Wallace Ford
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Andy Griffith Show
Roger Hanover
1960
Series
Father Knows Best
1954
Series
Climax!
Bunco Kelly
1954
Series
Climax!
Sheriff
1954
Series
Climax!
Dr. Karl Wexdig
1954
Series
Climax!
Samuel Cramer
1954
Series
Studio One
1948
Series
The Deputy
Herk Lamson
1959
Series
The Deputy
Marshal Herk Lamson
1959
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Talker
1952
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Series
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Monty Smith
1955
Series
Studio 57
Boats
1954
Series
Trackdown
Eli Zach
1957
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Harry
1960
Series
The Great Adventure
Uncle Billy Smith
1963
Series
Screen Director's Playhouse
Ed Rawlings
1955
Series
Inner Sanctum
1954
Vacation Playhouse
Lester Tinney
1963
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Emory Packer
1954
Film
Freaks
Phroso
1932
Film
Shadow of a Doubt
Fred Saunders
1943
Film
Spellbound
Hotel masher
1945
Series
The Whistler
1954
Film
Warlock
Judge Holloway
1959
Series
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
Series
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Film
Harvey
The Taxi Driver
1950
Film
The Man from Laramie
Charley O'Leary
1955
Film
Dead Reckoning
McGee
1946
Film
Possessed
Al Manning
1931
Film
Destry
Doc Curtis
1954
Film
The Set-Up
Gus
1949
Film
A Patch of Blue
Ole Pa
1965
Film
The Furies
Scotty Hyslip
1950
Film
Magic Town
Lou Dicketts
1947
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Innkeeper
1951
Film
The Last Hurrah
Charlie Hennessey
1958
Film
The Rainmaker
Sheriff Howard Thomas
1956
Film
T-Men
The Schemer
1947
Film
All Through the Night
Spats Hunter
1942
Film
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Wichita
Arthur Whiteside
1955
Film
The Lost Patrol
Morelli
1934
Film
He Ran All the Way
Fred Dobbs
1951
Film
Shed No Tears
Sam Grover
1948
Film
Blood on the Sun
Ollie Miller
1945
Film
The Maverick Queen
Jamie
1956
Film
A Lawless Street
Dr. Amos Wynn
1955
Film
My Woman
Chick Rollins
1933
Film
The Informer
Frankie McPhillip
1935
Film
Black Angel
Joe
1946
Film
Warpath
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
1951
Film
The Matchmaker
Malachi Stack
1958
Kings Row
1955
Film
Rodeo
Barbecue Jones
1952
Film
3 Ring Circus
Sam Morley
1954
Film
Flesh and Fury
Jack 'Pop' Richardson
1952
Film
The Whole Town's Talking
Healy
1935
Film
Hypnotized
Bill Bogard
1932
Film
The Breaking Point
F.R. Duncan
1950
Film
Lucy Gallant
Gus Basserman
1955
Film
The Beast of the City
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
1932
Film
The Mummy's Tomb
Babe Hanson
1942
Film
The Wet Parade
Jerry Tyler
1932
Film
The Spoilers
Flapjack Simms
1955
Film
The Mummy's Hand
Babe Jenson
1940
Film
She Couldn't Take It
"Fingers" Boston
1935
Film
The Green Years
Jamie Nigg
1946
Film
Isle Of Destiny
Millard Barnes
1940
Film
Are You Listening?
Larry Barnes
1932
Film
Employees' Entrance
Martin West
1933
Film
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
2008
Film
The Boy from Oklahoma
Walter "Wally" Higgins
1954
Film
Scatterbrain
Sam Maxwell
1940
Film
She Couldn't Say No
Joe Wheelen
1954
Film
Central Park
Rick
1932
Film
A Man Betrayed
Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
1941
Film
Belle Starr's Daughter
Lafe Bailey
1948
Film
Swellhead
Terry McCall
1935
Film
Men of the Hour
Andy Blane
1935
Film
Absolute Quiet
Jack
1936
Film
The First Texan
Henry Delaney
1956
Film
Crack-Up
Lt. Cochrane
1946
Film
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
'Curly'
1934
Film
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Wally Collins
1942
Film
Johnny Concho
Albert Dark
1956
Film
Twilight for the Gods
Old Brown
1958
Film
Blues in the Night
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
1941
Film
Give Us Wings
Mr. York
1940
Film
Back Door to Heaven
Frankie Rogers
1939
Film
Dakota Lil
Carter
1950
Film
Coroner Creek
Andy West
1948
Film
Tess of the Storm Country
Fred Thorson
1960
Film
Night of Terror
Tom Hartley
1933
Film
The Nebraskan
'Mac' McBride
1953
Film
Men in White
Shorty
1934
Film
Swing It, Sailor!
Pete Kelly
1938
Film
One Frightened Night
Joe Luvalle
1935
Film
Three Cornered Moon
Kenneth Rimplegar
1933
Film
Two in the Dark
Harry Hilyer
1936
Film
Skyscraper Souls
Slim
1932
The Marines Come Thru
Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
1938
Film
Murder by Invitation
Bob White
1941
Film
Thunder Over Arizona
Stiles
1956
Film
Another Face
Joe Haynes, Press Agent
1935
Film
The Nut Farm
Willie Barton
1935
Film
Rendezvous with Annie
Al Morgan
1946
Film
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Sam Parks
1951
Film
The Great Jesse James Raid
Elias Hobbs
1953
Film
Stagecoach To Fury
Judge Lester Farrell
1956
Film
The Cross of Lorraine
Pierre
1943
Film
O.H.M.S.
Jimmy Tracy
1937
Film
Exiled to Shanghai
Ted Young
1937
Film
The Great John L.
McManus
1945
Film
Inside the Law
Billy
1942
Film
Two Girls on Broadway
Jed Marlowe
1940
Film
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
1934
Film
Secret Command
Miller
1944
Film
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
1935
Film
On Stage Everybody
Emmett Rogers
1945
Film
Bristle Face
Emory Packer
1964
Film
The Rogues' Tavern
Jimmy Kelly
1936
Film
Lover Come Back
Tubbs
1946
Film
Headline Shooter
Mike
1933
Film
The Man from Texas
Jed
1948
Film
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Joe Redmond
1940
Film
Goodbye Again
Arthur Westlake
1933
Film
In Spite of Danger
Bob Crane
1935
Film
A Son Comes Home
Steve
1936
Film
I Hate Women
Scoop McGuire
1934
Film
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Harper
1935
Film
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Rebel
1957
Film
A Woman's Man
Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
1934
Film
Jericho
Mike Clancy
1937
Film
East of Fifth Avenue
Vic Howard
1933
Film
The Ape Man
Jeff Carter
1943
Film
Machine Gun Mama
John O'Reilly
1944
Film
A Guy Could Change
Bill Conley
1946
Film
Get That Man
Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
1935
Film
Embraceable You
Police Lt. Ferria
1948
Film
Roar of the Press
Wally Williams
1941
Film
The Big Cage
Russ Penny
1933
Film
Money Means Nothing
Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
1934
Film
Red Stallion In The Rockies
'Talky' Carson
1949
Film
Married in Hollywood
Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
1929
Film
Stardust
Peter Jackson
1938
Film
X Marks the Spot
Ted Lloyd
1931