Wallace Ford profile
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Wallace Ford

11th February 1898 Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK Acting

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.

123 Movies 22 TV Shows 145 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Warlock poster
Warlock 15th May 1959 as Judge Holloway
Wichita poster
Wichita 3rd July 1955 as Arthur Whiteside
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Destry 1st December 1954 as Doc Curtis
Rodeo poster
Rodeo 9th March 1952 as Barbecue Jones
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Warpath 22nd November 1951 as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
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Harvey 4th December 1950 as The Taxi Driver
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T-Men 15th December 1947 as The Schemer
Crack-Up poster
Crack-Up 6th September 1946 as Lt. Cochrane
Jericho poster
Jericho 23rd August 1937 as Mike Clancy
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Freaks 1st January 1932 as Phroso
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The Deputy 12th September 1959 as Marshal Herk Lamson
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Climax! 7th October 1954 as Samuel Cramer