Wallace Beery
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 31 March 1885 · Clay County, Missouri, USA
- Died
- 15 April 1949
From Wikipedia Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span. He was the brother of actor Noah Berry.
Known for
Acting 263
- 2026Away with Words as Wallace Beery
- 2018The Image Book as (archive footage)
- 2004Judy Garland: By Myself as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
- 2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
- 2003Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1994The Our Gang Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1982Showbiz Ballyhoo as Self (archive footage)
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1974That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Self (archive footage)
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1964The Big Parade of Comedy as Terry (archive footage)
- 1960When Comedy Was King as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1949Big Jack as Big Jack Horner
- 1948A Date with Judy as Melvin R. Foster
- 1948Alias a Gentleman as Jim Breedin
- 1947The Mighty McGurk as Roy 'Slag' McGurk
- 1946Bad Bascomb as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
- 1945This Man's Navy as Ned Trumpet
- 1944Barbary Coast Gent as Honest Plush Brannon
- 1944Rationing as Ben Barton
- 1944Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
- 1943Salute to the Marines as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
- 1942Jackass Mail as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
- 1942The Bugle Sounds as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
- 1941Barnacle Bill as Bill Johansen
- 1941The Bad Man as Pancho Lopez
- 1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- 1940Wyoming as 'Reb' Harkness
- 1940Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- 194020 Mule Team as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
- 1940The Man from Dakota as "Bar" Barstow
- 1939Thunder Afloat as John Thorson
- 1939Land of Liberty as (archive footage)
- 1939From the Ends of the Earth as Self
- 1939Sergeant Madden as Sgt. Shaun Madden
- 1939Stand Up and Fight as Captain Boss Starkey
- 1938Stablemates as Thomas Terry
- 1938Port of Seven Seas as Cesar
- 1937The Bad Man of Brimstone as 'Trigger' Bill
- 1937Slave Ship as Jack Thompson
- 1937The Good Old Soak as Clem Hawley
- 1936Old Hutch as "Hutch" Hutchins
- 1936A Message to Garcia as Sgt. Dory
- 1935Ah, Wilderness! as Uncle Sid
- 1935O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Michael O'Shaughnessy
- 1935China Seas as Jamesy MacArdle
- 1935West Point of the Air as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
- 1934The Mighty Barnum as Phineas T. Barnum
- 1934Treasure Island as Long John Silver
- 1934Viva Villa! as Pancho Villa
- 1933Going Hollywood as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
- 1933Dinner at Eight as Dan Packard
- 1933The Bowery as Chuck Connors
- 1933Tugboat Annie as Terry (Husband)
- 1932Flesh as Polakai
- 1932Grand Hotel as General Director Preysing
- 1932Hell Divers as "Windy" Riker
- 1931The Christmas Party as Himself (uncredited)
- 1931The Champ as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
- 1931We’re Switching to Hollywood as Self (uncredited)
- 1931The Secret Six as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
- 1931The Stolen Jools as Police Sergeant
- 1930Min and Bill as Bill
- 1930A Lady's Morals as P.T. Barnum
- 1930Way for a Sailor as Tripod
- 1930Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett
- 1930The Big House as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
- 1929The River of Romance as General Orlando Jackson
- 1929Stairs of Sand as Lacey
- 1929Chinatown Nights as Chuck Riley
- 1928Beggars of Life as Oklahoma Red
- 1928The Big Killing as Powderhorn Pete
- 1928Partners in Crime as Mike Doolan, The Detective
- 1928Wife Savers as Louis Hozenozzle
- 1927Two Flaming Youths as Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
- 1927Now We're in the Air as Wally
- 1927Fireman, Save My Child as Elmer
- 1927Casey at the Bat as Casey
