John Ford Net Worth
John Ford Net Worth is
$1.7 Million
John Ford Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an Irish-American film director. He was famous for both his Westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) are a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture.In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential film-makers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who have named him as one of the greatest directors of all time.In particular, Ford was a pioneer of location shooting and the long shot which frames his characters against a vast, harsh and rugged natural terrain. | Full Name | John Ford |
| Date Of Birth | February 1, 1894, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States |
| Died | August 31, 1973, Palm Desert, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA |
| Height | 6' (1.83 m) |
| Profession | Director, Producer, Writer |
| Education | Portland High School, University of Maine |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Mary Ford (m. 1920–1973) |
| Children | Barbara Ford, Patrick Ford |
| Parents | Barbara Curran, John Augustine Feeney |
| Siblings | Francis Ford, Edward O'Fearna, Patrick Feeney |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Director, AFI Life Achievement Award, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, DGA Lifetime Achievement Award, International Award, Golden Globe Special Achievement Award, Medal of Special Recommendation |
| Music Groups | Strawbs, Hudson Ford, The Monks, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, Part of the Union, Who Knows Where the Time Goes, Lay Down |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Venezia Classici Award for Best Restored Film |
| Movies | The Searchers, Stagecoach, The Quiet Man, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Grapes of Wrath, Fort Apache, How Green Was My Valley, My Darling Clementine, Rio Grande, The Informer, Young Mr. Lincoln, Cheyenne Autumn, They Were Expendable, The Horse Soldiers, Wagon Master... |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rarely shot a scene with more than two takes |
| 2 | His characters are often morally grey individuals trying to survive a harsh world |
| 3 | Westerns and war movies |
| 4 | Rarely used camera movements in his films, reserving them only for very specific moments. Also avoided close-ups as much as possible. |
| 5 | Frequently cast John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, and James Stewart. |
| 6 | If a doomed character plays poker, the last hand he plays before going to his death will be the "death hand" (two aces, one of them the ace of spades, and two 8s; so-called because Wild Bill Hickok held this hand when he was murdered). The hand will be shown in close-up. |
| 7 | Funeral goers in his movies usually sing the hymn "Shall We Gather at the River." |
| 8 | Regardless of where his westerns were set, filming exteriors at Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, USA. |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Two Rode Together (1961) | $225,000 plus 25% of the net profits |
| They Were Expendable (1945) | $300,000 |
| How Green Was My Valley (1941) | 100,000 |
| Stagecoach (1939) | $50,000 |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | None of my so called better pictures are westerns. |
| 2 | [on the CinemaScope anamorphic aspect ratio] I hated it. You've never seen a painter use that kind of composition - even the great murals, it still wasn't this huge tennis court. Your eyes pop back and forth, and it's very difficult to get a close-up. |
| 3 | Maureen O'Hara is one of the actresses I most dislike. Everybody thought I was her lover. Actually, I hated her and she hated me, but she was right for the parts. |
| 4 | [on Native American Indians] We've treated them badly, it's a blot on our shield; we've robbed, cheated, murdered and massacred them, but they kill one white man and God, out come the troops. |
| 5 | [1967] I am a liberal Democrat and a rebel. |
| 6 | My name is John Ford and I make Westerns. |
| 7 | As a beauty, Dolores del Rio is in a class with [Greta Garbo]. Then she opens her mouth and becomes Minnie Mouse. |
| 8 | [on John Wayne] Duke is the best actor in Hollywood. |
| 9 | For a director there are commercial rules that it is necessary to obey. In our profession, an artistic failure is nothing; a commercial failure is a sentence. The secret is to make films that please the public and also allow the director to reveal his personality. |
| 10 | I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk. |
| 11 | It's no use talking to me about art, I make pictures to pay the rent. |
| 12 | It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor. |
| 13 | Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes. |
| 14 | I love making pictures but I don't like talking about them. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Along with Ernst Lubitsch, Jack Conway, Michael Curtiz, Victor Fleming, Alfred Hitchcock, Sam Wood, Francis Ford Coppola, Herbert Ross and Steven Soderbergh, he is one of ten directors to have more than one film nominated for Best Picture in the same year. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and The Long Voyage Home (1940) were both so nominated at the 13th Academy Awards in 1941. |
