Wallace Ford
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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- 2008 · Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
- 1988 · 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 as
- 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 as
- 1958 · Twilight for the Gods as Old Brown
- 1958 · The Matchmaker as Malachi Stack
- 1957 · Trackdown as
- 1956 · The Rainmaker as Sheriff Howard Thomas
- 1956 · Stagecoach To Fury as Judge Lester Farrell
- 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 · Screen Director's Playhouse as Ed Rawlings
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Monty Smith
- 1955 · Kings Row as
- 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 as
- 1954 · The Whistler as
- 1954 · The Boy from Oklahoma as Walter "Wally" Higgins
- 1954 · She Couldn't Say No as Joe Wheelen
- 1954 · Inner Sanctum as
- 1953 · The Nebraskan as 'Mac' McBride
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 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 Det. 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)