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Phil Ford
(same as Philip Ford, Phillip Ford)

Born 16 October 1900 in Portland, Maine, USA, as John Philip Feeney.
Died 12 January 1976 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, of cancer.

Son of actor and director Francis Ford and writer and actress Elsie Van Name.
Nephew of director and actor John Ford.

Married Lucia Diprete.
Married Viola Catherine Waller, 1 October 1932; divorced, 7 October 1936.
Married Jane Eliza Harrison, 30 April 1941; divorced, 25 November 1951.

Phil Ford began his acting career in his father’s serial film The Purple Mask (1916). Ford acted in more than a dozen films before becoming an assistant director on his uncle’s films. In later years, Phil also went into directing.

References: Website-IMDb.