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Francis Ford

Francis Ford

Born on August 12th, 1881

Portland, Maine, USA

Died on September 5th, 1953

Biography

From Wikipedia Francis Ford (born Francis Feeney, August 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953) was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the mentor and elder brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man. Francis Ford was born in Portland, Maine. He was the son of John A. Feeney, who was born in the village of Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland in 1854. By 1878, John had moved to Portland, Maine and opened a saloon, at 42 Center Street, that used a false front to pose as grocery store. John opened four others in following years. After service in the infantry in the Spanish-American War, Francis left home. He drifted into the film business in New York City, working for David Horsley, Al Christie, and the Star Film Company's San Antonio operation under Gaston Méliès. He adopted the name Ford from the automobile. From San Antonio Francis began his Hollywood career working for Thomas H. Ince at Ince's Bison studio, directing and appearing in westerns. Francis Ford's younger brother, John M. Feeney, was a successful fullback and defensive tackle on a Portland High state championship football team, nicknamed "Bull". In 1914 Bull followed Francis to Hollywood, changed his name to John Ford and would eventually surpass his elder brother's considerable reputation. Francis Ford's son, Philip Ford, was also a film actor/director.

Filmography

The Sun Shines Bright

1953

Feeney

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Toughest Man in Arizona

1952

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The Quiet Man

1952

Dan Tobin

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The Living Bible

1952

Samaritan Leper

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Rim of the Wheel

1951

Mr. Dickerson

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Wagon Master

1950

Mr. Peachtree

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)

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San Antone Ambush

1949

Major Farnsworth

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Frontier Investigator

1949

Ed Garnett

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3 Godfathers

1948

Drunk (uncredited)

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The Far Frontier

1948

Alf Sharper

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The Plunderers

1948

Barnaby

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Eyes of Texas

1948

Thad Cameron

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The Timber Trail

1948

Ralph Baker

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Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

1948

Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)

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Fort Apache

1948

Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)

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Bandits of Dark Canyon

1947

Horse Trader

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Unconquered

1947

Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)

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Driftwood

1947

Abner Green

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High Tide

1947

Pop Garrow

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Gunfighters

1947

Cook (uncredited)

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California

1947

Jessie (uncredited)

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Wake Up and Dream

1946

Old Man at Counter

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My Darling Clementine

1946

Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)

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Sister Kenny

1946

Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)

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Accomplice

1946

King Connors

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College Queen

1946

Pop, The Janitor

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Incendiary Blonde

1945

Ranch Owner (uncredited)

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Wildfire

1945

Ezra Mills

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The White Gorilla

1945

Mr. Stacey

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Murder, He Says

1945

Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)

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Hangover Square

1945

Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)

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Mom and Dad

1945

Dr. Rubin

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The Princess and the Pirate

1944

Drunken Pirate (uncredited)

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The Climax

1944

Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)

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Home in Indiana

1944

Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)

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The Desperadoes

1943

Hank

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The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)

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Outlaws of Pine Ridge

1942

Bartender

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The Mummy's Tomb

1942

Townsman (uncredited)

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King of the Mounties

1942

Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)

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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942

Tavern Keeper

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The Man Who Wouldn't Die

1942

Caretaker

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They Died with Their Boots On

1941

Veteran (uncredited)

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Riders of the Purple Sage

1941

Inebriated Courtroom Spectator

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Last of the Duanes

1941

Luke Stevens

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Western Union

1941

Eastbound Stagecoach Driver

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Tobacco Road

1941

Character TBA

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Romance of the Rio Grande

1941

Stagecoach Driver

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Diamond Frontier

1940

Derek Bluje

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South of Pago Pago

1940

Foster

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Three Faces West

1940

Farmer Bill, with Higgins

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Lucky Cisco Kid

1940

Court Clerk

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Viva Cisco Kid

1940

Proprietor

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The Grapes of Wrath

1940

(uncredited) (unconfirmed)

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Geronimo

1939

Scout

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Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

Joe Boleo

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Bad Lands

1939

Charlie Garth

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Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

Sam Boone (uncredited)

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Stagecoach

1939

Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)

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The Texans

1938

Uncle Dud

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Kentucky Moonshine

1938

Grandpa Hatfield

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In Old Chicago

1938

Driver

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The Girl of the Golden West

1938

Miner

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Mannequin

1938

Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)

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Checkers

1937

Daniel Snodgrass

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Slave Ship

1937

Scraps

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The Last Train from Madrid

1937

Pedro Elias

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A Star Is Born

1937

William Gregory (uncredited)

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The Plough and the Stars

1936

Old Man (uncredited)