| 2 | He liked to watch Henry Fonda dance in scenes from his movies, particularly in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and My Darling Clementine (1946). |
| 3 | Funded the Irish Republican Army (IRA). |
| 4 | Whenever Ford filmed a scene that dealt with violence, he liked to film it as quickly as possible because he did not like violence. |
| 5 | Had English and Irish ancestry. |
| 6 | He had a flair for languages, which took some people by surprise. Jean Renoir (a close friend), reported in his autobiography that Ford usually spoke to him in French whenever they met in Hollywood, while Henry Brandon--born Heinrich von Kleinbach in Berlin, Germany--and Jane Chang, a Chinese-American actress, separately told Ford's biographer Joseph McBride that he had directed them in German and Chinese, respectively. When making films in Ireland, the land of his forefathers, he would often demonstrate his fluent Gaelic. |
| 7 | Enjoyed playing a card game called pitch. |
| 8 | There were occasional rumors about his sexuality. In her 2004 autobiography "'Tis Herself", 'Maureen O'Hara' recalled seeing Ford kissing a famous male actor (whom she did not name) in his office at Columbia Studios. |
| 9 | Loved dogs. |
| 10 | Three of Ford's films--Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Stagecoach (1939) and My Darling Clementine (1946)--are in the Criterion Collection. |
| 11 | Was the youngest of 13 children of John Augustine Feeney and Barbara Curran. |
| 12 | Quote from Pat O'Brien: "John Ford, the old master, is the orderly type. Working for him is like being part of a ballet. He hardly ever moves the camera, but composes his shots like a master painter, a Rembrandt or Degas. The actor becomes part of the scene. Ford lets the action swirl past his lens. But the reality of his seamen, miners, dust-bowlers, horse soldiers, or western heroes, when he is at his best, is a literature that the screen rarely gets. Working for him one feels a special pride. Lewis Milestone is a bouncing camera mover. For him the seeing eye is all. He stands the camera on its head, rolls it, rushes it, brings it in on the run. The actors are part of the scenery, and they must fight to survive, come alive while he catches them on the run. Neither men are static directors. They don't care for too much talk in their script, or stage business over meaningless chatter.". |
| 13 | He was the godfather for all of John Wayne's children. |
| 14 | Among Ford's favorite of his films are The Sun Shines Bright (1953), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and Wagon Master (1950). |
| 15 | In June 2012 the 1st John Ford Ireland Film Symposium (organized by the Irish Film & Television Academy [IFTA)] was held in Dublin, Ireland, celebrating the work of John Ford. The festival is set to become an annual event. |
| 16 | In December 2011 Clint Eastwood received the first John Ford Award from John Ford Ireland Film Symposium. |
| 17 | Honored on a US postage stamp in May 2012 (along with Frank Capra, John Huston and Billy Wilder). |
| 18 | He was famously untidy and his office was often littered with papers and books. |
| 19 | Has won more Academy Awards for Best Director than any other director in history. |
| 20 | Was named the most influential filmmaker of all time by Moviemaker magazine. |
| 21 | Following his death, he was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, CA. |
| 22 | During the Depression, Ford--at the time a very wealthy man--was accosted outside his office by a former Universal actor who was destitute and needed $200 for an operation for his wife. As the man related his misfortunes, Ford appeared to become enraged and then, to the horror of onlookers, he launched himself at the man, knocked him to the floor. However, as the shaken old man left the building, Frank Baker saw Ford's business manager Fred Totman meet him at the door, where he handed the man a check for $1,000 and instructed Ford's chauffeur to drive him home. There, an ambulance was waiting to take the man's wife to the hospital where a specialist, flown in from San Francisco at Ford's expense, performed the operation. Some time later, Ford purchased a house for the couple and pensioned them for life. |
| 23 | Had a great dislike of foul language and would often assault anyone who spoke that way in front of a woman. |
| 24 | Often cast his older brother Francis Ford in very small and uncredited parts in his films. He had followed Francis out to Hollywood. Francis was a silent-era director-actor who helped John establish a career. Allegedly, the employment of Francis was for sadistic purposes, since John seemed to enjoy giving him small, unimportant parts and yelling at him in front of the cast and crew. |
| 25 | His favorite actress was Maureen O'Hara and his favorite actor was John Wayne. |
| 26 | His filmmaking experience proved valuable to the US Navy during World War II. He photographed the attack on Omaha Beach on D-Day for the OSS. |
| 27 | In the fifth edition of "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" (edited by Steven Schneider), nine of his films are listed: Judge Priest (1934), Stagecoach (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), My Darling Clementine (1946), Rio Grande (1950), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). |
| 28 | John Wayne gave the eulogy at his funeral. |
