
Acting · Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK · Born February 11, 1898
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.
MovieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieA Patch of Blue
1965
as Ole Pa
MovieBristle Face
1964
as Emory Packer
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as Uncle Billy Smith
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Lester Tinney
MovieTess of the Storm Country
1960
as Fred Thorson
Peter Loves Mary
1960
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Roger Hanover
TVThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Harry
TVThe Deputy
1959
as Herk Lamson
MovieWarlock
1959
as Judge Holloway
MovieThe Last Hurrah
1958
as Charlie Hennessey
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
MovieTwilight for the Gods
1958
as Old Brown
MovieThe Matchmaker
1958
as Malachi Stack
TVTrackdown
1957
as Eli Zach
MovieSnowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957
as Rebel
MovieStagecoach To Fury
1956
as Judge Lester Farrell
MovieThe Rainmaker
1956
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
MovieThunder Over Arizona
1956
as Stiles
MovieJohnny Concho
1956
as Albert Dark
MovieThe First Texan
1956
as Henry Delaney
MovieThe Maverick Queen
1956
as Jamie
MovieThe Spoilers
1955
as Flapjack Simms
MovieA Lawless Street
1955
as Dr. Amos Wynn
MovieLucy Gallant
1955
as Gus Basserman
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Monty Smith
TVScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Ed Rawlings
Kings Row
1955
MovieThe Man from Laramie
1955
as Charley O'Leary
MovieWichita
1955
as Arthur Whiteside
Movie3 Ring Circus
1954
as Sam Morley
MovieDestry
1954
as Doc Curtis
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Emory Packer
TVClimax!
1954
as Bunco Kelly
TVFather Knows Best
1954
TVStudio 57
1954
as Boats
TVThe Whistler
1954
MovieThe Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
MovieShe Couldn't Say No
1954
as Joe Wheelen
TVInner Sanctum
1954
MovieThe Nebraskan
1953
as 'Mac' McBride
TVThe Motorola Television Hour
1953
MovieThe Great Jesse James Raid
1953
as Elias Hobbs
TVThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Talker
TVThis Is Your Life
1952
as Self
MovieFlesh and Fury
1952
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
MovieRodeo
1952
as Barbecue Jones
MovieWarpath
1951
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
MoviePainting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
as Sam Parks
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MovieHe Ran All the Way
1951
as Fred Dobbs
MovieHarvey
1950
as The Taxi Driver
MovieThe Breaking Point
1950
as F.R. Duncan
MovieThe Furies
1950
as Scotty Hyslip
MovieDakota Lil
1950
as Carter
MovieRed Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as 'Talky' Carson
MovieThe Set-Up
1949
as Gus
MovieBelle Starr's Daughter
1948
as Lafe Bailey
TVStudio One
1948
MovieEmbraceable You
1948
as Police Lt. Ferria
MovieCoroner Creek
1948
as Andy West
MovieShed No Tears
1948
as Sam Grover
MovieThe Man from Texas
1948
as Jed
MovieT-Men
1947
as The Schemer
MovieMagic Town
1947
as Lou Dicketts
MovieDead Reckoning
1946
as McGee
MovieCrack-Up
1946
as Lt. Cochrane
MovieBlack Angel
1946
as Joe
MovieRendezvous with Annie
1946
as Al Morgan
MovieThe Green Years
1946
as Jamie Nigg
MovieLover Come Back
1946
as Tubbs
MovieA Guy Could Change
1946
as Bill Conley
MovieSpellbound
1945
as Hotel masher
MovieOn Stage Everybody
1945
as Emmett Rogers
MovieThe Great John L.
1945
as McManus
MovieBlood on the Sun
1945
as Ollie Miller
MovieMachine Gun Mama
1944
as John O'Reilly
MovieSecret Command
1944
as Miller
MovieThe Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Pierre
MovieThe Ape Man
1943
as Jeff Carter
MovieShadow of a Doubt
1943
as Fred Saunders
MovieThe Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Babe Hanson
MovieScattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Wally Collins
MovieInside the Law
1942
as Billy
MovieAll Through the Night
1942
as Spats Hunter
MovieBlues in the Night
1941
as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
MovieMurder by Invitation
1941
as Bob White
MovieRoar of the Press
1941
as Wally Williams
MovieA Man Betrayed
1941
as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
MovieGive Us Wings
1940
as Mr. York
MovieThe Mummy's Hand
1940
as Babe Jenson
MovieScatterbrain
1940
as Sam Maxwell
MovieLove, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Joe Redmond
MovieTwo Girls on Broadway
1940
as Jed Marlowe
MovieIsle Of Destiny
1940
as Millard Barnes
MovieBack Door to Heaven
1939
as Frankie Rogers
The Marines Come Thru
1938
as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
MovieStardust
1938
as Peter Jackson
MovieSwing It, Sailor!
1938
as Pete Kelly
MovieExiled to Shanghai
1937
as Ted Young
MovieJericho
1937
as Mike Clancy
MovieO.H.M.S.
1937
as Jimmy Tracy
MovieA Son Comes Home
1936
as Steve
MovieThe Rogues' Tavern
1936
as Jimmy Kelly
MovieAbsolute Quiet
1936
as Jack
MovieTwo in the Dark
1936
as Harry Hilyer
MovieAnother Face
1935
as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
MovieMary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Harper
MovieShe Couldn't Take It
1935
as "Fingers" Boston
MovieGet That Man
1935
as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
MovieThe Informer
1935
as Frankie McPhillip
MovieMen of the Hour
1935
as Andy Blane
MovieSwellhead
1935
as Terry McCall
MovieOne Frightened Night
1935
as Joe Luvalle
MovieThe Nut Farm
1935
as Willie Barton
MovieIn Spite of Danger
1935
as Bob Crane
MovieThe Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Healy
MovieThe Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
MovieThe Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
as 'Curly'
MovieThe Hollywood Gad-About
1934
as Self (uncredited)
MovieMoney Means Nothing
1934
as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
MovieI Hate Women
1934
as Scoop McGuire
MovieMen in White
1934
as Shorty
MovieThe Lost Patrol
1934
as Morelli
MovieA Woman's Man
1934
as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
MovieEast of Fifth Avenue
1933
as Vic Howard
MovieMy Woman
1933
as Chick Rollins
MovieGoodbye Again
1933
as Arthur Westlake
MovieThree Cornered Moon
1933
as Kenneth Rimplegar
MovieHeadline Shooter
1933
as Mike
MovieThe Big Cage
1933
as Russ Penny
MovieNight of Terror
1933
as Tom Hartley
MovieEmployees' Entrance
1933
as Martin West
MovieHypnotized
1932
as Bill Bogard
MovieCentral Park
1932
as Rick
MovieSkyscraper Souls
1932
as Slim
MovieThe Wet Parade
1932
as Jerry Tyler
MovieAre You Listening?
1932
as Larry Barnes
MovieThe Beast of the City
1932
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
MovieFreaks
1932
as Phroso
MovieX Marks the Spot
1931
as Ted Lloyd
MoviePossessed
1931
as Al Manning
MovieMarried in Hollywood
1929
as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)