Wallace Ford
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
movieA Patch of Blue
1965
Ole Pa
movieBristle Face
1964
Emory Packer
tvThe Great Adventure
1963
Uncle Billy Smith
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Lester Tinney
movieTess of the Storm Country
1960
Fred Thorson
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
Roger Hanover
tvThe Deputy
1959
Herk Lamson / Marshal Herk Lamson
movieWarlock
1959
Judge Holloway
movieThe Last Hurrah
1958
Charlie Hennessey
movieTwilight for the Gods
1958
Old Brown
movieThe Matchmaker
1958
Malachi Stack
tvTrackdown
1957
Eli Zach
movieStagecoach To Fury
1956
Judge Lester Farrell
movieThe Rainmaker
1956
Sheriff Howard Thomas
movieJohnny Concho
1956
Albert Dark
movieThe First Texan
1956
Henry Delaney
movieThe Spoilers
1955
Flapjack Simms
movieA Lawless Street
1955
Dr. Amos Wynn
movieLucy Gallant
1955
Gus Basserman
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Monty Smith
tvScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
Ed Rawlings
movieThe Man from Laramie
1955
Charley O'Leary
movieWichita
1955
Arthur Whiteside
movie3 Ring Circus
1954
Sam Morley
movieDestry
1954
Doc Curtis
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Emory Packer
tvClimax!
1954
Bunco Kelly / Sheriff / Dr. Karl Wexdig / Samuel Cramer
tvStudio 57
1954
Boats
movieThe Boy from Oklahoma
1954
Walter "Wally" Higgins
movieShe Couldn't Say No
1954
Joe Wheelen
movieThe Nebraskan
1953
'Mac' McBride
movieThe Great Jesse James Raid
1953
Elias Hobbs
movieFlesh and Fury
1952
Jack 'Pop' Richardson
movieRodeo
1952
Barbecue Jones
movieWarpath
1951
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Innkeeper
movieHe Ran All the Way
1951
Fred Dobbs
movieHarvey
1950
The Taxi Driver
movieThe Breaking Point
1950
F.R. Duncan
movieThe Furies
1950
Scotty Hyslip
movieDakota Lil
1950
Carter
movieRed Stallion In The Rockies
1949
'Talky' Carson
movieBelle Starr's Daughter
1948
Lafe Bailey
movieEmbraceable You
1948
Police Lt. Ferria
movieCoroner Creek
1948
Andy West
movieShed No Tears
1948
Sam Grover
movieT-Men
1947
The Schemer
movieMagic Town
1947
Lou Dicketts
movieCrack-Up
1946
Lt. Cochrane
movieRendezvous with Annie
1946
Al Morgan
movieThe Green Years
1946
Jamie Nigg
movieA Guy Could Change
1946
Bill Conley
movieSpellbound
1945
Hotel masher
movieOn Stage Everybody
1945
Emmett Rogers
movieThe Great John L.
1945
McManus
movieBlood on the Sun
1945
Ollie Miller
movieMachine Gun Mama
1944
John O'Reilly
movieSecret Command
1944
Miller
movieThe Ape Man
1943
Jeff Carter
movieShadow of a Doubt
1943
Fred Saunders
movieThe Mummy's Tomb
1942
Babe Hanson
movieScattergood Survives a Murder
1942
Wally Collins
movieAll Through the Night
1942
Spats Hunter
movieBlues in the Night
1941
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
movieMurder by Invitation
1941
Bob White
movieRoar of the Press
1941
Wally Williams
movieA Man Betrayed
1941
Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
movieGive Us Wings
1940
Mr. York
movieThe Mummy's Hand
1940
Babe Jenson
movieScatterbrain
1940
Sam Maxwell
movieLove, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
Joe Redmond
movieTwo Girls on Broadway
1940
Jed Marlowe
movieIsle Of Destiny
1940
Millard Barnes
movieBack Door to Heaven
1939
Frankie Rogers
The Marines Come Thru
1938
Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
movieStardust
1938
Peter Jackson
movieSwing It, Sailor!
1938
Pete Kelly
movieExiled to Shanghai
1937
Ted Young
movieJericho
1937
Mike Clancy
movieO.H.M.S.
1937
Jimmy Tracy
movieThe Rogues' Tavern
1936
Jimmy Kelly
movieTwo in the Dark
1936
Harry Hilyer
movieAnother Face
1935
Joe Haynes, Press Agent
movieShe Couldn't Take It
1935
"Fingers" Boston
movieGet That Man
1935
Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
movieThe Informer
1935
Frankie McPhillip
movieMen of the Hour
1935
Andy Blane
movieSwellhead
1935
Terry McCall
movieOne Frightened Night
1935
Joe Luvalle
movieThe Nut Farm
1935
Willie Barton
movieIn Spite of Danger
1935
Bob Crane
movieThe Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
movieThe Hollywood Gad-About
1934
Self (uncredited)
movieMoney Means Nothing
1934
Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
movieI Hate Women
1934
Scoop McGuire
movieMen in White
1934
Shorty
movieThe Lost Patrol
1934
Morelli
movieA Woman's Man
1934
Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
movieEast of Fifth Avenue
1933
Vic Howard
movieMy Woman
1933
Chick Rollins
movieGoodbye Again
1933
Arthur Westlake
movieThree Cornered Moon
1933
Kenneth Rimplegar
movieThe Big Cage
1933
Russ Penny
movieNight of Terror
1933
Tom Hartley
movieEmployees' Entrance
1933
Martin West
movieHypnotized
1932
Bill Bogard
movieThe Wet Parade
1932
Jerry Tyler
movieAre You Listening?
1932
Larry Barnes
movieThe Beast of the City
1932
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
movieFreaks
1932
Phroso
movieX Marks the Spot
1931
Ted Lloyd
moviePossessed
1931
Al Manning
movieMarried in Hollywood
1929
Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)