Price Glory, Director
20th Century Fox; with James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey; filmed in Technicolor; this was a remake of director Raoul Walsh's 1926 film.
The Quiet Man, Director, Producer
Argosy-Republic Pictures; with John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara; filmed in Technicolor on location in Ireland; based on the short story by Maurice Walsh; Ford received an Academy Award for Best Director; Winton Hoch and Archie Stout were honored for Best Cinematography; received Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Frank S. Nugent), Sound Recording, Art Direction and Best Supporting Actor (Victor McLaglen); it was added to the National Film Registry in 2013.
1953
The Sun Shines Bright, Director
Argosy-Republic Pictures; with Charles Winninger, Arleen Whelan.
Mogambo, Director
MGM; with Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly; filmed in Technicolor on location in Africa; based on the play Red Dust by Wilson Collison; remake of the film Red Dust (1932), directed by Victor Fleming.
Hondo, Second Unit Director (uncredited)
Wayne-Fellows-Warner Bros.; directed by John Farrow; with John Wayne, Geraldine Page; filmed in 3-D and Warnercolor; based on the short story "The Gift of Cochise" by Louis L'Amour; Ford did second-unit direction (uncredited).
1955
The Long Gray Line, Director
Columbia Pictures; with Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara; filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor.
The Red, White, and Blue Line, Director
Columbia documentary short; 10-minute film in CinemaScope and Technicolor advertising U.S. savings bonds; filmed on the set of The Long Gray Line.
Mister Roberts, Co-directed with Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Bros.; with Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon; based on the play by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan; filmed in CinemaScope and Warnercolor; Ford took ill and was replaced by director Mervyn LeRoy during production; Jack Lemmon received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
1956
The Searchers, Director, Producer
C. V. Whitney Pictures-Warner Bros.; with John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles; based on the novel by Alan Le May; filmed on location in Monument Valley in VistaVision and Technicolor; added to the National Film Registry in 1989.
1957
The Wings of Eagles, Director
MGM; with John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara; filmed in Metrocolor.
John Ford Footage Simulating Battle of Midway/Battle of Midway MN-1433
U.S. Navy, unedited; John Ford also appears.
The Growler Story, Director
A short film in color for the U.S. Navy about the USS Growler.
The Rising of the Moon, Director
Four Provinces/Warner Bros.; with Tyrone Power introducing three stories set in Ireland: "1921", "A Minute's Wait", and "The Majesty of the Law".
1958
So Alone, Director
Free Cinema-BFI; with John Qualen; 8-minute short film.
The Last Hurrah, Director, Producer
Columbia Pictures; with Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter.
Gideon's Day (US title: Gideon of Scotland Yard), Director
Columbia Pictures; with Jack Hawkins; made in England; filmed in Technicolor but released in the U.S. in black and white.
1959
Korea: Battleground for Liberty, Director
A short documentary in color made for the U.S. Dept. of Defense.
Taiwan: Island of Freedom
U.S. Department of Defense; short documentary; color.
The Horse Soldiers, Director
Mirisch-Batjac-United Artists; with John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers; filmed in Deluxe Color.
1960
Sergeant Rutledge, Director, Producer
Warner Bros.; with Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode; filmed in Technicolor on location in Monument Valley.
The Alamo, Second Unit Director (uncredited)
Batjac-United Artists; produced and directed by John Wayne; with John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey; Ford volunteered to do second unit work on the film; in color.
1961
Two Rode Together, Director, Producer
Ford-Shpetner, Columbia Pictures; with James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones; filmed in Eastmancolor.
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Director, Producer
Paramount Pictures; with John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Woody Strode; based on the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson; it was added to the National Film Registry in 2007.
How the West Was Won, The Civil War, Director
MGM; with (in the Ford segment) John Wayne, George Peppard, Henry Morgan; filmed in Cinerama and Technicolor; Ford directed the Civil War segment; it was added to the National Film Registry in 1997; 22 minutes.
1963
Donovan's Reef, Director, Producer
Paramount Pictures; with John Wayne, Elizabeth Allen, Lee Marvin; filmed in Technicolor; Wayne's last role in a Ford film.
McClintock!, Directed scenes
Batjac-United Artists; Andrew V. McLaglen, director.
1964
Cheyenne Autumn, Director
Ford-Smith Productions, Warner Bros.; with Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart; filmed in Super Panavision 70 and Technicolor on location in Monument Valley.
1965
Young Cassidy, Co-Directed with Jack Cardiff (uncredited)
MGM; co-directed with Jack Cardiff; with Rod Taylor, Julie Christie; Ford began directing the film but was replaced during production by Cardiff, who received film credit; in color.
1966
7 Women, Director
Ford-Smith Productions, MGM; with Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton; filmed in Panavision and Metrocolor.
1971
Vietnam! Vietnam!, Executive Producer
Documentary for the United States Information Agency (USIA); directed by Sherman Beck; narrated by Charlton Heston; in color.
Directed by John Ford, Actor
Documentary directed by Peter Bogdanovich; narrated by Orson Welles; Ford was interviewed.
John Ford: Memorial Day 1970, Actor
Documentary short featuring Ford; not released.
1976
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend, Director
Released documentary for the United States Marine Corps on the career of General Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller; narrated by John Wayne.
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