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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.
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Filmography
all 140
Movies 122
TV Shows 18
self 3
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1988)
Movie
Ole Pa
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Movie
Emory Packer
Bristle Face (1964)
Movie
Uncle Billy Smith
The Great Adventure (1963)
TV
Lester Tinney / Uncle Jonas
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
TV
Fred Thorson
Tess of the Storm Country (1960)
Movie
Peter Loves Mary (1960)
TV
Roger Hanover
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
TV
6
Harry
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
TV
Herk Lamson / Herk Lamson / Marshal Herk Lamson
The Deputy (1959)
TV
Judge Holloway
Warlock (1959)
Movie
Charlie Hennessey
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
TV
Old Brown
Twilight for the Gods (1958)
Movie
Malachi Stack
The Matchmaker (1958)
Movie
Trackdown (1957)
TV
Judge Lester Farrell
Stagecoach To Fury (1956)
Movie
Sheriff Howard Thomas
The Rainmaker (1956)
Movie
Hal Stiles
Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
Movie
Albert Dark
Johnny Concho (1956)
Movie
Henry Delaney
The First Texan (1956)
Movie
Jamie
The Maverick Queen (1956)
Movie
Flapjack Simms
The Spoilers (1955)
Movie
Dr. Amos Wynn
A Lawless Street (1955)
Movie
4
Gus Basserman
Lucy Gallant (1955)
Movie
Monty Smith
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV
Ed Rawlings
Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
TV
Kings Row (1955)
TV
Charley O'Leary
The Man from Laramie (1955)
Movie
Whiteside
Wichita (1955)
Movie
Sam Morley
3 Ring Circus (1954)
Movie
Doc Curtis
Destry (1954)
Movie
Dr. Karl Wexdig / Sheriff / Bunco Kelly / Samuel Cramer
Climax! (1954)
TV
Father Knows Best (1954)
TV
6
The Whistler (1954)
TV
Walter 'Wally' Higgins
The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
Movie
Joe Wheelen
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
Movie
Inner Sanctum (1954)
TV
Mac McBride
The Nebraskan (1953)
Movie
Elias Hobbs
The Great Jesse James Raid (1953)
Movie
Self
This Is Your Life (1952)
TV
Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Flesh and Fury (1952)
Movie
Barbecue Jones
Rodeo (1952)
Movie
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Warpath (1951)
Movie
Sam Parks
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine (1951)
Movie
Innkeeper
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Fred Dobbs
He Ran All the Way (1951)
Movie
Ellis Logfren, The Taxi Driver
Harvey (1950)
Movie
5.33
F.R. Duncan
The Breaking Point (1950)
Movie
Scotty Hyslip
The Furies (1950)
Movie
Carter
Dakota Lil (1950)
Movie
'Talky' Carson
Red Stallion In The Rockies (1949)
Movie
Gus
The Set-Up (1949)
Movie
4.75
Lafe Bailey
Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)
Movie
Studio One (1948)
TV
Police Lt. Ferria
Embraceable You (1948)
Movie
Andy West
Coroner Creek (1948)
Movie
5
Sam Grover
Shed No Tears (1948)
Movie
Jed
The Man from Texas (1948)
Movie
The Schemer
T-Men (1947)
Movie
Lou Dicketts
Magic Town (1947)
Movie
McGee
Dead Reckoning (1947)
Movie
2
Lt. Cochrane
Crack-Up (1946)
Movie
Joe
Black Angel (1946)
Movie
Al Morgan
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
Movie
Jamie Nigg
The Green Years (1946)
Movie
5
Tubbs
Lover Come Back (1946)
Movie
Bill Conley
A Guy Could Change (1946)
Movie
Hotel masher
Spellbound (1945)
Movie
5.76
Emmett Rogers
On Stage Everybody (1945)
Movie
McManus
The Great John L. (1945)
Movie
Ollie Miller
Blood on the Sun (1945)
Movie
John O'Reilly
Machine Gun Mama (1944)
Movie
Miller
Secret Command (1944)
Movie
Pierre
