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Wallace Ford

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Wallace Ford

Born February 11, 1898 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK Died June 11, 1966120 films

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.

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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.

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Freaks posterFirst watchFreaks19327.8as PhrosoA circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Shadow of a Doubt poster7.5Shadow of a Doubt1943Spellbound poster7.4Spellbound1945Harvey poster7.7Harvey1950The Man from Laramie poster7.1The Man from Laramie1955The Set-Up poster7.4The Set-Up1949A Patch of Blue poster7.6A Patch of Blue1965Warlock poster6.8Warlock1959Dead Reckoning poster6.9Dead Reckoning1946

Filmography

120 films as actor
  1. 1965A Patch of BlueOle Pa
  2. 1964Bristle FaceEmory Packer
  3. 1960Tess of the Storm CountryFred Thorson
  4. 1959WarlockJudge Holloway
  5. 1958The Last HurrahCharlie Hennessey
  6. 1958Twilight for the GodsOld Brown
  7. 1958The MatchmakerMalachi Stack
  8. 1957Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and HorsesRebel
  9. 1956Stagecoach To FuryJudge Lester Farrell
  10. 1956The RainmakerSheriff Howard Thomas
  11. 1956Thunder Over ArizonaStiles
  12. 1956Johnny ConchoAlbert Dark
  13. 1956The First TexanHenry Delaney
  14. 1956The Maverick QueenJamie
  15. 1955The SpoilersFlapjack Simms
  16. 1955A Lawless StreetDr. Amos Wynn
  17. 1955Lucy GallantGus Basserman
  18. 1955The Man from LaramieCharley O'Leary
  19. 1955WichitaArthur Whiteside
  20. 19543 Ring CircusSam Morley
  21. 1954DestryDoc Curtis
  22. 1954The Boy from OklahomaWalter "Wally" Higgins
  23. 1954She Couldn't Say NoJoe Wheelen
  24. 1953The Nebraskan'Mac' McBride
  25. 1953The Great Jesse James RaidElias Hobbs
  26. 1952Flesh and FuryJack 'Pop' Richardson
  27. 1952RodeoBarbecue Jones
  28. 1951WarpathPvt. 'Irish' Potts
  29. 1951Painting the Clouds with SunshineSam Parks
  30. 1951He Ran All the WayFred Dobbs
  31. 1950HarveyThe Taxi Driver
  32. 1950The Breaking PointF.R. Duncan
  33. 1950The FuriesScotty Hyslip
  34. 1950Dakota LilCarter
  35. 1949Red Stallion In The Rockies'Talky' Carson
  36. 1949The Set-UpGus
  37. 1948Belle Starr's DaughterLafe Bailey
  38. 1948Embraceable YouPolice Lt. Ferria
  39. 1948Coroner CreekAndy West
  40. 1948Shed No TearsSam Grover
  41. 1948The Man from TexasJed
  42. 1947T-MenThe Schemer
  43. 1947Magic TownLou Dicketts
  44. 1946Dead ReckoningMcGee
  45. 1946Crack-UpLt. Cochrane
  46. 1946Black AngelJoe
  47. 1946Rendezvous with AnnieAl Morgan
  48. 1946The Green YearsJamie Nigg
  49. 1946Lover Come BackTubbs
  50. 1946A Guy Could ChangeBill Conley
  51. 1945SpellboundStranger in Hotel Lobby
  52. 1945On Stage EverybodyEmmett Rogers
  53. 1945The Great John L.McManus
  54. 1945Blood on the SunOllie Miller
  55. 1944Machine Gun MamaJohn O'Reilly
  56. 1944Secret CommandMiller
  57. 1943The Cross of LorrainePierre
  58. 1943The Ape ManJeff Carter
  59. 1943Shadow of a DoubtFred Saunders
  60. 1942The Mummy's TombBabe Hanson
  61. 1942Scattergood Survives a MurderWally Collins
  62. 1942Inside the LawBilly
  63. 1942All Through the NightSpats Hunter
  64. 1941Blues in the NightBrad Ames (as Wally Ford)
  65. 1941Murder by InvitationBob White
  66. 1941Roar of the PressWally Williams
  67. 1941A Man BetrayedCasey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
  68. 1940Give Us WingsMr. York
  69. 1940The Mummy's HandBabe Jenson
  70. 1940ScatterbrainSam Maxwell
  71. 1940Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!Joe Redmond
  72. 1940Two Girls on BroadwayJed Marlowe
  73. 1940Isle Of DestinyMillard Barnes
  74. 1939Back Door to HeavenFrankie Rogers
  75. 1938The Marines Come ThruPvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
  76. 1938StardustPeter Jackson
  77. 1938Swing It, Sailor!Pete Kelly
  78. 1937Exiled to ShanghaiTed Young
  79. 1937JerichoMike Clancy
  80. 1937O.H.M.S.Jimmy Tracy
  81. 1936A Son Comes HomeSteve
  82. 1936The Rogues' TavernJimmy Kelly
  83. 1936Absolute QuietJack
  84. 1936Two in the DarkHarry Hilyer
  85. 1935Another FaceJoe Haynes, Press Agent
  86. 1935Mary Burns, FugitiveHarper
  87. 1935She Couldn't Take It"Fingers" Boston
  88. 1935Get That ManJack Kirkland / John Prescott
  89. 1935The InformerFrankie McPhillip
  90. 1935Men of the HourAndy Blane
  91. 1935SwellheadTerry McCall
  92. 1935One Frightened NightJoe Luvalle
  93. 1935The Nut FarmWillie Barton
  94. 1935In Spite of DangerBob Crane
  95. 1935The Whole Town's TalkingHealy
  96. 1935The Mysterious Mr. WongJason H. 'Jay' Barton
  97. 1934The Man Who Reclaimed His Head'Curly'
  98. 1934Money Means NothingKenneth 'Kenny' McKay
  99. 1934I Hate WomenScoop McGuire
  100. 1934Men in WhiteShorty
  101. 1934The Lost PatrolMorelli
  102. 1934A Woman's ManJoe Flynn - Prizefighter
  103. 1933East of Fifth AvenueVic Howard
  104. 1933My WomanChick Rollins
  105. 1933Goodbye AgainArthur Westlake
  106. 1933Three Cornered MoonKenneth Rimplegar
  107. 1933Headline ShooterMike
  108. 1933The Big CageRuss Penny
  109. 1933Night of TerrorTom Hartley
  110. 1933Employees' EntranceMartin West
  111. 1932HypnotizedBill Bogard
  112. 1932Central ParkRick
  113. 1932Skyscraper SoulsSlim
  114. 1932The Wet ParadeJerry Tyler
  115. 1932Are You Listening?Larry Barnes
  116. 1932The Beast of the CityDetective Ed Fitzpatrick
  117. 1932FreaksPhroso
  118. 1931X Marks the SpotTed Lloyd
  119. 1931PossessedAl Manning
  120. 1929Married in HollywoodMitzi's Fan (uncredited)