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Wallace MacDonald
Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
From Wikipedia Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada - 30 October 1978, Santa Barbara, California) was a Canadian silent film actor, also a film…
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From Wikipedia Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada - 30 October 1978, Santa Barbara, California) was a Canadian silent film actor, also a film producer. MacDonald started as a messenger boy with the Dominion Steel Company in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He later worked up to teller with the Royal Bank in Sydney before the bank transferred him to Vancouver, British Columbia. From there, he moved to California, where he acted on the stage before making inroads into Hollywood. MacDonald initially began as an actor in films in 1914 and appeared in almost 120 motion pictures between then and 1932. He had notable roles in such films as Youth's Endearing Charm in 1916 working with Mary Miles Minter and Harry von Meter. Late in World War I he returned briefly to Nova Scotia to enlist in the 10th Canadian Siege Battery where he assisted in recruiting for the Canadian Army. With the advent of sound, MacDonald's acting career diminished, and most of his roles between 1927 and 1932 went uncredited. He retired from acting in 1932 to concentrate on script writing. However, by 1937 he had recognized the potential of film production. It is in his role of producer that MacDonald is now probably best remembered. He produced well over 100 films between 1937 and 1959. He died in 1978. Sometimes he is mistaken as a brother of actor Francis McDonald. Though both resembled one another and were born in 1891, they were born three months apart and spelled their surnames differently.
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1959
Gunmen from Laredo
Movie Director
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1958
Return to Warbow
Movie Producer
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1957
The Hard Man
Movie Executive Producer
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1957
No Time to Be Young
Movie Producer
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1957
The Phantom Stagecoach
Movie Producer
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1956
The White Squaw
Movie Producer
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1956
Fury at Gunsight Pass
Movie Producer
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1955
Apache Ambush
Movie Producer
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1955
Cell 2455 Death Row
Movie Producer
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1954
Massacre Canyon
Movie Producer
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1954
Wyoming Renegades
Movie Producer
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1953
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Movie Producer
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1953
Man in the Dark
Movie Producer
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1953
Target Hong Kong
Movie Producer
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1952
Harem Girl
Movie Producer
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1951
Corky of Gasoline Alley
Movie Producer
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1951
The Big Gusher
Movie Producer
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1950
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
Movie Producer
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1950
The Tougher They Come
Movie Producer
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1950
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Movie Producer
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1949
Rusty's Birthday
Movie Producer
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1949
Air Hostess
Movie Producer
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1949
Rusty Saves a Life
Movie Producer
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1948
Rusty Leads the Way
Movie Producer
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1948
Port Said
Movie Producer
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1948
My Dog Rusty
Movie Producer
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1948
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Movie Producer
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1947
When a Girl's Beautiful
Movie Producer
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1947
The Son of Rusty
Movie Producer
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1946
Personality Kid
Movie Producer
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1946
The Unknown
Movie Producer
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1945
My Name Is Julia Ross
Movie Producer
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1945
Eve Knew Her Apples
Movie Producer
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1945
Escape in the Fog
Movie Producer
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1945
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
Movie Producer
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1945
I Love a Mystery
Movie Producer
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1944
The Missing Juror
Movie Producer
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1944
Cry of the Werewolf
Movie Producer
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1944
She's a Soldier Too
Movie Producer
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1944
Sailor's Holiday
Movie Producer
