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Wallace MacDonald
Born · May 4, 1891
Died · October 30, 1978 (87 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Bio
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.
A Street of Memory
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1937
Their Big Moment
Theater Manager (uncredited)
4.5
1934
King of the Wild Horses
Gorman
0.0
1933
Night Flight
Mechanic (uncredited)
5.8
1933
I Loved a Woman
Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
4.8
1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
6.0
1933
The Mayor of Hell
Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
7.1
1933
The Vanishing Frontier
Captain Roger Kearney
0.0
1933
Between Fighting Men
Wally Thompson
5.0
1932
Hello Trouble
LaTange
6.0
1932
Daring Danger
Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald)
0.0
1932
Two-Fisted Law
Artie
4.7
1932
The Riding Tornado
Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman
0.0
1932
The Arm of the Law
Newspaper Reporter
4.5
1932
High Speed
Tom Corliss
2.0
1932
Texas Cyclone
Nick Lawler
4.3
1932
The Range Feud
Hank
5.2
1931
The Pagan Lady
Francisco
2.5
1931
Branded
Stage Robber
6.0
1931
The Last Flight
Officer at Hospital
6.9
1931
Fifty Fathoms Deep
Mate
1.0
1931
The Drums of Jeopardy
Prince Gregor Petroff
5.3
1931
Millie
Party Guest (uncredited)
5.6
1931
Fighting Thru
George 'Tennessee' Malden
0.0
1930
Madam Satan
First Mate
5.8
1930
Zampa
The Villain
0.0
1930
The Rogue Song
Hassan
5.5
1930
Hit the Deck
Lieutenant Allen
9.0
1929
Darkened Rooms
Bert Nelson
6.8
1929
Sweetie
Bill Barrington
6.0
1929
Fancy Baggage
Ernest Hardin
0.0
1929
Blockade
Vincent
0.0
1928
Tropical Nights
Stavnow
0.0
1928
Tumbling River
Keechie
0.0
1927
Drums of the Desert
Will Newton
0.0
1927
Red Signals
Lee Bryson
0.0
1927
Hell's Four Hundred
Marshall Langham
0.0
1926
Two Can Play
Robert MacForth
0.0
1926
The Checkered Flag
Jack Reese
0.0
1926
Wandering Fires
Norman Yuell
0.0
1925
The Primrose Path
Bruce Armstrong
5.2
1925
Lightnin'
John Marvin
5.2
1925
The Charmer
Ralph Bayne
0.0
1925
New Lives for Old
Hugh Warren
0.0
1925
The Lady
Leonard St. Aubyns
5.5
1925
Learning to Love
Professor Bonnard
0.0
1925
Curlytop
Bill Branigan
0.0
1924
Love and Glory
Anatole Picard
0.0
1924
Roaring Rails
Malcolm Gregory
6.8
1924
The Sea Hawk
Peter Godolphin
6.5
1924
Thy Name Is Woman
Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar
0.0
1924
Maytime
Claude Van Zandt
6.5
1923
The Day of Faith
John Anstell
0.0
1923
The Spoilers
Broncho Kid
0.0
1923
A Fool There Was
Avery Parmelee
0.0
1922
A Poor Relation
Johnny Smith
0.0
1921
The Sage Hen
0.0
1921
Are All Men Alike?
Gerry Rhinelander West
0.0
1920
Trumpet Island
Richard Bedell
5.0
1920
The Fighting Shepherdess
Hughie
0.0
1920
Rouge and Riches
Tom Rushworth
0.0
1920
Cupid Forecloses
Bruce Cartwright
0.0
1919
The Little Boss
Clayton Hargis
0.0
1919
Leave It to Susan
Jimmy Dawson
0.0
1919
The Follies Girl
Ned
0.0
1919
Marked Cards
Ted Breslin
0.0
1918
The Princess of Park Row
Tom Kearney
0.0
1917
Youth's Endearing Charm
Harry Disbrow
0.0
1916
Their Last Haul
0.0
1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Policeman (uncredited)
6.1
1914
Dough and Dynamite
Customer
6.1
1914
Zip, the Dodger
Minta's Sweetheart
0.0
1914
Those Love Pangs
Movie Patron (uncredited)
5.5
1914
Fatty Again
The Boarder - Father's Choice
0.0
1914
Mabel's Blunder
Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend
5.4
1914
The Rounders
Diner
6.1
1914
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Drinker
5.2
1914
Love and Bullets
The Trouble Mender's Secretary
0.0
1914
Mabel's Married Life
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
5.9
1914
Mabel's Busy Day
Spectator (uncredited)
5.6
1914
The Knockout
Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
5.7
1914
Caught in a Cabaret
Party Guest (uncredited)
5.6
1914
The Star Boarder
Boarder (uncredited)
5.1
1914