
Acting
Born May 4, 1891 · Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
From Wikipedia Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada - 30 October 1978, Santa Barbara, California) was a Canadian silent film actor, also a film producer. MacDonald started as a messenger boy with the Dominion Steel Company in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He later worked up to teller with the Royal Bank in Sydney before the bank transferred him to Vancouver, British Columbia. From there, he moved to California, where he acted on the stage before making inroads into Hollywood. MacDonald initially began as an actor in films in 1914 and appeared in almost 120 motion pictures between then and 1932. He had notable roles in such films as Youth's Endearing Charm in 1916 working with Mary Miles Minter and Harry von Meter. Late in World War I he returned briefly to Nova Scotia to enlist in the 10th Canadian Siege Battery where he assisted in recruiting for the Canadian Army. With the advent of sound, MacDonald's acting career diminished, and most of his roles between 1927 and 1932 went uncredited. He retired from acting in 1932 to concentrate on script writing. However, by 1937 he had recognized the potential of film production. It is in his role of producer that MacDonald is now probably best remembered. He produced well over 100 films between 1937 and 1959. He died in 1978. Sometimes he is mistaken as a brother of actor Francis McDonald. Though both resembled one another and were born in 1891, they were born three months apart and spelled their surnames differently.
A Street of Memory
1937

Their Big Moment
1934

The World Changes
1933

King of the Wild Horses
1933

Night Flight
1933

I Loved a Woman
1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933

The Mayor of Hell
1933

The Vanishing Frontier
1933

Tex Takes a Holiday
1932

Between Fighting Men
1932

Hello Trouble
1932

Daring Danger
1932

Two-Fisted Law
1932

The Riding Tornado
1932

The Arm of the Law
1932

High Speed
1932

Texas Cyclone
1932

The Range Feud
1931

The Pagan Lady
1931

Branded
1931

The Last Flight
1931

Fifty Fathoms Deep
1931

The Drums of Jeopardy
1931

Millie
1931

Fighting Thru
1930

Madam Satan
1930
Zampa
1930

The Rogue Song
1930

Hit the Deck
1929
Dark Skies
1929

Darkened Rooms
1929

Sweetie
1929

Fancy Baggage
1929

Blockade
1928

Tropical Nights
1928

Tumbling River
1927

Drums of the Desert
1927

Red Signals
1927
Faithful Wives
1926

The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Hell's Four Hundred
1926

Two Can Play
1926

Casey of the Coast Guard
1926
The Checkered Flag
1926
Wandering Fires
1925

The Primrose Path
1925

Lightnin'
1925

The Charmer
1925

New Lives for Old
1925

The Lady
1925

Learning to Love
1925

Curlytop
1924

Love and Glory
1924

Roaring Rails
1924

The Sea Hawk
1924

Thy Name Is Woman
1924

The Heart Bandit
1924

Maytime
1923

The Day of Faith
1923

The Spoilers
1923

Youth Must Have Love
1922

Caught Bluffing
1922

The Understudy
1922

A Fool There Was
1922

A Poor Relation
1921

Breaking Through
1921

The Sage Hen
1921

Cinderella's Twin
1920

Are All Men Alike?
1920

Trumpet Island
1920

Moon Madness
1920

The Fighting Shepherdess
1920

Rouge and Riches
1920

A Girl Named Mary
1919

Brothers Divided
1919

Cupid Forecloses
1919

The Little Boss
1919

Leave It to Susan
1919

The Follies Girl
1919

Spotlight Sadie
1919
Marked Cards
1918

Madame Sphinx
1918

The Shoes That Danced
1918

The Princess of Park Row
1917
Nanette of the Wilds
1916

Youth's Endearing Charm
1916

Purity
1916
Their Last Haul
1915

Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914

Dough and Dynamite
1914

Zip, the Dodger
1914

Those Love Pangs
1914
Fatty Again
1914

Mabel's Blunder
1914

The Rounders
1914

The Face on the Barroom Floor
1914
Love and Bullets
1914

Mabel's Married Life
1914

Mabel's Busy Day
1914

The Knockout
1914

Caught in a Cabaret
1914

The Star Boarder
1914