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Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Acting1885Clay County, Missouri, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span. He was the brother of actor Noah Berry.

Acting History

2018
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
1994
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1955
MGM Parade
TVas Self / Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
1949
Big Jack
as Big Jack Horner
1948
A Date with Judy
as Melvin R. Foster
1946
Bad Bascomb
as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
1944
Rationing
as Ben Barton
1943
Salute to the Marines
as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
1942
The Bugle Sounds
as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
Jackass Mail
as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
1941
The Bad Man
as Pancho Lopez
1940
Wyoming
as 'Reb' Harkness
20 Mule Team
as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
1939
Thunder Afloat
as John Thorson
1938
Stablemates
as Thomas Terry
1937
The Good Old Soak
as Clem Hawley
1935
China Seas
as Jamesy MacArdle
West Point of the Air
as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
Ah, Wilderness!
as Uncle Sid
1934
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
1933
The Bowery
as Chuck Connors
Going Hollywood
as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Dinner at Eight
as Dan Packard
Tugboat Annie
as Terry (Husband)
1932
Flesh
as Polakai
Hell Divers
as "Windy" Riker
Grand Hotel
as General Director Preysing
1931
The Champ
as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
The Christmas Party
as Himself (uncredited)
The Secret Six
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
1930
The Big House
as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
A Lady's Morals
as P.T. Barnum
1929
Chinatown Nights
as Chuck Riley
1928
The Big Killing
as Powderhorn Pete
Partners in Crime
as Detective Mike Doolan
Beggars of Life
as Oklahoma Red
1926
Volcano
as Quembo
1925
The Lost World
as Prof. Challenger
The Pony Express
as Rhode Island Red
Adventure
as Morgan
Let Women Alone
as Cap Bullwinkle
1924
Dynamite Smith
as 'Slugger' Rourke
Another Man's Wife
as Captain Wolf
The Red Lily
as Bo-Bo
Unseen Hands
as Jean Scholast
The Sea Hawk
as Capt. Jasper Leigh
So Big
as Klaus Poole
1923
The Eternal Struggle
as Barode Dukane
Three Ages
as The Villain
Bavu
as Felix Bavu
Drifting
as Jules Repin
Ashes of Vengeance
as Duc de Tours
1922
A Blind Bargain
as Beast Man (uncredited)
Wild Honey
as Buck Roper
Hurricane's Gal
as Chris Borg
Trouble
as Ed Lee, the Plumber
The Rosary
as Kenwood Wright
Robin Hood
as Richard the Lion-Hearted
My Wife's Relations
as Photographer (uncredited)
1921
The Last Trail
as William Kirk
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
1920
The Virgin of Stamboul
as Sheik Achmet Hamid
813
as Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
1919
Behind the Door
as Lt. Brandt
The Love Burglar
as Coast-to-Coast Taylor
Victory
as August Schomberg
1917
Are Waitresses Safe?
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Cactus Nell
as A Polished Gent
Patria
as Pancho Villa
Teddy at the Throttle
as Henry Black
That Night
as The Cafe Proprietor
1916
Sweedie, the Janitor
as Sweedie - the Janitor
A Dash of Courage
as The Police Chief
1915
Sweedie's Hero
as Sweedie
Father's New Maid
as Jack / Sweedie
The Bouquet
as Sweedie
The New Teacher
as Sweedie - the New Teacher
1914
Grass County Goes Dry
as The Constable
Sweedie the Swatter
as Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
Sweedie's Skate
as Sweedie
A Maid of War
as Sweedie
The Laundress
as Sweedie - the Laundress
1913
The Usual Way
as The Dentist
Day by Day
as Bill the Iceman

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/31/1885
Day of Death
4/15/1949
Place of Birth
Clay County, Missouri, USA