From Wikipedia Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span. He was the brother of actor Noah Berry.
Known For
| Birth Location | Clay County, Missouri, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1885-03-31 |
| Died | 1949-04-15 |
Movies
The Image Book
as (film archive footage)
2018
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
2004
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Terry (archive footage)
1964
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Pancho Villa (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)
1960
Big Jack
as Big Jack Horner
1949
A Date with Judy
as Melvin R. Foster
1948
Alias a Gentleman
as Jim Breedin
1948
The Mighty McGurk
as Roy 'Slag' McGurk
1947
Bad Bascomb
as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
1946
This Man's Navy
as Ned Trumpet
1945
Barbary Coast Gent
as Honest Plush Brannon
1944
Rationing
as Ben Barton
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
Salute to the Marines
as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
1943
Jackass Mail
as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
1942
The Bugle Sounds
as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
1942
Barnacle Bill
as Bill Johansen
1941
The Bad Man
as Pancho Lopez
1941
1940
Wyoming
as 'Reb' Harkness
1940
1940
20 Mule Team
as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
1940
The Man from Dakota
as "Bar" Barstow
1940
Thunder Afloat
as John Thorson
1939
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1939
Sergeant Madden
as Sgt. Shaun Madden
1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Captain Boss Starkey
1939
Stablemates
as Thomas Terry
1938
Port of Seven Seas
as Cesar
1938
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as 'Trigger' Bill
1937
Slave Ship
as Jack Thompson
1937
The Good Old Soak
as Clem Hawley
1937
Old Hutch
as "Hutch" Hutchins
1936
A Message to Garcia
as Sgt. Dory
1936
Ah, Wilderness!
as Uncle Sid
1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as Michael O'Shaughnessy
1935
China Seas
as Jamesy MacArdle
1935
West Point of the Air
as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
1935
The Mighty Barnum
as Phineas T. Barnum
1934
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
1934
Viva Villa!
as Pancho Villa
1934
Going Hollywood
as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
1933
Dinner at Eight
as Dan Packard
1933
The Bowery
as Chuck Connors
1933
Tugboat Annie
as Terry (Husband)
1933
Flesh
as Polakai
1932
Grand Hotel
as General Director Preysing
1932
Hell Divers
as "Windy" Riker
1932
The Christmas Party
as Himself (uncredited)
1931
The Champ
as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
1931
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
1931
The Secret Six
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
1931
The Stolen Jools
as Police Sergeant
1931
Min and Bill
as Bill
1930
A Lady's Morals
as P.T. Barnum
1930
Way for a Sailor
as Tripod
1930
Billy the Kid
as Pat Garrett
1930
The Big House
as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
1930
River of Romance
as General Orlando Jackson
1929
Stairs of Sand
as Lacey
1929
Chinatown Nights
as Chuck Riley
1929
Beggars of Life
as Oklahoma Red
1928
The Big Killing
as Powderhorn Pete
1928
Partners in Crime
as Detective Mike Doolan
1928
Wife Savers
as Louis Hosenozzle
1928
Two Flaming Youths
as Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
1927
Now We're in the Air
as Wally
1927
Fireman, Save My Child
as Elmer
1927
Casey at the Bat
as Casey
1927
Old Ironsides
as Bos'n
1926
We're in the Navy Now
as 'Knockout' Hansen
1926
Volcano
as Quembo
1926
Behind the Front
as Riff Swanson
1926
The Pony Express
