Wallace Beery
Acting
From Wikipedia Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span. He was the brother of actor Noah Berry.
Known for
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movieAway with Words
2026
Wallace Beery
movieThe Image Book
2018
(archive footage)
movieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004
Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Our Gang Story
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
(archive footage)
movieShowbiz Ballyhoo
1982
Self (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)
movieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Terry (archive footage)
movieWhen Comedy Was King
1960
(archive footage) (uncredited)
tvMGM Parade
1955
Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage) / Self
movieBig Jack
1949
Big Jack Horner
movieA Date with Judy
1948
Melvin R. Foster
movieAlias a Gentleman
1948
Jim Breedin
movieThe Mighty McGurk
1947
Roy 'Slag' McGurk
movieBad Bascomb
1946
Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
movieThis Man's Navy
1945
Ned Trumpet
movieBarbary Coast Gent
1944
Honest Plush Brannon
movieRationing
1944
Ben Barton
movieTwenty Years After
1944
(archive footage)
movieSalute to the Marines
1943
Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
movieJackass Mail
1942
Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
movieThe Bugle Sounds
1942
Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
movieBarnacle Bill
1941
Bill Johansen
movieThe Bad Man
1941
Pancho Lopez
movieWyoming
1940
'Reb' Harkness
movie20 Mule Team
1940
Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
movieThe Man from Dakota
1940
"Bar" Barstow
movieThunder Afloat
1939
John Thorson
movieLand of Liberty
1939
(archive footage)
movieSergeant Madden
1939
Sgt. Shaun Madden
movieStand Up and Fight
1939
Captain Boss Starkey
movieStablemates
1938
Thomas Terry
movieThe Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
'Trigger' Bill
movieSlave Ship
1937
Jack Thompson
movieThe Good Old Soak
1937
Clem Hawley
movieOld Hutch
1936
"Hutch" Hutchins
movieA Message to Garcia
1936
Sgt. Dory
movieAh, Wilderness!
1935
Uncle Sid
movieO'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
Michael O'Shaughnessy
movieChina Seas
1935
Jamesy MacArdle
movieWest Point of the Air
1935
Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
movieThe Mighty Barnum
1934
Phineas T. Barnum
movieTreasure Island
1934
Long John Silver
movieViva Villa!
1934
Pancho Villa
movieDinner at Eight
1933
Dan Packard
movieGoing Hollywood
1933
Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
movieThe Bowery
1933
Chuck Connors
movieTugboat Annie
1933
Terry (Husband)
movieFlesh
1932
Polakai
movieGrand Hotel
1932
General Director Preysing
movieHell Divers
1932
"Windy" Riker
movieThe Christmas Party
1931
Himself (uncredited)
movieThe Champ
1931
Andy 'Champ' Purcell
movieWe’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
Self (uncredited)
movieThe Secret Six
1931
Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
movieThe Stolen Jools
1931
Police Sergeant
movieA Lady's Morals
1930
P.T. Barnum
movieBilly the Kid
1930
Pat Garrett
movieThe Big House
1930
Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
movieThe River of Romance
1929
General Orlando Jackson
movieChinatown Nights
1929
Chuck Riley
movieBeggars of Life
1928
Oklahoma Red
movieThe Big Killing
1928
Powderhorn Pete
moviePartners in Crime
1928
Mike Doolan, The Detective
movieWife Savers
1928
Louis Hozenozzle
movieTwo Flaming Youths
1927
Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
movieWe're in the Navy Now
1926
'Knockout' Hansen
movieVolcano
1926
Quembo
movieBehind the Front
1926
Riff Swanson
movieThe Pony Express
1925
Rhode Island Red
movieThe Wanderer
1925
Pharis
movieRugged Water
1925
Capt. Bartlett
movieAdventure
1925
Morgan
movieComing Through
1925
Joe Lawler
movieThe Lost World
1925
Prof. Challenger
movieLet Women Alone
1925
Cap Bullwinkle
movieSo Big
1924
Klaus Poole
movieMadonna of the Streets
1924
Bill Smythe
movieDynamite Smith
1924
'Slugger' Rourke
movieAnother Man's Wife
1924
Captain Wolf
movieThe Signal Tower
1924
Joe Standish
movieThe Sea Hawk
1924
Capt. Jasper Leigh
movieUnseen Hands
1924
Jean Scholast
movieWhite Tiger
1923
Count Donelli / Hawkes
movieThe Drums of Jeopardy
1923
Gregor Karlov
movieRichard the Lion-Hearted
1923
King Richard
movieThe Eternal Struggle
1923
Barode Dukane
movieThe Spanish Dancer
1923
King Philip IV
movieThree Ages
1923
The Villain
movieDrifting
1923
Jules Repin
movieAshes of Vengeance
1923
Duc de Tours
movieBavu
1923
