Wallace Ford
Acting
Born: 1898-02-11 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Freaks
Phroso
Shadow of a Doubt
Fred Saunders
Spellbound
Stranger in Hotel Lobby
Harvey
The Taxi Driver
The Man from Laramie
Charley O'Leary
The Set-Up
Gus
Warlock
Judge Holloway
The Andy Griffith Show
Roger Hanover
Dead Reckoning
McGee
The Informer
Frankie McPhillip
A Patch of Blue
Ole Pa
The Mummy's Hand
Babe Jenson
T-Men
The Schemer
The Breaking Point
F.R. Duncan
The Mummy's Tomb
Babe Hanson
The Furies
Scotty Hyslip
The Lost Patrol
Morelli
All Through the Night
Spats Hunter
He Ran All the Way
Fred Dobbs
The Whole Town's Talking
Healy
The Last Hurrah
Charlie Hennessey
Wichita
Arthur Whiteside
Black Angel
Joe
The Rainmaker
Sheriff Howard Thomas
The Ape Man
Jeff Carter
Possessed
Al Manning
Blood on the Sun
Ollie Miller
Destry
Doc Curtis
The Wonderful World of Disney
Emory Packer
A Lawless Street
Dr. Amos Wynn
Magic Town
Lou Dicketts
Crack-Up
Lt. Cochrane
Blues in the Night
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Coroner Creek
Andy West
Employees' Entrance
Martin West
Father Knows Best
The Beast of the City
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
The Cross of Lorraine
Pierre
Night of Terror
Tom Hartley