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