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Sins of Man

1936

Town Drunk

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Little Miss Nobody

1936

Detective

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Educating Father

1936

Sheriff Hart

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Gentle Julia

1936

Tubbs, Fish Peddler

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Charlie Chan at the Circus

1936

John Gaines

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The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

Corporal O'Toole

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Paddy O'Day

1936

Immigration Officer Tom McGuire

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Charlie Chan's Secret

1936

Captain of salvage ship

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This Is the Life

1935

Sticky Jones

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Steamboat Round the Bend

1935

Efe

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The Arizonian

1935

Mayor Ed Comstock

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Paris in Spring

1935

Drunken Peasant

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The Informer

1935

'Judge' Flynn

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Goin' to Town

1935

Sheriff

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Judge Priest

1934

Juror No. 12

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Charlie Chan's Courage

1934

Hewitt

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The World Moves On

1934

Legionaire in Trench

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Murder in Trinidad

1934

Davenant

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Pirate Treasure

1934

Dick's Friend at the Airfield

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Sleepers East

1934

Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

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Smoky

1933

Horse Buyer

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Doctor Bull

1933

Mr. Herring

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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

1933

Captain Hallett

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Gordon of Ghost City

1933

Jim Carmody

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The Man from Monterey

1933

Don Pablo Gonzales

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Pilgrimage

1933

Mayor Elmer Briggs

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Life in the Raw

1933

Sheriff Myles

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Clancy of the Mounted

1933

Inspector Cabot

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The Lost Special

1932

Botter Hood

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Air Mail

1932

Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)

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Heroes of the West

1932

Cavalry Captain

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The Rider of Death Valley

1932

Gabe

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Destry Rides Again

1932

Judd Ogden

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Scandal for Sale

1932

Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk

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Tangled Fortunes

1932

Matt Higgins

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The Impatient Maiden

1932

Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)

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Battling with Buffalo Bill

1931

Jim Rodney

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Frankenstein

1931

Hans (uncredited)

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Possessed

1931

Drunken Husband (uncredited)

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A Free Soul

1931

Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)

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Abraham Lincoln

1930

Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)

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The Indians Are Coming

1930

George Woods / Tom Woods

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Sons of the Saddle

1930

'Red' Slade

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Song of the Caballero

1930

Don Pedro Madero

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Kathleen Mavourneen

1930

James, the butler

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The Jade Box

1930

Martin Morgan

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The Mounted Stranger

1930

'Spider' Coy

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Mister Antonio

1929

Character TBA

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The Black Watch

1929

MacGregor (uncredited)

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The Lariat Kid

1929

Cal Gregg

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The Chinatown Mystery

1928

The Sphinx

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Sisters of Eve

1928

Pritchard

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The Four-Footed Ranger

1928

Brom Hockley

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The Trail of '98

1928

Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)

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The Branded Sombrero

1928

Link Jarvis

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

1927

Captain (uncredited)

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The Wreck of the Hesperus

1927

John Hazzard

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The Cruise of the Hellion

1927

Peg-leg

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Life in Hollywood No. 1

1927

Self

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The Heart of Maryland

1927

Jefferson Davis

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The Devil's Saddle

1927

Pete Hepburn

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Men of Daring

1927

Black Roger

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Upstream

1927

Juggler

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The Silent Trailer

1926

Mrs. Coleman's Physician

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Officer '444'

1926

Fire Chief

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The Fighting Heart

1925

Town Fool

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The Red Rider

1925

Brown Bear

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Ridin' Thunder

1925

Frank Douglas

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Taming the West

1925

Frosty Miller

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A Roaring Adventure

1925

Colonel Burns

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Soft Shoes

1925

Quig Mundy

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The Measure of a Man

1924

'Pale' Peter

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Hearts of Oak

1924

Character TBA

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Lash of the Whip

1924

'Hurricane' Smith

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Mine to Keep

1923

Jack Deering

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Three Jumps Ahead

1923

Ben McLean

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The Boss of Camp 4

1922

Dude McCormick

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The Village Blacksmith

1922

Asa Martin

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Thundering Hoofs

1922

Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill

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The Lady from Longacre

1921

Count de Freitas

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The Stampede

1921

Robert Wagner

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Action

1921

Soda Water Manning

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The Great Reward

1921

The American Adventurer

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Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16

1920

The Director / Self

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The Mystery Of 13

1919

Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly

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The Silent Mystery

1918

Phil Kelly

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The Craving

1918

Carroll Wayles

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Berlin Via America

1918

Phil Kelly

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John Ermine of the Yellowstone

1917

John Ermine

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Who Was the Other Man?

