Wallace Ford

Known For: Acting
Born: February 11, 1898
Place of Birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: June 11, 1966

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, C…

Filmography

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

2008 · Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 · Self (archive footage)

A Patch of Blue

1965 · Ole Pa

Bristle Face

1964 · Emory Packer

The Great Adventure

1963 · Uncle Billy Smith

Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

1963 · Lester Tinney

Tess of the Storm Country

1960 · Fred Thorson

Peter Loves Mary

Peter Loves Mary

1960

The Andy Griffith Show

1960 · Roger Hanover

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960 · Harry

The Deputy

1959 · Herk Lamson, Marshal Herk Lamson

Warlock

1959 · Judge Holloway

The Last Hurrah

1958 · Charlie Hennessey

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

Twilight for the Gods

1958 · Old Brown

The Matchmaker

1958 · Malachi Stack

Trackdown

1957 · Eli Zach

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

1957 · Rebel

Stagecoach To Fury

1956 · Judge Lester Farrell

The Rainmaker

1956 · Sheriff Howard Thomas

Thunder Over Arizona

1956 · Stiles

Johnny Concho

1956 · Albert Dark

The First Texan

1956 · Henry Delaney

The Maverick Queen

1956 · Jamie

The Spoilers

1955 · Flapjack Simms

A Lawless Street

1955 · Dr. Amos Wynn

Lucy Gallant

1955 · Gus Basserman

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955 · Monty Smith

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955 · Ed Rawlings

Kings Row

1955

The Man from Laramie

1955 · Charley O'Leary

Wichita

1955 · Arthur Whiteside

3 Ring Circus

1954 · Sam Morley

Destry

1954 · Doc Curtis

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Emory Packer

Climax!

1954 · Bunco Kelly, Sheriff, Dr. Karl Wexdig, Samuel Cramer

Father Knows Best

1954

Studio 57

1954 · Boats

The Whistler

1954

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954 · Walter "Wally" Higgins

She Couldn't Say No

1954 · Joe Wheelen

Inner Sanctum

1954

The Nebraskan

1953 · 'Mac' McBride

The Motorola Television Hour

1953

The Great Jesse James Raid

1953 · Elias Hobbs

The Ford Television Theatre

1952 · Talker

This Is Your Life

1952 · Self

Flesh and Fury

1952 · Jack 'Pop' Richardson

Rodeo

1952 · Barbecue Jones

Warpath

1951 · Pvt. 'Irish' Potts

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

1951 · Sam Parks

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · , Innkeeper

He Ran All the Way

1951 · Fred Dobbs

Harvey

1950 · The Taxi Driver

The Breaking Point

1950 · F.R. Duncan

The Furies

1950 · Scotty Hyslip

Dakota Lil

1950 · Carter

Red Stallion In The Rockies

1949 · 'Talky' Carson

The Set-Up

1949 · Gus

Belle Starr's Daughter

1948 · Lafe Bailey

Studio One

1948

Embraceable You

1948 · Police Lt. Ferria

Coroner Creek

1948 · Andy West

Shed No Tears

1948 · Sam Grover

The Man from Texas

1948 · Jed

T-Men

1947 · The Schemer

Magic Town

1947 · Lou Dicketts

Dead Reckoning

1946 · McGee

Crack-Up

1946 · Lt. Cochrane

Black Angel

1946 · Joe

Rendezvous with Annie

1946 · Al Morgan

The Green Years

1946 · Jamie Nigg

Lover Come Back

1946 · Tubbs

A Guy Could Change

1946 · Bill Conley

Spellbound

1945 · Hotel masher

On Stage Everybody

1945 · Emmett Rogers

The Great John L.

1945 · McManus

Blood on the Sun

1945 · Ollie Miller

Machine Gun Mama

1944 · John O'Reilly

Secret Command

1944 · Miller

The Cross of Lorraine

1943 · Pierre

The Ape Man

1943 · Jeff Carter

Shadow of a Doubt

1943 · Fred Saunders

The Mummy's Tomb

1942 · Babe Hanson

Scattergood Survives a Murder

1942 · Wally Collins

Inside the Law

1942 · Billy

All Through the Night

1942 · Spats Hunter

Blues in the Night

1941 · Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)

Murder by Invitation

1941 · Bob White

Roar of the Press

1941 · Wally Williams

A Man Betrayed

1941 · Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)

Give Us Wings

1940 · Mr. York

The Mummy's Hand

1940 · Babe Jenson

Scatterbrain

1940 · Sam Maxwell

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

1940 · Joe Redmond

Two Girls on Broadway

1940 · Jed Marlowe

Isle Of Destiny

1940 · Millard Barnes

Back Door to Heaven

1939 · Frankie Rogers

The Marines Come Thru

The Marines Come Thru

1938 · Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins

Stardust

1938 · Peter Jackson

Swing It, Sailor!

1938 · Pete Kelly

Exiled to Shanghai

1937 · Ted Young

Jericho

1937 · Mike Clancy

O.H.M.S.

1937 · Jimmy Tracy

A Son Comes Home

1936 · Steve

The Rogues' Tavern

1936 · Jimmy Kelly

Absolute Quiet

1936 · Jack

Two in the Dark

1936 · Harry Hilyer

Another Face

1935 · Joe Haynes, Press Agent

Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935 · Harper

She Couldn't Take It

1935 · "Fingers" Boston

Get That Man

1935 · Jack Kirkland / John Prescott

The Informer

1935 · Frankie McPhillip

Men of the Hour

1935 · Andy Blane

Swellhead

1935 · Terry McCall

One Frightened Night

1935 · Joe Luvalle

The Nut Farm

1935 · Willie Barton

In Spite of Danger

1935 · Bob Crane

The Whole Town's Talking

1935 · Healy

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

1935 · Jason H. 'Jay' Barton

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

1934 · 'Curly'

The Hollywood Gad-About

1934 · Self (uncredited)

Money Means Nothing

1934 · Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay

I Hate Women

1934 · Scoop McGuire

Men in White

1934 · Shorty

The Lost Patrol

1934 · Morelli

A Woman's Man

1934 · Joe Flynn - Prizefighter

East of Fifth Avenue

1933 · Vic Howard

My Woman

1933 · Chick Rollins

Goodbye Again

1933 · Arthur Westlake

Three Cornered Moon

1933 · Kenneth Rimplegar

Headline Shooter

1933 · Mike

The Big Cage

1933 · Russ Penny

Night of Terror

1933 · Tom Hartley

Employees' Entrance

1933 · Martin West

Hypnotized

1932 · Bill Bogard

Central Park

1932 · Rick

Skyscraper Souls

1932 · Slim

The Wet Parade

1932 · Jerry Tyler

Are You Listening?

1932 · Larry Barnes

The Beast of the City

1932 · Detective Ed Fitzpatrick

Freaks

1932 · Phroso

X Marks the Spot

1931 · Ted Lloyd

Possessed

1931 · Al Manning

Married in Hollywood

1929 · Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)

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