| Birth: | Aug. 14, 1881
Portland
Cumberland County
Maine, USA | | Death: | Sep. 6, 1953
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Director, actor and producer in early Hollywood. Brother of John Ford. After holding a variety of odd jobs in Vaudeville, Francis Feeney, who later changed his last name for Ford, ended up working in the motion pictures with the Edison and Melies studios. In 1910 he landed in Hollywood where, along with Thomas Ince, he made numerous features and shorts. On the basis of his success in producing westerns, he was able to found his own studio. Young John Feeney followed him to Los Angeles in 1914, also changed his name to Ford and learned the craft of filmmaking by working as an apprentice under his then more-famous brother. Virtually none of Francis Ford's inexpensively produced films survive today; he worked very little after 1925. He did, however, have some very minor roles in his brother's movies--as 'Billy,' the drunken stage keeper in 1939's "Stagecoach," and as 'Dad' in 1946's "My Darling Clementine." One of Ford's last roles was as the old man that was lynched in "The Ox-Bow Incident." (bio by: Joe Costa)
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Spouse:
Della Agatha Cole Sears (1885 - 1946)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Francis Ford | | | Burial:
Holy Cross Cemetery
Culver City
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 273, Grave 1
GPS (lat/lon): 33.99221, -118.38553 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 17, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6096080 |
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Tracey Reid
Added: May. 24, 2013 |
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters. These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep. Psalm 107
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David Martin
Added: May. 14, 2013 |
May you rest in peace.
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Michael
Added: Apr. 14, 2013 |
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