Wallace Ford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 11, 1898
- Died
- June 11, 1966
- Birthplace
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood 2008
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987
as Self (archive footage)
A Patch of Blue 1965
as Ole Pa
Bristle Face 1964
as Emory Packer
Tess of the Storm Country 1960
as Fred Thorson
Warlock 1959
as Judge Holloway
The Last Hurrah 1958
as Charlie Hennessey
Twilight for the Gods 1958
as Old Brown
The Matchmaker 1958
as Malachi Stack
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses 1957
as Rebel
The Rainmaker 1956
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
Stagecoach to Fury 1956
as Judge Lester Farrell
Thunder Over Arizona 1956
as Stiles
Johnny Concho 1956
as Albert Dark
The First Texan 1956
as Henry Delaney
The Maverick Queen 1956
as Jamie
The Spoilers 1955
as Flapjack Simms
A Lawless Street 1955
as Dr. Amos Wynn
Lucy Gallant 1955
as Gus Basserman
The Man from Laramie 1955
as Charley O'Leary
Wichita 1955
as Arthur Whiteside
3 Ring Circus 1954
as Sam Morley
Destry 1954
as Doc Curtis
The Boy from Oklahoma 1954
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
She Couldn't Say No 1954
as Joe Wheelen
The Nebraskan 1953
as 'Mac' McBride
The Great Jesse James Raid 1953
as Elias Hobbs
Flesh and Fury 1952
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Rodeo 1952
as Barbecue Jones
Warpath 1951
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine 1951
as Sam Parks
He Ran All the Way 1951
as Fred Dobbs
Harvey 1950
as The Taxi Driver
The Breaking Point 1950
as F.R. Duncan
The Furies 1950
as Scotty Hyslip
Dakota Lil 1950
as Carter
Red Stallion In The Rockies 1949
as 'Talky' Carson
The Set-Up 1949
as Gus
Belle Starr's Daughter 1948
as Lafe Bailey
Embraceable You 1948
as Police Lt. Ferria
Coroner Creek 1948
as Andy West
Shed No Tears 1948
as Sam Grover
The Man from Texas 1948
as Jed
T-Men 1947
as The Schemer
Magic Town 1947
as Lou Dicketts
Dead Reckoning 1946
as McGee
Crack-Up 1946
as Lt. Cochrane
Black Angel 1946
as Joe
Rendezvous with Annie 1946
as Al Morgan
The Green Years 1946
as Jamie Nigg
Lover Come Back 1946
as Tubbs
A Guy Could Change 1946
as Bill Conley
Spellbound 1945
as Stranger in Hotel Lobby
On Stage Everybody 1945
as Emmett Rogers
The Great John L. 1945
as McManus
Blood on the Sun 1945
as Ollie Miller
Machine Gun Mama 1944
as John O'Reilly
Secret Command 1944
as Miller
The Cross of Lorraine 1943
as Pierre
The Ape Man 1943
as Jeff Carter
Shadow of a Doubt 1943
as Fred Saunders
The Mummy's Tomb 1942
as Babe Hanson
Scattergood Survives a Murder 1942
as Wally Collins
Inside the Law 1942
as Billy
All Through the Night 1942
as Spats Hunter
Blues in the Night 1941
as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Murder by Invitation 1941
as Bob White
Roar of the Press 1941
as Wally Williams
A Man Betrayed 1941
as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
Give Us Wings 1940
as Mr. York
The Mummy's Hand 1940
as Babe Jenson
Scatterbrain 1940
as Sam Maxwell
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! 1940
as Joe Redmond
Two Girls on Broadway 1940
as Jed Marlowe
Isle Of Destiny 1940
as Millard Barnes
Back Door to Heaven 1939
as Frankie Rogers
- The Marines Come Thru
The Marines Come Thru 1938
as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
Stardust 1938
as Peter Jackson
Swing It, Sailor! 1938
as Pete Kelly
Exiled to Shanghai 1937
as Ted Young
Jericho 1937
as Mike Clancy
O.H.M.S. 1937
as Jimmy Tracy
A Son Comes Home 1936
as Steve
The Rogues' Tavern 1936
as Jimmy Kelly
Absolute Quiet 1936
as Jack
Two in the Dark 1936
as Harry Hilyer
Another Face 1935
as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
Mary Burns, Fugitive 1935
as Harper
She Couldn't Take It 1935
as "Fingers" Boston
Get That Man 1935
as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
The Informer 1935
as Frankie McPhillip
Men of the Hour 1935
as Andy Blane
Swellhead 1935
as Terry McCall
One Frightened Night 1935
as Joe Luvalle
The Nut Farm 1935
as Willie Barton
In Spite of Danger 1935
as Bob Crane
The Whole Town's Talking 1935
as Healy
The Mysterious Mr. Wong 1935
as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head 1934
as 'Curly'
The Hollywood Gad-About 1934
as Self (uncredited)
Money Means Nothing 1934
as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
I Hate Women 1934
as Scoop McGuire
Men in White 1934
as Shorty
The Lost Patrol 1934
as Morelli
A Woman's Man 1934
as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
East of Fifth Avenue 1933
as Vic Howard
My Woman 1933
as Chick Rollins
Goodbye Again 1933
as Arthur Westlake
Three Cornered Moon 1933
as Kenneth Rimplegar
Headline Shooter 1933
as Mike
The Big Cage 1933
as Russ Penny
Night of Terror 1933
as Tom Hartley
Employees' Entrance 1933
as Martin West
Hypnotized 1932
as Bill Bogard
Central Park 1932
as Rick
Skyscraper Souls 1932
as Slim
The Wet Parade 1932
as Jerry Tyler
Are You Listening? 1932
as Larry Barnes
The Beast of the City 1932
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
Freaks 1932
as Phroso
X Marks the Spot 1931
as Ted Lloyd
Possessed 1931
as Al Manning
Married in Hollywood 1929
as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.