Wallace Ford
Acting
- Born:
- 1898-02-11
- Died:
- 1966-06-11
- Place of birth:
- Bolton, 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
Filmography
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
A Patch of Blue
Bristle Face
The Great Adventure
Vacation Playhouse
Tess of the Storm Country
Peter Loves Mary
The Andy Griffith Show
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
The Deputy
Warlock
The Last Hurrah
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Twilight for the Gods
The Matchmaker
Trackdown
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Stagecoach To Fury
The Rainmaker
Thunder Over Arizona
Johnny Concho
The First Texan
The Maverick Queen
The Spoilers
A Lawless Street
Lucy Gallant
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Screen Director's Playhouse
Kings Row
The Man from Laramie
Wichita
3 Ring Circus
Destry
The Wonderful World of Disney
Climax!
Father Knows Best
Studio 57
The Whistler
The Boy from Oklahoma
She Couldn't Say No
Inner Sanctum
The Nebraskan
The Motorola Television Hour
The Great Jesse James Raid
The Ford Television Theatre
This Is Your Life
Flesh and Fury
Rodeo
Warpath
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
He Ran All the Way
Harvey
The Breaking Point
The Furies
Dakota Lil
Red Stallion In The Rockies
The Set-Up
Belle Starr's Daughter
Studio One
Embraceable You
Coroner Creek
Shed No Tears
The Man from Texas
T-Men
Magic Town
Dead Reckoning
Crack-Up
Black Angel
Rendezvous with Annie
The Green Years
Lover Come Back
A Guy Could Change
Spellbound
On Stage Everybody
The Great John L.
Blood on the Sun
Machine Gun Mama
Secret Command
The Cross of Lorraine
The Ape Man
Shadow of a Doubt
The Mummy's Tomb
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Inside the Law
All Through the Night
Blues in the Night
Murder by Invitation
Roar of the Press
A Man Betrayed
Give Us Wings
The Mummy's Hand
Scatterbrain
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Two Girls on Broadway
Isle Of Destiny
Back Door to Heaven
The Marines Come Thru
Stardust
Swing It, Sailor!
Exiled to Shanghai
Jericho
O.H.M.S.
A Son Comes Home
The Rogues' Tavern
Absolute Quiet
Two in the Dark
Another Face
Mary Burns, Fugitive
She Couldn't Take It
Get That Man
The Informer
Men of the Hour
Swellhead
One Frightened Night
The Nut Farm
In Spite of Danger
The Whole Town's Talking
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
The Hollywood Gad-About
Money Means Nothing
I Hate Women
Men in White
The Lost Patrol
A Woman's Man
East of Fifth Avenue
My Woman
Goodbye Again
Three Cornered Moon
Headline Shooter
The Big Cage
Night of Terror
Employees' Entrance
Hypnotized
Central Park
Skyscraper Souls
The Wet Parade
Are You Listening?
The Beast of the City
Freaks
X Marks the Spot
Possessed
Married in Hollywood