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