Felix Bavu
movieStormswept
1923
William McCabe
movieThe Flame of Life
1923
Don Lowrie
movieOnly a Shop Girl
1922
Jim Brennan
movieA Blind Bargain
1922
Beast Man (uncredited)
movieRobin Hood
1922
Richard the Lion-Hearted
movieTrouble
1922
Ed Lee, the Plumber
movieHurricane's Gal
1922
Chris Borg
movieI Am the Law
1922
Fu Chang
movieMy Wife's Relations
1922
Photographer (uncredited)
movieThe Man from Hell's River
1922
Gaspard, The Wolf
movieThe Sagebrush Trail
1922
José Fagaro
movieWild Honey
1922
Buck Roper
movieThe Rosary
1922
Kenwood Wright
movieThe White Mouse
1921
Dr. Lawler
movieThe Last Trail
1921
William Kirk
movieThe Ne'er to Return Road
1921
Convict #12896
movieThe Policeman and the Baby
1921
The Crook
movieThe Golden Snare
1921
Bram Johnson
movieThe Northern Trail
1921
Otto Franke
movieThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
Patsy
1921
Gustave Ludermann
movieThe Rookie's Return
1920
François Dupont
movie813
1920
Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
movieThe Round-Up
1920
Buck McKee
movieThe Mollycoddle
1920
Henry von Holkar
movieThe Virgin of Stamboul
1920
Sheik Achmet Hamid
movieThe Lone Wolf's Daughter
1919
Undetermined role (uncredited)
movieBehind the Door
1919
Lt. Brandt
movieVictory
1919
August Schomberg
movieSoldiers of Fortune
1919
Mendoza
movieThe Love Burglar
1919
Coast-to-Coast Taylor
movieThe Unpardonable Sin
1919
Col. Klemm
movieJohanna Enlists
1918
Col. Fanner
movieThat Night
1917
The Cafe Proprietor
movieAre Waitresses Safe?
1917
Party Guest (uncredited)
movieA Bedroom Blunder
1917
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
movieA Clever Dummy
1917
Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
movieThe Little American
1917
German Soldier (uncredited)
movieCactus Nell
1917
A Polished Gent
movieTeddy at the Throttle
1917
Henry Black
movieMaggie's First False Step
1917
The Villain
moviePatria
1917
Pancho Villa
Sweedie, the Janitor
1916
Sweedie - the Janitor
The Janitor
1916
John - the Hotel Janitor
A Dash of Courage
1916
The Police Chief
movieSweedie's Finish
1915
Sweedie
movieSweedie's Hero
1915
Sweedie
Done in Wax
1915
The Hobo
Father's New Maid
1915
Jack / Sweedie
Ain't It the Truth?
1915
Harold Wallington
movieThe Victor
1915
Mr. Justwed
movieThe New Teacher
1915
Sweedie - the New Teacher
movieSweedie and Her Dog
1915
Sweedie
movieSweedie's Suicide
1915
Sweedie
movieTheir Cheap Vacation
1914
Mr. Newlywed
movieMadame Double X
1914
Madame Double X
movieA Maid of War
1914
Sweedie
movieSweedie at the Fair
1914
Sweedie
movieCountess Sweedie
1914
Sweedie
movieThree Boiled Down Fables
1914
Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
movieThe Laundress
1914
Sweedie - the Laundress
movieRivalry and War
1914
Krautmeyer
movieSweedie's Clean-Up
1914
Sweedie
movieSweedie's Skate
1914
Sweedie
Love and Soda
1914
The Plumber
The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
1914
Attorney for Suggs
movieMoney Talks
1914
The Cook
movieThe Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
1914
Prof. Bunkum
movieSweedie the Swatter
1914
Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
1914
The Coming Champion
movieThe Epidemic
1914
Texas Tommy
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
1914
The Football Hero
movieThe Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
1914
Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
movieThis Is the Life
1914
Hiram Stebbins
movieJane
1914
The Doctor
Actor Finney's Finish
1914
Actor James Finney
Three Little Powders
1914
Wallace Williams
movieCuring a Husband
1914
Robert - the Husband
movieWrong All Around
1914
The Plumber
The Winner
1914
Fritz Noodle
And He Came Back
1914
Horatio Algernon Botts
Oh, Doctor
1914
The Deaf Minister
Grass County Goes Dry
1914
The Constable
movieMrs. Manly's Baby
1914
Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
One-to-Three
1914
Willie Brace
movieInto Society and Out
1914
First Tramp
movieA Foot of Romance
1914
Jim Foley
movieAt the Old Maid's Call
1913
Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
movieSmithy's Grandma Party
1913
Prof. Smithy
movieKitty's Knight
1913
Mike McManus
movieThe Usual Way
1913
The Dentist
movieTheir Wives' Indiscretion
1913
Mr. Jones
movieDay by Day
1913
Bill the Iceman
Love Incognito
1913
Secondary Role
Sweet Revenge
1913
Phil Culture
Mr. Dippy Dipped
1913
Undetermined Role
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A Beach Nut
1919
Director
The Janitor
1916
Director
movieRivalry and War
1914
Director
movieShe Landed a Big One
1914
Director
movieKitty's Knight
1913
Director