Wallace MacDonald
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.
Acting (103)
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