Wallace Ford
Born February 11, 1898 (Age: 128)
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Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 89
A Patch of Blue
1965
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as Ole Pa
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Age: 67
Bristle Face
1964
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as Emory Packer
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Age: 65
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
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as Fred Thorson
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Age: 62
Warlock
1959
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as Judge Holloway
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Age: 61
The Last Hurrah
1958
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as Charlie Hennessey
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Age: 60
Twilight for the Gods
1958
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as Old Brown
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Age: 60
The Matchmaker
1958
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as Malachi Stack
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Age: 60
The Rainmaker
1956
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as Sheriff Howard Thomas
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Age: 58
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
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as Judge Lester Farrell
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Age: 58
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
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as Stiles
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Age: 58
Johnny Concho
1956
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as Albert Dark
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Age: 58
The First Texan
1956
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as Henry Delaney
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Age: 58
The Maverick Queen
1956
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as Jamie
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Age: 58
The Spoilers
1955
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as Flapjack Simms
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Age: 57
A Lawless Street
1955
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as Dr. Amos Wynn
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Age: 57
Lucy Gallant
1955
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as Gus Basserman
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Age: 57
The Man from Laramie
1955
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as Charley O'Leary
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Age: 57
Wichita
1955
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as Arthur Whiteside
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Age: 57
3 Ring Circus
1954
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as Sam Morley
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Age: 56
Destry
1954
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as Doc Curtis
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Age: 56
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
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as Walter "Wally" Higgins
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Age: 56
She Couldn't Say No
1954
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as Joe Wheelen
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Age: 56
The Nebraskan
1953
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as 'Mac' McBride
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Age: 55
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
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as Elias Hobbs
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Age: 55
Harvey
1950
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as The Taxi Driver
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Age: 52
The Breaking Point
1950
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as F.R. Duncan
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Age: 52
The Furies
1950
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as Scotty Hyslip
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Age: 52
Dakota Lil
1950
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as Carter
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Age: 52
Spellbound
1945
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as Hotel masher
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Age: 47
On Stage Everybody
1945
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as Emmett Rogers
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Age: 47
The Great John L.
1945
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as McManus
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Age: 47
Blood on the Sun
1945
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as Ollie Miller
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Age: 47
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
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as Babe Hanson
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Age: 44
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
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as Wally Collins
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Age: 44
Inside the Law
1942
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as Billy
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Age: 44
All Through the Night
1942
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as Spats Hunter
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Age: 43
Blues in the Night
1941
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as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
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Age: 43
Murder by Invitation
1941
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as Bob White
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Age: 43
Roar of the Press
1941
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as Wally Williams
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Age: 43
A Man Betrayed
1941
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as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
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Age: 43
Hypnotized
1932
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as Bill Bogard
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Age: 34
Central Park
1932
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as Rick
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Age: 34
Skyscraper Souls
1932
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as Slim
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Age: 34
The Wet Parade
1932
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as Jerry Tyler
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Age: 34
Are You Listening?
1932
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as Larry Barnes
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Age: 34
The Beast of the City
1932
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as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
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Age: 34
Freaks
1932
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as Phroso
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Age: 33
X Marks the Spot
1931
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as Ted Lloyd
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Age: 33
Possessed
1931
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as Al Manning
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Age: 33