| 29 | President Richard Nixon and California Gov. Ronald Reagan were present at the dinner at which Ford received the first American Film Institute dinner Lifetime Achievement Award. Nixon presented Ford with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and declared that, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, he was promoting Rear Admiral John Ford to full Admiral for the remainder of the night. (It was 10:37 pm on the night of March 31, 1973, when Nixon began speaking). After the President's remarks, Ford responded with his own speech: "Thank you, sir. As [former POW] Captain Jeremiah Denton said--I hope I get through with this; I am about ready to bust out in crying--as Captain Denton said as he set foot for the first time in many years on continental American soil, 'I am stunned and bewildered at this reception.' He ended with 'God bless America.' I quote his words with feeling. There are some people in this world who don't think that we movie folks have any religion, but a glance around this distinguished audience is living refutation of that nonsense. In a recent telephone conversation with the President, he said, 'What is your reaction to the prisoners coming home?' I said, 'Frankly, sir, I broke down and blubbered and cried like a baby. Then I reached for my rosary and said a few decades of the beads, and I uttered a short fervent prayer, not an original prayer, but one spoken in millions of American homes today. It is a simple prayer, simply, God bless Richard Nixon'.". |
| 30 | Profiled in "Through a Catholic Lens: Religious Perspectives of 19 Film Directors from Around the World", ed. by Peter Malone. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007. |
| 31 | Was a character in "Short Letter, Long Farewell", a 1974 novel by the innovative Austrian writer and filmmaker Peter Handke. |
| 32 | A young would-be director once came to him for advice, and Ford pointed out two landscape photographs in his office. One had the horizon at the top of the picture, and the other had it at the bottom of the picture. Ford said "when you know why the horizon goes at the top of the frame or the bottom of a frame, then you're a director," and threw the kid out of his office. The would-be director was Steven Spielberg. |
| 33 | Enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves in 1934, commissioned as a lieutenant commander. He served on reserve and active status until 1951, when Captain John Ford was retired with the honorary rank of Rear Admiral. While on active duty during World War II he worked with the Office of Strategic Services, predecessor to the CIA. While he produced a number of documentaries and training films for the OSS, perhaps one of his more notable achievements was a one-hour compilation of films which had been produced by order of Gen. (and future President) Dwight D. Eisenhower, showing liberated concentration camps. The film, Nazi Concentration Camps (1945), was entered as evidence at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials. |
| 34 | Was the first director to receive back-to-back Best Director Oscars (1941 and 1942). |
| 35 | Ford was disgusted by John Wayne's refusal to enlist in 1941. When Ford filmed They Were Expendable (1945) after World War II he included every actor's former military rank and branch (Ford himself was a Navy officer and combat photographer). Of course, there were no credentials behind Wayne's name, which the actor took as a real slap. |
| 36 | Because his friends and colleagues John Wayne, James Stewart and Ward Bond were very conservative Republicans, many assumed that Ford was as well. According to his friends, family, and co-workers, nothing could be further from the truth, as he was an activist liberal Democrat. His favorite Presidents were Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. Ford once went up to the right-wing Victor McLaglen and Wayne on a film set and said, "You know, all of you guys should stop complaining. You made your money under Roosevelt." Wayne, who hated Roosevelt, said nothing and changed the subject. His respect for Ford meant that politics were rarely discussed. |
| 37 | Has won more directing Oscars than any other director: four, for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952). He also won an Oscar for Best Documentary, Short Subject for The Battle of Midway (1942) and an Oscar for Best Documentary for December 7th: The Movie (1943). |
| 38 | Prior to making The Searchers (1956), Ford entered the hospital for the removal of cataracts. While recuperating after the surgery, he became impatient with the bandages covering his eyes and tore them off earlier than his doctors told him to. The result of that rash action was that Ford suffered a total loss of sight in one eye, which is how he came to wear his famous eyepatch. |
| 39 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1640 Vine St. on February 8, 1960. |
| 40 | In 1973 he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from Richard Nixon. |
| 41 | Directed ten different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Victor McLaglen, Thomas Mitchell, Edna May Oliver, Jane Darwell, Henry Fonda, Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Jack Lemmon. McLaglen, Mitchell, Darwell, Crisp and Lemmon won Oscars. |
