Wallace Ford
121 movies · 21 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 11, 1898
- Died
- Jun 11, 1966 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Samuel Jones Grundy · Wally Ford · Samuel Grundy Jones
Biography
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.
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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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Wallace Ford: movies and TV shows
Acting (142)
- 2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
- 1965 A Patch of Blue
as Ole Pa
- 1964 Bristle Face
as Emory Packer
- 1963
- 1963
- 1960 Tess of the Storm Country
as Fred Thorson
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959 Warlock
as Judge Holloway
- 1958 The Last Hurrah
as Charlie Hennessey
- 1958
- 1958 Twilight for the Gods
as Old Brown
- 1958 The Matchmaker
as Malachi Stack
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956 Stagecoach To Fury
as Judge Lester Farrell
- 1956 The Rainmaker
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
- 1956 Thunder Over Arizona
as Stiles
- 1956 Johnny Concho
as Albert Dark
- 1956 The First Texan
as Henry Delaney
- 1956 The Maverick Queen
as Jamie
- 1955 The Spoilers
as Flapjack Simms
- 1955 A Lawless Street
as Dr. Amos Wynn
- 1955 Lucy Gallant
as Gus Basserman
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Man from Laramie
as Charley O'Leary
- 1955 Wichita
as Arthur Whiteside
- 1954 3 Ring Circus
as Sam Morley
- 1954 Destry
as Doc Curtis
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 The Boy from Oklahoma
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
- 1954 She Couldn't Say No
as Joe Wheelen
- 1954
- 1953 The Nebraskan
as 'Mac' McBride
- 1953
- 1953 The Great Jesse James Raid
as Elias Hobbs
- 1952
- 1952 Flesh and Fury
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
- 1952 Rodeo
as Barbecue Jones
- 1951 Warpath
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
- 1951 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
as Sam Parks
- 1951
- 1951 He Ran All the Way
as Fred Dobbs
- 1950 Harvey
as The Taxi Driver
- 1950 The Breaking Point
as F.R. Duncan
- 1950 The Furies
as Scotty Hyslip
- 1950 Dakota Lil
as Carter
- 1949 Red Stallion In The Rockies
as 'Talky' Carson
- 1949 The Set-Up
as Gus
- 1948 Belle Starr's Daughter
as Lafe Bailey
- 1948
- 1948 Embraceable You
as Police Lt. Ferria
- 1948 Coroner Creek
as Andy West
- 1948 Shed No Tears
as Sam Grover
- 1948 The Man from Texas
as Jed
- 1947 T-Men
as The Schemer
- 1947 Magic Town
as Lou Dicketts
- 1946 Dead Reckoning
as McGee
- 1946 Crack-Up
as Lt. Cochrane
- 1946 Black Angel
as Joe
- 1946 Rendezvous with Annie
as Al Morgan
- 1946 The Green Years
as Jamie Nigg
- 1946 Lover Come Back
as Tubbs
- 1946 A Guy Could Change
as Bill Conley
- 1945 Spellbound
as Stranger in Hotel Lobby
- 1945 On Stage Everybody
as Emmett Rogers
- 1945 The Great John L.
as McManus
- 1945 Blood on the Sun
as Ollie Miller
- 1944 Machine Gun Mama
as John O'Reilly
- 1944 Secret Command
as Miller
- 1943 The Cross of Lorraine
as Pierre
- 1943 The Ape Man
as Jeff Carter
- 1943 Shadow of a Doubt
as Fred Saunders
- 1942 The Mummy's Tomb
as Babe Hanson
- 1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Wally Collins
- 1942 Inside the Law
as Billy
- 1942 All Through the Night
as Spats Hunter
- 1941 Blues in the Night
as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
- 1941 Murder by Invitation
as Bob White
- 1941 Roar of the Press
as Wally Williams
- 1941 A Man Betrayed
as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
- 1940 Give Us Wings
as Mr. York
- 1940 The Mummy's Hand
as Babe Jenson
- 1940 Scatterbrain
as Sam Maxwell
- 1940 Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
as Joe Redmond
- 1940 Two Girls on Broadway
as Jed Marlowe
- 1940 Isle Of Destiny
as Millard Barnes
- 1939 Back Door to Heaven
as Frankie Rogers
- 1938 The Marines Come Thru
as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
- 1938 Stardust
as Peter Jackson
- 1938 Swing It, Sailor!
as Pete Kelly
- 1937 Exiled to Shanghai
as Ted Young
- 1937 Jericho
as Mike Clancy
- 1937 O.H.M.S.
as Jimmy Tracy
- 1936 A Son Comes Home
as Steve
- 1936 The Rogues' Tavern
as Jimmy Kelly
- 1936 Absolute Quiet
as Jack
- 1936 Two in the Dark
as Harry Hilyer
- 1935 Another Face
as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
- 1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Harper
- 1935 She Couldn't Take It
as "Fingers" Boston
- 1935 Get That Man
as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
- 1935 The Informer
as Frankie McPhillip
- 1935 Men of the Hour
as Andy Blane
- 1935 Swellhead
as Terry McCall
- 1935 One Frightened Night
as Joe Luvalle
- 1935 The Nut Farm
as Willie Barton
- 1935 In Spite of Danger
as Bob Crane
- 1935 The Whole Town's Talking
as Healy
- 1935 The Mysterious Mr. Wong
as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
- 1934 The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
as 'Curly'
- 1934 Money Means Nothing
as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
- 1934 I Hate Women
as Scoop McGuire
- 1934 Men in White
as Shorty
- 1934 The Lost Patrol
as Morelli
- 1934 A Woman's Man
as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
- 1933 East of Fifth Avenue
as Vic Howard
- 1933 My Woman
as Chick Rollins
- 1933 Goodbye Again
as Arthur Westlake
- 1933 Three Cornered Moon
as Kenneth Rimplegar
- 1933 Headline Shooter
as Mike
- 1933 The Big Cage
as Russ Penny
- 1933 Night of Terror
as Tom Hartley
- 1933 Employees' Entrance
as Martin West
- 1932 Hypnotized
as Bill Bogard
- 1932 Central Park
as Rick
- 1932 Skyscraper Souls
as Slim
- 1932 The Wet Parade
as Jerry Tyler
- 1932 Are You Listening?
as Larry Barnes
- 1932 The Beast of the City
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
- 1932 Freaks
as Phroso
- 1931 X Marks the Spot
as Ted Lloyd
- 1931 Possessed
as Al Manning
- 1929 Married in Hollywood
as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 1987
- 1952 This Is Your Life
1 episode
- 1934