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Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford
  • Name: Wallace Ford
  • Birthday: 1898-02-11
  • Also known as: Samuel Jones Grundy,Wally Ford,Samuel Grundy Jones
  • Place of birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Popularity: 1.845
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... Read More

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Title Release date
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood   as  Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage) 2008-03-03
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life   as  Self (archive footage) 1988-11-22
A Patch of Blue   as  Ole Pa 1965-12-10
Bristle Face   as  Emory Packer 1964-01-26
Tess of the Storm Country   as  Fred Thorson 1960-12-08
Warlock   as  Judge Holloway 1959-05-15
The Last Hurrah   as  Charlie Hennessey 1958-12-31
Twilight for the Gods   as  Old Brown 1958-08-04
The Matchmaker   as  Malachi Stack 1958-07-23
Stagecoach To Fury   as  Judge Lester Farrell 1956-12-13
The Rainmaker   as  Sheriff Howard Thomas 1956-12-13
Thunder Over Arizona   as  Stiles 1956-08-04
Johnny Concho   as  Albert Dark 1956-07-01
The First Texan   as  Henry Delaney 1956-06-29
The Maverick Queen   as  Jamie 1956-05-03
The Spoilers   as  Flapjack Simms 1955-12-23
A Lawless Street   as  Dr. Amos Wynn 1955-11-15
Lucy Gallant   as  Gus Basserman 1955-10-20
The Man from Laramie   as  Charley O'Leary 1955-08-19
Wichita   as  Arthur Whiteside 1955-07-03
3 Ring Circus   as  Sam Morley 1954-12-22
Destry   as  Doc Curtis 1954-12-01
The Boy from Oklahoma   as  Walter "Wally" Higgins 1954-02-27
She Couldn't Say No   as  Joe Wheelen 1954-02-15
The Nebraskan   as  'Mac' McBride 1953-12-02
The Great Jesse James Raid   as  Elias Hobbs 1953-07-17
Flesh and Fury   as  Jack 'Pop' Richardson 1952-06-26
Rodeo   as  Barbecue Jones 1952-03-09
Warpath   as  Pvt. 'Irish' Potts 1951-11-22
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine   as  Sam Parks 1951-10-10
He Ran All the Way   as  Fred Dobbs 1951-06-20
Harvey   as  The Taxi Driver 1950-12-04
The Breaking Point   as  F.R. Duncan 1950-10-06
The Furies   as  Scotty Hyslip 1950-08-16
Dakota Lil   as  Carter 1950-02-17
Red Stallion In The Rockies   as  'Talky' Carson 1949-05-02
The Set-Up   as  Gus 1949-03-29
Belle Starr's Daughter   as  Lafe Bailey 1948-11-13
Embraceable You   as  Police Lt. Ferria 1948-08-21
Coroner Creek   as  Andy West 1948-07-01
Shed No Tears   as  Sam Grover 1948-06-09
The Man from Texas   as  Jed 1948-03-06
T-Men   as  The Schemer 1947-12-15
Magic Town   as  Lou Dicketts 1947-10-07
Dead Reckoning   as  McGee 1946-12-31
Crack-Up   as  Lt. Cochrane 1946-09-06
Black Angel   as  Joe 1946-08-02
Rendezvous with Annie   as  Al Morgan 1946-07-22
The Green Years   as  Jamie Nigg 1946-07-04
Lover Come Back   as  Tubbs 1946-06-21
A Guy Could Change   as  Bill Conley 1946-01-27
Spellbound   as  Hotel masher 1945-11-08
On Stage Everybody   as  Emmett Rogers 1945-07-13
The Great John L.   as  McManus 1945-05-25
Blood on the Sun   as  Ollie Miller 1945-04-26
Machine Gun Mama   as  John O'Reilly 1944-08-18
Secret Command   as  Miller 1944-07-30
