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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Twilight for the Gods | Old Brown | 1958-08-04 |
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The Matchmaker | Malachi Stack | 1958-07-23 |
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The Last Hurrah | Charlie Hennessey | 1958-12-31 |
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Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses | Rebel | 1957-01-03 |
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Stagecoach To Fury | Judge Lester Farrell | 1956-12-13 |
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Johnny Concho | Albert Dark | 1956-07-01 |
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The Maverick Queen | Jamie | 1956-05-03 |
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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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Wichita | Arthur Whiteside | 1955-07-03 |
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Lucy Gallant | Gus Basserman | 1955-10-20 |
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The Spoilers | Flapjack Simms | 1955-12-23 |
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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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Destry | Doc Curtis | 1954-12-01 |
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She Couldn't Say No | Joe Wheelen | 1954-02-15 |
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3 Ring Circus | Sam Morley | 1954-12-22 |
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The Boy from Oklahoma | Walter "Wally" Higgins | 1954-02-27 |
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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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Flesh and Fury | Jack 'Pop' Richardson | 1952-06-26 |
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Rodeo | Barbecue Jones | 1952-03-09 |
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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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Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | Sam Parks | 1951-10-10 |
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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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Dakota Lil | Carter | 1950-02-17 |
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Harvey | The Taxi Driver | 1950-12-04 |
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The Set-Up | Gus | 1949-03-29 |
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Red Stallion In The Rockies | 'Talky' Carson | 1949-05-02 |
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The Man from Texas | Jed | 1948-03-06 |
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Embraceable You | Police Lt. Ferria | 1948-08-21 |
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Shed No Tears | Sam Grover | 1948-06-09 |
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Belle Starr's Daughter | Lafe Bailey | 1948-11-13 |
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Coroner Creek | Andy West | 1948-07-01 |
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Magic Town | Lou Dicketts | 1947-10-07 |
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T-Men | The Schemer | 1947-12-15 |
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Rendezvous with Annie | Al Morgan | 1946-07-22 |
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A Guy Could Change | Bill Conley | 1946-01-27 |
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Lover Come Back | Tubbs | 1946-06-21 |
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The Green Years | Jamie Nigg | 1946-07-04 |
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Dead Reckoning | McGee | 1946-12-31 |
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Crack-Up | Lt. Cochrane | 1946-09-06 |
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Black Angel | Joe | 1946-08-02 |
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Blood on the Sun | Ollie Miller | 1945-04-26 |
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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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Spellbound | Hotel masher | 1945-11-08 |
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Machine Gun Mama | John O'Reilly | 1944-08-18 |
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Secret Command | Miller | 1944-07-30 |
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Shadow of a Doubt | Fred Saunders | 1943-01-12 |
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The Ape Man | Jeff Carter | 1943-03-05 |
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The Cross of Lorraine | Pierre | 1943-11-12 |
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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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Inside the Law | Billy | 1942-05-08 |
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Roar of the Press | Wally Williams | 1941-04-17 |
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Murder by Invitation | Bob White | 1941-06-30 |
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A Man Betrayed | Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter) | 1941-03-07 |
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Blues in the Night | Brad Ames (as Wally Ford) | 1941-11-15 |
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Scatterbrain | Sam Maxwell | 1940-07-20 |
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Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | Joe Redmond | 1940-06-07 |
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Give Us Wings | Mr. York | 1940-12-20 |
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The Mummy's Hand | Babe Jenson | 1940-09-20 |
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Isle Of Destiny | Millard Barnes | 1940-03-08 |
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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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Stardust | Peter Jackson | 1938-03-25 |
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Swing It, Sailor! | Pete Kelly | 1938-02-04 |
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O.H.M.S. | Jimmy Tracy | 1937-01-01 |
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Jericho | Mike Clancy | 1937-08-23 |
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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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Two in the Dark | Harry Hilyer | 1936-01-10 |
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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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The Whole Town's Talking | Healy | 1935-02-22 |
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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 Informer | Frankie McPhillip | 1935-05-09 |
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Men of the Hour | Andy Blane | 1935-05-05 |
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In Spite of Danger | Bob Crane | 1935-03-08 |
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One Frightened Night | Joe Luvalle | 1935-05-01 |
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Jason H. 'Jay' Barton | 1935-01-25 |
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Swellhead | Terry McCall | 1935-05-04 |
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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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Get That Man | Jack Kirkland / John Prescott | 1935-07-10 |
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The Lost Patrol | Morelli | 1934-02-16 |
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The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | 1934-10-04 |
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Men in White | Shorty | 1934-04-06 |
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I Hate Women | Scoop McGuire | 1934-05-10 |
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Money Means Nothing | Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay | 1934-06-14 |
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A Woman's Man | Joe Flynn - Prizefighter | 1934-02-06 |
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | 'Curly' | 1934-12-24 |
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Employees' Entrance | Martin West | 1933-02-11 |
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My Woman | Chick Rollins | 1933-10-04 |
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Three Cornered Moon | Kenneth Rimplegar | 1933-08-04 |
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Night of Terror | Tom Hartley | 1933-04-23 |
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Headline Shooter | Mike | 1933-07-28 |
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The Big Cage | Russ Penny | 1933-05-01 |
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East of Fifth Avenue | Vic Howard | 1933-11-28 |
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Goodbye Again | Arthur Westlake | 1933-09-09 |
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Are You Listening? | Larry Barnes | 1932-03-21 |
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The Beast of the City | Detective Ed Fitzpatrick | 1932-02-13 |
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Freaks | Phroso | 1932-01-01 |
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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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Skyscraper Souls | Slim | 1932-07-16 |
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Hypnotized | Bill Bogard | 1932-12-25 |
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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 |
