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Actor Facts
Death:
September 5, 1953
Biography:
Elder brother of the director John Ford and himself a screen director (and John's erstwhile mentor) until the advent of sound. He had also acted in his own films and those of other directors, but turned to acting exclusively circa 1929. ...more about Francis Ford
Francis Ford
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
0.9025
41
1930s
2.6576
41
1940s
1.6182
27
1950s
1.7230
3
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards for each movie.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.2195
2.2195Francis Ford Movie Rankings
1
3.2500After a disaster in the ring, boxer Sean Thornton returns to his birthplace in Ireland. Hoping to live out a quiet existence Sean falls in love with a local girl. Her brother, Red Will, refuses to give his sister's hand and Sean is forced to conquer is old demons and fight for the woman he loves. ...more about Quiet Man
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
2
3.0291The O'Leary brothers live very different lifestyles. When their mother's cow tips over a lantern they ban together to help stop what becomes the Great Fire of 1871. When one dies, the other promises to turn his life around and rebuild the city. ...more about In Old Chicago
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
3
2.9207Before the Revolutionary War farmer Martin brings bride Magdelana the Mohawk Valley where they are burned out by Indians. Neighbors take them in and Martin joins the militia to fight the Indians. ...more about Drums Along the Mohawk
- DVD Best Pricing:
Wal Mart
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5
2.4322While ostensibly on vacation with his wife and twelve children, famed detective Charlie Chan visits a circus at just the right time to become involved in the murder of one of the circus owners. ...more about Charlie Chan at the Circus
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
6
2.1643A white gorilla is snubbed by black gorillas because he is the wrong color. Cut off from his tribe he becomes lonely and angry. ...more about White Gorilla
- Not Available on DVD
7
2.1369Will Rogers plays the lead roll, that of Judge William "Billy" Priest in a very patriotic (Confederate) southern town. Priest plays a laid-back, widowed judge who helps uphold the law in his toughest court case yet. ...more about Judge Priest
- Not Available on DVD
8
2.1019Dublin, 1922. Gypo Nolan, strong but none too bright, has been ousted from the rebel organization and is starving. ...more about Informer
- DVD Best Pricing:
Newegg.com
9
2.0456Edgar Allen Poe (John Shepperd) led an unhappy childhood, broken only by the unceasing devotion of his foster mother, Mrs. Frances Allan (Mary Howard), whose loving ministrations gave him courage to carry out his desire to write. ...more about Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
- Not Available on DVD
10
1.9634A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical treatment to a wounded man who shows up at his door. Mudd has no idea that the president is dead and that he is treating his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. ...more about Prisoner of Shark Island
- Not Available on DVD
12
1.8264Because a high school girl's parents refuse to discuss sex education (called "personal hygiene" in the film) with her, she gets pregnant by her boyfriend, who conveniently dies. ...more about Mom and Dad
- Not Available on DVD
13
1.7625In old California Captain John Holmes must convince landowner Don Jose Cantares to register his land or face having it become public domain. Don Luis Gonzales, with rather selfish motives, is trying to convince him to do otherwise. ...more about Man from Monterey
- DVD Best Pricing:
Wal Mart
15
1.6986Private detective Simon Lash (Richard Arlen) and his assistant Eddie Slocum (Tom Dugan) are hired by Joyce Bonniwell (Veda Ann Borg) to find her missing husband Jim Bonniwell (Edward Earle.) They learn from Mr. ...more about Accomplice
- Not Available on DVD
17
1.5191John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. ...more about Sun Shines Bright
- Not Available on DVD
20
Sheriff Bill Cummings leads his posse of ten into the Arizona Bad Lands where they get pinned down by Indians. As his men get killed one by one, the chances of escape appear remote. ...more about Bad Lands
- Not Available on DVD
21
As prisoner Ed Archer is being transferred, the stage is attacked and crashes. Archer escapes the attackers but Ranger Rocky Lane catches up with him. As Rocky is bringing him in, Archer is attacked again. ...more about Bandits of Dark Canyon
- Not Available on DVD
22
A western adventure serial in 12 episodes. Buffalo Bill battles gambler Jim Rodney who is trying to scare off the townspeople so he can gain possession of a gold strike discovered in the area. ...more about Battling with Buffalo Bill
- Not Available on DVD
23
Captain Donald King of the British Army goes to India just as World War I breaks out, convincing his comrades that he is a coward. In reality, he is on a secret mission to rescue British soldiers held prisoner there. ...more about Black Watch
- Not Available on DVD
25
Copy boys Muggs and Glimpy investigate a murder. They locate the ex-wife of the murdered man and become convinced she is innocent. They hide her from the police while they investigate. ...more about Bowery Champs
- Not Available on DVD
27
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing. ...more about Charlie Chan's Courage
- Not Available on DVD
32
Tom Cannon, a tap-dancer senior at State University sets out to find a College Queen for the upcoming competition. He selects Cindy Harris, a girl who is working her way through college as a waitress and can sing and dance. ...more about College Queen
- Not Available on DVD
35
Brant frames Destry and has men testify against him. Found guilty he vows to return. Back from prison he goes after the man that framed him. ...more about Destry Rides Again
- Not Available on DVD
39
Six-year-old Jenny (Natalie Wood) rescues a collie dog, the only survivor of a plane wreck. A tag on the dog's neck states that it is en route to a medical laboratory where its blood will be used for spotted fever vaccine. Dr. ...more about Driftwood
- Not Available on DVD
40
Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becoming a pilot, until the son's piloting skills come in handy. ...more about Educating Father
