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