| 42 | While John Ford is the director's "Hollywood" name, and his American birth name is John Feeney, his Irish name was Sean Aloysius O'Fearna. Allegedly his parents referred to him as "Sean". |
| 43 | When his western Hell Bent (1918) for Universal was released, "Motion Picture News" praised Ford's direction, writing, "Few directors put such sustained punch in their pictures as does this Mr. Ford." It was the ninth in a series of films featuring Harry Carey as "Cheyenne Harry", who was more of a saddle tramp than a conventional western hero. |
| 44 | His apparently madcap affair with Katharine Hepburn, when both were married, inspired his friend Dudley Nichols to write the script for Bringing Up Baby (1938). When (after Hepburn broke off her relationship with Ford) she began her lifelong affair with Spencer Tracy, Ford was allegedly incensed and, after the two had had a fruitful collaboration early on in their careers, he neither spoke with or worked with Tracy for about 20 years. |
| 45 | May be the most influential director of sound films on other directors. Many of the greatest directors of all time point directly to him as their favorite or one of their favorite filmmakers: Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Sergio Leone (and his own star, Clint Eastwood), Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Bernardo Bertolucci and many members of the French New Wave or their disciples, from Jean-Luc Godard to François Truffaut. |
| 46 | Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890- 1945". Pages 360-369. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987. |
| 47 | Embarrassed Jean-Luc Godard, then a young journalist for "Les Cahiers du Cinema", during an interview. When Godard asked the famous question, "What brought you to Hollywood?" Ford replied, "A train". |
| 48 | Was voted the 3rd Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly, right after Orson Welles, who himself considered Ford to be the best director of all time. |
| 49 | He was an infamously prickly personality, having constantly mocked John Wayne as a "big idiot" and having punched an unsuspecting Henry Fonda during the shooting of Mister Roberts (1955). |
| 50 | Has referred to Northern Irish director Brian Desmond Hurst as his "cousin". |
| 51 | Godfather of actress Anna Massey. |
| 52 | His gravestone is marked "Admiral John Ford". |
| 53 | He often used members of his family (including his two brothers, Francis Ford and Edward O'Fearna) in his films, but only in subordinate roles. Patrick Ford recalled, "My conversations with him, as his only son--that I know of--were always 'Yessir', until one day I said 'no sir', and then I was no longer around. Our family life was pretty much that of a ship master and his crew, or a wagon master and his people. He gave the orders, and we carried them out". |
| 54 | The character John Dodge in Ford's movie The Wings of Eagles (1957) is a spoof of Ford. |
| 55 | Supporting members of Ford's "Stock Company" include Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Jane Darwell, Francis Ford, Ben Johnson, Victor McLaglen, Mae Marsh, Mildred Natwick, John Qualen, Woody Strode, Tom Tyler and Patrick Wayne. |
| 56 | Younger brother of actor-director Francis Ford. |
| 57 | In 1973 he was the first recipient of the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. |
| 58 | John Wayne usually called him by the nickname "Coach" or "Pappy" in private, but several times publicly, including during Wayne's acceptance speech for the 1970 Oscar for Best Actor, Wayne called him "Admiral John Ford", in reference to Ford's rank at retirement from the U.S. Naval Reserves. |
| 59 | Father of Barbara Ford, grandfather of Dan Ford. |
| 60 | There was a group of actors, known informally as the John Ford Stock Company (John Wayne, Harry Carey, John Carradine, Henry Fonda, etc.) that turned up regularly in Ford's films. They knew how to work with Ford and each other, which suited Ford's directing style: "I tell the actors what I want and they give it to me, usually on the first take.". |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mogambo | 1953 | ||
| The Sun Shines Bright | 1953 | ||
| What Price Glory | 1952 | ||
| The Quiet Man | 1952 | ||
| This Is Korea! | 1951 | Documentary as Rear Admiral John Ford USNVR Ret. | |
| Rio Grande | 1950 | ||
| Wagon Master | 1950 | ||
| When Willie Comes Marching Home | 1950 | ||
| Pinky | 1949 | uncredited | |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 | ||
| Fireside Theatre | 1949 | TV Series | |
| 3 Godfathers | 1948 | ||
| Fort Apache | 1948 | ||
| The Fugitive | 1947 | ||
| My Darling Clementine | 1946 | ||
| They Were Expendable | 1945 | as John Ford Captain U.S.N.R. | |
| Undercover | 1944 | Documentary uncredited | |
| December 7th: The Movie | 1943 | ||
| German Industrial Manpower | 1943 | Documentary | |
| How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | 1943 | Documentary | |
| We Sail at Midnight | 1943 | Documentary short uncredited | |
| At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army | 1943 | Documentary short uncredited | |
| Torpedo Squadron | 1942 | Documentary short | |
| The Battle of Midway | 1942 | Short documentary as Lt. Cmdr. John Ford U.S.N.R. | |
| Sex Hygiene | 1942 | Short dramatic sequences | |
| How Green Was My Valley | 1941 | ||
| Tobacco Road | 1941 | ||