- Not Available on DVD
41
A ranch owner (Francis Ford) turns his place into a home for boys who have lost their fathers in World War II. His evil female lawyer (Nana Bryant) covets the ranch and works in cahoots with Ford's long-lost nephew and a pack of killer dogs to get it. ...more about Eyes of Texas
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
42
Willis Newcomb (Robert Strange) and Bart Carroll (Roy Barcroft) head a gang engaged in smuggling wanted-American criminals back into the United States from Mexico. ...more about Far Frontier
- Not Available on DVD
46
Rocky Lane (Allan Lane), out to find the murderer of his brother, runs into a battle between two stage lines for a mail contract. ...more about Frontier Investigator
- Not Available on DVD
49
A cowboy is hired to track down a gang of rustlers, but gets involved with a beautiful girl trying to run her grandfather's gold mine and other outlaws who are trying to stop her. ...more about Gordon of Ghost City
- Not Available on DVD
51
Blaine is building a section of the transcontinental railroad and his foreman Judd is delaying the work. ...more about Heroes of the West
- Not Available on DVD
52
A reporter hires a bodyguard to protect him from a gang boss he has been investigating. ...more about High Tide
- Not Available on DVD
53
1. PALS IN BUCKSKIN: George Woods has found gold and Jack Manning returns east with some for George's brother Tom. Just as he finds Tom's daughter Mary, her team runs away and he drops the gold which Rance Carter picks up. 2. ...more about Indians Are Coming
- Not Available on DVD
54
One of a group of Americans steals the Jade Box, which holds the secret of invisibility; a murderous Oriental cult wants it back and tracks them down. ...more about Jade Box
- Not Available on DVD
57
Tony Martin goes to Kentucky to find talent to boost radio ratings. There it is learned that the Ritz brothers are really from New York and only pretending to be hillbillies to get on Martin's show. ...more about Kentucky Moonshine
- Not Available on DVD
58
The chapter-crunched version of this 196 minutes, 12-episode serial from Republic finds Canada being bombed mercilessly by a mysterious-enemy plane (shaped like a boomerang) called the Falcon, under the supervision of Admiral Yamata (Abner Biberman), ...more about King of the Mounties
- Not Available on DVD
62
In 1870 Texas a man (Montgomery) comes home to find his father murdered. He trails an outlaw till he finds out he's part of a gang, then calls in the Texas Rangers. ...more about Last of the Duanes
- Not Available on DVD
65
Universal's 16th sound-era serial (following "The Jungle Mystery" and preceding "Clancy of the Mounted", both starring Tom Tyler) was based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story (loosely adapted), and opens with a special train carrying gold bullion ...more about Lost Special
- Not Available on DVD
66
Cisco and Gordito arrive to find there is an outlaw operating in the area who is assumed to be the Cisco Kid. When a reward is offered for his capture and a large shipment of money goes out, Cisco is on hand. ...more about Lucky Cisco Kid
- Not Available on DVD
68
In the shadows of the night Dudley Wolff (Paul Harvey), his secretary Alfred Dunning (Robert Emmett Keane), and his doctor, Haggard (Henry Wilcoxin), bury a body in the estate cemetary. ...more about Man Who Wouldn't Die
- Not Available on DVD
72
A young Pete Ainslee sees Gary kill his father. Years later Pete shoots Gary but Gary recovers and he and his gang trail Pete to Spider's border saloon. ...more about Mounted Stranger
- Not Available on DVD
74
Trotter pollster Pete Marshall is trying to find a missing coworker. In a rural town he stumbles onto the roughian Fleagle family. Bert and Mert would just as soon "splatter" snoopers with their rifles. ...more about Murder
- Not Available on DVD
76
John Hollister may become Governor and Cardeen is out to stop him. Knowing of Hollister's honesty he goes after his son Lane instead. When a man tries to kill Cardeen, Lane shoots the attacker in the back. ...more about Outlaws of Pine Ridge
- Not Available on DVD
77
Withers is an immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Friends help her survive as an entertainer, and success is a good argument against the immigration officials. ...more about Paddy O'Day
- Not Available on DVD
81
Rigby, Larribe, and Grant each have one third of Bill Joyce's map locating his gold mine. The three plus Joyce's sister Helen head for the mine. An accident with a runaway horse carrying supplies leaves them stranded in the desert with very little water. ...more about Rider of Death Valley
- Not Available on DVD
85
Just after the Civil War a Texan and his men are fighting a ruthless Commissioner and his excessive taxes. After a Lieutenant is falsely accused of a pay wagon massacre by the Commissioner's men, he deserts the Army and tries to clear himself. ...more about San Antone Ambush
- Not Available on DVD
88
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing. ...more about Sins of Man
- Not Available on DVD
90
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the same old setup, including slave trade. ...more about Slave Ship
- Not Available on DVD
93
After El Lobo robs Don Jose he gives one of the stolen items to Conchita. Later when he saves Anita in a runaway coach, Don Pedro invites him to the wedding of Anita and his son Don Jose. ...more about Song of the Caballero
- Not Available on DVD
94
Jim Brandon (Ken Maynard), foreman of the Wind River Ranch owned by Martin Stavnow (Joseph Girard) is in love with "Ronnie" (Doris Hill), the owner's daughter. ...more about Sons of the Saddle
- Not Available on DVD
106
Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only survivors of an Indian attack. Later, transferring the prisoner his brothers free him. ...more about Toughest Man in Arizona
- Not Available on DVD
109
The Cisco Kid (Cesar Romero) tells his pal Gordito (Chris-Pin Martin) that "From now on, Amigo, I am through with women" and then a few minutes later, after rescuing Joan Allen (Jean Rogers) from an attempted stage holdup, tells her "... ...more about Viva Cisco Kid
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111
Fanning has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy and Alkali arrive and immediately get into trouble with Fanning and his men. ...more about Wildfire
- Not Available on DVD
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