Wallace Ford

Acting

February 11, 1898 – June 11, 1966 (died at 68)

Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Male

123 Movies

27 TV Shows

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.

Freaks

1932 7.8

as Phroso

Age 33 (now 68)

Shadow of a Doubt

1943 7.5

as Fred Saunders

Age 44 (now 68)

A Patch of Blue

1965 7.6

as Ole Pa

Age 67 (now 68)

The Set-Up

1949 7.3

as Gus

Age 51 (now 68)

Harvey

1950 7.7

as The Taxi Driver

Age 52 (now 68)

The Mummy's Hand

1940 5.7

as Babe Jenson

Age 42 (now 68)

The Lost Patrol

1934 6.6

as Morelli

Age 36 (now 68)

The Man from Laramie

1955 7.2

as Charley O'Leary

Age 57 (now 68)

T-Men

1947 6.8

as The Schemer

Age 49 (now 68)

He Ran All the Way

1951 7.2

as Fred Dobbs

Age 53 (now 68)

The Informer

1935 6.8

as Frankie McPhillip

Age 37 (now 68)

Warlock

1959 6.8

as Judge Holloway

Age 61 (now 68)

The Breaking Point

1950 7.1

as F.R. Duncan

Age 52 (now 68)

Dead Reckoning

1946 6.8

as McGee

Age 48 (now 68)

Possessed

1931 7.0

as Al Manning

Age 33 (now 68)

Wichita

1955 6.3

as Arthur Whiteside

Age 57 (now 68)

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

2008 6.1

as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)

Age 110 (now 68)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 6.5

as Self (archive footage)

Age 89 (now 68)

A Patch of Blue

1965 7.6

as Ole Pa

Age 67 (now 68)

Bristle Face

1964 8.0

as Emory Packer

Age 65 (now 68)

Tess of the Storm Country

1960 10.0

as Fred Thorson

Age 62 (now 68)

Warlock

1959 6.8

as Judge Holloway

Age 61 (now 68)

The Last Hurrah

1958 7.2

as Charlie Hennessey

Age 60 (now 68)

Twilight for the Gods

1958 4.7

as Old Brown

Age 60 (now 68)

The Matchmaker

1958 7.0

as Malachi Stack

Age 60 (now 68)

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

1957

as Rebel

Age 58 (now 68)

The Rainmaker

1956 6.8

as Sheriff Howard Thomas

Age 58 (now 68)

Stagecoach To Fury

1956 5.4

as Judge Lester Farrell

Age 58 (now 68)

Thunder Over Arizona

1956 6.3

as Stiles

Age 58 (now 68)

Johnny Concho

1956 4.5

as Albert Dark

Age 58 (now 68)

The First Texan

1956 6.7

as Henry Delaney

Age 58 (now 68)

The Maverick Queen

1956 5.8

as Jamie

Age 58 (now 68)

The Spoilers

1955 5.5

as Flapjack Simms

Age 57 (now 68)

A Lawless Street

1955 5.6

as Dr. Amos Wynn

Age 57 (now 68)

Lucy Gallant

1955 7.0

as Gus Basserman

Age 57 (now 68)

The Man from Laramie

1955 7.2

as Charley O'Leary

Age 57 (now 68)

Wichita

1955 6.3

as Arthur Whiteside

Age 57 (now 68)

3 Ring Circus

1954 5.6

as Sam Morley

Age 56 (now 68)

Destry

1954 6.2

as Doc Curtis

Age 56 (now 68)

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954 5.7

as Walter "Wally" Higgins

Age 56 (now 68)

She Couldn't Say No

1954 5.7

as Joe Wheelen

Age 56 (now 68)

The Nebraskan

1953 3.8

as 'Mac' McBride

Age 55 (now 68)

The Great Jesse James Raid

1953 6.0

as Elias Hobbs

Age 55 (now 68)

Flesh and Fury

1952 6.6

as Jack 'Pop' Richardson

Age 54 (now 68)

Rodeo

1952 7.0

as Barbecue Jones

Age 54 (now 68)