The Cross of Lorraine   as  Pierre 1943-11-12
The Ape Man   as  Jeff Carter 1943-03-05
Shadow of a Doubt   as  Fred Saunders 1943-01-15
The Mummy's Tomb   as  Babe Hanson 1942-10-23
Scattergood Survives a Murder   as  Wally Collins 1942-10-01
Inside the Law   as  Billy 1942-05-08
All Through the Night   as  Spats Hunter 1942-01-10
Blues in the Night   as  Brad Ames (as Wally Ford) 1941-11-15
Murder by Invitation   as  Bob White 1941-06-30
Roar of the Press   as  Wally Williams 1941-04-17
A Man Betrayed   as  Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter) 1941-03-07
Give Us Wings   as  Mr. York 1940-12-20
The Mummy's Hand   as  Babe Jenson 1940-09-20
Scatterbrain   as  Sam Maxwell 1940-07-20
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!   as  Joe Redmond 1940-06-07
Two Girls on Broadway   as  Jed Marlowe 1940-04-19
Isle Of Destiny   as  Millard Barnes 1940-03-08
Back Door to Heaven   as  Frankie Rogers 1939-04-19
The Marines Come Thru   as  Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins 1938-08-04
Stardust   as  Peter Jackson 1938-03-25
Swing It, Sailor!   as  Pete Kelly 1938-02-04
Exiled to Shanghai   as  Ted Young 1937-12-20
Jericho   as  Mike Clancy 1937-08-23
O.H.M.S.   as  Jimmy Tracy 1937-01-01
A Son Comes Home   as  Steve 1936-07-31
The Rogues' Tavern   as  Jimmy Kelly 1936-06-04
Absolute Quiet   as  Jack 1936-04-24
Two in the Dark   as  Harry Hilyer 1936-01-10
Another Face   as  Joe Haynes, Press Agent 1935-12-20
Mary Burns, Fugitive   as  Harper 1935-11-15
She Couldn't Take It   as  "Fingers" Boston 1935-10-08
Get That Man   as  Jack Kirkland / John Prescott 1935-07-10
The Informer   as  Frankie McPhillip 1935-05-09
Swellhead   as  Terry McCall 1935-05-04
One Frightened Night   as  Joe Luvalle 1935-05-01
The Nut Farm   as  Willie Barton 1935-03-24
In Spite of Danger   as  Bob Crane 1935-03-08
The Whole Town's Talking   as  Healy 1935-02-22
The Mysterious Mr. Wong   as  Jason H. 'Jay' Barton 1935-01-25
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head   as  'Curly' 1934-12-24
The Hollywood Gad-About   as  Self (uncredited) 1934-10-04
Money Means Nothing   as  Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay 1934-06-14
I Hate Women   as  Scoop McGuire 1934-05-10
Men in White   as  Shorty 1934-04-06
The Lost Patrol   as  Morelli 1934-02-16
A Woman's Man   as  Joe Flynn - Prizefighter 1934-02-06
East of Fifth Avenue   as  Vic Howard 1933-11-28
My Woman   as  Chick Rollins 1933-10-04
Goodbye Again   as  Arthur Westlake 1933-09-09
Three-Cornered Moon   as  Kenneth Rimplegar 1933-08-08
Headline Shooter   as  Mike 1933-07-28
The Big Cage   as  Russ Penny 1933-05-01
Night of Terror   as  Tom Hartley 1933-04-23
Employees' Entrance   as  Martin West 1933-02-11
Hypnotized   as  Bill Bogard 1932-12-25
Central Park   as  Rick 1932-12-10
Skyscraper Souls   as  Slim 1932-07-16
The Wet Parade   as  Jerry Tyler 1932-03-26
Are You Listening?   as  Larry Barnes 1932-03-21
The Beast of the City   as  Det. Ed Fitzpatrick 1932-02-13
Freaks   as  Phroso 1932-01-01
X Marks the Spot   as  Ted Lloyd 1931-12-13
Possessed   as  Al Manning 1931-11-21
Married in Hollywood   as  Mitzi's Fan (uncredited) 1929-09-22