as Rhode Island Red
1925
The Wanderer
as Pharis
1925
Rugged Water
as Capt. Bartlett
1925
In the Name of Love
as Glavis
1925
The Night Club
as José
1925
Adventure
as Morgan
1925
Coming Through
as Joe Lawler
1925
The Great Divide
as Dutch
1925
The Devil's Cargo
as Ben
1925
The Lost World
as Prof. Challenger
1925
Let Women Alone
as Cap Bullwinkle
1925
So Big
as Klaus Poole
1924
Madonna of the Streets
as Bill Smythe
1924
Dynamite Smith
as 'Slugger' Rourke
1924
The Red Lily
as Bo-Bo
1924
Another Man's Wife
as Captain Wolf
1924
The Signal Tower
as Joe Standish
1924
The Sea Hawk
as Capt. Jasper Leigh
1924
Unseen Hands
as Jean Scholast
1924
White Tiger
as Count Donelli / Hawkes
1923
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Gregor Karlov
1923
Richard the Lion-Hearted
as King Richard
1923
The Eternal Struggle
as Barode Dukane
1923
The Spanish Dancer
as King Philip IV
1923
Three Ages
as The Villain
1923
Drifting
as Jules Repin
1923
Ashes of Vengeance
as Duc de Tours
1923
Bavu
as Felix Bavu
1923
Stormswept
as William McCabe
1923
The Flame of Life
as Don Lowrie
1923
Only a Shop Girl
as Jim Brennan
1922
A Blind Bargain
as Beast Man (uncredited)
1922
Robin Hood
as Richard the Lion-Hearted
1922
Trouble
as Ed Lee, the Plumber
1922
Hurricane's Gal
as Chris Borg
1922
I Am the Law
as Fu Chang
1922
My Wife's Relations
as Photographer (uncredited)
1922
The Man from Hell's River
as Gaspard, The Wolf
1922
The Sagebrush Trail
as José Fagaro
1922
Wild Honey
as Buck Roper
1922
The Rosary
as Kenwood Wright
1922
The White Mouse
as Dr. Lawler
1921
The Last Trail
as William Kirk
1921
The Ne'er to Return Road
as Convict #12896
1921
The Policeman and the Baby
as The Crook
1921
The Golden Snare
as Bram Johnson
1921
The Northern Trail
as Otto Franke
1921
A Tale of Two Worlds
as Ling Jo
1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
1921
Patsy
as Gustave Ludermann
1921
1921
The Rookie's Return
as François Dupont
1920
The Last of the Mohicans
as Magua
1920
813
as Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
1920
The Round-Up
as Buck McKee
1920
The Mollycoddle
as Henry von Holkar
1920
The Virgin of Stamboul
as Sheik Achmet Hamid
1920
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
as Undetermined role (uncredited)
1919
Behind the Door
as Lt. Brandt
1919
Victory
as August Schomberg
1919
Soldiers of Fortune
as Mendoza
1919
The Life Line
as Bos
1919
The Love Burglar
as Coast-to-Coast Taylor
1919
The Unpardonable Sin
as Col. Klemm
1919
1919
1919
Johanna Enlists
as Col. Fanner
1918
That Night
as The Cafe Proprietor
1917
Are Waitresses Safe?
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1917
A Bedroom Blunder
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1917
A Clever Dummy
as Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
1917
The Little American
as German Soldier (uncredited)
1917
Cactus Nell
as A Polished Gent
1917
Teddy at the Throttle
as Henry Black
1917
Maggie's First False Step
as The Villain
1917
Patria
as Pancho Villa
1917
Bombs and Banknotes
as Janitor
1917
A Capable Lady Cook
as Sweedie
1916
Sweedie, the Janitor
as Sweedie - the Janitor
1916
Just a Few Little Things
as Fred
1916
The Janitor
as John - the Hotel Janitor
1916
Hearts and Sparks
as Minor Role
1916
A Dash of Courage
as The Police Chief
1916
1915
The Broken Pledge
as Percy
1915
Sweedie's Finish
as Sweedie
1915
The Slim Princess
as Popova
1915
Sweedie's Hero
as Sweedie
1915
Sweedie in Vaudeville
as Sweedie
1915
Done in Wax
as The Hobo
1915
The Bouquet
as Sweedie
1915
Sweedie Learns to Ride
as Sweedie
1915
Love and Trouble
as Sweedie
1915
Father's New Maid
as Jack / Sweedie
1915
Sweedie's Hopeless Love
as Sweedie
1915
Ain't It the Truth?
