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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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 Rainmaker | Sheriff Howard Thomas | 1956-12-13 |
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Stagecoach To Fury | Judge Lester Farrell | 1956-12-13 |
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Thunder Over Arizona | Stiles | 1956-08-04 |
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The First Texan | Henry Delaney | 1956-06-29 |
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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 Man from Laramie | Charley O'Leary | 1955-08-19 |
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Wichita | Arthur Whiteside | 1955-07-03 |
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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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Lucy Gallant | Gus Basserman | 1955-10-20 |
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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 Nebraskan | 'Mac' McBride | 1953-12-02 |
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The Great Jesse James Raid | Elias Hobbs | 1953-07-17 |
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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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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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Warpath | Pvt. 'Irish' Potts | 1951-11-22 |
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Harvey | The Taxi Driver | 1950-12-04 |
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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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The Breaking Point | F.R. Duncan | 1950-10-06 |
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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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Embraceable You | Police Lt. Ferria | 1948-08-21 |
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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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T-Men | The Schemer | 1947-12-15 |
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Magic Town | Lou Dicketts | 1947-10-07 |
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Crack-Up | Lt. Cochrane | 1946-09-06 |
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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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Lover Come Back | Tubbs | 1946-06-21 |
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Rendezvous with Annie | Al Morgan | 1946-07-22 |
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Dead Reckoning | McGee | 1946-12-31 |
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The Green Years | Jamie Nigg | 1946-07-04 |
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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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Blood on the Sun | Ollie Miller | 1945-04-26 |
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The Great John L. | McManus | 1945-05-25 |
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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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All Through the Night | Spats Hunter | 1942-01-10 |
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The Mummy's Tomb | Babe Hanson | 1942-10-23 |
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Inside the Law | Billy | 1942-05-08 |
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Scattergood Survives a Murder | Wally Collins | 1942-10-01 |
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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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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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Two Girls on Broadway | Jed Marlowe | 1940-04-19 |
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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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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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The Rogues' Tavern | Jimmy Kelly | 1936-06-04 |
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A Son Comes Home | Steve | 1936-07-31 |
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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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The Nut Farm | Willie Barton | 1935-03-24 |
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One Frightened Night | Joe Luvalle | 1935-05-01 |
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The Whole Town's Talking | Healy | 1935-02-22 |
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Another Face | Joe Haynes, Press Agent | 1935-12-20 |
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She Couldn't Take It | "Fingers" Boston | 1935-10-08 |
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Swellhead | Terry McCall | 1935-05-04 |
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The Informer | Frankie McPhillip | 1935-05-09 |
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Get That Man | Jack Kirkland / John Prescott | 1935-07-10 |
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Jason H. 'Jay' Barton | 1935-01-25 |
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Mary Burns, Fugitive | Harper | 1935-11-15 |
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In Spite of Danger | Bob Crane | 1935-03-08 |
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | 'Curly' | 1934-12-24 |
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I Hate Women | Scoop McGuire | 1934-05-10 |
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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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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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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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Night of Terror | Tom Hartley | 1933-04-23 |
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Headline Shooter | Mike | 1933-07-28 |
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Goodbye Again | Arthur Westlake | 1933-09-09 |
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My Woman | Chick Rollins | 1933-10-04 |
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East of Fifth Avenue | Vic Howard | 1933-11-28 |
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The Big Cage | Russ Penny | 1933-05-01 |
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Central Park | Rick | 1932-12-10 |
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The Beast of the City | Det. Ed Fitzpatrick | 1932-02-13 |
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Hypnotized | Bill Bogard | 1932-12-25 |
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Freaks | Phroso | 1932-01-01 |
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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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Skyscraper Souls | Slim | 1932-07-16 |
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X Marks the Spot | Ted Lloyd | 1931-12-13 |
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Possessed | Al Manning | 1931-11-21 |
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Married in Hollywood | Mitzi's Fan (uncredited) | 1929-09-22 |
