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Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford

ActingBorn February 11, 1898Died June 11, 1966 (age 68)Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Wallace Ford (12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English-born naturalized American stage and screen actor. Usually playing wise-cracking characters, he combined a tough but friendly-faced demeanor with a small but powerful, stocky physique. Born Samuel Jones Grundy in Bolton, Lancashire, England, he spent his childhood in a Dr. Barnardo's home. At an early age he was adopted by a farmer from Manitoba, Canada, where he was ill treated. About age eleven, Ford ran away and did odd jobs, later becoming an usher in a theatre. Following his discharge from the Army after WWI, he became a vaudeville actor in a stock company before performing on Broadway. He started on a film career when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave him a part in the film Possessed (1931) and went on to appear in over 200 films, including 13 directed by John Ford. Wallace Ford is buried in an unmarked grave in Culver City, California's Holy Cross Cemetery. From Wikipedia.

Filmography

2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)

Movie
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1965Movie
1964
Bristle Face

as Emory Packer

Movie
1963
The Great Adventure

as Uncle Billy Smith

TV
1963
Vacation Playhouse

as Lester Tinney

TV
1960Movie
1960
The Andy Griffith Show

as Roger Hanover

TV
1959
The Deputy

as Herk Lamson

TV
1959
The Deputy

as Marshal Herk Lamson

TV
1959
Warlock

as Judge Holloway

Movie
1958
The Last Hurrah

as Charlie Hennessey

Movie
1958Movie
1958
The Matchmaker

as Malachi Stack

Movie
1957
Trackdown

as Eli Zach

TV
1956
Stagecoach To Fury

as Judge Lester Farrell

Movie
1956
The Rainmaker

as Sheriff Howard Thomas

Movie
1956Movie
1956
Johnny Concho

as Albert Dark

Movie
1956
The First Texan

as Henry Delaney

Movie
1956Movie
1955
The Spoilers

as Flapjack Simms

Movie
1955
A Lawless Street

as Dr. Amos Wynn

Movie
1955
Lucy Gallant

as Gus Basserman

Movie
1955TV
1955TV
1955TV
1955
The Man from Laramie

as Charley O'Leary

Movie
1955
Wichita

as Arthur Whiteside

Movie
1954
3 Ring Circus

as Sam Morley

Movie
1954
Destry

as Doc Curtis

Movie
1954TV
1954
Climax!

as Bunco Kelly

TV
1954
Climax!

as Sheriff

TV
1954
Climax!

as Dr. Karl Wexdig

TV
1954
Climax!

as Samuel Cramer

TV
1954
Studio 57

as Boats

TV
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma

as Walter "Wally" Higgins

Movie
1954
She Couldn't Say No

as Joe Wheelen

Movie
1953
The Nebraskan

as 'Mac' McBride

Movie
1953Movie
1952TV
1952
Flesh and Fury

as Jack 'Pop' Richardson

Movie
1952
Rodeo

as Barbecue Jones

Movie
1951
Warpath

as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts

Movie
1951TV
1951
He Ran All the Way

as Fred Dobbs

Movie
1950
Harvey

as The Taxi Driver

Movie
1950
The Breaking Point

as F.R. Duncan

Movie
1950
The Furies

as Scotty Hyslip

Movie
1950
Dakota Lil

as Carter

Movie
1949Movie
1949Movie
1948Movie
1948
Embraceable You

as Police Lt. Ferria

Movie
1948
Coroner Creek

as Andy West

Movie
1948
Shed No Tears

as Sam Grover

Movie
1948Movie
1947
T-Men

as The Schemer

Movie
1947
Magic Town

as Lou Dicketts

Movie
1946Movie
1946
Crack-Up

as Lt. Cochrane

Movie
1946Movie
1946Movie
1946
The Green Years

as Jamie Nigg

Movie
1946Movie
1946
A Guy Could Change

as Bill Conley

Movie
1945
Spellbound

as Hotel masher

Movie
1945
On Stage Everybody

as Emmett Rogers

Movie
1945Movie
1945
Blood on the Sun

as Ollie Miller

Movie
1944
Machine Gun Mama

as John O'Reilly

Movie
1944Movie
1943Movie
1943
The Ape Man

as Jeff Carter

Movie
1943
Shadow of a Doubt

as Fred Saunders

Movie
1942
The Mummy's Tomb

as Babe Hanson

Movie
1942Movie
1942Movie
1942
All Through the Night

as Spats Hunter

Movie
1941
Blues in the Night

as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Roar of the Press

as Wally Williams

Movie
1941
A Man Betrayed

as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)

Movie
1940
Give Us Wings

as Mr. York

Movie
1940
The Mummy's Hand

as Babe Jenson

Movie
1940
Scatterbrain

as Sam Maxwell

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Two Girls on Broadway

as Jed Marlowe

Movie
1940
Isle Of Destiny

as Millard Barnes

Movie
1939
Back Door to Heaven

as Frankie Rogers

Movie
1938
The Marines Come Thru

as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins

Movie
1938
Stardust

as Peter Jackson

Movie
1938
Swing It, Sailor!

as Pete Kelly

Movie
1937
Exiled to Shanghai

as Ted Young

Movie
1937
Jericho

as Mike Clancy

Movie
1937
O.H.M.S.

as Jimmy Tracy

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Rogues' Tavern

as Jimmy Kelly

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Two in the Dark

as Harry Hilyer

Movie
1935
Another Face

as Joe Haynes, Press Agent

Movie
1935Movie
1935
She Couldn't Take It

as "Fingers" Boston

Movie
1935
Get That Man

as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott

Movie
1935
The Informer

as Frankie McPhillip

Movie
1935
Men of the Hour

as Andy Blane

Movie
1935
Swellhead

as Terry McCall

Movie
1935
One Frightened Night

as Joe Luvalle

Movie
1935
The Nut Farm

as Willie Barton

Movie
1935
In Spite of Danger

as Bob Crane

Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong

as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton

Movie
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Money Means Nothing

as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay

Movie
1934
I Hate Women

as Scoop McGuire

Movie
1934
Men in White

as Shorty

Movie
1934
The Lost Patrol

as Morelli

Movie
1934
A Woman's Man

as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter

Movie
1933Movie
1933
My Woman

as Chick Rollins

Movie
1933
Goodbye Again

as Arthur Westlake

Movie
1933
Three Cornered Moon

as Kenneth Rimplegar

Movie
1933Movie
1933
The Big Cage

as Russ Penny

Movie
1933
Night of Terror

as Tom Hartley

Movie
1933
Employees' Entrance

as Martin West

Movie
1932
Hypnotized

as Bill Bogard

Movie
1932Movie
1932Movie
1932
The Wet Parade

as Jerry Tyler

Movie
1932
Are You Listening?

as Larry Barnes

Movie
1932
The Beast of the City

as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick

Movie
1932
Freaks

as Phroso

Movie
1931
X Marks the Spot

as Ted Lloyd

Movie
1931
Possessed

as Al Manning

Movie
1929
Married in Hollywood

as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 11, 1898
Day of DeathJune 11, 1966
Place of BirthBolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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