Warpath

1951 6.0

as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts

Age 53 (now 68)

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

1951 6.0

as Sam Parks

Age 53 (now 68)

He Ran All the Way

1951 7.2

as Fred Dobbs

Age 53 (now 68)

Harvey

1950 7.7

as The Taxi Driver

Age 52 (now 68)

The Breaking Point

1950 7.1

as F.R. Duncan

Age 52 (now 68)

The Furies

1950 7.2

as Scotty Hyslip

Age 52 (now 68)

Dakota Lil

1950 5.4

as Carter

Age 52 (now 68)

Red Stallion In The Rockies

1949 9.0

as 'Talky' Carson

Age 51 (now 68)

The Set-Up

1949 7.3

as Gus

Age 51 (now 68)

Belle Starr's Daughter

1948 5.1

as Lafe Bailey

Age 50 (now 68)

Embraceable You

1948 6.0

as Police Lt. Ferria

Age 50 (now 68)

Coroner Creek

1948 6.2

as Andy West

Age 50 (now 68)

Shed No Tears

1948 5.1

as Sam Grover

Age 50 (now 68)

The Man from Texas

1948 8.0

as Jed

Age 50 (now 68)

T-Men

1947 6.8

as The Schemer

Age 49 (now 68)

Magic Town

1947 6.7

as Lou Dicketts

Age 49 (now 68)

Dead Reckoning

1946 6.8

as McGee

Age 48 (now 68)

Crack-Up

1946 5.7

as Lt. Cochrane

Age 48 (now 68)

Black Angel

1946 6.1

as Joe

Age 48 (now 68)

Rendezvous with Annie

1946 7.0

as Al Morgan

Age 48 (now 68)

The Green Years

1946 6.4

as Jamie Nigg

Age 48 (now 68)

Lover Come Back

1946 7.1

as Tubbs

Age 48 (now 68)

A Guy Could Change

1946 7.0

as Bill Conley

Age 47 (now 68)

Spellbound

1945 7.4

as Hotel masher

Age 47 (now 68)

On Stage Everybody

1945 8.0

as Emmett Rogers

Age 47 (now 68)

The Great John L.

1945 6.3

as McManus

Age 47 (now 68)

Blood on the Sun

1945 5.9

as Ollie Miller

Age 47 (now 68)

Machine Gun Mama

1944 4.5

as John O'Reilly

Age 46 (now 68)

Secret Command

1944 6.6

as Miller

Age 46 (now 68)

The Cross of Lorraine

1943 6.4

as Pierre

Age 45 (now 68)

The Ape Man

1943 4.4

as Jeff Carter

Age 45 (now 68)

Shadow of a Doubt

1943 7.5

as Fred Saunders

Age 44 (now 68)

The Mummy's Tomb

1942 5.5

as Babe Hanson

Age 44 (now 68)

Scattergood Survives a Murder

1942 5.9

as Wally Collins

Age 44 (now 68)

Inside the Law

1942 6.7

as Billy

Age 44 (now 68)

All Through the Night

1942 6.7

as Spats Hunter

Age 43 (now 68)

Blues in the Night

1941 6.2

as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)

Age 43 (now 68)

Murder by Invitation

1941 6.0

as Bob White

Age 43 (now 68)

Roar of the Press

1941 6.3

as Wally Williams

Age 43 (now 68)

A Man Betrayed

1941 5.6

as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)

Age 43 (now 68)

Give Us Wings

1940 7.3

as Mr. York

Age 42 (now 68)

The Mummy's Hand

1940 5.7

as Babe Jenson

Age 42 (now 68)

Scatterbrain

1940 7.5

as Sam Maxwell

Age 42 (now 68)

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

1940 9.0

as Joe Redmond

Age 42 (now 68)

Two Girls on Broadway

1940 7.0

as Jed Marlowe

Age 42 (now 68)

Isle Of Destiny

1940 5.7

as Millard Barnes

Age 42 (now 68)

Back Door to Heaven

1939 4.8

as Frankie Rogers

Age 41 (now 68)

The Marines Come Thru

1938 6.0

as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins

Age 40 (now 68)

Stardust

1938 5.3

as Peter Jackson

Age 40 (now 68)

Swing It, Sailor!

