Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 11, 1898
Died
Jun 11, 1966
Place of Birth
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits
145 titles
Wallace Ford
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. 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
Filmography
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
A Patch of Blue
Ole Pa
Bristle Face
Emory Packer
The Great Adventure
Uncle Billy Smith
Vacation Playhouse
Lester Tinney
Tess of the Storm Country
Fred Thorson
Peter Loves Mary
The Andy Griffith Show
Roger Hanover
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Harry
The Deputy
Herk Lamson
Warlock
Judge Holloway
The Last Hurrah
Charlie Hennessey
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Twilight for the Gods
Old Brown
The Matchmaker
Malachi Stack
Trackdown
Eli Zach
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Rebel
The Rainmaker
Sheriff Howard Thomas
Stagecoach To Fury
Judge Lester Farrell
Thunder Over Arizona
Stiles
Johnny Concho
Albert Dark
The First Texan
Henry Delaney
The Maverick Queen
Jamie
The Spoilers
Flapjack Simms
A Lawless Street
Dr. Amos Wynn
Lucy Gallant
Gus Basserman
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Monty Smith
Screen Director's Playhouse
Ed Rawlings
Kings Row
The Man from Laramie
Charley O'Leary
Wichita
Arthur Whiteside
3 Ring Circus
Sam Morley
Destry
Doc Curtis
The Wonderful World of Disney
Emory Packer
Climax!
Bunco Kelly
Father Knows Best
Studio 57
Boats
The Whistler
The Boy from Oklahoma
Walter "Wally" Higgins
She Couldn't Say No
Joe Wheelen
Inner Sanctum
The Nebraskan
'Mac' McBride
The Motorola Television Hour
The Great Jesse James Raid
Elias Hobbs
The Ford Television Theatre
Talker
This Is Your Life
Self
Flesh and Fury
Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Rodeo
Barbecue Jones
Warpath
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts