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Wallace Ford
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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 f…
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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. From Wikipedia.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
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1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1965
A Patch of Blue
Movie Ole Pa
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1964
Bristle Face
Movie Emory Packer
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1963
The Great Adventure
TV show Uncle Billy Smith
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1963
Vacation Playhouse
TV show Lester Tinney
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1960
Tess of the Storm Country
Movie Fred Thorson
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1960
Peter Loves Mary
TV show
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1960
The Andy Griffith Show
TV show Roger Hanover
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1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV show Harry
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1959
The Deputy
TV show Herk Lamson
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1959
Warlock
Movie Judge Holloway
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1958
The Last Hurrah
Movie Charlie Hennessey
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1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV show
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1958
Twilight for the Gods
Movie Old Brown
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1958
The Matchmaker
Movie Malachi Stack
More credits
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1957
Trackdown
TV show Eli Zach
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1957
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Movie Rebel
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1956
The Rainmaker
Movie Sheriff Howard Thomas
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1956
Stagecoach To Fury
Movie Judge Lester Farrell
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1956
Thunder Over Arizona
Movie Stiles
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1956
Johnny Concho
Movie Albert Dark
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1956
The First Texan
Movie Henry Delaney
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1956
The Maverick Queen
Movie Jamie
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1955
The Spoilers
Movie Flapjack Simms
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1955
A Lawless Street
Movie Dr. Amos Wynn
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1955
Lucy Gallant
Movie Gus Basserman
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1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV show Monty Smith
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1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV show Ed Rawlings
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1955
Kings Row
TV show
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1955
The Man from Laramie
Movie Charley O'Leary
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1955
Wichita
Movie Arthur Whiteside
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1954
3 Ring Circus
Movie Sam Morley
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1954
Destry
Movie Doc Curtis
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1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV show Emory Packer
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1954
Climax!
TV show Bunco Kelly
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1954
Father Knows Best
TV show
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1954
Studio 57
TV show Boats
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1954
The Whistler
TV show
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1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
Movie Walter "Wally" Higgins
