| Title |
Studio |
Genre |
Writer(s) |
Cast |
Notes |
| - 1917 - |
| The Tornado |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Grace Cunard and Francis Ford
Screenplay: Grace Cunard, Francis Ford and John Ford |
John Ford and Jean Hathaway |
Ford's debut film and now considered to be lost |
| The Trail of Hate |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Drama |
John Ford |
John Ford |
Lost film |
| The Scrapper |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
John Ford |
John Ford |
Lost film |
| The Soul Herder |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
George Hively |
Harry Carey |
Lost film |
| Cheyenne's Pal |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: John Ford
Screenplay: Charles J. Wilson |
Gertrude Astor and Harry Carey |
Lost film |
| Straight Shooting |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
George Hively |
Harry Carey |
Prints survive in the film archive at George Eastman House |
| The Secret Man |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: John Ford
Screenplay: Charles J. Wilson |
Harry Carey |
Two of the five reels survive |
| A Marked Man |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: John Ford
Screenplay: Charles J. Wilson |
Harry Carey and Molly Malone |
Lost film |
| Bucking Broadway |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
George Hively |
Harry Carey and Molly Malone |
Thought to be lost, but rediscovered in 2002. Released in 2014 as an extra feature on The Criterion Collection Blu-ray of the 1939 classic Stagecoach.[3] |
| - 1918 - |
| The Phantom Riders |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Henry MacRae
Screenplay: George Hively |
Harry Carey and William Steele |
Lost film |
| Wild Women |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Harry Carey and John Ford
Screenplay: George Hively |
Harry Carey and Molly Malone |
Lost film |
| Thieves' Gold |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Frederic R. Bechdolt
Screenplay: George Hively |
Harry Carey and Molly Malone |
Lost film |
| The Scarlet Drop |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: John Ford
Screenplay: George Hively |
Harry Carey and Molly Malone |
30 minutes of footage still survives |
| Hell Bent |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: John Ford, Harry Carey and Eugene B. Lewis
Screenplay: John Ford and Harry Carey |
Harry Carey and Duke R. Lee |
A print of the film still survives |
| A Woman's Fool |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
George Hively |
Harry Carey and Betty Schade |
Lost film |
| The Craving |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Drama |
Story: Francis Ford
Screenplay: Francis Ford and John Ford |
Francis Ford |
Lost film and co-directed with his brother, Francis Ford |
| Three Mounted Men |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Eugene B. Lewis |
Harry Carey |
Lost film |
| - 1919 - |
| Roped |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Eugene B. Lewis |
Harry Carey and Neva Gerber |
Lost film |
| The Fighting Brothers |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: George C. Hull
Screenplay: George Hively |
Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson |
Lost film |
| A Fight for Love |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Eugene B. Lewis |
Harry Carey |
Lost film |
| Rustlers |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
George Hively |
Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson |
|
| Bare Fists |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Bernard McConville
Screenplay: Eugene B. Lewis |
Harry Carey and Betty Schade |
Lost film |
| Gun Law |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
H. Tipton Steck |
Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson |
|
| The Gun Packer |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Harry Carey
Screenplay: Karl R. Coolidge and John Ford |
Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson |
|
| By Indian Post |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: William Wallace Cook
Screenplay: H. Tipton Steck |
Pete Morrison and Duke R. Lee |
One of the two reels survive |
| Riders of Vengeance |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Harry Carey
Screenplay: John Ford and Eugene B. Lewis |
Harry Carey and Seena Owen |
Lost film |
| The Last Outlaw |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Eugene B. Lewis and John Ford
Screenplay: H. Tipton Steck |
Edgar Jones and Lucille Hutton |
Part of the film survives |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Bret Harte
Screenplay: H. Tipton Steck |
Harry Carey and Cullen Landis |
Lost film |
| Ace of the Saddle |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Frederick J. Jackson
Screenplay: George Hively |
Harry Carey and Duke R. Lee |
Lost film |
| Rider of the Law |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
G.B. Lancaster and H. Tipton Steck |
Harry Carey and Vester Pegg |
Lost film |
