| Title |
Studio |
Genre |
Cast |
Notes |
| - 1928 - |
| Mother Machree |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Belle Bennett and Neil Hamilton |
Part sound and Ford was uncredited. John Wayne's first film with Ford, albeit in an uncredited minor role. Wayne was also a prop man in this film. Three reels survive. |
| Four Sons |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Margaret Mann and James Hall |
Part sound |
| Hangman's House |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Victor McLaglen and June Collyer |
Ford was uncredited. Silent film. |
| Napoleon's Barber |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Otto Matieson and Natalie Golitzen |
Short sound film that's now lost |
| Riley the Cop |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
J. Farrell MacDonald and Nancy Drexel |
Ford was uncredited. Silent film with synchronized music track. |
| - 1929 - |
| Strong Boy |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Victor McLaglen and Leatrice Joy |
Silent film with synchronized music track. Lost film. |
| The Black Watch |
Fox Film Corporation |
Epic |
Victor McLaglen and Myrna Loy. Wayne was a prop man in this film. |
|
| Salute |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
George O'Brien and Helen Chandler |
John Wayne has an uncredited role. Wayne was also costumer for this film. |
| - 1930 - |
| Men Without Women |
Fox Film Corporation |
Action |
Kenneth MacKenna and Frank Albertson Wayne was unbilled as a radioman on the surface in this film. Apparently a lost film. |
|
| Born Reckless |
Fox Film Corporation |
Crime-Comedy |
Edmund Lowe and Catherine Dale Owen |
Also directed by Andrew Bennison. Wayne was unbilled as a soldier in this film. |
| Up the River |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart |
Debut film for both Tracy and Bogart |
| - 1931 - |
| Seas Beneath |
Fox Film Corporation |
Action |
George O'Brien and Marion Lessing |
|
| The Brat |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Sally O'Neil and Alan Dinehart |
|
| Arrowsmith |
United Artists |
Drama |
Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes |
Nominated for Best Picture |
| - 1932 - |
| Air Mail |
Universal Pictures |
Action |
Ralph Bellamy and Gloria Stuart |
|
| Flesh |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Drama |
Wallace Beery and Ricardo Cortez |
Ford was uncredited |
| - 1933 - |
| Pilgrimage |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Henrietta Crosman and Heather Angel |
|
| Doctor Bull |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Will Rogers and Vera Allen |
|
| - 1934 - |
| The Lost Patrol |
RKO Pictures |
Action |
Victor McLaglen and Boris Karloff |
|
| The World Moves On |
Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone |
|
| Judge Priest |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Will Rogers and Tom Brown |
|
| - 1935 - |
| The Whole Town's Talking |
Columbia Pictures |
Comedy |
Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur |
Released in the UK as Passport to Fame |
| The Informer |
RKO Pictures |
Drama |
Victor McLaglen and Heather Angel |
Nominated for Best Picture
Ford won an Academy Award for Best Director |
| Steamboat Round the Bend |
Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Will Rogers and Anne Shirley |
|
| - 1936 - |
| The Prisoner of Shark Island |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart |
|
| Mary of Scotland |
RKO Pictures |
Historical drama |
Katharine Hepburn |
|
| The Plough and the Stars |
RKO Pictures |
Drama |
Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster |
|
| - 1937 - |
| Wee Willie Winkie |
Fox Film Corporation |
Adventure |
Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen |
|
| The Hurricane |
United Artists |
Drama |
Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall |
|
| - 1938 - |
| The Adventures of Marco Polo |
United Artists |
Drama-Adventure |
Gary Cooper and Sigrid Gurie |
Directed by Archie Mayo with an uncredited Ford |
| Four Men and a Prayer |
Fox Film Corporation |
Adventure |
Loretta Young and Richard Greene |
|
| Submarine Patrol |
Fox Film Corporation |
Adventure |
Richard Greene and Nancy Kelly |
|
| - 1939 - |
| Stagecoach |
United Artists |
Western |
Claire Trevor and John Wayne |
Ford's first Western using sound
Nominated for Best Picture
Ford nominated Academy Award for Best Director |
| Young Mr. Lincoln |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Historical |
Henry Fonda |
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story. |
| Drums Along the Mohawk |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Western |
Claudette Colbert and Henry Fonda |
Ford's first film in color |
| - 1940 - |
| The Grapes of Wrath |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell |
Ford won an Academy Award for Best Director and Darwell won Best Supporting Actress |
| The Long Voyage Home |
Argosy Pictures-United Artists |
Drama |
John Wayne and Thomas Mitchell |
|
| - 1941 - |
| Tobacco Road |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Charley Grapewin and Marjorie Rambeau |
|
| How Green Was My Valley |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O'Hara |
Won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Ford won an Academy Award for Best Director |
| - 1942 - |
| Torpedo Squadron |
United States Navy |
Documentary |
|
|
| Sex Hygiene |
