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

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

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
Thunder Over Arizona as Stiles
Stagecoach To Fury as Judge Lester Farrell

1955

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

1954

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

1953

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

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

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

1947

T-Men as The Schemer
Magic Town as Lou Dicketts

1946

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

1945

Spellbound as Hotel masher
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 Ape Man as Jeff Carter
The Cross of Lorraine as Pierre

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)
Murder by Invitation as Bob White
Roar of the Press as Wally Williams

1940

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

1939

Back Door to Heaven as Frankie Rogers

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

Freaks as Phroso
Skyscraper Souls as Slim
The Wet Parade as Jerry Tyler
Hypnotized as Bill Bogard
The Beast of the City as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
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)