Wallace Ford
Acting
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.
Born: February 11, 1898 · Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Filmography (82)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
A Patch of Blue
1965
The Great Adventure
1963
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
The Deputy
1959
Warlock
1959
The Last Hurrah
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Twilight for the Gods
1958
The Matchmaker
1958
Trackdown
1957
The Rainmaker
1956
The First Texan
1956
The Maverick Queen
1956
The Spoilers
1955
A Lawless Street
1955
Lucy Gallant
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The Man from Laramie
1955
Wichita
1955
3 Ring Circus
1954
Destry
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Climax!
1954
Father Knows Best
1954
Studio 57
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
She Couldn't Say No
1954
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
This Is Your Life
1952
Flesh and Fury
1952
Warpath
1951
He Ran All the Way
1951
Harvey
1950
The Breaking Point
1950
The Furies
1950
The Set-Up
1949
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
Studio One
1948
Coroner Creek
1948
Shed No Tears
1948
T-Men
1947
Magic Town
1947
Dead Reckoning
1946
Crack-Up
1946
Black Angel
1946
The Green Years
1946
Spellbound
1945
Blood on the Sun
1945
Secret Command
1944
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
The Ape Man
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
All Through the Night
1942
Blues in the Night
1941
Murder by Invitation
1941
A Man Betrayed
1941
The Mummy's Hand
1940
Isle Of Destiny
1940
The Rogues' Tavern
1936
Absolute Quiet
1936
Two in the Dark
1936
The Informer
1935
One Frightened Night
1935
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
Men in White
1934
The Lost Patrol
1934
My Woman
1933
Goodbye Again
1933
Three Cornered Moon
1933
Night of Terror
1933
Employees' Entrance
1933
Central Park
1932
Skyscraper Souls
1932
The Beast of the City
1932
Freaks
1932
Possessed
1931