Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford

  • Birthday: 1898-02-11
  • Deathday: 1966-06-11
  • Place of birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Also know as: Samuel Jones Grundy

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Filmography

Back Door to Heaven

1939

As Frankie Rogers

The Rogues' Tavern

1936

As Jimmy Kelly

Shed No Tears

1948

As Sam Grover

Exiled to Shanghai

1937

As Ted Young

Money Means Nothing

1934

As Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay

The Nut Farm

1935

As Willie Barton

Inside the Law

1942

As Billy

Get That Man

1935

As Jack Kirkland / John Prescott

Murder by Invitation

1941

As Bob White

Swing It, Sailor!

1938

As Pete Kelly

I Hate Women

1934

As Scoop McGuire

Another Face

1935

As Joe Haynes, Press Agent

East of Fifth Avenue

1933

As Vic Howard

The Marines Come Thru

1938

As Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins

In Spite of Danger

1935

As Bob Crane

Swellhead

1935

As Terry McCall

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

1935

As Jason H. 'Jay' Barton

Night of Terror

1933

As Tom Hartley

O.H.M.S.

1937

As Jimmy Tracy

Machine Gun Mama

1944

As John O'Reilly

Central Park

1932

As Rick

Red Stallion In The Rockies

1949

As 'Talky' Carson

Roar of the Press

1941

As Wally Williams

The Beast of the City

1932

As Det. Ed Fitzpatrick

The Mummy's Hand

1940

As Babe Jenson

He Ran All the Way

1951

As Fred Dobbs

The Ape Man

1943

As Jeff Carter

Employees' Entrance

1933

As Martin West

The Lost Patrol

1934

As Morelli

Possessed

1931

As Al Manning

Thunder Over Arizona

1956

As Stiles

X Marks the Spot

1931

As Ted Lloyd

Stagecoach To Fury

1956

As Judge Lester Farrell

The Nebraskan

1953

As 'Mac' McBride

A Woman's Man

1934

As Joe Flynn - Prizefighter

Isle Of Destiny

1940

As Millard Barnes

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

1940

As Joe Redmond

My Woman

1933

As Chick Rollins

Jericho

1937

As Mike Clancy

Stardust

1938

As Peter Jackson

Rodeo

1952

As Barbecue Jones

T-Men

1947

As The Schemer

A Man Betrayed

1941

As Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)

A Patch of Blue

1965

As Ole Pa

Three-Cornered Moon

1933

As Kenneth Rimplegar

Flesh and Fury

1952

As Jack 'Pop' Richardson

Wichita

1955

As Arthur Whiteside

The First Texan

1956

As Henry Delaney

Scattergood Survives a Murder

1942

As Wally Collins

Embraceable You

1948

As Police Lt. Ferria

Two in the Dark

1936

As Harry Hilyer

The Great Jesse James Raid

1953

As Elias Hobbs

Belle Starr's Daughter

1948

As Lafe Bailey

Bristle Face

1964

As Emory Packer

A Son Comes Home

1936

As Steve

Crack-Up

1946

As Lt. Cochrane

Johnny Concho

1956

As Albert Dark

A Lawless Street

1955

As Dr. Amos Wynn

The Informer

1935

As Frankie McPhillip

3 Ring Circus

1954

As Sam Morley

The Breaking Point

1950

As F.R. Duncan

The Set-Up

1949

As Gus

Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935

As Harper

She Couldn't Say No

1954

As Joe Wheelen

The Man from Texas

1948

As Jed

Goodbye Again

1933

As Arthur Westlake

Magic Town

1947

As Lou Dicketts

Hypnotized

1932

As Bill Bogard

The Great John L.

1945

As McManus

Dakota Lil

1950

As Carter

A Guy Could Change

1946

As Bill Conley

The Maverick Queen

1956

As Jamie

Freaks

1932

As Phroso

Black Angel

1946

As Joe

Blues in the Night

1941

As Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)

The Mummy's Tomb

1942

As Babe Hanson

Warlock

1959

As Judge Holloway

Are You Listening?

1932

As Larry Barnes

Headline Shooter

1933

As Mike

She Couldn't Take It

1935

As "Fingers" Boston

Give Us Wings

1940

As Mr. York

Two Girls on Broadway

1940

As Jed Marlowe

The Big Cage

1933

As Russ Penny

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954

As Walter "Wally" Higgins

Lucy Gallant

1955

As Gus Basserman

Blood on the Sun

1945

As Ollie Miller

Dead Reckoning

1947

As McGee

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

As Fred Saunders

Coroner Creek

1948

As Andy West

The Man from Laramie

1955

As Charley O'Leary

Secret Command

1944

As Miller

Destry

1954

As Doc Curtis

Absolute Quiet

1936

As Jack

The Rainmaker

1956

As Sheriff Howard Thomas

Scatterbrain

1940

As Sam Maxwell

Tess of the Storm Country

1960

As Fred Thorson

The Spoilers

1955

As Flapjack Simms

The Matchmaker

1958

As Malachi Stack

On Stage Everybody

1945

As Emmett Rogers

The Cross of Lorraine

1943

As Pierre

Men in White

1934

As Shorty

Warpath

1951

As Pvt. 'Irish' Potts

One Frightened Night

1935

As Joe Luvalle

Lover Come Back

1946

As Tubbs

Skyscraper Souls

1932

As Slim

Rendezvous with Annie

1946

As Al Morgan

Twilight for the Gods

1958

As Old Brown

Harvey

1950

As The Taxi Driver

The Furies

1950

As Scotty Hyslip

Married in Hollywood

1929

As Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)

Spellbound

1945

As Hotel masher

All Through the Night

1942

As Spats Hunter

The Hollywood Gad-About

1934

As Self (uncredited)

The Wet Parade

1932

As Jerry Tyler

The Last Hurrah

1958

As Charlie Hennessey

The Green Years

1946

As Jamie Nigg

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

2008

As Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988

As Self (archive footage)

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