7.8
Movie
Acting
Wallace Ford
- Born
- Died
- (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 145 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.8
Movie
7.5
Movie
Shadow of a Doubt
7.4
Movie
Spellbound
7.7
Movie
Harvey
7.1
Movie
The Man from Laramie
7.4
Movie
The Set-Up
6.8
Movie
Warlock
7.6
TV
The Andy Griffith Show
6.9
Movie
Dead Reckoning
6.8
Movie
The Informer
7.6
Movie
A Patch of Blue
5.7
Movie
The Mummy's Hand
6.8
Movie
T-Men
7.0
Movie
The Breaking Point
5.5
Movie
The Mummy's Tomb
7.1
Movie
The Furies
6.6
Movie
The Lost Patrol
6.7
Movie
All Through the Night
Acting credits 145
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood Film | Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage) |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue Film | Ole Pa |
| 1964 | Bristle Face Film | Emory Packer |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure TV | Uncle Billy Smith (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse TV | Lester Tinney (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Tess of the Storm Country Film | Fred Thorson |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary TV | (1 ep) |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show TV | Roger Hanover (1 ep) |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show TV | Harry (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Deputy TV | Herk Lamson, Marshal Herk Lamson (39 ep) |
| 1959 | Warlock Film | Judge Holloway |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah Film | Charlie Hennessey |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV | (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods Film | Old Brown |
| 1958 | The Matchmaker Film | Malachi Stack |
| 1957 | Trackdown TV | Eli Zach (1 ep) |
| 1957 | Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses Film | Rebel |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To Fury Film | Judge Lester Farrell |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker Film | Sheriff Howard Thomas |
| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona Film | Stiles |
| 1956 | Johnny Concho Film | Albert Dark |
| 1956 | The First Texan Film | Henry Delaney |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen Film | Jamie |
| 1955 | The Spoilers Film | Flapjack Simms |
| 1955 | A Lawless Street Film | Dr. Amos Wynn |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant Film | Gus Basserman |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour TV | Monty Smith (1 ep) |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse TV | Ed Rawlings (1 ep) |
| 1955 | Kings Row TV | (1 ep) |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie Film | Charley O'Leary |
| 1955 | Wichita Film | Arthur Whiteside |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus Film | Sam Morley |
| 1954 | Destry Film | Doc Curtis |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney TV | Emory Packer (2 ep) |
| 1954 | Climax! TV | Bunco Kelly, Sheriff, Dr. Karl Wexdig, Samuel Cramer (1 ep) |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best TV | (2 ep) |
| 1954 | Studio 57 TV | Boats (1 ep) |
| 1954 | The Whistler TV | (1 ep) |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma Film | Walter "Wally" Higgins |
| 1954 | She Couldn't Say No Film | Joe Wheelen |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum TV | (1 ep) |
| 1953 | The Nebraskan Film | 'Mac' McBride |
| 1953 | The Motorola Television Hour TV | (1 ep) |
| 1953 | The Great Jesse James Raid Film | Elias Hobbs |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre TV | Talker (1 ep) |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1952 | Flesh and Fury Film | Jack 'Pop' Richardson |
| 1952 | Rodeo Film | Barbecue Jones |
| 1951 | Warpath Film | Pvt. 'Irish' Potts |
| 1951 | Painting the Clouds with Sunshine Film | Sam Parks |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV | Innkeeper (1 ep) |
| 1951 | He Ran All the Way Film | Fred Dobbs |
| 1950 | Harvey Film | The Taxi Driver |
| 1950 | The Breaking Point Film | F.R. Duncan |
| 1950 | The Furies Film | Scotty Hyslip |
| 1950 | Dakota Lil Film | Carter |
| 1949 | Red Stallion In The Rockies Film | 'Talky' Carson |
| 1949 | The Set-Up Film | Gus |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter Film | Lafe Bailey |