Wallace Ford

Born: 1898-02-11 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Died: 1966-06-11

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1964

Bristle Face as Emory Packer

1963

The Great Adventure as Uncle Billy Smith
Vacation Playhouse as Lester Tinney

1960

The Andy Griffith Show as Roger Hanover
The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Harry
Peter Loves Mary
Tess of the Storm Country as Fred Thorson

1959

The Deputy as Herk Lamson
Warlock as Judge Holloway

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Matchmaker as Malachi Stack
The Last Hurrah as Charlie Hennessey
Twilight for the Gods as Old Brown

1957

Trackdown as Eli Zach
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses as Rebel

1956

The Rainmaker as Sheriff Howard Thomas
The First Texan as Henry Delaney
The Maverick Queen as Jamie
Johnny Concho as Albert Dark
Stagecoach To Fury as Judge Lester Farrell
Thunder Over Arizona as Stiles

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour as Monty Smith
Screen Director's Playhouse as Ed Rawlings
The Man from Laramie as Charley O'Leary
A Lawless Street as Dr. Amos Wynn
Kings Row
The Spoilers as Flapjack Simms
Wichita as Arthur Whiteside
Lucy Gallant as Gus Basserman

1954

Climax! as Bunco Kelly
Father Knows Best
Studio 57 as Boats
Inner Sanctum
The Wonderful World of Disney as Emory Packer
The Whistler
Destry as Doc Curtis
She Couldn't Say No as Joe Wheelen
The Boy from Oklahoma as Walter "Wally" Higgins
3 Ring Circus as Sam Morley

1953

The Motorola Television Hour
The Great Jesse James Raid as Elias Hobbs
The Nebraskan as 'Mac' McBride

1952

The Ford Television Theatre as Talker
This Is Your Life as Self
Flesh and Fury as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Rodeo as Barbecue Jones

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
He Ran All the Way as Fred Dobbs
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine as Sam Parks
Warpath as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts

1950

Harvey as The Taxi Driver
The Furies as Scotty Hyslip
The Breaking Point as F.R. Duncan
Dakota Lil as Carter

1949

The Set-Up as Gus
Red Stallion In The Rockies as 'Talky' Carson

1948

Studio One
Belle Starr's Daughter as Lafe Bailey
The Man from Texas as Jed
Shed No Tears as Sam Grover
Embraceable You as Police Lt. Ferria
Coroner Creek as Andy West

1947

Magic Town as Lou Dicketts
T-Men as The Schemer

1946

Dead Reckoning as McGee
Black Angel as Joe
The Green Years as Jamie Nigg
A Guy Could Change as Bill Conley
Crack-Up as Lt. Cochrane
Rendezvous with Annie as Al Morgan
Lover Come Back as Tubbs

1945

Spellbound as Stranger in Hotel Lobby
Blood on the Sun as Ollie Miller
The Great John L. as McManus
On Stage Everybody as Emmett Rogers

1944

Secret Command as Miller
Machine Gun Mama as John O'Reilly

1943

Shadow of a Doubt as Fred Saunders
The Cross of Lorraine as Pierre
The Ape Man as Jeff Carter

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)
A Man Betrayed as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
Roar of the Press as Wally Williams
Murder by Invitation as Bob White

1940

The Mummy's Hand as Babe Jenson
Two Girls on Broadway as Jed Marlowe
Scatterbrain as Sam Maxwell
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! as Joe Redmond
Isle Of Destiny as Millard Barnes
Give Us Wings as Mr. York

1939

Back Door to Heaven as Frankie Rogers

1938

Swing It, Sailor! as Pete Kelly
The Marines Come Thru as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
Stardust as Peter Jackson

1937

O.H.M.S. as Jimmy Tracy
Jericho as Mike Clancy
Exiled to Shanghai as Ted Young

1936

Two in the Dark as Harry Hilyer
A Son Comes Home as Steve
Absolute Quiet as Jack
The Rogues' Tavern as Jimmy Kelly

1935

The Whole Town's Talking as Healy
She Couldn't Take It as "Fingers" Boston
The Informer as Frankie McPhillip
The Mysterious Mr. Wong as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
Men of the Hour as Andy Blane
In Spite of Danger as Bob Crane
Another Face as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
Swellhead as Terry McCall
Mary Burns, Fugitive as Harper
The Nut Farm as Willie Barton
One Frightened Night as Joe Luvalle
Get That Man as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott

1934

The Lost Patrol as Morelli
A Woman's Man as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head as 'Curly'
The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
Men in White as Shorty
I Hate Women as Scoop McGuire
Money Means Nothing as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay

1933

My Woman as Chick Rollins
East of Fifth Avenue as Vic Howard
Headline Shooter as Mike
The Big Cage as Russ Penny
Three Cornered Moon as Kenneth Rimplegar
Employees' Entrance as Martin West
Night of Terror as Tom Hartley
Goodbye Again as Arthur Westlake

1932

Freaks as Phroso
The Beast of the City as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
Hypnotized as Bill Bogard
The Wet Parade as Jerry Tyler
Skyscraper Souls as Slim
Are You Listening? as Larry Barnes
Central Park as Rick

1931

Possessed as Al Manning
X Marks the Spot as Ted Lloyd

1929

Married in Hollywood as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)