Wallace Ford
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.
Acted in
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)
A Patch of Blue
1965
as Ole Pa
Bristle Face
1964
as Emory Packer
The Great Adventure
1963
as Uncle Billy Smith
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Lester Tinney
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
as Fred Thorson
Peter Loves Mary
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Roger Hanover
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Harry
The Deputy
1959
as Herk Lamson
The Deputy
1959
as Marshal Herk Lamson
Warlock
1959
as Judge Holloway
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Charlie Hennessey
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Twilight for the Gods
1958
as Old Brown
The Matchmaker
1958
as Malachi Stack
Trackdown
1957
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Judge Lester Farrell
The Rainmaker
1956
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Stiles
Johnny Concho
1956
as Albert Dark
The First Texan
1956
as Henry Delaney
The Maverick Queen
1956
as Jamie
The Spoilers
1955
as Flapjack Simms
A Lawless Street
1955
as Dr. Amos Wynn
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Gus Basserman
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Monty Smith
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Ed Rawlings
Kings Row
1955
The Man from Laramie
1955
as Charley O'Leary
Wichita
1955
as Arthur Whiteside
3 Ring Circus
1954
as Sam Morley
Destry
1954
as Doc Curtis
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Emory Packer
Climax!
1954
as Bunco Kelly
Climax!
1954
as Sheriff
Climax!
1954
as Dr. Karl Wexdig
Climax!
1954
as Samuel Cramer
Father Knows Best
1954
The Whistler
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Joe Wheelen
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Nebraskan
1953
as 'Mac' McBride
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
as Elias Hobbs
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Talker
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Flesh and Fury
1952
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Rodeo
1952
as Barbecue Jones
Warpath
1951
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
1951
as Sam Parks
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Innkeeper
He Ran All the Way
1951
as Fred Dobbs
Harvey
1950
as The Taxi Driver
The Breaking Point
1950
as F.R. Duncan
The Furies
1950
as Scotty Hyslip
Dakota Lil
1950
as Carter
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as 'Talky' Carson
The Set-Up
1949
as Gus
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
as Lafe Bailey
Studio One
1948
Embraceable You
1948
as Police Lt. Ferria
Coroner Creek
1948
as Andy West
Shed No Tears
1948
as Sam Grover
The Man from Texas
1948
as Jed
T-Men
1947
as The Schemer
Magic Town
1947
as Lou Dicketts
Dead Reckoning
1946
as McGee
Crack-Up
1946
as Lt. Cochrane
Black Angel
1946
as Joe
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
as Al Morgan
The Green Years
1946
as Jamie Nigg
Lover Come Back
1946
as Tubbs
A Guy Could Change
1946
as Bill Conley
Spellbound
1945
as Hotel masher
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Emmett Rogers
The Great John L.
1945
as McManus
Blood on the Sun
1945
as Ollie Miller
Machine Gun Mama
1944
as John O'Reilly
Secret Command
1944
as Miller
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Pierre
The Ape Man
1943
as Jeff Carter
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Fred Saunders
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Babe Hanson
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Wally Collins
Inside the Law
1942
as Billy
All Through the Night
1942
as Spats Hunter
Blues in the Night
1941
as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Murder by Invitation
1941
as Bob White
Roar of the Press
1941
as Wally Williams
A Man Betrayed
1941
as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
Give Us Wings
1940
as Mr. York
The Mummy's Hand
1940
as Babe Jenson
Scatterbrain
1940
as Sam Maxwell
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Joe Redmond
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Jed Marlowe
Isle Of Destiny
1940
as Millard Barnes
Back Door to Heaven
1939
as Frankie Rogers
The Marines Come Thru
1938
as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
Stardust
1938
as Peter Jackson
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
as Pete Kelly
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
as Ted Young
Jericho
1937
as Mike Clancy
O.H.M.S.
1937
as Jimmy Tracy
A Son Comes Home
1936
as Steve
The Rogues' Tavern
1936
as Jimmy Kelly
Absolute Quiet
1936
as Jack
Two in the Dark
1936
as Harry Hilyer
Another Face
1935
as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Harper
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as "Fingers" Boston
Get That Man
1935
as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
The Informer
1935
as Frankie McPhillip
Swellhead
1935
as Terry McCall
One Frightened Night
1935
as Joe Luvalle
The Nut Farm
1935
as Willie Barton
In Spite of Danger
1935
as Bob Crane
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Healy
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
as 'Curly'
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
as Self (uncredited)
Money Means Nothing
1934
as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
I Hate Women
1934
as Scoop McGuire
Men in White
1934
as Shorty
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Morelli
A Woman's Man
1934
as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
East of Fifth Avenue
1933
as Vic Howard
My Woman
1933
as Chick Rollins
Goodbye Again
1933
as Arthur Westlake
Three-Cornered Moon
1933
as Kenneth Rimplegar
Headline Shooter
1933
as Mike
The Big Cage
1933
as Russ Penny
Night of Terror
1933
as Tom Hartley
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Martin West
Hypnotized
1932
as Bill Bogard
Central Park
1932
as Rick
Skyscraper Souls
1932
as Slim
The Wet Parade
1932
as Jerry Tyler
Are You Listening?
1932
as Larry Barnes
The Beast of the City
1932
as Det. Ed Fitzpatrick
Freaks
1932
as Phroso
X Marks the Spot
1931
as Ted Lloyd
Possessed
1931
as Al Manning
Married in Hollywood
1929
as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)