1898-02-11 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 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.
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1987-03-13 |
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A Patch of Blue | Ole Pa | 1965-12-10 |
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Bristle Face | Emory Packer | 1964-01-26 |
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Tess of the Storm Country | Fred Thorson | 1960-12-08 |
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Warlock | Judge Holloway | 1959-05-15 |
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The Last Hurrah | Charlie Hennessey | 1958-12-31 |
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The Matchmaker | Malachi Stack | 1958-07-23 |
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Twilight for the Gods | Old Brown | 1958-08-04 |
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Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses | Rebel | 1957-01-03 |
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The Maverick Queen | Jamie | 1956-05-03 |
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Stagecoach To Fury | Judge Lester Farrell | 1956-12-13 |
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The First Texan | Henry Delaney | 1956-06-29 |
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The Rainmaker | Sheriff Howard Thomas | 1956-12-13 |
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Thunder Over Arizona | Stiles | 1956-08-04 |
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Johnny Concho | Albert Dark | 1956-07-01 |
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The Spoilers | Flapjack Simms | 1955-12-23 |
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Wichita | Arthur Whiteside | 1955-07-03 |
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Lucy Gallant | Gus Basserman | 1955-10-20 |
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A Lawless Street | Dr. Amos Wynn | 1955-11-15 |
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The Man from Laramie | Charley O'Leary | 1955-08-19 |
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The Boy from Oklahoma | Walter "Wally" Higgins | 1954-02-27 |
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3 Ring Circus | Sam Morley | 1954-12-22 |
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Destry | Doc Curtis | 1954-12-01 |
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She Couldn't Say No | Joe Wheelen | 1954-02-15 |
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The Great Jesse James Raid | Elias Hobbs | 1953-07-17 |
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The Nebraskan | 'Mac' McBride | 1953-12-02 |
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Rodeo | Barbecue Jones | 1952-03-09 |
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Flesh and Fury | Jack 'Pop' Richardson | 1952-06-26 |
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Painting The Clouds With Sunshine | Sam Parks | 1951-10-10 |
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Warpath | Pvt. 'Irish' Potts | 1951-11-22 |
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He Ran All the Way | Fred Dobbs | 1951-06-20 |
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Harvey | The Taxi Driver | 1950-12-04 |
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Dakota Lil | Carter | 1950-02-17 |
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The Breaking Point | F.R. Duncan | 1950-10-06 |
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The Furies | Scotty Hyslip | 1950-07-22 |
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Red Stallion In The Rockies | 'Talky' Carson | 1949-05-02 |
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The Set-Up | Gus | 1949-03-29 |
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Shed No Tears | Sam Grover | 1948-06-09 |
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The Man from Texas | Jed | 1948-03-06 |
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Coroner Creek | Andy West | 1948-07-01 |
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Belle Starr's Daughter | Lafe Bailey | 1948-11-13 |
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Embraceable You | Police Lt. Ferria | 1948-08-21 |
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T-Men | The Schemer | 1947-12-15 |
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Magic Town | Lou Dicketts | 1947-10-07 |
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Dead Reckoning | McGee | 1946-12-31 |
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A Guy Could Change | Bill Conley | 1946-01-27 |
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Black Angel | Joe | 1946-08-02 |
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Crack-Up | Lt. Cochrane | 1946-09-06 |
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Rendezvous with Annie | Al Morgan | 1946-07-22 |
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The Green Years | Jamie Nigg | 1946-07-04 |
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Lover Come Back | Tubbs | 1946-06-21 |
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Spellbound | Hotel masher | 1945-11-08 |
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On Stage Everybody | Emmett Rogers | 1945-07-13 |
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The Great John L. | McManus | 1945-05-25 |
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Blood on the Sun | Ollie Miller | 1945-04-26 |
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Secret Command | Miller | 1944-07-30 |
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Machine Gun Mama | John O'Reilly | 1944-08-18 |
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The Cross of Lorraine | Pierre | 1943-11-12 |
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The Ape Man | Jeff Carter | 1943-03-05 |
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Shadow of a Doubt | Fred Saunders | 1943-01-15 |
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Inside the Law | Billy | 1942-05-08 |
