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John Ford

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Editor, Additional Credits
Born February 1, 1894Died August 31, 1973 (79 years)
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 films, How Green Was My Valley (1941), 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 filmmakers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Stagecoach
  • The Alamo
  • The Hurricane
  • The Prisoner of Shark Island
  • Judge Priest
  • Arrowsmith
  • Nazi Concentration Camps

Known For

  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • The Quiet Man
  • The Searchers
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • Stagecoach
  • How Green Was My Valley
  • My Darling Clementine
  • How the West Was Won
  • Fort Apache
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
  • Mister Roberts
  • Rio Grande
  • The Horse Soldiers
  • The Informer
  • 3 Godfathers
  • Donovan's Reef
  • They Were Expendable
  • Mogambo
  • Young Mr. Lincoln
  • Two Rode Together
  • Drums Along the Mohawk
  • Cheyenne Autumn
  • Wagon Master
  • Sergeant Rutledge

Featured Videos

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John Ford Filmography

1976
1965
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Alcoa Premiere (TV Series)
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Wagon Train (TV Series)
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Fireside Theatre (TV Series)
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1959
The Horse Soldiers · as Ned (uncredited)
1944
Undercover · as J.p. Baldwin
1929
Big Time · as John Ford (uncredited)
1915
The Birth of a Nation · as Klansman (uncredited)
1913

2025
2021
Filmmakers for the Prosecution · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage)
2019
2019
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage)
2019
Carl Laemmle · as Self
2017
Five Came Back · as Self (archive Footage)
2015
2014
Spanish Western · as Self (archive Footage)
2013
What Is Cinema? · as Self
2013
John Ford et Monument Valley · as Self (archive Footage)
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year · as Self (archive Footage)
2007
Never Apologize · as Self
2007
2006
Big John · as Self
2005
2005
2005
2005
2002
2000
2000
John Wayne-A Life on Film · as Self (archive Footage)
1995
1993
1992
John Ford · as Self
1992
Fonda on Fonda · as Self (archive Footage)
1990
1986
1976
1973
AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self
1971
1971
Directed by John Ford · as Self (uncredited)
1964
Filmmakers of our time (TV Series) · as Self
1955
Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Self - Introduction
1952
The Linkletter Show (TV Series) · as Self
1950
This Is Your Life (US) (TV Series) · as Self
1943

1960
The Alamo · as Second Unit Director
1950
Wagon Master · as Story
1942
The Battle of Midway · as Director Of Photography
1936
The Last Outlaw · as Story
1930
Men Without Women · as Story
1919
1918
Hell Bent · as Story
1918
The Scarlet Drop · as Story
1918
Wild Women · as Story
1917
A Marked Man · as Story
1917
The Secret Man · as Scenario Writer

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