- 1926Old Ironsides as Bos'n
- 1926We're in the Navy Now as 'Knockout' Hansen
- 1926Volcano as Quembo
- 1926Behind the Front as Riff Swanson
- 1925The Pony Express as Rhode Island Red
- 1925The Wanderer as Pharis
- 1925Rugged Water as Capt. Bartlett
- 1925In the Name of Love as Glavis
- 1925The Night Club as José
- 1925Adventure as Morgan
- 1925Coming Through as Joe Lawler
- 1925The Great Divide as Dutch
- 1925The Lost World as Prof. Challenger
- 1925The Devil's Cargo as Ben
- 1925Let Women Alone as Cap Bullwinkle
- 1924So Big as Klaus Poole
- 1924Madonna of the Streets as Bill Smythe
- 1924Dynamite Smith as 'Slugger' Rourke
- 1924The Red Lily as Bo-Bo
- 1924Another Man's Wife as Captain Wolf
- 1924The Signal Tower as Joe Standish
- 1924The Sea Hawk as Capt. Jasper Leigh
- 1924Unseen Hands as Jean Scholast
- 1923White Tiger as Count Donelli / Hawkes
- 1923The Drums of Jeopardy as Gregor Karlov
- 1923Richard the Lion-Hearted as King Richard
- 1923The Eternal Struggle as Barode Dukane
- 1923The Spanish Dancer as King Philip IV
- 1923Three Ages as The Villain
- 1923Drifting as Jules Repin
- 1923Ashes of Vengeance as Duc de Tours
- 1923Bavu as Felix Bavu
- 1923Stormswept as William McCabe
- 1923The Flame of Life as Don Lowrie
- 1922Only a Shop Girl as Jim Brennan
- 1922A Blind Bargain as Beast Man (uncredited)
- 1922Robin Hood as Richard the Lion-Hearted
- 1922Trouble as Ed Lee, the Plumber
- 1922Alias Julius Caesar
- 1922Hurricane's Gal as Chris Borg
- 1922I Am the Law as Fu Chang
- 1922My Wife's Relations as Photographer (uncredited)
- 1922The Man from Hell's River as Gaspard, The Wolf
- 1922The Sagebrush Trail as José Fagaro
- 1922Wild Honey as Buck Roper
- 1922The Rosary as Kenwood Wright
- 1921The White Mouse as Dr. Lawler
- 1921The Last Trail as William Kirk
- 1921The Ne'er to Return Road as Convict #12896
- 1921The Policeman and the Baby as The Crook
- 1921The Golden Snare as Bram Johnson
- 1921The Northern Trail as Otto Franke
- 1921A Tale of Two Worlds as Ling Jo
- 1921The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
- 1921Patsy as Gustave Ludermann
- 1921Sleeping Acres
- 1920The Rookie's Return as François Dupont
- 1920The Last of the Mohicans as Magua
- 1920813 as Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
- 1920The Round-Up as Buck McKee
- 1920The Mollycoddle as Henry von Holkar
- 1920The Virgin of Stamboul as Sheik Achmet Hamid
- 1919The Lone Wolf's Daughter as Undetermined role (uncredited)
- 1919Behind the Door as Lt. Brandt
- 1919Victory as August Schomberg
- 1919Soldiers of Fortune as Mendoza
- 1919The Life Line as Bos
- 1919The Love Burglar as Coast-to-Coast Taylor
- 1919The Unpardonable Sin as Col. Klemm
- 1919A Beach Nut
- 1919Only a Janitor
- 1918Johanna Enlists as Col. Fanner
- 1917That Night as The Cafe Proprietor
- 1917Are Waitresses Safe? as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1917A Bedroom Blunder as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- 1917A Clever Dummy as Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
- 1917The Little American as German Soldier (uncredited)
- 1917Cactus Nell as A Polished Gent
- 1917Teddy at the Throttle as Henry Black
- 1917Maggie's First False Step as The Villain
- 1917Patria as Pancho Villa
- 1917Bombs and Banknotes as Janitor
- 1916A Capable Lady Cook as Sweedie
- 1916Sweedie, the Janitor as Sweedie - the Janitor
- 1916Just a Few Little Things as Fred
- 1916The Janitor as John - the Hotel Janitor
- 1916Hearts and Sparks as Minor Role
- 1916A Dash of Courage as The Police Chief
- 1915The Fable of the Roistering Blades as Milt
- 1915The Broken Pledge as Percy
- 1915Sweedie's Finish as Sweedie
- 1915The Slim Princess as Popova
- 1915Sweedie's Hero as Sweedie
- 1915Sweedie in Vaudeville as Sweedie
- 1915Done in Wax as The Hobo
- 1915The Bouquet as Sweedie
- 1915Sweedie Learns to Ride as Sweedie
- 1915Love and Trouble as Sweedie
- 1915Father's New Maid as Jack / Sweedie
- 1915Sweedie's Hopeless Love as Sweedie
- 1915Ain't It the Truth? as Harold Wallington
- 1915A Pound for a Pound as Buck Gibson
- 1915The Victor as Mr. Justwed
- 1915Sweedie Goes to College as Sweedie