1938 7.5

as Pete Kelly

Age 39 (now 68)

Exiled to Shanghai

1937 5.5

as Ted Young

Age 39 (now 68)

Jericho

1937 6.2

as Mike Clancy

Age 39 (now 68)

O.H.M.S.

1937 4.7

as Jimmy Tracy

Age 38 (now 68)

A Son Comes Home

1936 4.0

as Steve

Age 38 (now 68)

The Rogues' Tavern

1936 6.4

as Jimmy Kelly

Age 38 (now 68)

Absolute Quiet

1936 5.6

as Jack

Age 38 (now 68)

Two in the Dark

1936 6.1

as Harry Hilyer

Age 37 (now 68)

Another Face

1935 4.8

as Joe Haynes, Press Agent

Age 37 (now 68)

Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935 9.0

as Harper

Age 37 (now 68)

She Couldn't Take It

1935 5.3

as "Fingers" Boston

Age 37 (now 68)

Get That Man

1935 4.3

as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott

Age 37 (now 68)

The Informer

1935 6.8

as Frankie McPhillip

Age 37 (now 68)

Men of the Hour

1935 8.0

as Andy Blane

Age 37 (now 68)

Swellhead

1935 10.0

as Terry McCall

Age 37 (now 68)

One Frightened Night

1935 5.6

as Joe Luvalle

Age 37 (now 68)

The Nut Farm

1935 9.0

as Willie Barton

Age 37 (now 68)

In Spite of Danger

1935 5.5

as Bob Crane

Age 37 (now 68)

The Whole Town's Talking

1935 6.9

as Healy

Age 37 (now 68)

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

1935 4.3

as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton

Age 36 (now 68)

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

1934 6.0

as 'Curly'

Age 36 (now 68)

The Hollywood Gad-About

1934 6.0

as Self (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 68)

Money Means Nothing

1934 5.8

as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay

Age 36 (now 68)

I Hate Women

1934 8.0

as Scoop McGuire

Age 36 (now 68)

Men in White

1934 6.3

as Shorty

Age 36 (now 68)

The Lost Patrol

1934 6.6

as Morelli

Age 36 (now 68)

A Woman's Man

1934 6.5

as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter

Age 35 (now 68)

East of Fifth Avenue

1933 6.3

as Vic Howard

Age 35 (now 68)

My Woman

1933 4.2

as Chick Rollins

Age 35 (now 68)

Goodbye Again

1933 4.9

as Arthur Westlake

Age 35 (now 68)

Three Cornered Moon

1933 6.0

as Kenneth Rimplegar

Age 35 (now 68)

Headline Shooter

1933 6.3

as Mike

Age 35 (now 68)

The Big Cage

1933 8.0

as Russ Penny

Age 35 (now 68)

Night of Terror

1933 5.3

as Tom Hartley

Age 35 (now 68)

Employees' Entrance

1933 6.1

as Martin West

Age 34 (now 68)

Hypnotized

1932 7.0

as Bill Bogard

Age 34 (now 68)

Central Park

1932 5.8

as Rick

Age 34 (now 68)

Skyscraper Souls

1932 5.5

as Slim

Age 34 (now 68)

The Wet Parade

1932 6.2

as Jerry Tyler

Age 34 (now 68)

Are You Listening?

1932 5.6

as Larry Barnes

Age 34 (now 68)

The Beast of the City

1932 5.9

as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick

Age 34 (now 68)

Freaks

1932 7.8

as Phroso

Age 33 (now 68)

X Marks the Spot

1931 6.5

as Ted Lloyd

Age 33 (now 68)

Possessed

1931 7.0

as Al Manning

Age 33 (now 68)

Married in Hollywood

1929 7.0

as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)

Age 31 (now 68)