| The Long Voyage Home | 1940 | ||
| The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | ||
| Drums Along the Mohawk | 1939 | ||
| Young Mr. Lincoln | 1939 | ||
| Stagecoach | 1939 | ||
| Submarine Patrol | 1938 | ||
| Four Men and a Prayer | 1938 | ||
| The Hurricane | 1937 | ||
| Wee Willie Winkie | 1937 | ||
| The Plough and the Stars | 1936 | ||
| Mary of Scotland | 1936 | ||
| The Prisoner of Shark Island | 1936 | ||
| Steamboat Round the Bend | 1935 | ||
| The Informer | 1935 | ||
| The Whole Town's Talking | 1935 | ||
| Judge Priest | 1934 | ||
| The World Moves On | 1934 | ||
| The Lost Patrol | 1934 | ||
| Doctor Bull | 1933 | ||
| Pilgrimage | 1933 | ||
| Flesh | 1932 | uncredited | |
| Air Mail | 1932 | ||
| Arrowsmith | 1931 | ||
| The Brat | 1931 | ||
| Seas Beneath | 1931 | ||
| Up the River | 1930 | ||
| Born Reckless | 1930 | ||
| Men Without Women | 1930 | ||
| Salute | 1929 | uncredited | |
| The Black Watch | 1929 | ||
| Strong Boy | 1929 | ||
| Riley the Cop | 1928 | uncredited | |
| Napoleon's Barber | 1928 | Short | |
| Hangman's House | 1928 | uncredited | |
| Four Sons | 1928 | ||
| Mother Machree | 1928 | uncredited | |
| Upstream | 1927 | ||
| The Blue Eagle | 1926 | uncredited | |
| 3 Bad Men | 1926 | ||
| The Shamrock Handicap | 1926 | ||
| The Fighting Heart | 1925 | ||
| Thank You | 1925 | ||
| Kentucky Pride | 1925 | ||
| Lightnin' | 1925 | ||
| Hearts of Oak | 1924 | ||
| The Iron Horse | 1924 | uncredited | |
| Hoodman Blind | 1923 | ||
| North of Hudson Bay | 1923 | ||
| Cameo Kirby | 1923 | ||
| Three Jumps Ahead | 1923 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Face on the Bar-Room Floor | 1923 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Village Blacksmith | 1922/I | as Jack Ford | |
| Silver Wings | 1922 | as Jack Ford, prologue only | |
| Little Miss Smiles | 1922 | as Jack Ford | |
| Jackie | 1921 | as Jack Ford | |
| Sure Fire | 1921 | as Jack Ford | |
| Action | 1921 | as Jack Ford | |
| Desperate Trails | 1921 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Wallop | 1921 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Freeze-Out | 1921 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Big Punch | 1921 | as Jack Ford | |
| Just Pals | 1920 | as Jack Ford | |
| Hitchin' Posts | 1920 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Girl in Number 29 | 1920 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Prince of Avenue A | 1920 | as Jack Ford | |
| Marked Men | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| A Gun Fightin' Gentleman | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| Rider of the Law | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| Ace of the Saddle | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Last Outlaw | 1919 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| Riders of Vengeance | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| By Indian Post | 1919 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| The Gun Packer | 1919 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| Gun Law | 1919 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| Bare Fists | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| Rustlers | 1919 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| A Fight for Love | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Fighting Brothers | 1919 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| Roped | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| Three Mounted Men | 1918 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Craving | 1918 | as Jack Ford | |
| A Woman's Fool | 1918 | as Jack Ford | |
| Hell Bent | 1918 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Scarlet Drop | 1918 | as Jack Ford | |
| Thieves' Gold | 1918 | as Jack Ford | |
| Wild Women | 1918 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Phantom Riders | 1918 | as Jack Ford | |
| Bucking Broadway | 1917 | as Jack Ford | |
| A Marked Man | 1917 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Secret Man | 1917 | as Jack Ford | |
| Straight Shooting | 1917 | as Jack Ford | |
| Cheyenne's Pal | 1917 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| The Soul Herder | 1917 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| The Scrapper | 1917 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| The Trail of Hate | 1917 | Short | |
| The Tornado | 1917 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend | 1976 | Documentary | |
| 7 Women | 1966 | ||
| Young Cassidy | 1965 | uncredited | |
| Cheyenne Autumn | 1964 | ||
| Donovan's Reef | 1963 | ||
| How the West Was Won | 1962 | segment "The Civil War" | |
| Alcoa Premiere | 1962 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | ||
| Two Rode Together | 1961 | ||
| Wagon Train | 1960 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Sergeant Rutledge | 1960 | ||
| Korea | 1959 | Documentary short | |
| The Horse Soldiers | 1959 | ||
| The Last Hurrah | 1958 | ||
| Gideon of Scotland Yard | 1958 | ||
| The Rising of the Moon | 1957 | ||
| The Wings of Eagles | 1957 | ||
| The Searchers | 1956 | ||
| Screen Directors Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | 1955 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Mister Roberts | 1955 | ||
| The Long Gray Line | 1955 |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam! Vietnam! | 1971 | Documentary executive producer | |