| A Gun Fightin' Gentleman |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Harry Carey and John Ford
Screenplay: Hal Hoadley |
Harry Carey and J. Barney Sherry |
Partially lost film – 3 reels survive |
| Marked Men |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Peter B. Kyne
Screenplay: H. Tipton Steck |
Harry Carey |
Lost film and a remake of the 1916 film The Three Godfathers |
| - 1920 - |
| The Prince of Avenue A |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Drama |
Story: Charles T. Dazey and Frank Mitchell Dazey
Screenplay: Charles J. Wilson |
James J. Corbett and Richard Cummings |
Lost film |
| The Girl in Number 29 |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Drama |
Philip D. Hurn |
Frank Mayo and Elinor Fair |
Lost film |
| Hitchin' Posts |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Drama |
Story: Harold Shumate
Screenplay: George C. Hull |
Frank Mayo |
Lost film |
| Just Pals |
Fox Film Corporation |
Western |
Story: John McDermott
Screenplay: Paul Schofield |
Buck Jones and Helen Ferguson |
Ford's first film for Fox |
| - 1921 - |
| The Big Punch |
Fox Film Corporation |
Western |
John Ford and Jules Furthman |
Buck Jones and Barbara Bedford |
|
| The Freeze-Out |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
George C. Hull |
Harry Carey and Helen Ferguson |
Lost film |
| The Wallop |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Screenplay: George C. Hull |
Harry Carey and Mignonne Golden |
Lost film |
| Desperate Trails |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Courtney Ryley Cooper
Screenplay: Elliott J. Clawson |
Harry Carey and Irene Rich |
Lost film |
| Action |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: J. Allan Dunn
Screenplay: Harvey Gates |
Hoot Gibson and Francis Ford |
Lost film |
| Sure Fire |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Western |
Story: Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Screenplay: George C. Hull |
Hoot Gibson and Molly Malone |
Lost film |
| Jackie |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Dorothy Yost |
Shirley Mason and William Scott |
Lost film |
| - 1922 - |
| Little Miss Smiles |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
John Stone and Dorothy Yost |
Shirley Mason and Gaston Glass |
Lost film |
| Silver Wings |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Paul Sloane |
Mary Carr and Lynn Hammond |
Ford directed the prologue only |
| The Village Blacksmith |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Paul Sloane |
Will Walling and Virginia True Boardman |
Lost film with only one of the eight reels surviving |
| - 1923 - |
| The Face on the Bar-Room Floor |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
G. Marion Burton and Eugene B. Lewis |
Henry B. Walthall and Ruth Clifford |
Lost film |
| Three Jumps Ahead |
Fox Film Corporation |
Western |
John Ford |
Tom Mix and Alma Bennett |
Lost film |
| Cameo Kirby |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Robert N. Lee |
John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead |
First film credited as John Ford |
| North of Hudson Bay |
Fox Film Corporation |
Action |
Jules Furthman |
Tom Mix and Kathleen Key |
40 minutes of footage survive |
| Hoodman Blind |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Charles Kenyon |
David Butler and Gladys Hulette |
Lost film |
| - 1924 - |
| The Iron Horse |
Fox Film Corporation |
Western |
Story: Charles Kenyon and John Russell
Screenplay: Charles Kenyon and Charles Darnton |
George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy |
Ford was uncredited |
| Hearts of Oak |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Charles Kenyon |
Hobart Bosworth and Pauline Starke |
Lost film |
| - 1925 - |
| Lightnin' |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Frances Marion |
Jay Hunt and Wallace MacDonald |
|
| Kentucky Pride |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Dorothy Yost and Elizabeth Pickett |
Gertrude Astor and Peaches Jackson |
|
| Thank You |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Frances Marion |
Alec B. Francis and Jacqueline Logan |
Lost film |
| The Fighting Heart |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Lillie Hayward |
George O'Brien and Billie Dove |
Lost film |
| - 1926 - |
| The Shamrock Handicap |
Fox Film Corporation |
Romance |
Story: Peter B. Kyne
Screenplay: John Stone and Elizabeth Pickett |
Janet Gaynor and Leslie Fenton |
Print survives at the Museum of Modern Art |
| 3 Bad Men |
Fox Film Corporation |
Western |
John Stone, Ralph Spence and Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
George O'Brien and Olive Borden |
|
| The Blue Eagle |
Fox Film Corporation |
Action |
Story: Gerald Beaumont
Screenplay: Gordon Rigby and Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor |
Ford was uncredited |
| - 1927 - |
| Upstream |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Story: Wallace Smith
Screenplay: Randall Faye |
Nancy Nash and Earle Foxe |
Once lost, but rediscovered in 2010 in New Zealand |