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
Movie
Jeff B. Carter
The Ape Man (1943)
Movie
Fred Saunders
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Movie
3.17
Babe Hanson
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Movie
5.64
Wally Collins
Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)
Movie
Billy
Inside the Law (1942)
Movie
Spats Hunter
All Through the Night (1942)
Movie
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Blues in the Night (1941)
Movie
Bob White
Murder by Invitation (1941)
Movie
Wally Williams
Roar of the Press (1941)
Movie
Casey
A Man Betrayed (1941)
Movie
Mr. York
Give Us Wings (1940)
Movie
Babe Jenson
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
Movie
5.41
Sam Maxwell
Scatterbrain (1940)
Movie
Joe Redmond
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
Movie
Jed Marlowe
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
Movie
Millard 'Milly' Barnes
Isle Of Destiny (1940)
Movie
Frankie Rogers
Back Door to Heaven (1939)
Movie
Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
The Marines Come Thru (1938)
Movie
Peter Jackson
Stardust (1938)
Movie
Pete Kelly
Swing It, Sailor! (1938)
Movie
Ted Young
Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
Movie
Mike Clancy
Jericho (1937)
Movie
Jimmy Tracy
O.H.M.S. (1937)
Movie
Steve
A Son Comes Home (1936)
Movie
Jimmy Kelly
The Rogues' Tavern (1936)
Movie
Jack
Absolute Quiet (1936)
Movie
Harry Hillyer
Two in the Dark (1936)
Movie
Joe Haynes - Press Agent
Another Face (1935)
Movie
Harper
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
Movie
'Fingers' Boston
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Movie
Jack Kirkland / John Prescott (II)
Get That Man (1935)
Movie
Frankie McPhillip
The Informer (1935)
Movie
6
Andy Blane
Men of the Hour (1935)
Movie
Terry McCall
Swellhead (1935)
Movie
Joe Luvalle
One Frightened Night (1935)
Movie
Willie Barton
The Nut Farm (1935)
Movie
Bob Crane
In Spite of Danger (1935)
Movie
Healy
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
Movie
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
Movie
'Curly'
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Hollywood Gad-About (1934)
Movie
Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
Money Means Nothing (1934)
Movie
Scoop McGuire
I Hate Women (1934)
Movie
Shorty
Men in White (1934)
Movie
Morelli
The Lost Patrol (1934)
Movie
Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
A Woman's Man (1934)
Movie
Vic Howard
East of Fifth Avenue (1933)
Movie
Chick Rollins
My Woman (1933)
Movie
Arthur Westlake
Goodbye Again (1933)
Movie
Kenneth Rimplegar
Three-Cornered Moon (1933)
Movie
Mike
Headline Shooter (1933)
Movie
Russ Penny
The Big Cage (1933)
Movie
Tom Hartley
Night of Terror (1933)
Movie
Martin West
Employees' Entrance (1933)
Movie
Bill Bogard
Hypnotized (1932)
Movie
Rick
Central Park (1932)
Movie
Slim
Skyscraper Souls (1932)
Movie
Jerry Tyler
The Wet Parade (1932)
Movie
Larry Barnes
Are You Listening? (1932)
Movie
Ed Fitzpatrick
The Beast of the City (1932)
Movie
Phroso
Freaks (1932)
Movie
5.5
Ted Lloyd
X Marks the Spot (1931)
Movie
Al Manning
Possessed (1931)
Movie
Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
Married in Hollywood (1929)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.51
Based on 407 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1929
1935
1945
1937
2008
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1898-02-12
Deathday1966-06-11 (68 years old)
Birth NameSamuel Jones Grundy
Birth PlaceBolton, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsSamuel Jones Grundy, Wally Ford, Samuel Grundy Jones
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