as Harold Wallington
1915
A Pound for a Pound
as Buck Gibson
1915
The Victor
as Mr. Justwed
1915
Sweedie Goes to College
as Sweedie
1915
The New Teacher
as Sweedie - the New Teacher
1915
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
as Fred
1915
Sweedie and Her Dog
as Sweedie
1915
Sweedie's Suicide
as Sweedie
1915
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
as Sweedie
1915
Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind
as The Lover
1914
Sweedie Collects for Charity
as Sweedie
1914
Their Cheap Vacation
as Mr. Newlywed
1914
Madame Double X
as Madame Double X
1914
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
as Homer Splivins
1914
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
as Sweedie
1914
A Maid of War
as Sweedie
1914
Sweedie at the Fair
as Sweedie
1914
Countess Sweedie
as Sweedie
1914
1914
Three Boiled Down Fables
as Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
1914
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
as Sweedie
1914
The Laundress
as Sweedie - the Laundress
1914
Rivalry and War
as Krautmeyer
1914
She Landed a Big One
as Sweedie
1914
Sweedie Learns to Swim
as Sweedie
1914
The Fickleness of Sweedie
as Sweedie
1914
1914
Sweedie's Clean-Up
as Sweedie
1914
Sweedie's Skate
as Sweedie
1914
1914
When Knights Were Bold
as The Earl
1914
Love and Soda
as The Plumber
1914
Sweedie Springs a Surprise
as Sweedie
1914
Sweedie and the Double Exposure
as Sweedie
1914
The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
as Attorney for Suggs
1914
Topsy-Turvy Sweedie
as Sweedie
1914
In and Out
as Hans
1914
Money Talks
as The Cook
1914
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
as Prof. Bunkum
1914
Sweedie the Swatter
as Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
1914
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
as The Coming Champion
1914
Sweedie and the Lord
as Sweedie
1914
The Epidemic
as Texas Tommy
1914
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
as The Football Hero
1914
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
as Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
1914
This Is the Life
as Hiram Stebbins
1914
Jane
as The Doctor
1914
Actor Finney's Finish
as Actor James Finney
1914
Three Little Powders
as Wallace Williams
1914
Curing a Husband
as Robert - the Husband
1914
Wrong All Around
as The Plumber
1914
The Winner
as Fritz Noodle
1914
And He Came Back
as Horatio Algernon Botts
1914
The Bargain Hunters
as Mr. Hunter
1914
1914
Oh, Doctor
as The Deaf Minister
1914
Grass County Goes Dry
as The Constable
1914
The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar
as The Cop
1914
Mrs. Manly's Baby
as Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
1914
One-to-Three
as Willie Brace
1914
Into Society and Out
as First Tramp
1914
1914
The Hour and the Man
as A Juror
1914
A Foot of Romance
as Jim Foley
1914
1914
1914
At the Old Maid's Call
as Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
1913
1913
Smithy's Grandma Party
as Prof. Smithy
1913
Kitty's Knight
as Mike McManus
1913
The Usual Way
as The Dentist
1913
Their Wives' Indiscretion
as Mr. Jones
1913
Day by Day
as Bill the Iceman
1913
1913
A Successful Failure
as The Uncle
1913
Love Incognito
as Secondary Role
1913
1913
Sweet Revenge
as Phil Culture
1913
Mr. Dippy Dipped
as Undetermined Role
1913
His Athletic Wife
as Mr. Strong
1913
Movies
A Beach Nut
Scenario Writer
1919
A Beach Nut
Director
1919
Only a Janitor
Director
1919
Bombs and Banknotes
Director
1917
A Capable Lady Cook
Director
1916
Sweedie, the Janitor
Story
1916
Sweedie, the Janitor
Director
1916
Just a Few Little Things
Scenario Writer
1916
Just a Few Little Things
Director
1916
The Janitor
Writer
1916
The Janitor
Director
1916
Rivalry and War
Director
1914
She Landed a Big One
Director
1914
Kitty's Knight
Director
1913
