---
name: "Barbara Ford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barbara-ford"
fi1m_id: "barbara-ford"
imdb_id: "nm0285517"
tmdb_id: 2372966
wikidata_id: "Q78355339"
roles: ["Assistant editor"]
born: "16 December 1922"
died: "27 June 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:21:59.748931+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barbara Ford

## Identity

Barbara Ford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barbara-ford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barbara-ford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0285517
- **TMDB ID:** 2372966
- **Wikidata ID:** Q78355339
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78355339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2372966

Assistant editor. Born 16 December 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 27 June 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant editor
- **Born:** 16 December 1922, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 27 June 1985
- **Active:** 1948–1985
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 88 (1), 1950s 76 (2), 1980s 81 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Western 2, Comedy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $61m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78355339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2372966

## Biography

Barbara Ford was an American film editor. Born in Los Angeles, she worked in the editorial department on several films directed by her father, John Ford, including assistant editor credits on *Red River* (1948), *She Wore a Yellow Ribbon* (1949), *Rio Grande* (1950), *The Quiet Man* (1952) and *The Sun Shines Bright* (1953). She received an editor credit on *Wagon Master* (1950).

Ford's later credits include editing *Mask* (1985). She was married to actors Ken Curtis and Robert Walker, and was the sister of producer Patrick Ford.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Mask* (1985), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *The Quiet Man* (1952), Fi1m 78, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md)
- *Rio Grande* (1950), Fi1m 74, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rio-grande.md)
- *Red River* (1948), Fi1m 88, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mask* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *Scared to Death* (1980), Sound
- *The Sun Shines Bright* (1953), Assistant Editor
- *The Quiet Man* (1952), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md)
- *Rio Grande* (1950), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/rio-grande.md)
- *Wagon Master* (1950), Editor
- *She Wore a Yellow Ribbon* (1949), Assistant Editor
- *Red River* (1948), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)

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