| 7 Women | 1966 | producer - uncredited | |
| Cheyenne Autumn | 1964 | producer - uncredited | |
| Donovan's Reef | 1963 | producer | |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | producer - uncredited | |
| Two Rode Together | 1961 | producer - uncredited | |
| Korea | 1959 | Documentary short producer | |
| The Last Hurrah | 1958 | producer | |
| The Sun Shines Bright | 1953 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Quiet Man | 1952 | producer - uncredited | |
| Rio Grande | 1950 | producer - uncredited | |
| Wagon Master | 1950 | executive producer - uncredited | |
| Mighty Joe Young | 1949 | executive producer - uncredited | |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 | executive producer - uncredited | |
| 3 Godfathers | 1948 | producer - uncredited | |
| Fort Apache | 1948 | executive producer - uncredited | |
| The Fugitive | 1947 | producer - uncredited | |
| They Were Expendable | 1945 | producer | |
| Nazi Concentration Camps | 1945 | Documentary producer | |
| Undercover | 1944 | Documentary producer | |
| December 7th: The Movie | 1943 | producer | |
| German Industrial Manpower | 1943 | Documentary producer | |
| How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | 1943 | Documentary producer | |
| The Battle of Midway | 1942 | Short documentary producer - uncredited | |
| The Long Voyage Home | 1940 | producer | |
| Stagecoach | 1939 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Informer | 1935 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Whole Town's Talking | 1935 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Lost Patrol | 1934 | producer - uncredited | |
| Flesh | 1932 | producer - uncredited | |
| Arrowsmith | 1931 | producer - uncredited | |
| Seas Beneath | 1931 | producer | |
| Men Without Women | 1930 | producer - uncredited | |
| Salute | 1929 | producer | |
| Riley the Cop | 1928 | producer - uncredited | |
| Hangman's House | 1928 | producer - uncredited | |
| Four Sons | 1928 | producer - uncredited | |
| Mother Machree | 1928 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Blue Eagle | 1926 | producer | |
| 3 Bad Men | 1926 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Shamrock Handicap | 1926 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Iron Horse | 1924 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Wallop | 1921 | producer |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dommage qu'elle soit une putain | 1961 | TV Movie | |
| The Quiet Man | 1952 | contributing writer - uncredited | |
| Wagon Master | 1950 | story - uncredited | |
| The Battle of Midway | 1942 | Short documentary | |
| The Last Outlaw | 1936 | story | |
| Up the River | 1930 | uncredited | |
| Men Without Women | 1930 | story | |
| Three Jumps Ahead | 1923 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Big Punch | 1921 | as Jack Ford | |
| Under Sentence | 1920 | Short story - as Jack Ford | |
| A Gun Fightin' Gentleman | 1919 | story - as Jack Ford | |
| The Last Outlaw | 1919 | Short story | |
| Riders of Vengeance | 1919 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Gun Packer | 1919 | Short story - as Jack Ford | |
| The Craving | 1918 | writer | |
| Hell Bent | 1918 | story - as Jack Ford, Jack Ford | |
| The Scarlet Drop | 1918 | story - as Jack Ford | |
| Wild Women | 1918 | story | |
| A Marked Man | 1917 | story - as Jack Ford | |
| The Secret Man | 1917 | scenario - as Jack Ford | |
| Cheyenne's Pal | 1917 | Short story - as Jack Ford | |
| The Scrapper | 1917 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| The Trail of Hate | 1917 | Short scenario | |
| The Tornado | 1917 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| The Doorway of Destruction | 1915 | Short scenario - as Jack Ford |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film Night | 1970 | TV Series | |
| The Scrapper | 1917 | Short | Buck - the Scrapper (as Jack Ford) |
| The Trail of Hate | 1917 | Short | Lt. Jack Brewer (as Jack Ford) |
| The Tornado | 1917 | Short | Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford) |
| The Lumber Yard Gang | 1916 | Short | Jack McClean - Cecil's Brother (as Jack Ford) |
| The Purple Mask | 1916 | unconfirmed | |
| The Bandit's Wager | 1916 | Short as Jack Ford | |
| The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring | 1916 | Lund's Accomplice (as Jack Ford) | |
| Chicken-Hearted Jim | 1916 | Short | Roughneck Crewman (as Jack Ford) |
| The Campbells Are Coming | 1915 | Short | Undetermined Role (as Jack Ford) |
| The Broken Coin | 1915 | Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford) | |
| The Doorway of Destruction | 1915 | Short | Edward Feeney (as Jack Ford) |
| The Hidden City | 1915 | Short | Lt. Johns' Brother (as Jack Ford) |
| Three Bad Men and a Girl | 1915 | Short | Jim (as Jack Ford) |
| The Birth of a Nation | 1915 | Klansman on Horse Holding Up Hood with Hand (uncredited) | |
| Smuggler's Island | 1915 | Short | Smuggler (as Jack Ford) |
| A Study in Scarlet | 1914/II | Short | John H. Watson, M.D. (as Jack Francis) |
| The Call of the Waves | 1914 | Short | |
| The District Attorney's Brother | 1914 | Short | Jack - Frank's Twin Brother (as Jack Ford) |
| The Mysterious Rose | 1914 | Short | Dopey (as Jack Ford) |
