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Pair · Actor and director

Films John Ford made with John Carradine

John Carradine appeared in 11 films directed by John Ford, from Mary of Scotland (1936) to Cheyenne Autumn (1964). John Ford is one of John Carradine's regulars on this site: only Darryl F. Zanuck worked on more of John Carradine's films.

Timeline

  • Directed by one of the two

Among his other notable roles was "Preacher Casy" in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath.

John Carradine · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) was a lavish frontier drama co-starring Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert and John Carradine; it was also Ford's first movie in color and included uncredited script contributions by William Faulkner.

John Ford · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0

John Ford

1894–1973
  • Director and actor

American director and actor, born in Cape Elizabeth. Won the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

The 11 films

By release year
  1. 1936 · Biographical, Drama · 123 min · United States

    Mary of Scotland

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor, as David Rizzio

    Music: Nathaniel Shilkret

    Camera: Joseph H. August

    Written by: Dudley Nichols

    Produced by: Pandro S. Berman

  2. 1936 · Prison, Drama · 94 min · United States

    The Prisoner of Shark Island

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor

    Music: Reginald Hazeltine Bassett

    Camera: Bert Glennon

    Written by: Nunnally Johnson

    Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck

  3. 1937 · Disaster, Prison · 102 min · United States

    The Hurricane

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor

    Music: Alfred Newman

    Camera: Bert Glennon

    Written by: Ben Hecht, Dudley Nichols

    Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn

  4. 1938 · Adventure · 85 min · United States

    Four Men and a Prayer

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor

    Music: Louis Silvers

    Camera: Ernest Palmer

    Written by: William Faulkner, Sonya Levien

    Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck, Kenneth Macgowan

  5. 1938 · Adventure · 95 min · United States

    Submarine Patrol

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor

    Camera: Arthur Charles Miller

    Written by: William Faulkner

    Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck

  6. 1939 · War, Drama · 103 min · United States

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor, as Caldwell

    Music: Alfred Newman

    Camera: Ray Rennahan, Bert Glennon

    Written by: William Faulkner, Sonya Levien

    Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck

  7. 1939 · Western, Action · 97 min · United States

    Stagecoach

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor

    Music: Richard Hageman, Louis Gruenberg

    Camera: Bert Glennon

    Written by: Ben Hecht, Dudley Nichols

    Produced by: Walter Wanger

    Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

  8. 1940 · Drama · 128 min · United States

    The Grapes of Wrath

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor

    Music: Alfred Newman

    Camera: Gregg Toland

    Written by: John Steinbeck, Nunnally Johnson

    Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck, Nunnally Johnson

    Academy Award for Best Director · Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

  9. 1958 · Drama · 121 min · United States

    The Last Hurrah

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor

    Camera: Charles Lawton Jr.

    Written by: Edwin O'Connor, Frank S. Nugent

    Produced by: John Ford

  10. 1962 · Western, Drama · 123 min · United States

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor

    Music: Cyril J. Mockridge

    Camera: William H. Clothier

    Written by: Willis Goldbeck

    Produced by: Willis Goldbeck

  11. 1964 · Western · 151 min · United States

    Cheyenne Autumn

    John Ford: director · John Carradine: actor

    Music: Alex North

    Camera: William H. Clothier

    Written by: Mari Sandoz, James R. Webb

    Produced by: Bernard Smith

Worked with both