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.
TV Shows(22)
The Great Adventure
Uncle Billy Smith
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Lester Tinney
1963
Peter Loves Mary
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Roger Hanover
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Harry
1960
The Deputy
Herk Lamson
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Trackdown
Eli Zach
1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Monty Smith
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Ed Rawlings
1955
Kings Row
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Emory Packer
1954
Climax!
Bunco Kelly
1954
Father Knows Best
1954
Studio 57
Boats
1954
The Whistler
1954
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
Talker
1952
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Studio One
1948
Movies(123)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
2008
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
A Patch of Blue
Ole Pa
1965
Bristle Face
Emory Packer
1964
Tess of the Storm Country
Fred Thorson
1960
Warlock
Judge Holloway
1959
The Last Hurrah
Charlie Hennessey
1958
Twilight for the Gods
Old Brown
1958
The Matchmaker
Malachi Stack
1958
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Rebel
1957
Stagecoach To Fury
Judge Lester Farrell
1956
The Rainmaker
Sheriff Howard Thomas
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
Stiles
1956
Johnny Concho
Albert Dark
1956
The First Texan
Henry Delaney
1956
The Maverick Queen
Jamie
1956
The Spoilers
Flapjack Simms
1955
A Lawless Street
Dr. Amos Wynn
1955
Lucy Gallant
Gus Basserman
1955
The Man from Laramie
Charley O'Leary
1955
Wichita
Arthur Whiteside
1955
3 Ring Circus
Sam Morley
1954
Destry
Doc Curtis
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
Walter "Wally" Higgins
1954
She Couldn't Say No
Joe Wheelen
1954
The Nebraskan
'Mac' McBride
1953
The Great Jesse James Raid
Elias Hobbs
1953
Flesh and Fury
Jack 'Pop' Richardson
1952
Rodeo
Barbecue Jones
1952
Warpath
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
1951
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Sam Parks
1951
He Ran All the Way
Fred Dobbs
1951
Harvey
The Taxi Driver
1950
The Breaking Point
F.R. Duncan
1950
The Furies
Scotty Hyslip
1950
Dakota Lil
Carter
1950
Red Stallion In The Rockies
'Talky' Carson
1949
The Set-Up
Gus
1949
Belle Starr's Daughter
Lafe Bailey
1948
Embraceable You
Police Lt. Ferria
1948
Coroner Creek
Andy West
1948
Shed No Tears
Sam Grover
1948
The Man from Texas
Jed
1948
T-Men
The Schemer
1947
Magic Town
Lou Dicketts
1947
Dead Reckoning
McGee
1946
Crack-Up
Lt. Cochrane
1946
Black Angel
Joe
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
Al Morgan
1946
The Green Years
Jamie Nigg
1946
Lover Come Back
Tubbs
1946
A Guy Could Change
Bill Conley
1946
Spellbound
Hotel masher
1945
On Stage Everybody
Emmett Rogers
1945
The Great John L.
McManus
1945
Blood on the Sun
Ollie Miller
1945
Machine Gun Mama
John O'Reilly
1944
Secret Command
Miller
1944
The Cross of Lorraine
Pierre
1943
The Ape Man
Jeff Carter
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
Fred Saunders
1943
The Mummy's Tomb
Babe Hanson
1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Wally Collins
1942
Inside the Law
Billy
1942
All Through the Night
Spats Hunter
1942
Blues in the Night
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
1941
Murder by Invitation
Bob White
1941
Roar of the Press
Wally Williams
1941
A Man Betrayed
Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
1941
Give Us Wings
Mr. York
1940
The Mummy's Hand
Babe Jenson
1940
Scatterbrain
Sam Maxwell
1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Joe Redmond
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
Jed Marlowe
1940
Isle Of Destiny
Millard Barnes
1940
Back Door to Heaven
Frankie Rogers
1939
The Marines Come Thru
Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
1938
Stardust
Peter Jackson
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
Pete Kelly
1938
Exiled to Shanghai
Ted Young
1937
Jericho
Mike Clancy
1937
O.H.M.S.
Jimmy Tracy
1937
A Son Comes Home
Steve
1936
The Rogues' Tavern
Jimmy Kelly
1936
Absolute Quiet
Jack
1936
Two in the Dark
Harry Hilyer
1936
Another Face
Joe Haynes, Press Agent
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Harper
1935
She Couldn't Take It
"Fingers" Boston
1935
Get That Man
Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
1935
The Informer
Frankie McPhillip
1935
Men of the Hour
Andy Blane
1935
Swellhead
Terry McCall
1935
One Frightened Night
Joe Luvalle
1935
The Nut Farm
Willie Barton
1935
In Spite of Danger
Bob Crane
1935
The Whole Town's Talking
Healy
1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
1935
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
'Curly'
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
1934
Money Means Nothing
Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
1934
I Hate Women
Scoop McGuire
1934
Men in White
Shorty
1934
The Lost Patrol
Morelli
1934
A Woman's Man
Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
1934
East of Fifth Avenue
Vic Howard
1933
My Woman
Chick Rollins
1933
Goodbye Again
Arthur Westlake
1933
Three Cornered Moon
Kenneth Rimplegar
1933
Headline Shooter
Mike
1933
The Big Cage
Russ Penny
1933
Night of Terror
Tom Hartley
1933
Employees' Entrance
Martin West
1933
Hypnotized
Bill Bogard
1932
Central Park
Rick
1932
Skyscraper Souls
Slim
1932
The Wet Parade
Jerry Tyler
1932
Are You Listening?
Larry Barnes
1932
The Beast of the City
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
1932
Freaks
Phroso
1932
X Marks the Spot
Ted Lloyd
1931
Possessed
Al Manning
1931
Married in Hollywood
Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
1929