[5] He went on to direct several other serials, notably Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, Buck Rogers, The Green Hornet, and Don Winslow of the Navy; these were noted by film historian Hal Erickson to be the best of Beebe's works.

While he was primarily an action specialist, Ford Beebe was a good all-around director capable of handling various genres.

Walt Disney hired Beebe to film the live-action reference footage for the "Pastorale" sequence in Fantasia (1940).

Beebe's work on Universal's 1942 thriller Night Monster was praised by Alfred Hitchcock, who was impressed with the speed and economy of the production.

[8] When singing star Gloria Jean's movie contract was due to expire within one month, Universal needed a musical feature quickly, and assigned Ford Beebe to direct Easy to Look At (1945).