Wallace Ford
Actor
- Born
- February 11, 1898 · Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- June 11, 1966 (age 68)
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.
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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
January 1, 1932
Shadow of a Doubt
January 15, 1943
Spellbound
October 31, 1945
Harvey
December 4, 1950
The Man from Laramie
August 19, 1955
The Set-Up
March 29, 1949
Warlock
May 15, 1959
Dead Reckoning
December 31, 1946
The Informer
May 9, 1935
A Patch of Blue
December 10, 1965
The Mummy's Hand
September 20, 1940
T-Men
December 15, 1947
Acting123
- 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1965A Patch of Blue as Ole Pa
- 1964Bristle Face as Emory Packer
- 1960Tess of the Storm Country as Fred Thorson
- 1959Warlock as Judge Holloway
- 1958The Last Hurrah as Charlie Hennessey
- 1958Twilight for the Gods as Old Brown
- 1958The Matchmaker as Malachi Stack
- 1957