From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1898-02-11 |
| Died | 1966-06-11 |
Movies
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
2008
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1988
A Patch of Blue
as Ole Pa
1965
Bristle Face
as Emory Packer
1964
Tess of the Storm Country
as Fred Thorson
1960
Warlock
as Judge Holloway
1959
The Last Hurrah
as Charlie Hennessey
1958
Twilight for the Gods
as Old Brown
1958
The Matchmaker
as Malachi Stack
1958
The Rainmaker
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
1956
Stagecoach To Fury
as Judge Lester Farrell
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
as Stiles
1956
Johnny Concho
as Albert Dark
1956
The First Texan
as Henry Delaney
1956
The Maverick Queen
as Jamie
1956
The Spoilers
as Flapjack Simms
1955
A Lawless Street
as Dr. Amos Wynn
1955
Lucy Gallant
as Gus Basserman
1955
The Man from Laramie
as Charley O'Leary
1955
Wichita
as Arthur Whiteside
1955
3 Ring Circus
as Sam Morley
1954
Destry
as Doc Curtis
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
1954
She Couldn't Say No
as Joe Wheelen
1954
The Nebraskan
as 'Mac' McBride
1953
The Great Jesse James Raid
as Elias Hobbs
1953
Flesh and Fury
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
1952
Rodeo
as Barbecue Jones
1952
Warpath
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
1951
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
as Sam Parks
1951
He Ran All the Way
as Fred Dobbs
1951
Harvey
as The Taxi Driver
1950
The Breaking Point
as F.R. Duncan
1950
The Furies
as Scotty Hyslip
1950
Dakota Lil
as Carter
1950
Red Stallion In The Rockies
as 'Talky' Carson
1949
The Set-Up
as Gus
1949
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Lafe Bailey
1948
Embraceable You
as Police Lt. Ferria
1948
Coroner Creek
as Andy West
1948
Shed No Tears
as Sam Grover
1948
The Man from Texas
as Jed
1948
T-Men
as The Schemer
1947
Magic Town
as Lou Dicketts
1947
Dead Reckoning
as McGee
1947
Crack-Up
as Lt. Cochrane
1946
Black Angel
as Joe
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
as Al Morgan
1946
The Green Years
as Jamie Nigg
1946
Lover Come Back
as Tubbs
1946
A Guy Could Change
as Bill Conley
1946
Spellbound
as Hotel masher
1945
On Stage Everybody
as Emmett Rogers
1945
The Great John L.
as McManus
1945
Blood on the Sun
as Ollie Miller
1945
Machine Gun Mama
as John O'Reilly
1944
Secret Command
as Miller
1944
The Cross of Lorraine
as Pierre
1943
The Ape Man
as Jeff Carter
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
as Fred Saunders
1943
The Mummy's Tomb
as Babe Hanson
1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Wally Collins
1942
Inside the Law
as Billy
1942
All Through the Night
as Spats Hunter
1942
Blues in the Night
as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
1941
Murder by Invitation
as Bob White
1941
Roar of the Press
as Wally Williams
1941
A Man Betrayed
as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
1941
Give Us Wings
as Mr. York
1940
The Mummy's Hand
as Babe Jenson
1940
Scatterbrain
as Sam Maxwell
1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
as Joe Redmond
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
as Jed Marlowe
1940
Isle Of Destiny
as Millard Barnes
1940
Back Door to Heaven
as Frankie Rogers
1939
The Marines Come Thru
as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
1938
Stardust
as Peter Jackson
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
as Pete Kelly
1938
Exiled to Shanghai
as Ted Young
1937
Jericho
as Mike Clancy
1937
O.H.M.S.
as Jimmy Tracy
1937
A Son Comes Home
as Steve
1936
The Rogues' Tavern
as Jimmy Kelly
1936
Absolute Quiet
as Jack
1936
Two in the Dark
as Harry Hilyer
1936
Another Face
as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Harper
1935
She Couldn't Take It
as "Fingers" Boston
1935
Get That Man
as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
1935
The Informer
as Frankie McPhillip
1935
Swellhead
as Terry McCall
1935
One Frightened Night
as Joe Luvalle
1935
The Nut Farm
as Willie Barton
1935
In Spite of Danger
as Bob Crane
1935
The Whole Town's Talking
as Healy
1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
1935
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
as 'Curly'
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
1934
Money Means Nothing
as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
1934
I Hate Women
as Scoop McGuire
1934
Men in White
as Shorty
1934
The Lost Patrol
as Morelli
1934
A Woman's Man
as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
1934
East of Fifth Avenue
as Vic Howard
1933
My Woman
as Chick Rollins
1933
Goodbye Again
as Arthur Westlake
1933
Three-Cornered Moon
as Kenneth Rimplegar
1933
Headline Shooter
as Mike
1933
The Big Cage
as Russ Penny
1933
Night of Terror
as Tom Hartley
1933
Employees' Entrance
as Martin West
1933
Hypnotized
as Bill Bogard
1932
Central Park
as Rick
1932
Skyscraper Souls
as Slim
1932
The Wet Parade
as Jerry Tyler
1932
Are You Listening?
as Larry Barnes
1932
The Beast of the City
as Det. Ed Fitzpatrick
1932
Freaks
as Phroso
1932
X Marks the Spot
as Ted Lloyd
1931
Possessed
as Al Manning
1931
Married in Hollywood
as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
1929
Wallace Ford hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
