Wallace Ford
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.
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Movies (30)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
2008
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
A Patch of Blue
as Ole Pa
1965
Bristle Face
as Emory Packer
1964
Tess of the Storm Country
as Fred Thorson
1960
Warlock
as Judge Holloway
1959
The Last Hurrah
as Charlie Hennessey
1958
Twilight for the Gods
as Old Brown
1958
The Matchmaker
as Malachi Stack
1958
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Rebel
1957
Stagecoach To Fury
as Judge Lester Farrell
1956
The Rainmaker
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
as Stiles
1956
Johnny Concho
as Albert Dark
1956
The First Texan
as Henry Delaney
1956
The Maverick Queen
as Jamie
1956
The Spoilers
as Flapjack Simms
1955
A Lawless Street
as Dr. Amos Wynn
1955
Lucy Gallant
as Gus Basserman
1955
The Man from Laramie
as Charley O'Leary
1955
Wichita
as Arthur Whiteside
1955
3 Ring Circus
as Sam Morley
1954
Destry
as Doc Curtis
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
1954
She Couldn't Say No
as Joe Wheelen
1954
The Nebraskan
as 'Mac' McBride
1953
The Great Jesse James Raid
as Elias Hobbs
1953
Flesh and Fury
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
1952
Rodeo
as Barbecue Jones
1952
Warpath
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
1951
TV Shows (20)
The Great Adventure
as Uncle Billy Smith
1963
Vacation Playhouse
as Lester Tinney
1963
Peter Loves Mary
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
as Roger Hanover
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Harry
1960
The Deputy
as Herk Lamson
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Trackdown
as Eli Zach
1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Monty Smith
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Ed Rawlings
1955
Kings Row
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Emory Packer
1954
Climax!
as Bunco Kelly
1954
Father Knows Best
1954
Studio 57
as Boats
1954
The Whistler
1954
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
as Talker
1952
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952