Wallace Ford
Acting
Born February 11, 1898 · Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Films (123)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
A Patch of Blue
1965
Bristle Face
1964
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
Warlock
1959
The Last Hurrah
1958
Twilight for the Gods
1958
The Matchmaker
1958
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
The Rainmaker
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
Johnny Concho
1956
The First Texan
1956
The Maverick Queen
1956
The Spoilers
1955
A Lawless Street
1955
Lucy Gallant
1955
The Man from Laramie
1955
Wichita
1955
3 Ring Circus
1954
Destry
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
She Couldn't Say No
1954
The Nebraskan
1953
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
Flesh and Fury
1952
Rodeo
1952
Warpath
1951
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
He Ran All the Way
1951
Harvey
1950
The Breaking Point
1950
The Furies
1950
Dakota Lil
1950
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
The Set-Up
1949
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
Embraceable You
1948
Coroner Creek
1948
Shed No Tears
1948
The Man from Texas
1948
T-Men
1947
Magic Town
1947
Dead Reckoning
1946
Crack-Up
1946
Black Angel
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
The Green Years
1946
Lover Come Back
1946
A Guy Could Change
1946
Spellbound
1945
On Stage Everybody
1945
The Great John L.
1945
Blood on the Sun
1945
Machine Gun Mama
1944
Secret Command
1944
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
The Ape Man
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
Inside the Law
1942
All Through the Night
1942
Blues in the Night
1941
Murder by Invitation
1941
Roar of the Press
1941
A Man Betrayed
1941
Give Us Wings
1940
The Mummy's Hand
1940
Scatterbrain
1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Isle Of Destiny
1940
Back Door to Heaven
1939
The Marines Come Thru
1938
Stardust
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
Jericho
1937
O.H.M.S.
1937
A Son Comes Home
1936
The Rogues' Tavern
1936
Absolute Quiet
1936
Two in the Dark
1936
Another Face
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
She Couldn't Take It
1935
Get That Man
1935
The Informer
1935
Men of the Hour
1935
Swellhead
1935
One Frightened Night
1935
The Nut Farm
1935
In Spite of Danger
1935
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
Money Means Nothing
1934
I Hate Women
1934
Men in White
1934
The Lost Patrol
1934
A Woman's Man
1934
East of Fifth Avenue
1933
My Woman
1933
Goodbye Again
1933
Three Cornered Moon
1933
Headline Shooter
1933
The Big Cage
1933
Night of Terror
1933
Employees' Entrance
1933
Hypnotized
1932
Central Park
1932
Skyscraper Souls
1932
The Wet Parade
1932
Are You Listening?
1932
The Beast of the City
1932
Freaks
1932
X Marks the Spot
1931
Possessed
1931
Married in Hollywood
1929