| The Mysterious Hand | 1914 | Short | Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed) |
| Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery | 1914 | as Jack Ford | |
| The Honor of the Regiment | 1913 | Short | Jack (as Jack Ford, unconfirmed) |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan: Island of Freedom | 1963 | Documentary short supervised by - as RAdm. John Ford USNR [Ret.] | |
| Bullfighter and the Lady | 1951 | advisor - uncredited | |
| Wagon Master | 1950 | presenter | |
| Mighty Joe Young | 1949 | presenter | |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 | presenter | |
| 3 Godfathers | 1948 | presenter | |
| Fort Apache | 1948 | presenter | |
| The Fugitive | 1947 | presenter | |
| Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery | 1914 | production assistant |
Assistant Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hondo | 1953 | second unit director - uncredited | |
| Mighty Joe Young | 1949 | second unit director - uncredited | |
| The Adventures of Marco Polo | 1938 | second unit director - unconfirmed, uncredited | |
| What Price Glory | 1926 | second unit director - uncredited | |
| The Craving | 1918 | assistant director - as Jack Ford | |
| The Broken Coin | 1915 | assistant director | |
| The Doorway of Destruction | 1915 | Short assistant director |
Cinematographer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The News Parade of the Year 1942 | 1942 | Documentary short segment "Battle of Midway", as Commander John Ford | |
| The Battle of Midway | 1942 | Short documentary as Lt. Cmdr. John Ford U.S.N.R., photographer |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American West of John Ford | 1971 | TV Movie documentary performer: "The Whifffenpoof Song" - uncredited | |
| The Quiet Man | 1952 | "The Isle of Innisfree" 1950, uncredited |
Stunts
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tornado | 1917 | Short stunts | |
| Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery | 1914 | stunts |
Art Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery | 1914 | props |
Editor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Battle of Midway | 1942 | Short documentary |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle | 2016 | the director wishes to thank | |
| A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and the Searchers | 1998 | Documentary short dedicatee | |
| Unforgiven | 1992 | dedicated to - as John | |
| Dieter & Andreas | 1989 | Short grateful acknowledgment | |
| Directed by John Ford | 1971 | Documentary thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | 1943 | Documentary | J. P. Baldwin (uncredited) |
| Show-Business at War | 1943 | Documentary short | Himself |
| At the Front | 1943 | Documentary short | Himself |
| At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army | 1943 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Big Time | 1929 | Himself | |
| John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | 1992 | Video documentary short | Himself (photo) |
| Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend | 1976 | Documentary | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford | 1973 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (Honoree) |
| The American West of John Ford | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Directed by John Ford | 1971 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| John Ford - Filmemachen als Job | 1971 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Film Night | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinéastes de notre temps | 1966 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Wide Wide World | 1958 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Screen Director | 1951 | Short | Himself (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots: Reno's Silver Spur Awards | 1951 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Undercover | 1944 | Documentary | J.P. Baldwin (uncredited) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts | 2017 | TV Series documentary short | Himself |
| Welcome to the Basement | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Spanish Western | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| What Is Cinema? | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| John Ford et Monument Valley | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Cinéphiles de notre temps | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Una lunga vacanza | 2012 | ||
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Never Apologize | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Monument Valley: John Ford Country | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner | 2006 | Video short | Himself |
| American Masters | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Budd Boetticher: An American Original | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Universum | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Filmmakers in Action | 2005 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| John Ford Goes to War | 2002 | Documentary | Himself |
| War Stories with Oliver North | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Cinéma, de notre temps | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Shooting War | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Backstory | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| National Geographic Explorer | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Filmmaker |
