John Ford Filmography - Silent Films

Silent Films

# Title Studio Genre Cast Notes
- 1917 -
1 The Tornado Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western John Ford and Jean Hathaway Ford's debut film and now considered to be lost
2 The Fighting Gringo Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey
3 The Trail of Hate Universal Film Manufacturing Company Drama John Ford Lost film
4 The Scrapper Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western John Ford Lost film
5 Cheyenne's Pal Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Gertrude Astor and Harry Carey Lost film
6 The Soul Herder Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey Lost film
7 Straight Shooting Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey Prints survive in the film archive at George Eastman House
8 The Secret Man Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey Two of the five reels survive
9 A Marked Man Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Molly Malone Lost film
10 Bucking Broadway Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Molly Malone Thought to be lost, but rediscovered in 2002
- 1918 -
11 The Phantom Riders Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and William Steele Lost film
12 Wild Women Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Molly Malone Lost film
13 Thieves' Gold Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Molly Malone Lost film
14 The Scarlet Drop Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Molly Malone 30 minutes of footage still survives
15 Hell Bent Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Duke R. Lee A print of the film still survives
16 A Woman's Fool Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Betty Schade Lost film
17 The Craving Universal Film Manufacturing Company Drama Francis Ford Lost film and co-directed with his brother, Francis Ford
18 Three Mounted Men Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey Lost film
- 1919 -
19 Roped Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Neva Gerber Lost film
20 The Fighting Brothers Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson Lost film
21 A Fight for Love Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey Lost film
22 Rustlers Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
23 Bare Fists Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Betty Schade Lost film
24 Gun Law Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
25 By Indian Post Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Pete Morrison and Duke R. Lee One of the two reels survive
26 The Gun Packer Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
27 Riders of Vengeance Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Seena Owen Lost film
28 The Last Outlaw Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Edgar Jones and Lucille Hutton Part of the film survives
29 The Outcasts of Poker Flat Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Cullen Landis Lost film
30 Ace of the Saddle Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Duke R. Lee Lost film
31 Rider of the Law Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Vester Pegg Lost film
32 A Gun Fightin' Gentleman Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and J. Barney Sherry Partially lost film – 3 reels survive
33 Marked Men Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey Lost film and a remake of the 1916 film The Three Godfathers
- 1920 -
34 The Prince of Avenue A Universal Film Manufacturing Company Drama James J. Corbett and Richard Cummings Lost film
35 The Girl in Number 29 Universal Film Manufacturing Company Drama Frank Mayo and Elinor Fair Lost film
36 Hitchin' Posts Universal Film Manufacturing Company Drama Frank Mayo Lost film
37 Just Pals Fox Film Corporation Western Buck Jones and Helen Ferguson Ford's first film for Fox
- 1921 -
38 The Big Punch Fox Film Corporation Western Buck Jones and Barbara Bedford
39 The Freeze-Out Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Helen Ferguson Lost film
40 The Wallop Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Mignonne Golden Lost film
41 Desperate Trails Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Harry Carey and Irene Rich Lost film
42 Action Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Hoot Gibson and Francis Ford Lost film
43 Sure Fire Universal Film Manufacturing Company Western Hoot Gibson and Molly Malone Lost film
44 Jackie Fox Film Corporation Drama Shirley Mason and William Scott Lost film
- 1922 -
45 Little Miss Smiles Fox Film Corporation Drama Shirley Mason and Gaston Glass Lost film
46 Silver Wings Fox Film Corporation Drama Mary Carr and Lynn Hammond Ford directed the prologue only
47 The Village Blacksmith Fox Film Corporation Drama Will Walling and Virginia True Boardman Lost film with only one of the eight reels surviving
- 1923 -
48 The Face on the Bar-Room Floor Fox Film Corporation Drama Henry B. Walthall and Ruth Clifford Lost film
49 Three Jumps Ahead Fox Film Corporation Western Tom Mix and Alma Bennett Lost film
50 Cameo Kirby Fox Film Corporation Drama John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead First film credited as John Ford
51 North of Hudson Bay Fox Film Corporation Action Tom Mix and Kathleen Key 40 minutes of footage survive
52 Hoodman Blind Fox Film Corporation Drama David Butler and Gladys Hulette Lost film
- 1924 -
53 The Iron Horse Fox Film Corporation Western George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy Ford was uncredited
54 Hearts of Oak Fox Film Corporation Drama Hobart Bosworth and Pauline Starke Lost film
- 1925 -
55 Lightnin' Fox Film Corporation Comedy Jay Hunt and Wallace MacDonald
56 Kentucky Pride Fox Film Corporation Drama Gertrude Astor and Peaches Jackson
57 Thank You Fox Film Corporation Comedy Alec B. Francis and Jacqueline Logan Lost film
58 The Fighting Heart Fox Film Corporation Drama George O'Brien and Billie Dove Lost film
- 1926 -
59 The Shamrock Handicap Fox Film Corporation Romance Janet Gaynor and Leslie Fenton Print survives at the Museum of Modern Art
60 3 Bad Men Fox Film Corporation Western George O'Brien and Olive Borden
61 The Blue Eagle Fox Film Corporation Action George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor Ford was uncredited
- 1927 -
62 Upstream Fox Film Corporation Comedy Nancy Nash and Earle Foxe Once lost, but rediscovered in 2010 in New Zealand

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