U.S. Army Signal Corps |
Documentary |
George Reeves and Richard Derr |
|
| The Battle of Midway |
War Activities Committee |
Documentary |
Donald Crisp and Henry Fonda |
Won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature |
| - 1943 - |
| December 7th |
|
Documentary |
|
Won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject |
| We Sail at Midnight |
|
Documentary |
|
Ford was uncredited |
| - 1945 - |
| They Were Expendable |
MGM |
War |
Robert Montgomery and John Wayne |
Nominated for two Academy Awards – Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Recording |
| - 1946 - |
| My Darling Clementine |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Western |
Henry Fonda and Linda Darnell |
|
| - 1947 - |
| The Fugitive |
Argosy Pictures-RKO Pictures |
Drama |
Henry Fonda and Dolores del Río |
|
| - 1948 - |
| Fort Apache |
Argosy Pictures-RKO Pictures |
Western |
John Wayne and Henry Fonda |
|
| 3 Godfathers |
Argosy Pictures-MGM |
Western |
John Wayne and Harry Carey Jr. |
|
| - 1949 - |
| Pinky |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Drama |
Jeanne Crain and Ethel Barrymore |
Ford was the original director, but he was replaced after one week by Elia Kazan |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
Argosy Pictures-RKO Pictures |
Western |
John Wayne and Joanne Dru |
|
| - 1950 - |
| When Willie Comes Marching Home |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Comedy |
Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet |
|
| Wagon Master |
Argosy Pictures-RKO Pictures |
Western |
Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr. |
|
| Rio Grande |
Argosy Pictures-Republic Pictures |
Western |
John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara |
|
| - 1951 - |
| This Is Korea! |
|
Documentary |
|
|
| Screen Snapshots: Reno's Silver Spur Awards |
Documentary Short |
N/A |
Ford and John Wayne |
|
| - 1952 - |
| The Quiet Man |
Argosy Pictures-Republic Pictures |
Romantic comedy |
John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara |
Ford won an Academy Award for Best Director. Also won Best Cinematography and was nominated in five other categories. |
| What Price Glory |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
War |
James Cagney and Corinne Calvet |
|
| - 1953 - |
| The Sun Shines Bright |
Argosy Pictures-Republic Pictures |
Comedy |
Charles Winninger and Arleen Whelan |
Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival |
| Mogambo |
MGM |
Adventure |
Clark Gable Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly |
|
| - 1955 - |
| The Long Gray Line |
Columbia Pictures |
Drama |
Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara |
|
| Mister Roberts |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy-drama |
Henry Fonda and James Cagney |
Replaced by Mervyn LeRoy |
| Bamboo Cross |
|
|
|
29 minute episode of Fireside Theater |
| Screen Directors Playhouse |
episode: Rookie of the Year |
N/A |
John Wayne, Ward Bond, Vera Miles, and Patrick Wayne |
|
| - 1956 - |
| The Searchers |
C. V. Whitney Pictures-Warner Bros. |
Western |
John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter |
|
| Screen Directors Playhouse |
episode: Markheim |
N/A |
John Wayne also appeared in the introduction. |
|
| - 1957 - |
| The Wings of Eagles |
MGM |
Drama |
John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara |
|
| The Rising of the Moon |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy-drama |
Tyrone Power |
|
| - 1958 - |
| Gideon's Day |
Columbia Pictures |
Crime |
Jack Hawkins |
US title: Gideon of Scotland Yard |
| The Last Hurrah |
Columbia Pictures |
Drama |
Spencer Tracy and Jeffrey Hunter |
|
| Wide Wide World |
episode: The Western |
Documentary TV Series |
With John Wayne. Ford and Wayne appear as themselves in a brief interview talking about their careers. |
|
| - 1959 - |
| Korea |
|
Documentary |
|
|
| The Horse Soldiers |
United Artists |
Western |
John Wayne and William Holden |
|
| - 1960 - |
| Sergeant Rutledge |
Warner Bros. |
Western |
Woody Strode and Jeffrey Hunter |
|
| Wagon Train |
episode: The Colter Craven Story |
Western |
With John Wayne. Wayne plays General William Tecumseh Sherman. |
|
| The Alamo |
United Artists |
Western |
John Wayne and Richard Widmark |
Some 2nd unit work only, Ford is often erroneously described as an uncredited co-director |
| - 1961 - |
| Two Rode Together |
Columbia Pictures |
Western |
James Stewart and Richard Widmark |
|
| - 1962 - |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
Paramount Pictures |
Western |
John Wayne and James Stewart |
|
| Alcoa Premiere |
episode: Flashing Spikes |
N/A |
with Jimmy Stewart. With Wayne playing a Umpire in Korea. |
|
| How the West Was Won |
MGM |
Western |
James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, John Wayne |
The Civil War segment |
| - 1963 - |
| Donovan's Reef |
Paramount Pictures |
Action |
John Wayne and Elizabeth Allen |
Wayne's final acting performance in a Ford film |
| - 1964 - |
| Cheyenne Autumn |
Warner Bros. |
Western |
Richard Widmark and Carroll Baker |
|
| - 1965 - |
| Young Cassidy |
MGM |
Drama |
Rod Taylor and Julie Christie |
Directed with Jack Cardiff |
| - 1966 - |
| 7 Women |
MGM |
Drama |
Anne Bancroft and Margaret Leighton |
|
| - 1971 - |
| Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend |
|
Documentary |
Narrated by John Wayne |
|