About
Wallace Ford
Overview
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
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| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Actor | Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue | Actor | Ole Pa | 61 Fair |
| 1964 | Bristle Face | Actor | Emory Packer | N/A N/A |
| 1960 | Tess of the Storm Country | Actor | Fred Thorson | N/A N/A |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Actor | Herk Lamson | 69 Fair |
| 1959 | Warlock | Actor | Judge Holloway | 60 Fair |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Actor | Charlie Hennessey | 60 Fair |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | Actor | Old Brown | 58 Average |
| 1958 | The Matchmaker | Actor | Malachi Stack | 59 Average |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Actor | Sheriff Howard Thomas | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To Fury | Actor | Judge Lester Farrell | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona | Actor | Stiles | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Johnny Concho | Actor | Albert Dark | 58 Average |
| 1956 | The First Texan | Actor | Henry Delaney | 59 Average |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen | Actor | Jamie | 58 Average |
| 1955 | The Spoilers | Actor | Flapjack Simms | 58 Average |
| 1955 | A Lawless Street | Actor | Dr. Amos Wynn | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Actor | Gus Basserman | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie | Actor | Charley O'Leary | 63 Fair |
| 1955 | Wichita | Actor | Arthur Whiteside | 59 Average |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus | Actor | Sam Morley | 58 Average |
| 1954 | Destry | Actor | Doc Curtis | 59 Average |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | Actor | Walter "Wally" Higgins | 58 Average |
| 1954 | She Couldn't Say No | Actor | Joe Wheelen | 58 Average |
| 1953 | The Nebraskan | Actor | 'Mac' McBride | 58 Average |
| 1953 | The Great Jesse James Raid | Actor | Elias Hobbs | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Flesh and Fury | Actor | Jack 'Pop' Richardson | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Rodeo | Actor | Barbecue Jones | N/A N/A |
| 1951 | Warpath | Actor | Pvt. 'Irish' Potts | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Painting The Clouds With Sunshine | Actor | Sam Parks | 59 Average |
| 1951 | He Ran All the Way | Actor | Fred Dobbs | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | Harvey | Actor | The Taxi Driver | 68 Fair |
| 1950 | The Breaking Point | Actor | F.R. Duncan | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | The Furies | Actor | Scotty Hyslip | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | Dakota Lil | Actor | Carter | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Red Stallion In The Rockies | Actor | 'Talky' Carson | N/A N/A |
| 1949 | The Set-Up | Actor | Gus | 62 Fair |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter | Actor | Lafe Bailey | 58 Average |
| 1948 | Embraceable You | Actor | Police Lt. Ferria | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek | Actor | Andy West | 58 Average |
| 1948 | Shed No Tears | Actor | Sam Grover | 58 Average |
| 1948 | The Man from Texas | Actor | Jed | 59 Average |
| 1947 | T-Men | Actor | The Schemer | 60 Fair |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Actor | Lou Dicketts | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Dead Reckoning | Actor | McGee | 60 Fair |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | Actor | Lt. Cochrane | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Black Angel | Actor | Joe | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Rendezvous with Annie | Actor | Al Morgan | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Green Years | Actor | Jamie Nigg | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | Actor | Tubbs | 59 Average |
| 1946 | A Guy Could Change | Actor | Bill Conley | N/A N/A |
| 1945 | Spellbound | Actor | Hotel masher | 68 Fair |
| 1945 | On Stage Everybody | Actor | Emmett Rogers | N/A N/A |
| 1945 | The Great John L. | Actor | McManus | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Blood on the Sun | Actor | Ollie Miller | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Machine Gun Mama | Actor | John O'Reilly | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Secret Command | Actor | Miller | 59 Average |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Actor | Pierre | 59 Average |
| 1943 | The Ape Man | Actor | Jeff Carter | 57 Average |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Actor | Fred Saunders | 69 Fair |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb | Actor | Babe Hanson | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a Murder | Actor | Wally Collins | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Inside the Law | Actor | Billy | 59 Average |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Actor | Spats Hunter | 60 Fair |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night | Actor | Brad Ames (as Wally Ford) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Murder by Invitation | Actor | Bob White | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Roar of the Press | Actor | Wally Williams | 58 Average |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | Actor | Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Give Us Wings | Actor | Mr. York | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Mummy's Hand | Actor | Babe Jenson | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Scatterbrain | Actor | Sam Maxwell | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | Actor | Joe Redmond | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Actor | Jed Marlowe | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Isle Of Destiny | Actor | Millard Barnes | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Back Door to Heaven | Actor | Frankie Rogers | 59 Average |
| 1938 | The Marines Come Thru | Actor | Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins | N/A N/A |
| 1938 | Stardust | Actor | Peter Jackson | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Swing It, Sailor! | Actor | Pete Kelly | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Exiled to Shanghai | Actor | Ted Young | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Jericho | Actor | Mike Clancy | 59 Average |
| 1937 | O.H.M.S. | Actor | Jimmy Tracy | 59 Average |
| 1936 | A Son Comes Home | Actor | Steve | 58 Average |
| 1936 | The Rogues' Tavern | Actor | Jimmy Kelly | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Absolute Quiet | Actor | Jack | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Two in the Dark | Actor | Harry Hilyer | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Another Face | Actor | Joe Haynes, Press Agent | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Actor | Harper | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Actor | "Fingers" Boston | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Get That Man | Actor | Jack Kirkland / John Prescott | 58 Average |
| 1935 | The Informer | Actor | Frankie McPhillip | 60 Fair |
| 1935 | Swellhead | Actor | Terry McCall | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | One Frightened Night | Actor | Joe Luvalle | 58 Average |
| 1935 | The Nut Farm | Actor | Willie Barton | 59 Average |
| 1935 | In Spite of Danger | Actor | Bob Crane | 58 Average |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Actor | Healy | 59 Average |
| 1935 | The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Actor | Jason H. 'Jay' Barton | 58 Average |
| 1934 | The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | Actor | 'Curly' | 59 Average |
| 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-About | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Money Means Nothing | Actor | Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay | 59 Average |
| 1934 | I Hate Women | Actor | Scoop McGuire | N/A N/A |
| 1934 | Men in White | Actor | Shorty | 59 Average |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol | Actor | Morelli | 59 Average |
| 1934 | A Woman's Man | Actor | Joe Flynn - Prizefighter | 59 Average |
| 1933 | East of Fifth Avenue | Actor | Vic Howard | N/A N/A |
| 1933 | My Woman | Actor | Chick Rollins | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Goodbye Again | Actor | Arthur Westlake | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Three-Cornered Moon | Actor | Kenneth Rimplegar | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter | Actor | Mike | 59 Average |
| 1933 | The Big Cage | Actor | Russ Penny | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Night of Terror | Actor | Tom Hartley | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Employees' Entrance | Actor | Martin West | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Hypnotized | Actor | Bill Bogard | N/A N/A |
| 1932 | Central Park | Actor | Rick | 58 Average |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls | Actor | Slim | 58 Average |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Actor | Jerry Tyler | 58 Average |
| 1932 | Are You Listening? | Actor | Larry Barnes | 58 Average |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City | Actor | Det. Ed Fitzpatrick | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Freaks | Actor | Phroso | 72 Good |
| 1931 | X Marks the Spot | Actor | Ted Lloyd | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Possessed | Actor | Al Manning | 59 Average |
| 1929 | Married in Hollywood | Actor | Mitzi's Fan (uncredited) | N/A N/A |