| The Making of 'How the West Was Won' | 1998 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| John Ford | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Katharine Hepburn: All About Me | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Making of 'The Quiet Man' | 1992 | Video documentary short | |
| Omnibus | 1992 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Subject |
| Fonda on Fonda | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Mavericks | 1990 | Documentary | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 1987 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | OFTA Film Hall of Fame | Online Film & Television Association | Creative | |
| 1997 | Founder's Award | Golden Boot Awards | ||
| 1973 | Life Achievement Award | American Film Institute, USA | ||
| 1972 | Trustees Award | Western Heritage Awards | For outstanding contribution to the motion picture industry. | |
| 1971 | Career Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | ||
| 1965 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Theatrical Motion Picture | Cheyenne Autumn (1964) |
| 1964 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Theatrical Motion Picture | How the West Was Won (1962) |
| 1963 | Blue Ribbon Award | Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) |
| 1963 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Theatrical Motion Picture | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 1640 Vine Street. |
| 1958 | NBR Award | National Board of Review, USA | Best Director | The Last Hurrah (1958) |
| 1955 | Special Award | Golden Globes, USA | Special "Pioneer" award in the motion picture industry. | |
| 1954 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | ||
| 1953 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Director | The Quiet Man (1952) |
| 1953 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | The Quiet Man (1952) |
| 1952 | International Award | Venice Film Festival | The Quiet Man (1952) | |
| 1952 | OCIC Award | Venice Film Festival | The Quiet Man (1952) | |
| 1952 | Pasinetti Award | Venice Film Festival | The Quiet Man (1952) | |
| 1950 | Grand Prix | Locarno International Film Festival | When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) | |
| 1948 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) | My Darling Clementine (1946) |
| 1948 | Prize | Locarno International Film Festival | Best Director | Fort Apache (1948) |
| 1948 | International Award | Venice Film Festival | The Fugitive (1947) | |
| 1943 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | How Green Was My Valley (1941) |
| 1942 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Director | How Green Was My Valley (1941) |
| 1941 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Director | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) |
| 1941 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | How Green Was My Valley (1941) |
| 1940 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) |
| 1939 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Stagecoach (1939) |
| 1936 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Director | The Informer (1935) |
| 1936 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | The Informer (1935) |
| 1936 | Special Recommendation | Venice Film Festival | Mary of Scotland (1936) | |
| 1934 | Special Recommendation | Venice Film Festival | The World Moves On (1934) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Producer-Director | 6th place. |
| 1965 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Producer-Director | 7th place. |
| 1960 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | The Horse Soldiers (1959) |
| 1957 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | The Searchers (1956) |
| 1956 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Mister Roberts (1955) |
| 1956 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | The Long Gray Line (1955) |
| 1953 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Picture | The Quiet Man (1952) |
| 1953 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Director | The Quiet Man (1952) |
| 1953 | Grand Prize of the Festival | Cannes Film Festival | The Sun Shines Bright (1953) | |
| 1952 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | The Quiet Man (1952) | |
| 1948 | Grand International Award | Venice Film Festival | The Fugitive (1947) | |
| 1940 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Director | Stagecoach (1939) |
| 1936 | Mussolini Cup | Venice Film Festival | Best Foreign Film | Mary of Scotland (1936) |
| 1935 | Mussolini Cup | Venice Film Festival | Best Foreign Film | The Informer (1935) |
| 1934 | Mussolini Cup | Venice Film Festival | Best Foreign Film | The World Moves On (1934) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Producer/Director | |
| 1963 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Producer/Director | |
| 1947 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | The Fugitive (1947) |
Known for movies
The Searchers (1956)
as Director
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Director
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Director
Stagecoach (1939)
as Director