John Ford

John Ford

John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those...

Known For

Cast Credits

Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner

as Himself (archive footage)

The Horse Soldiers

as Ned (uncredited)

Big Time

as John Ford (uncredited)

The Scrapper

as Buck, the scrapper

The Trail of Hate

as Lt. Jack Brewer

The Tornado

as Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)

The Purple Mask

as (unconfirmed)

The Broken Coin

as Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford)

The Birth of a Nation

as Klansman (uncredited)

A Study in Scarlet

as John H. Watson, M.D.

Crew Credits