Wallace Ford

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Known For

Acting

Born

1898-02-11

Place of Birth

Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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Wallace Ford

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.

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Acting History

2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1965
A Patch of Blue as Ole Pa
1964
Bristle Face as Emory Packer
1963
The Great Adventure as Uncle Billy Smith
1963
Vacation Playhouse as Lester Tinney
1960
Tess of the Storm Country as Fred Thorson
1960
Peter Loves Mary
1960
The Andy Griffith Show as Roger Hanover
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Harry
1959
The Deputy as Herk Lamson
1959
The Deputy as Marshal Herk Lamson
1959
Warlock as Judge Holloway
1958
The Last Hurrah as Charlie Hennessey
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Twilight for the Gods as Old Brown
1958
The Matchmaker as Malachi Stack
1957
Trackdown as Eli Zach
1957
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses as Rebel
1956
Stagecoach To Fury as Judge Lester Farrell
1956
The Rainmaker as Sheriff Howard Thomas
1956
Thunder Over Arizona as Stiles
1956
Johnny Concho as Albert Dark
1956
The First Texan as Henry Delaney
1956
The Maverick Queen as Jamie
1955
The Spoilers as Flapjack Simms
1955
A Lawless Street as Dr. Amos Wynn
1955
Lucy Gallant as Gus Basserman
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Monty Smith
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse as Ed Rawlings
1955
Kings Row
1955
The Man from Laramie as Charley O'Leary
1955
Wichita as Arthur Whiteside
1954
3 Ring Circus as Sam Morley
1954
Destry as Doc Curtis
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Emory Packer
1954
Climax! as Bunco Kelly
1954
Climax! as Sheriff
1954
Climax! as Dr. Karl Wexdig
1954
Climax! as Samuel Cramer
1954
Father Knows Best
1954
Studio 57 as Boats
1954
The Whistler
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma as Walter "Wally" Higgins
1954
She Couldn't Say No as Joe Wheelen
1954
Inner Sanctum
1953
The Nebraskan as 'Mac' McBride
1953
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
The Great Jesse James Raid as Elias Hobbs
1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Talker
1952
This Is Your Life as Self
1952
Flesh and Fury as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
1952
Rodeo as Barbecue Jones
1951
Warpath as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
1951
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine as Sam Parks
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Innkeeper
1951
He Ran All the Way as Fred Dobbs
1950
Harvey as The Taxi Driver
1950
The Breaking Point as F.R. Duncan
1950
The Furies as Scotty Hyslip
1950
Dakota Lil as Carter
1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies as 'Talky' Carson
1949
The Set-Up as Gus
1948
Belle Starr's Daughter as Lafe Bailey
1948
Studio One
1948
Embraceable You as Police Lt. Ferria
1948
Coroner Creek as Andy West
1948
Shed No Tears as Sam Grover
1948
The Man from Texas as Jed
1947
T-Men as The Schemer
1947
Magic Town as Lou Dicketts
1946
Dead Reckoning as McGee
1946
Crack-Up as Lt. Cochrane
1946
Black Angel as Joe
1946
Rendezvous with Annie as Al Morgan
1946
The Green Years as Jamie Nigg
1946
Lover Come Back as Tubbs
1946
A Guy Could Change as Bill Conley
1945
Spellbound as Hotel masher
1945
On Stage Everybody as Emmett Rogers
1945
The Great John L. as McManus
1945
Blood on the Sun as Ollie Miller
1944
Machine Gun Mama as John O'Reilly
1944
Secret Command as Miller
1943
The Cross of Lorraine as Pierre
1943
The Ape Man as Jeff Carter
1943
Shadow of a Doubt as Fred Saunders
1942
The Mummy's Tomb as Babe Hanson
1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder as Wally Collins
1942
Inside the Law as Billy
1942
All Through the Night as Spats Hunter
1941
Blues in the Night as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
1941
Murder by Invitation as Bob White
1941
Roar of the Press as Wally Williams
1941
A Man Betrayed as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
1940
Give Us Wings as Mr. York
1940
The Mummy's Hand as Babe Jenson
1940
Scatterbrain as Sam Maxwell
1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! as Joe Redmond
1940
Two Girls on Broadway as Jed Marlowe
1940
Isle Of Destiny as Millard Barnes
1939
Back Door to Heaven as Frankie Rogers
1938
The Marines Come Thru as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
1938
Stardust as Peter Jackson
1938
Swing It, Sailor! as Pete Kelly
1937
Exiled to Shanghai as Ted Young
1937
Jericho as Mike Clancy
1937
O.H.M.S. as Jimmy Tracy
1936
A Son Comes Home as Steve
1936
The Rogues' Tavern as Jimmy Kelly
1936
Absolute Quiet as Jack
1936
Two in the Dark as Harry Hilyer
1935
Another Face as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive as Harper
1935
She Couldn't Take It as "Fingers" Boston
1935
Get That Man as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
1935
The Informer as Frankie McPhillip
1935
Swellhead as Terry McCall
1935
One Frightened Night as Joe Luvalle
1935
The Nut Farm as Willie Barton
1935
In Spite of Danger as Bob Crane
1935
The Whole Town's Talking as Healy
1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
1934
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head as 'Curly'
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
1934
Money Means Nothing as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
1934
I Hate Women as Scoop McGuire
1934
Men in White as Shorty
1934
The Lost Patrol as Morelli
1934
A Woman's Man as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
1933
East of Fifth Avenue as Vic Howard
1933
My Woman as Chick Rollins
1933
Goodbye Again as Arthur Westlake
1933
Three Cornered Moon as Kenneth Rimplegar
1933
Headline Shooter as Mike
1933
The Big Cage as Russ Penny
1933
Night of Terror as Tom Hartley
1933
Employees' Entrance as Martin West
1932
Hypnotized as Bill Bogard
1932
Central Park as Rick
1932
Skyscraper Souls as Slim
1932
The Wet Parade as Jerry Tyler
1932
Are You Listening? as Larry Barnes
1932
The Beast of the City as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
1932
Freaks as Phroso
1931
X Marks the Spot as Ted Lloyd
1931
Possessed as Al Manning
1929
Married in Hollywood as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)