Wallace Ford
Acting1898Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
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
Acting History
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1965
A Patch of Blue
as Ole Pa
1964
Bristle Face
as Emory Packer
The Andy Griffith Show
TVas Roger Hanover• 1 eps
The Great Adventure
TVas Uncle Billy Smith• 1 eps
1963
Vacation Playhouse
TVas Lester Tinney
1961
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TVas Harry• 1 eps
1960
Tess of the Storm Country
as Fred Thorson
The Deputy
TVas Marshal Herk Lamson• 40 eps
1959
Warlock
as Judge Holloway
1958
The Matchmaker
as Malachi Stack
The Last Hurrah
as Charlie Hennessey
Twilight for the Gods
as Old Brown
Trackdown
TVas Eli Zach• 1 eps
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
as Stiles
The Rainmaker
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
The First Texan
as Henry Delaney
Johnny Concho
as Albert Dark
The Maverick Queen
as Jamie
Stagecoach To Fury
as Judge Lester Farrell
Screen Director's Playhouse
TVas Ed Rawlings• 1 eps
1955
Lucy Gallant
as Gus Basserman
A Lawless Street
as Dr. Amos Wynn
Wichita
as Arthur Whiteside
The Man from Laramie
as Charley O'Leary
The Spoilers
as Flapjack Simms
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TVas Monty Smith• 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
TVas Talker• 1 eps
1954
Destry
as Doc Curtis
3 Ring Circus
as Sam Morley
She Couldn't Say No
as Joe Wheelen
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Emory Packer
1953
The Nebraskan
as 'Mac' McBride
The Great Jesse James Raid
as Elias Hobbs
This Is Your Life
TVas Self• 1 eps
1952
Rodeo
as Barbecue Jones
Flesh and Fury
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
1951
He Ran All the Way
as Fred Dobbs
Warpath
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
as Sam Parks
1950
The Furies
as Scotty Hyslip
The Breaking Point
as F.R. Duncan
Harvey
as The Taxi Driver
Dakota Lil
as Carter
1949
The Set-Up
as Gus
1948
The Man from Texas
as Jed
Coroner Creek
as Andy West
Shed No Tears
as Sam Grover
Embraceable You
as Police Lt. Ferria
1947
T-Men
as The Schemer
Magic Town
as Lou Dicketts
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
as Al Morgan
Lover Come Back
as Tubbs
Crack-Up
as Lt. Cochrane
Dead Reckoning
as McGee
Black Angel
as Joe
The Green Years
as Jamie Nigg
A Guy Could Change
as Bill Conley
1945
The Great John L.
as McManus
Blood on the Sun
as Ollie Miller
On Stage Everybody
as Emmett Rogers
Spellbound
as Hotel masher
1944
Secret Command
as Miller
Machine Gun Mama
as John O'Reilly
1943
1942
All Through the Night
as Spats Hunter
The Mummy's Tomb
as Babe Hanson
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Wally Collins
Inside the Law
as Billy
1941
Blues in the Night
as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Murder by Invitation
as Bob White
A Man Betrayed
as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
1940
The Mummy's Hand
as Babe Jenson
Scatterbrain
as Sam Maxwell
Two Girls on Broadway
as Jed Marlowe
Isle Of Destiny
as Millard Barnes
Give Us Wings
as Mr. York
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
as Joe Redmond
1939
Back Door to Heaven
as Frankie Rogers
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
as Pete Kelly
1937
1936
A Son Comes Home
as Steve
The Rogues' Tavern
as Jimmy Kelly
Two in the Dark
as Harry Hilyer
Absolute Quiet
as Jack
1935
Get That Man
as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Harper
The Whole Town's Talking
as Healy
One Frightened Night
as Joe Luvalle
The Informer
as Frankie McPhillip
Swellhead
as Terry McCall
The Nut Farm
as Willie Barton
Another Face
as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
She Couldn't Take It
as "Fingers" Boston
1934
Money Means Nothing
as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
A Woman's Man
as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
Men in White
as Shorty
I Hate Women
as Scoop McGuire
The Lost Patrol
as Morelli
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
as 'Curly'
1933
Three Cornered Moon
as Kenneth Rimplegar
My Woman
as Chick Rollins
The Big Cage
as Russ Penny
Employees' Entrance
as Martin West
Night of Terror
as Tom Hartley
Headline Shooter
as Mike
Goodbye Again
as Arthur Westlake
East of Fifth Avenue
as Vic Howard
1932
The Beast of the City
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
Freaks
as Phroso
Skyscraper Souls
as Slim
The Wet Parade
as Jerry Tyler
Are You Listening?
as Larry Barnes
Central Park
as Rick
Hypnotized
as Bill Bogard
1931
X Marks the Spot
as Ted Lloyd
Possessed
as Al Manning
1929
Married in Hollywood
as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)