Wallace Ford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 11, 1898
- Died
- Jun 11, 1966 (aged 68)
- Place of birth
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 145
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
Filmography
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008Movie
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Patch of Blue
1965Movie
Ole Pa
Bristle Face
1964Movie
Emory Packer
The Great Adventure
1963TV
Uncle Billy Smith
Vacation Playhouse
1963TV
Lester Tinney
Tess of the Storm Country
1960Movie
Fred Thorson
Peter Loves Mary
1960TV
The Andy Griffith Show
1960TV
Roger Hanover
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960TV
Harry
The Deputy
1959TV
Herk Lamson, Marshal Herk Lamson
Warlock
1959Movie
Judge Holloway
The Last Hurrah
1958Movie
Charlie Hennessey
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
Twilight for the Gods
1958Movie
Old Brown
The Matchmaker
1958Movie
Malachi Stack
Trackdown
1957TV
Eli Zach
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957Movie
Rebel
Stagecoach To Fury
1956Movie
Judge Lester Farrell
The Rainmaker
1956Movie
Sheriff Howard Thomas
Thunder Over Arizona
1956Movie
Stiles
Johnny Concho
1956Movie
Albert Dark
The First Texan
1956Movie
Henry Delaney
The Maverick Queen
1956Movie
Jamie
The Spoilers
1955Movie
Flapjack Simms
A Lawless Street
1955Movie
Dr. Amos Wynn
Lucy Gallant
1955Movie
Gus Basserman
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Monty Smith
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Ed Rawlings
Kings Row
1955TV
The Man from Laramie
1955Movie
Charley O'Leary
Wichita
1955Movie
Arthur Whiteside
3 Ring Circus
1954Movie
Sam Morley
Destry
1954Movie
Doc Curtis
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Emory Packer
Climax!
1954TV
Bunco Kelly, Sheriff, Dr. Karl Wexdig, Samuel Cramer
Father Knows Best
1954TV
Studio 57
1954TV
Boats
The Whistler
1954TV
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954Movie
Walter "Wally" Higgins
She Couldn't Say No
1954Movie
Joe Wheelen
Inner Sanctum
1954TV
The Nebraskan
1953Movie
'Mac' McBride
The Motorola Television Hour
1953TV
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953Movie
Elias Hobbs
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Talker
This Is Your Life
1952TV
Self
Flesh and Fury
1952Movie
Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Rodeo
1952Movie
Barbecue Jones
Warpath
1951Movie
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951Movie
Sam Parks
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Innkeeper
He Ran All the Way
1951Movie
Fred Dobbs
Harvey
1950Movie
The Taxi Driver
The Breaking Point
1950Movie
F.R. Duncan
The Furies
1950Movie
Scotty Hyslip
Dakota Lil
1950Movie
Carter
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949Movie
'Talky' Carson
The Set-Up
1949Movie
Gus
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948Movie
Lafe Bailey
Studio One
1948TV
Embraceable You
1948Movie
Police Lt. Ferria
Coroner Creek
1948Movie
Andy West
Shed No Tears
1948Movie
Sam Grover
The Man from Texas
1948Movie
Jed
T-Men
1947Movie
The Schemer
Magic Town
1947Movie
Lou Dicketts
Dead Reckoning
1946Movie
McGee
Crack-Up
1946Movie
Lt. Cochrane
Black Angel
1946Movie
Joe
Rendezvous with Annie
1946Movie
Al Morgan
The Green Years
1946Movie
Jamie Nigg
Lover Come Back
1946Movie
Tubbs
A Guy Could Change
1946Movie
Bill Conley
Spellbound
1945Movie
Stranger in Hotel Lobby
On Stage Everybody
1945Movie
Emmett Rogers
The Great John L.
1945Movie
McManus
Blood on the Sun
1945Movie
Ollie Miller
Machine Gun Mama
1944Movie
John O'Reilly
Secret Command
1944Movie
Miller
The Cross of Lorraine
1943Movie
Pierre
The Ape Man
1943Movie
Jeff Carter
Shadow of a Doubt
1943Movie
Fred Saunders
The Mummy's Tomb
1942Movie
Babe Hanson
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942Movie
Wally Collins
Inside the Law
1942Movie
Billy
All Through the Night
1942Movie
Spats Hunter
Blues in the Night
1941Movie
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Murder by Invitation
1941Movie
Bob White
Roar of the Press
1941Movie
Wally Williams
A Man Betrayed
1941Movie
Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
Give Us Wings
1940Movie
Mr. York
The Mummy's Hand
1940Movie
Babe Jenson
Scatterbrain
1940Movie
Sam Maxwell
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940Movie
Joe Redmond
Two Girls on Broadway
1940Movie
Jed Marlowe
Isle Of Destiny
1940Movie
Millard Barnes
Back Door to Heaven
1939Movie
Frankie Rogers
The Marines Come Thru
1938Movie
Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
Stardust
1938Movie
Peter Jackson
Swing It, Sailor!
1938Movie
Pete Kelly
Exiled to Shanghai
1937Movie
Ted Young
Jericho
1937Movie
Mike Clancy
O.H.M.S.
1937Movie
Jimmy Tracy
A Son Comes Home
1936Movie
Steve
The Rogues' Tavern
1936Movie
Jimmy Kelly
Absolute Quiet
1936Movie
Jack
Two in the Dark
1936Movie
Harry Hilyer
Another Face
1935Movie
Joe Haynes, Press Agent
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935Movie
Harper
She Couldn't Take It
1935Movie
"Fingers" Boston
Get That Man
1935Movie
Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
The Informer
1935Movie
Frankie McPhillip
Men of the Hour
1935Movie
Andy Blane
Swellhead
1935Movie
Terry McCall
One Frightened Night
1935Movie
Joe Luvalle
The Nut Farm
1935Movie
Willie Barton
In Spite of Danger
1935Movie
Bob Crane
The Whole Town's Talking
1935Movie
Healy
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935Movie
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934Movie
'Curly'
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934Movie
Self (uncredited)
Money Means Nothing
1934Movie
Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
I Hate Women
1934Movie
Scoop McGuire
Men in White
1934Movie
Shorty
The Lost Patrol
1934Movie
Morelli
A Woman's Man
1934Movie
Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
East of Fifth Avenue
1933Movie
Vic Howard
My Woman
1933Movie
Chick Rollins
Goodbye Again
1933Movie
Arthur Westlake
Three Cornered Moon
1933Movie
Kenneth Rimplegar
Headline Shooter
1933Movie
Mike
The Big Cage
1933Movie
Russ Penny
Night of Terror
1933Movie
Tom Hartley
Employees' Entrance
1933Movie
Martin West
Hypnotized
1932Movie
Bill Bogard
Central Park
1932Movie
Rick
Skyscraper Souls
1932Movie
Slim
The Wet Parade
1932Movie
Jerry Tyler
Are You Listening?
1932Movie
Larry Barnes
The Beast of the City
1932Movie
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
Freaks
1932Movie
Phroso
X Marks the Spot
1931Movie
Ted Lloyd
Possessed
1931Movie
Al Manning
Married in Hollywood
1929Movie
Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)