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The Mummy's Tomb | Babe Hanson | 1942-10-23 |
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All Through the Night | Spats Hunter | 1942-01-10 |
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Scattergood Survives a Murder | Wally Collins | 1942-10-01 |
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Murder by Invitation | Bob White | 1941-06-30 |
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Roar of the Press | Wally Williams | 1941-04-17 |
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Blues in the Night | Brad Ames (as Wally Ford) | 1941-11-15 |
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A Man Betrayed | Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter) | 1941-03-07 |
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Isle Of Destiny | Millard Barnes | 1940-03-08 |
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The Mummy's Hand | Babe Jenson | 1940-09-20 |
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Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | Joe Redmond | 1940-06-07 |
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Scatterbrain | Sam Maxwell | 1940-07-20 |
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Give Us Wings | Mr. York | 1940-12-20 |
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Two Girls on Broadway | Jed Marlowe | 1940-04-19 |
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Back Door to Heaven | Frankie Rogers | 1939-04-19 |
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The Marines Come Thru | Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins | 1938-08-04 |
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Swing It, Sailor! | Pete Kelly | 1938-02-04 |
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Stardust | Peter Jackson | 1938-03-25 |
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Jericho | Mike Clancy | 1937-08-23 |
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O.H.M.S. | Jimmy Tracy | 1937-01-01 |
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Exiled to Shanghai | Ted Young | 1937-12-20 |
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A Son Comes Home | Steve | 1936-07-31 |
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The Rogues' Tavern | Jimmy Kelly | 1936-06-04 |
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Absolute Quiet | Jack | 1936-04-24 |
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Two in the Dark | Harry Hilyer | 1936-01-10 |
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She Couldn't Take It | "Fingers" Boston | 1935-10-08 |
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Another Face | Joe Haynes, Press Agent | 1935-12-20 |
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The Whole Town's Talking | Healy | 1935-02-22 |
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Swellhead | Terry McCall | 1935-05-04 |
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Mary Burns, Fugitive | Harper | 1935-11-15 |
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The Nut Farm | Willie Barton | 1935-03-24 |
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Jason H. 'Jay' Barton | 1935-01-25 |
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In Spite of Danger | Bob Crane | 1935-03-08 |
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Get That Man | Jack Kirkland / John Prescott | 1935-07-10 |
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One Frightened Night | Joe Luvalle | 1935-05-01 |
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The Informer | Frankie McPhillip | 1935-05-09 |
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I Hate Women | Scoop McGuire | 1934-05-10 |
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | 'Curly' | 1934-12-24 |
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A Woman's Man | Joe Flynn - Prizefighter | 1934-02-06 |
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Money Means Nothing | Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay | 1934-06-14 |
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The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | 1934-10-04 |
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The Lost Patrol | Morelli | 1934-02-16 |
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Men in White | Shorty | 1934-04-06 |
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Employees' Entrance | Martin West | 1933-02-11 |
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Three Cornered Moon | Kenneth Rimplegar | 1933-08-04 |
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The Big Cage | Russ Penny | 1933-05-01 |
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Night of Terror | Tom Hartley | 1933-04-23 |
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My Woman | Chick Rollins | 1933-10-04 |
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Goodbye Again | Arthur Westlake | 1933-09-09 |
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East of Fifth Avenue | Vic Howard | 1933-11-28 |
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Headline Shooter | Mike | 1933-07-28 |
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Freaks | Phroso | 1932-01-01 |
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The Beast of the City | Det. Ed Fitzpatrick | 1932-02-13 |
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Skyscraper Souls | Slim | 1932-07-16 |
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Hypnotized | Bill Bogard | 1932-12-25 |
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Are You Listening? | Larry Barnes | 1932-03-21 |
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The Wet Parade | Jerry Tyler | 1932-03-26 |
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Central Park | Rick | 1932-12-10 |
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Possessed | Al Manning | 1931-11-21 |
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X Marks the Spot | Ted Lloyd | 1931-12-13 |
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Married in Hollywood | Mitzi's Fan (uncredited) | 1929-09-22 |
