Wallace Ford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 11 February 1898 · Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- 11 June 1966
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
Acting 123
- 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1965A Patch of Blue as Ole Pa
- 1964Bristle Face as Emory Packer
- 1960Tess of the Storm Country as Fred Thorson
- 1959Warlock as Judge Holloway
- 1958The Last Hurrah as Charlie Hennessey
- 1958Twilight for the Gods as Old Brown
- 1958The Matchmaker as Malachi Stack
- 1957Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses as Rebel
- 1956Stagecoach To Fury as Judge Lester Farrell
- 1956The Rainmaker as Sheriff Howard Thomas
- 1956Thunder Over Arizona as Stiles
- 1956Johnny Concho as Albert Dark
- 1956The First Texan as Henry Delaney
- 1956The Maverick Queen as Jamie
- 1955The Spoilers as Flapjack Simms
- 1955A Lawless Street as Dr. Amos Wynn
- 1955Lucy Gallant as Gus Basserman
- 1955The Man from Laramie as Charley O'Leary
- 1955Wichita as Arthur Whiteside
- 19543 Ring Circus as Sam Morley
- 1954Destry as Doc Curtis
- 1954The Boy from Oklahoma as Walter "Wally" Higgins
- 1954She Couldn't Say No as Joe Wheelen
- 1953The Nebraskan as 'Mac' McBride
- 1953The Great Jesse James Raid as Elias Hobbs
- 1952Flesh and Fury as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
- 1952Rodeo as Barbecue Jones
- 1951Warpath as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
- 1951Painting the Clouds with Sunshine as Sam Parks
- 1951He Ran All the Way as Fred Dobbs
- 1950Harvey as The Taxi Driver
- 1950The Breaking Point as F.R. Duncan
- 1950The Furies as Scotty Hyslip
- 1950Dakota Lil as Carter
- 1949Red Stallion In The Rockies as 'Talky' Carson
- 1949The Set-Up as Gus
- 1948Belle Starr's Daughter as Lafe Bailey
- 1948Embraceable You as Police Lt. Ferria
- 1948Coroner Creek as Andy West
- 1948Shed No Tears as Sam Grover
- 1948The Man from Texas as Jed
- 1947T-Men as The Schemer
- 1947Magic Town as Lou Dicketts
- 1946Dead Reckoning as McGee
- 1946Crack-Up as Lt. Cochrane
- 1946Black Angel as Joe
- 1946Rendezvous with Annie as Al Morgan
- 1946The Green Years as Jamie Nigg
- 1946Lover Come Back as Tubbs
- 1946A Guy Could Change as Bill Conley
- 1945Spellbound as Stranger in Hotel Lobby
- 1945On Stage Everybody as Emmett Rogers
- 1945The Great John L. as McManus
- 1945Blood on the Sun as Ollie Miller
- 1944Machine Gun Mama as John O'Reilly
- 1944Secret Command as Miller
- 1943The Cross of Lorraine as Pierre
- 1943The Ape Man as Jeff Carter
- 1943Shadow of a Doubt as Fred Saunders
- 1942The Mummy's Tomb as Babe Hanson
- 1942Scattergood Survives a Murder as Wally Collins
- 1942Inside the Law as Billy
- 1942All Through the Night as Spats Hunter
- 1941Blues in the Night as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
- 1941Murder by Invitation as Bob White
- 1941Roar of the Press as Wally Williams
- 1941A Man Betrayed as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
- 1940Give Us Wings as Mr. York
- 1940The Mummy's Hand as Babe Jenson
- 1940Scatterbrain as Sam Maxwell
- 1940Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! as Joe Redmond
- 1940Two Girls on Broadway as Jed Marlowe
- 1940Isle Of Destiny as Millard Barnes
- 1939Back Door to Heaven as Frankie Rogers
- 1938The Marines Come Thru as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
- 1938Stardust as Peter Jackson
- 1938Swing It, Sailor! as Pete Kelly
- 1937Exiled to Shanghai as Ted Young
- 1937Jericho as Mike Clancy
- 1937O.H.M.S. as Jimmy Tracy
- 1936A Son Comes Home as Steve
- 1936The Rogues' Tavern as Jimmy Kelly
- 1936Absolute Quiet as Jack
- 1936Two in the Dark as Harry Hilyer
- 1935Another Face as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
- 1935Mary Burns, Fugitive as Harper
- 1935She Couldn't Take It as "Fingers" Boston
- 1935Get That Man as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
- 1935The Informer as Frankie McPhillip
- 1935Men of the Hour as Andy Blane
- 1935Swellhead as Terry McCall
- 1935One Frightened Night as Joe Luvalle
- 1935The Nut Farm as Willie Barton
- 1935In Spite of Danger as Bob Crane
- 1935The Whole Town's Talking as Healy
- 1935The Mysterious Mr. Wong as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
- 1934The Man Who Reclaimed His Head as 'Curly'
- 1934The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- 1934Money Means Nothing as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
- 1934I Hate Women as Scoop McGuire
- 1934Men in White as Shorty
- 1934The Lost Patrol as Morelli
- 1934A Woman's Man as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
- 1933East of Fifth Avenue as Vic Howard
- 1933My Woman as Chick Rollins
- 1933Goodbye Again as Arthur Westlake
- 1933Three Cornered Moon as Kenneth Rimplegar
- 1933Headline Shooter as Mike
- 1933The Big Cage as Russ Penny
- 1933Night of Terror as Tom Hartley
- 1933Employees' Entrance as Martin West
- 1932Hypnotized as Bill Bogard
- 1932Central Park as Rick
- 1932Skyscraper Souls as Slim
- 1932The Wet Parade as Jerry Tyler
- 1932Are You Listening? as Larry Barnes
- 1932The Beast of the City as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
- 1932Freaks as Phroso
- 1931X Marks the Spot as Ted Lloyd
- 1931Possessed as Al Manning
- 1929Married in Hollywood as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)