Director John Ford – Mean as they Come

Director John Ford can be considered to be as mean as they come. John Wayne stated that no horses were seriously injured during any of the John Ford westerns. [1]

Born: February 1, 1894, in Maine
Died: August 31, 1973, in California

Reviewed John Ford Films

Selected Biography

1917 A Marked Man
1917 Bucking Broadway
1917 Straight Shooting
1917 The Secret Man
1918 A Woman’s Fool
1918 Hell Bent
1918 The Craving
1918 The Phantom Riders
1918 The Scarlet Drop
1918 Thieves’ Gold
1918 Three Mounted Men
1918 Wild Women
1919 A Fight for Love
1919 A Gun Fightin’ Gentleman
1919 Ace of the Saddle
1919 Bare Fists
1919 Marked Men
1919 Rider of the Law
1919 Riders of Vengeance
1919 Roped
1919 The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1920 Hitchin’ Posts
1920 Just Pals
1920 The Girl in Number 29
1920 The Prince of Avenue A
1921 Action
1921 Desperate Trails
1921 Jackie
1921 Sure Fire
1921 The Big Punch
1921 The Freeze-Out
1921 The Wallop
1922 The Village Blacksmith
1922 Little Miss Smiles
1923 Cameo Kirby
1923 Hoodman Blind
1923 North of Hudson Bay
1923 The Face on the Bar-Room Floor
1923 Three Jumps Ahead
1924 Hearts of Oak
1924 The Iron Horse (uncredited)
1925 Kentucky Pride
1925 Lightnin’
1925 Thank You
1925 The Fighting Heart
1926 3 Bad Men
1926 The Blue Eagle (uncredited)
1926 The Shamrock Handicap
1927 Upstream
1928 Four Sons
1928 Hangman’s House (uncredited)
1928 Mother Machree (uncredited)
1928 Riley the Cop (uncredited)
1929 Salute (uncredited)
1929 Strong Boy
1929 The Black Watch
1930 Born Reckless
1930 Men Without Women
1930 Up the River
1931 Arrowsmith
1931 Seas Beneath
1931 The Brat
1932 Air Mail
1932 Flesh (uncredited)
1933 Doctor Bull
1933 Pilgrimage
1934 Judge Priest
1934 The Lost Patrol
1934 The World Moves On
1935 Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 The Informer
1935 The Whole Town’s Talking
1936 Mary of Scotland
1936 The Plough and the Stars
1937 The Hurricane
1937 Wee Willie Winkie
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
1938 Submarine Patrol
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln
1940 The Long Voyage Home
1941 How Green Was My Valley
1941 Tobacco Road
The War Years – US Central Intelligence Agency on John Ford’s war years (Broken Link)
1942 Sex Hygiene (Short) (dramatic sequences)
1942 The Battle of Midway (Short documentary) (as Lt. Cmdr. John Ford U.S.N.R.)
1942 Torpedo Squadron (Documentary short)
1943 At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army (Documentary short) (uncredited)
1943 December 7th: The Movie
1943 German Industrial Manpower (Documentary)
1943 How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (Documentary)
1943 We Sail at Midnight (Documentary short) (uncredited)
1944 Undercover (Documentary) (uncredited)
1945 They Were Expendable (as John Ford Captain U.S.N.R.)
1946 My Darling Clementine
1947 The Fugitive
1948 3 Godfathers
1948 Fort Apache
1949 Pinky (uncredited)
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1950 Rio Grande
1950 Wagon Master
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home
1951 This Is Korea! (Documentary) (as Rear Admiral John Ford USNVR Ret.)
1952 What Price Glory
1952 The Quiet Man
1953 Mogambo
1953 The Sun Shines Bright
1955 Mister Roberts – During the filming of this movie, John Ford punched Henry Fonda in the mouth. He left the film for health reasons and another director finished the film.
1955 The Long Gray Line
1957 The Rising of the Moon
1957 The Wings of Eagles
1958 Gideon of Scotland Yard
1958 The Last Hurrah
1959 Korea (Documentary short)
1960 Sergeant Rutledge
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 How the West Was Won (segment “The Civil War”)
1963 Donovan’s Reef
1964 Cheyenne Autumn
1965 Young Cassidy (uncredited)
1966 7 Women
1976 Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (Documentary)

Director John Ford – Mean as they Come

[1] American West of John Ford – Digitally Remastered