1917

James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann

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The Vault of Mystery

1917

Character TBA

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The Purple Domino

1917

Hugo Loubeque

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The Leap

1917

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The Purple Mask

1916

Phil Kelly/The Sphinx

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Mister Vampire

1916

The Vampire Man

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The Bandit's Wager

1916

Nan's Brother / The Bandit

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The Princely Bandit

1916

Prince Frederick

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Brennon o' the Moor

1916

Willy Brennon

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The Unexpected

1916

The Mexican Foreman

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Behind the Mask

1916

Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin

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The Madcap Queen of Crona

1916

Prince Frederick

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The Cry of Erin

1916

Shemus O'Brien

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His Majesty Dick Turpin

1916

Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin

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The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring

1916

Dr. Lund, Junior

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The Campbells Are Coming

1915

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The Broken Coin

1915

Count Frederick

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The Heart of Lincoln

1915

Abraham Lincoln

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A Study in Scarlet

1914

Sherlock Holmes

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The Phantom Violin

1914

Character TBA

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Washington at Valley Forge

1914

The Spy

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In the Fall of '64

1914

Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer

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Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery

1914

Hugo Loubeque

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The Black Masks

1913

Fred Francis - a Crook

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When Lincoln Paid

1913

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The Invaders

1912

Colonel James Bryson

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The Ball Player and the Bandit

1912

A Baseball Fan

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On Secret Service

1912

Abraham Lincoln

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Custer's Last Fight

1912

General George A. Custer

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The Outcast

1912

Evans, a Trapper

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The Lieutenant's Last Fight

1912

Colonel Garvin

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The Post Telegrapher

1912

Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher

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Blazing the Trail

1912

Blake

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The Deserter

1912

The Deserter

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The Heart of an Indian

1912

The Indian chief

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War on the Plains

1912

Drake, a Treacherous Prospector

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A Western Girl

1911

Hartley

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Bessie's Ride

1911

John Burton

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In the Right of Way

1911

John Walsh

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The Kiss of Mary Jane

1911

Black Bill

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When the Tables Turned

1911

Cowboy

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Her Spoiled Boy

1911

Character TBA

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In Time for Press

1911

Jim Ford

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The Immortal Alamo

1911

Navarre

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The Redemption of Rawhide

1911

Reverend Simpson

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The Spring Round-Up

1911

Jim Dempsey

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Mary's Stratagem

1911

Bill

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The Reformation of Jack Robins

1911

Jack Robbins

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An Unwilling Cowboy

1911

Jim Edwards

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Jack Mason's Last Deal

1911

Jim Saunders

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Her Faithful Heart

1911

Bill Rank

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The Warrant for Red Rube

1911

Red Rube

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Sir Percy and the Punchers

1911

Sir Percy Granville

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The Snake in the Grass

1911

Texas Ed

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In the Hot Lands

1911

The County Doctor

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Billy and His Pal

1911

Jim - the Cowpuncher

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Only a Sister

1911

John

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The Owner of L.L. Ranch

1911

Jeff

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The Crimson Scars

1911

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In the Tall Grass Country

1910

Bob

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A Western Welcome

1910

John

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Pals

1910

Denton

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Cowboys and Bachelor Girls

1910

The Cowboy Hero

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His Sergeant's Stripes

1910

The Corporal

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A Mountain Wife

1910

Her Husband, a Moonshiner

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Uncle Jim

1910

Character TBA

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Out for Mischief

1910

The Father

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Billy's Sister

1910

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A Plucky American Girl

1910

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Salt on the Bird's Tail

1910

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In the Mission Shadows

1910

Character TBA

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Baseball, That's All

1910

The Husband

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Won in the Fifth

1910

Young Minister

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The Romance of Circle Ranch

1910

Honest Jim

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Return of Ta-Wa-Wa

1910

Ta-Wa-Wa

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A Postal Substitute

1910

Jack Flynn

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The Golden Secret

1910

Will Brown

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The Little Preacher

1910

Joe Lane

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The Ruling Passion

1910

Tony Valero

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White Doe's Lovers

1910

The Cowboy

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A Texas Joke

1910

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Love's C.Q.D.

1910

Lt. Robert Bright

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The Padre's Secret

1910

Baptiste

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The Paleface Princess

1910

Captain Keen

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A Rough Night on the Bridge

1910

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Speed Versus Death

1910

Mr. Braggs

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The Seal of the Church

1910

Character TBA

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The Newly Born

1910

Mr. Newlywed

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Branding a Thief

1910

Character TBA

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Cyclone Pete's Matrimony

1910

Cyclone Pete

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Fortune Favors the Brave

1909

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