Wallace Ford
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 11, 1898 (128 years old)
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
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodDetective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1965 | A Patch of BlueOle Pa | |
| 1964 | Bristle FaceEmory Packer | |
| 1963 | The Great AdventureUncle Billy Smith | |
| 1963 | Vacation PlayhouseLester Tinney | |
| 1960 | Tess of the Storm CountryFred Thorson | |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith ShowRoger Hanover | |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary | |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck ShowHarry | |
| 1959 | WarlockJudge Holloway | |
| 1959 | The DeputyHerk Lamson | |
| 1959 | The DeputyMarshal Herk Lamson | |
| 1958 | The Last HurrahCharlie Hennessey | |
| 1958 | Twilight for the GodsOld Brown | |
| 1958 | The MatchmakerMalachi Stack | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1957 | Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and HorsesRebel | |
| 1957 | TrackdownEli Zach | |
| 1956 | Johnny ConchoAlbert Dark | |
| 1956 | Thunder Over ArizonaStiles | |
| 1956 | The First TexanHenry Delaney | |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To FuryJudge Lester Farrell | |
| 1956 | The RainmakerSheriff Howard Thomas | |
| 1956 | The Maverick QueenJamie | |
| 1955 | A Lawless StreetDr. Amos Wynn | |
| 1955 | The Man from LaramieCharley O'Leary | |
| 1955 | WichitaArthur Whiteside | |
| 1955 | Lucy GallantGus Basserman | |
| 1955 | The SpoilersFlapjack Simms | |
| 1955 | Kings Row | |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox HourMonty Smith | |
| 1955 | Screen Director's PlayhouseEd Rawlings | |
| 1954 | 3 Ring CircusSam Morley | |
| 1954 | DestryDoc Curtis | |
| 1954 | She Couldn't Say NoJoe Wheelen | |
| 1954 | The Boy from OklahomaWalter "Wally" Higgins | |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | |
| 1954 | Climax!Bunco Kelly | |
| 1954 | The Whistler | |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum | |
| 1954 | Climax!Sheriff | |
| 1954 | Climax!Dr. Karl Wexdig | |
| 1954 | Climax!Samuel Cramer | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneyEmory Packer | |
| 1954 | Studio 57Boats | |
| 1953 | The Nebraskan'Mac' McBride | |
| 1953 | The Great Jesse James RaidElias Hobbs | |
| 1953 | The Motorola Television Hour | |
| 1952 | Flesh and FuryJack 'Pop' Richardson | |
| 1952 | RodeoBarbecue Jones | |
| 1952 | This Is Your LifeSelf | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television TheatreTalker | |
| 1951 | He Ran All the WayFred Dobbs | |
| 1951 | WarpathPvt. 'Irish' Potts | |
| 1951 | Painting the Clouds with SunshineSam Parks | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of StarsInnkeeper | |
| 1950 | The FuriesScotty Hyslip | |
| 1950 | The Breaking PointF.R. Duncan | |
| 1950 | Dakota LilCarter | |
| 1950 | HarveyThe Taxi Driver | |
| 1949 | The Set-UpGus | |
| 1949 | Red Stallion In The Rockies'Talky' Carson | |
| 1948 | Coroner CreekAndy West | |
| 1948 | Shed No TearsSam Grover | |
| 1948 | The Man from TexasJed | |
| 1948 | Embraceable YouPolice Lt. Ferria | |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's DaughterLafe Bailey | |
| 1948 | Studio One | |
| 1947 | T-MenThe Schemer | |
| 1947 | Magic TownLou Dicketts | |
| 1946 | Black AngelJoe | |
| 1946 | Dead ReckoningMcGee | |
