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 Last Hurrah as Charlie Hennessey
The Matchmaker as Malachi Stack
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
Stagecoach To Fury as Judge Lester Farrell
The First Texan as Henry Delaney
The Maverick Queen as Jamie
Johnny Concho as Albert Dark
Thunder Over Arizona as Stiles

1955

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

1954

Climax! as Bunco Kelly
Father Knows Best
Studio 57 as Boats
Inner Sanctum
The Whistler
The Wonderful World of Disney as Emory Packer
Destry as Doc Curtis
The Boy from Oklahoma as Walter "Wally" Higgins
3 Ring Circus as Sam Morley
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
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine as Sam Parks
He Ran All the Way as Fred Dobbs

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
Coroner Creek as Andy West
Shed No Tears as Sam Grover
Embraceable You as Police Lt. Ferria
The Man from Texas as Jed

1947

T-Men as The Schemer
Magic Town as Lou Dicketts

1946

Dead Reckoning as McGee
The Green Years as Jamie Nigg
Black Angel as Joe
Crack-Up as Lt. Cochrane
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

A Man Betrayed as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
Blues in the Night as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Roar of the Press as Wally Williams
Murder by Invitation as Bob White

1940

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

1939

Back Door to Heaven as Frankie Rogers

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

The Lost Patrol as Morelli
Men in White as Shorty
Money Means Nothing as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head as 'Curly'
The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
I Hate Women as Scoop McGuire
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
Goodbye Again as Arthur Westlake
Employees' Entrance as Martin West
Headline Shooter as Mike
Three Cornered Moon as Kenneth Rimplegar
East of Fifth Avenue as Vic Howard

1932

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

1931

Possessed as Al Manning
X Marks the Spot as Ted Lloyd

1929

Married in Hollywood as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)