- 1915The New Teacher as Sweedie - the New Teacher
- 1915Two Hearts That Beat as Ten as Fred
- 1915Sweedie and Her Dog as Sweedie
- 1915Sweedie's Suicide as Sweedie
- 1915Sweedie and the Sultan's Present as Sweedie
- 1914Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind as The Lover
- 1914Sweedie Collects for Charity as Sweedie
- 1914Their Cheap Vacation as Mr. Newlywed
- 1914Madame Double X as Madame Double X
- 1914The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify as Homer Splivins
- 1914Sweedie and the Hypnotist as Sweedie
- 1914A Maid of War as Sweedie
- 1914Sweedie at the Fair as Sweedie
- 1914Countess Sweedie as Sweedie
- 1914Three Boiled Down Fables as Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
- 1914The Prevailing Craze as Wally
- 1914Sweedie the Trouble Maker as Sweedie
- 1914The Laundress as Sweedie - the Laundress
- 1914Rivalry and War as Krautmeyer
- 1914She Landed a Big One as Sweedie
- 1914Sweedie Learns to Swim as Sweedie
- 1914The Fickleness of Sweedie as Sweedie
- 1914Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie as Sweedie
- 1914Sweedie's Clean-Up as Sweedie
- 1914Sweedie's Skate as Sweedie
- 1914The Plum Tree
- 1914When Knights Were Bold as The Earl
- 1914Love and Soda as The Plumber
- 1914Sweedie Springs a Surprise as Sweedie
- 1914Sweedie and the Double Exposure as Sweedie
- 1914The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth as Attorney for Suggs
- 1914Topsy-Turvy Sweedie as Sweedie
- 1914The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
- 1914In and Out as Hans
- 1914Money Talks as The Cook
- 1914The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps as Prof. Bunkum
- 1914Sweedie the Swatter as Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
- 1914The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed as The Coming Champion
- 1914Sweedie and the Lord as Sweedie
- 1914The Epidemic as Texas Tommy
- 1914The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man as The Football Hero
- 1914The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine as Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
- 1914This Is the Life as Hiram Stebbins
- 1914Jane as The Doctor
- 1914Actor Finney's Finish as Actor James Finney
- 1914Three Little Powders as Wallace Williams
- 1914Making Him Over -- For Minnie
- 1914Curing a Husband as Robert - the Husband
- 1914Wrong All Around as The Plumber
- 1914The Winner as Fritz Noodle
- 1914And He Came Back as Horatio Algernon Botts
- 1914The Bargain Hunters as Mr. Hunter
- 1914A Queer Quarantine
- 1914Oh, Doctor as The Deaf Minister
- 1914Grass County Goes Dry as The Constable
- 1914The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar as The Cop
- 1914Mrs. Manly's Baby as Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
- 1914One-to-Three as Willie Brace
- 1914Into Society and Out as First Tramp
- 1914Looking for Trouble
- 1914The Hour and the Man as A Juror
- 1914A Foot of Romance as Jim Foley
- 1914The Ups and Downs
- 1914Cheering a Husband
- 1913At the Old Maid's Call as Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
- 1913Hello, Trouble
- 1913Smithy's Grandma Party as Prof. Smithy
- 1913Kitty's Knight as Mike McManus
- 1913The Usual Way as The Dentist
- 1913Their Wives' Indiscretion as Mr. Jones
- 1913Day by Day as Bill the Iceman
- 1913Dad's Insanity
- 1913A Successful Failure as The Uncle
- 1913Love Incognito as Secondary Role
- 1913The Right of Way
- 1913Sweet Revenge as Phil Culture
- 1913Mr. Dippy Dipped as Undetermined Role
- 1913His Athletic Wife as Mr. Strong
Writing 4
- 1919A Beach Nut · scenario writer
- 1916Sweedie, the Janitor · story
- 1916Just a Few Little Things · scenario writer
- 1916The Janitor · writer
Directing 11
- 1919A Beach Nut · director
- 1919Only a Janitor · director
- 1917Bombs and Banknotes · director
- 1916A Capable Lady Cook · director
- 1916Sweedie, the Janitor · director
- 1916Just a Few Little Things · director
- 1916The Janitor · director
- 1915Snakeville’s Champion · director
- 1914Rivalry and War · director
- 1914She Landed a Big One · director
- 1913Kitty's Knight · director