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