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Wallace Ford
Born · February 11, 1898
Died · June 11, 1966 (68 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Bio
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.
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
6.4
2008
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1988
A Patch of Blue
Ole Pa
7.6
1965
Bristle Face
Emory Packer
0.0
1964
The Great Adventure
Uncle Billy Smith · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Lester Tinney · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
Tess of the Storm Country
Fred Thorson
0.0
1960
Peter Loves Mary
(1 episode)
5.0
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Roger Hanover · (1 episode)
7.6
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Harry · (1 episode)
6.2
1960
The Deputy
Herk Lamson · (76 episodes)
6.2
1959
The Deputy
Marshal Herk Lamson · (2 episodes)
6.2
1959
Warlock
Judge Holloway
6.7
1959
The Last Hurrah
Charlie Hennessey
7.1
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 episode)
5.3
1958
Twilight for the Gods
Old Brown
4.2
1958
The Matchmaker
Malachi Stack
6.9
1958
Trackdown
(1 episode)
6.4
1957
Stagecoach To Fury
Judge Lester Farrell
5.0
1956
The Rainmaker
Sheriff Howard Thomas
6.7
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
Stiles
6.0
1956
Johnny Concho
Albert Dark
3.7
1956
The First Texan
Henry Delaney
6.1
1956
The Maverick Queen
Jamie
5.3
1956
The Spoilers
Flapjack Simms
4.8
1955
A Lawless Street
Dr. Amos Wynn
5.4
1955
Lucy Gallant
Gus Basserman
7.0
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Monty Smith · (1 episode)
5.2
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Ed Rawlings · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Kings Row
(1 episode)
0.0
1955
The Man from Laramie
Charley O'Leary
7.2
1955
Wichita
Arthur Whiteside
6.3
1955
3 Ring Circus
Sam Morley
5.5
1954
Destry
Doc Curtis
6.1
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Emory Packer · (2 episodes)
7.6
1954
Climax!
Bunco Kelly · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Climax!
Sheriff · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Climax!
Dr. Karl Wexdig · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Climax!
Samuel Cramer · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Father Knows Best
(2 episodes)
6.5
1954
Studio 57
Boats · (1 episode)
0.0
1954
The Whistler
(1 episode)
0.0
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
Walter "Wally" Higgins
5.2
1954
She Couldn't Say No
Joe Wheelen
5.6
1954
Inner Sanctum
(1 episode)
7.0
1954
The Nebraskan
'Mac' McBride
3.0
1953
The Great Jesse James Raid
Elias Hobbs
4.7
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
Talker · (1 episode)
7.0
1952
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1952
Flesh and Fury
Jack 'Pop' Richardson
6.1
1952
Rodeo
Barbecue Jones
0.0
1952
Warpath
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
5.8
1951
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
Sam Parks
4.5
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
7.0
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Innkeeper · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
He Ran All the Way
Fred Dobbs
7.2
1951
Harvey
The Taxi Driver
7.7
1950
The Breaking Point
F.R. Duncan
7.1
1950
The Furies
Scotty Hyslip
7.1
1950
Dakota Lil
Carter
5.0
1950
Red Stallion In The Rockies
'Talky' Carson
0.0
1949
The Set-Up
Gus
7.3
1949
Belle Starr's Daughter
Lafe Bailey
4.4
1948
Studio One
(1 episode)
4.7
1948
Embraceable You
Police Lt. Ferria
5.5
1948
Coroner Creek
Andy West
6.1
1948
Shed No Tears
Sam Grover
5.0
1948
The Man from Texas
Jed
6.0
1948
T-Men
The Schemer
6.8
1947
Magic Town
Lou Dicketts
6.7
1947
Dead Reckoning
McGee
6.7
1946
Crack-Up
Lt. Cochrane
5.6
1946
Black Angel
Joe
6.0
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
Al Morgan
6.0
1946
The Green Years
Jamie Nigg
6.5
1946
Lover Come Back
Tubbs
6.2
1946
A Guy Could Change
Bill Conley
0.0
1946
Spellbound
Hotel masher
7.4
1945
On Stage Everybody
Emmett Rogers
0.0
1945
The Great John L.
McManus
5.0
1945
Blood on the Sun
Ollie Miller
5.9
1945
Machine Gun Mama
John O'Reilly
3.8
1944
Secret Command
Miller
6.8
1944
The Cross of Lorraine
Pierre
6.2
1943
The Ape Man
Jeff Carter
4.2
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
Fred Saunders
7.5
1943
The Mummy's Tomb
Babe Hanson
5.7
1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Wally Collins
4.5
1942
Inside the Law
Billy
5.0
1942
All Through the Night
Spats Hunter
7.0
1942
Blues in the Night
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
6.2
1941
Murder by Invitation
Bob White
5.6
1941
Roar of the Press
Wally Williams
5.6
1941
A Man Betrayed
Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
5.4
1941
Give Us Wings
Mr. York
6.0
1940
The Mummy's Hand
Babe Jenson
5.7
1940
Scatterbrain
Sam Maxwell
0.0
1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Joe Redmond
0.0
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
Jed Marlowe
6.8
1940
Isle Of Destiny
Millard Barnes
5.0
1940
Back Door to Heaven
Frankie Rogers
5.0
1939
The Marines Come Thru
Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
0.0
1938
Stardust
Peter Jackson
4.0
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
Pete Kelly
5.0
1938
Exiled to Shanghai
Ted Young
4.9
1937
Jericho
Mike Clancy
5.8
1937
O.H.M.S.
Jimmy Tracy
3.5
1937
A Son Comes Home
Steve
1.0
1936
The Rogues' Tavern
Jimmy Kelly
5.8
1936
Absolute Quiet
Jack
5.5
1936
Two in the Dark
Harry Hilyer
5.9
1936
Another Face
Joe Haynes, Press Agent
4.2
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Harper
0.0
1935
She Couldn't Take It
"Fingers" Boston
4.5
1935
Get That Man
Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
3.7
1935
The Informer
Frankie McPhillip
6.7
1935
Swellhead
Terry McCall
0.0
1935
One Frightened Night
Joe Luvalle
5.5
1935
The Nut Farm
Willie Barton
8.0
1935
In Spite of Danger
Bob Crane
1.0
1935
The Whole Town's Talking
Healy
6.7
1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
4.2
1935
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
'Curly'
6.0
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
5.0
1934
Money Means Nothing
Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
4.0
1934
I Hate Women
Scoop McGuire
0.0
1934
Men in White
Shorty
6.0
1934
The Lost Patrol
Morelli
6.4
1934
A Woman's Man
Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
4.0
1934
East of Fifth Avenue
Vic Howard
6.0
1933
My Woman
Chick Rollins
3.4
1933
Goodbye Again
Arthur Westlake
5.0
1933
Three-Cornered Moon
Kenneth Rimplegar
5.2
1933
Headline Shooter
Mike
5.8
1933
The Big Cage
Russ Penny
6.0
1933
Night of Terror
Tom Hartley
5.5
1933
Employees' Entrance
Martin West
6.3
1933
Hypnotized
Bill Bogard
0.0
1932
Central Park
Rick
5.2
1932
Skyscraper Souls
Slim
5.6
1932
The Wet Parade
Jerry Tyler
5.8
1932
Are You Listening?
Larry Barnes
5.0
1932
The Beast of the City
Det. Ed Fitzpatrick
5.9
1932
Freaks
Phroso
7.8
1932
X Marks the Spot
Ted Lloyd
6.0
1931
Possessed
Al Manning
7.1
1931
Married in Hollywood
Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
0.0
1929