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