| 1946 | Crack-UpLt. Cochrane | |
| 1946 | The Green YearsJamie Nigg | |
| 1946 | Lover Come BackTubbs | |
| 1946 | Rendezvous with AnnieAl Morgan | |
| 1946 | A Guy Could ChangeBill Conley | |
| 1945 | SpellboundHotel masher | |
| 1945 | The Great John L.McManus | |
| 1945 | Blood on the SunOllie Miller | |
| 1945 | On Stage EverybodyEmmett Rogers | |
| 1944 | Secret CommandMiller | |
| 1944 | Machine Gun MamaJohn O'Reilly | |
| 1943 | Shadow of a DoubtFred Saunders | |
| 1943 | The Ape ManJeff Carter | |
| 1943 | The Cross of LorrainePierre | |
| 1942 | The Mummy's TombBabe Hanson | |
| 1942 | All Through the NightSpats Hunter | |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a MurderWally Collins | |
| 1942 | Inside the LawBilly | |
| 1941 | A Man BetrayedCasey ('Globe' newspaper reporter) | |
| 1941 | Blues in the NightBrad Ames (as Wally Ford) | |
| 1941 | Murder by InvitationBob White | |
| 1941 | Roar of the PressWally Williams | |
| 1940 | The Mummy's HandBabe Jenson | |
| 1940 | Isle Of DestinyMillard Barnes | |
| 1940 | Give Us WingsMr. York | |
| 1940 | Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!Joe Redmond | |
| 1940 | ScatterbrainSam Maxwell | |
| 1940 | Two Girls on BroadwayJed Marlowe | |
| 1939 | Back Door to HeavenFrankie Rogers | |
| 1938 | Swing It, Sailor!Pete Kelly | |
| 1938 | The Marines Come ThruPvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins | |
| 1938 | StardustPeter Jackson | |
| 1937 | Exiled to ShanghaiTed Young | |
| 1937 | O.H.M.S.Jimmy Tracy | |
| 1937 | JerichoMike Clancy | |
| 1936 | The Rogues' TavernJimmy Kelly | |
| 1936 | Two in the DarkHarry Hilyer | |
| 1936 | Absolute QuietJack | |
| 1936 | A Son Comes HomeSteve | |
| 1935 | One Frightened NightJoe Luvalle | |
| 1935 | The InformerFrankie McPhillip | |
| 1935 | The Mysterious Mr. WongJason H. 'Jay' Barton | |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's TalkingHealy | |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, FugitiveHarper | |
| 1935 | SwellheadTerry McCall | |
| 1935 | The Nut FarmWillie Barton | |
| 1935 | Get That ManJack Kirkland / John Prescott | |
| 1935 | Another FaceJoe Haynes, Press Agent | |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It"Fingers" Boston | |
| 1935 | In Spite of DangerBob Crane | |
| 1935 | Men of the HourAndy Blane | |
| 1934 | The Lost PatrolMorelli | |
| 1934 | Men in WhiteShorty | |
| 1934 | Money Means NothingKenneth 'Kenny' McKay | |
| 1934 | A Woman's ManJoe Flynn - Prizefighter | |
| 1934 | I Hate WomenScoop McGuire | |
| 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-AboutSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | The Man Who Reclaimed His Head'Curly' | |
| 1933 | Employees' EntranceMartin West | |
| 1933 | Three Cornered MoonKenneth Rimplegar | |
| 1933 | Night of TerrorTom Hartley | |
| 1933 | Headline ShooterMike | |
| 1933 | Goodbye AgainArthur Westlake | |
| 1933 | East of Fifth AvenueVic Howard | |
| 1933 | My WomanChick Rollins | |
| 1933 | The Big CageRuss Penny | |
| 1932 | The Beast of the CityDetective Ed Fitzpatrick | |
| 1932 | The Wet ParadeJerry Tyler | |
| 1932 | Are You Listening?Larry Barnes | |
| 1932 | Central ParkRick | |
| 1932 | Skyscraper SoulsSlim | |
| 1932 | HypnotizedBill Bogard | |
| 1932 | FreaksPhroso | |
| 1931 | PossessedAl Manning | |
| 1931 | X Marks the SpotTed Lloyd | |
| 1929 | Married in HollywoodMitzi's Fan (uncredited) |