After dissolving Argosy, Ford freelanced for the remainder of his career, directing occasionally for television and making several films including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and the Civil War sequence of the Cinerama epic How the West Was Won (both 1962).
Sebelum membubarkan Argosy, Ford menjadi pekerja lepas untuk sisa masa kariernya, terkadang menyutradarai televisi dan membuat beberapa film yang meliputi The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance dan cuplikan Perang Saudara Amerika dari film epik Cinerama How the West Was Won (keduanya 1962).