Wallace MacDonald
Acting
- Born:
- 1891-05-04
- Died:
- 1978-10-30
- Place of birth:
- Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography
From Wikipedia Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada - 30 October 1978, Santa Barbara, California) was a Canadian silent film actor, also a film producer. MacDonald started as a messenger boy with the Dominion Steel Company in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He later worked up to teller with the Royal Bank in Sydney before the bank transferred him to Vancouver, British Columbia. From there, he moved to California, where he acted on the stage before making inroads into Hollywood. MacDonald initially began as an actor in films in 1914 and appeared in almost 120 motion pictures between then and 1932. He had notable roles in such films as Youth's Endearing Charm in 1916 working with Mary Miles Minter and Harry von Meter. Late in World War I he returned briefly to Nova Scotia to enlist in the 10th Canadian Siege Battery where he assisted in recruiting for the Canadian Army. With the advent of sound, MacDonald's acting career diminished, and most of his roles between 1927 and 1932 went uncredited. He retired from acting in 1932 to concentrate on script writing. However, by 1937 he had recognized the potential of film production. It is in his role of producer that MacDonald is now probably best remembered. He produced well over 100 films between 1937 and 1959. He died in 1978. Sometimes he is mistaken as a brother of actor Francis McDonald. Though both resembled one another and were born in 1891, they were born three months apart and spelled their surnames differently.
Known For
Filmography
A Street of Memory
Their Big Moment
The World Changes
King of the Wild Horses
Night Flight
I Loved a Woman
Mary Stevens, M.D.
The Mayor of Hell
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Vanishing Frontier
Tex Takes a Holiday
Between Fighting Men
Hello Trouble
Daring Danger
Two-Fisted Law
The Riding Tornado
The Arm of the Law
High Speed
Texas Cyclone
The Range Feud
The Pagan Lady
Branded
The Last Flight
Fifty Fathoms Deep
The Drums of Jeopardy
Millie
Fighting Thru
Madam Satan
Zampa
The Rogue Song
Hit the Deck
Dark Skies
Darkened Rooms
Sweetie
Fancy Baggage
Blockade
Tropical Nights
Tumbling River
Your Wife and Mine
Drums of the Desert
Red Signals
Faithful Wives
Fighting with Buffalo Bill
The Bar-C Mystery
Hell's Four Hundred
Two Can Play
Casey of the Coast Guard
The Checkered Flag
Wandering Fires
The Primrose Path
Lightnin'
The Charmer
New Lives for Old
The Lady
Learning to Love
Curlytop
Love and Glory
Roaring Rails
The Sea Hawk
Thy Name Is Woman
The Heart Bandit
Maytime
The Day of Faith
The Spoilers
Youth Must Have Love
Caught Bluffing
The Understudy
A Fool There Was
A Poor Relation
Breaking Through
The Sage Hen
Cinderella's Twin
Are All Men Alike?
Trumpet Island
Moon Madness
The Fighting Shepherdess
Rouge and Riches
A Girl Named Mary
Brothers Divided
Cupid Forecloses
The Little Boss
Leave It to Susan
The Follies Girl
Spotlight Sadie
Marked Cards
Madame Sphinx
The Shoes That Danced
The Princess of Park Row
Nanette of the Wilds
Youth's Endearing Charm
Purity
Their Last Haul
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Dough and Dynamite
Zip, the Dodger
Those Love Pangs
Fatty Again
Mabel's Blunder
The Rounders
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Love and Bullets
Mabel's Married Life
Mabel's Busy Day
The Knockout
Caught in a Cabaret
The Star Boarder