Ford, Francis, 1882-1953

LC control no.	n 88034600
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Ford, Francis, 1882-1953 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Ford, Francis, 1881-1953 O'Feeney, Francis, 1882-1953 O'Fearna, Francis, 1882-1953 Ford, Frank, 1882-1953 Feeney, Francis, 1882-1953 Feeney, Frank Thomas, 1882-1953 Ford, Francis Joseph, 1882-1953
Birth date	1882-08-14
Death date	1953-09-05
Place of birth	Portland (Me.)
Place of death	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Profession or occupation	Actors Motion picture producers and directors
Special note	Year of birth varies in sources, however authoritative sources indicate that year of birth was 1882.
Found in	Lucille Love, the girl of mystery. Series no. 6 [MP] 1914: credits (Francis Ford, produced by) Katz, E. Film ency., c1979 (Francis Ford; b. Aug. 15, 1882 in Portland, Me.; d. 1953; actor, director and producer of silent films; real name, Francis O'Feeney, also known as Francis O'Fearna) IMDb, October 20, 2017 (Francis Ford (1881-1953); born August 14, 1881 in Portland, Maine; died September 5, 1953 in Los Angeles, California; elder brother of the director John Ford and himself a screen director (and John's erstwhile mentor) until the advent of sound; he had also acted in his own films and those of other directors, but turned to acting exclusively circa 1929; birth name: Frank Thomas Feeney) Find A Grave, via WWW, October 20, 2017 (Francis Joseph "Frank" Ford; original name: Francis Feeney; born August 14, 1881 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; died September 5, 1953 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; director, actor and producer in early Hollywood; brother of John Ford; 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") U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 viewed October 4, 2023 via Ancestry.com (Francis Joseph Ford; born, August 15, 1882 in Portland, Maine) California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 viewed October 4, 2023 via Ancestry.com (Francis Joseph Ford; born, August 15, 1882 in Portland, Maine; died, September 5, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 viewed October 4, 2023 via Ancestry.com (Frank J. Ford; Francis Feeney; born, August 15, 1882; died, September 5, 1953) U.S. Pasport Applications, 1795-1925 viewed October 4, 2023 via Ancestry.com (Francis Ford; born, August 15, 1882 in Portland, Maine)
Associated language	eng