1891-05-04 Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
From Wikipedia Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada - 30 October 1978, Santa Barbara, California) was a Canadian silent film actor, also a film producer. MacDonald started as a messenger boy with the Dominion Steel Company in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He later worked up to teller with the Royal Bank in Sydney before the bank transferred him to Vancouver, British Columbia. From there, he moved to California, where he acted on the stage before making inroads into Hollywood. MacDonald initially began as an actor in films in 1914 and appeared in almost 120 motion pictures between then and 1932. He had notable roles in such films as Youth's Endearing Charm in 1916 working with Mary Miles Minter and Harry von Meter. Late in World War I he returned briefly to Nova Scotia to enlist in the 10th Canadian Siege Battery where he assisted in recruiting for the Canadian Army. With the advent of sound, MacDonald's acting career diminished, and most of his roles between 1927 and 1932 went uncredited. He retired from acting in 1932 to concentrate on script writing. However, by 1937 he had recognized the potential of film production. It is in his role of producer that MacDonald is now probably best remembered. He produced well over 100 films between 1937 and 1959. He died in 1978. Sometimes he is mistaken as a brother of actor Francis McDonald. Though both resembled one another and were born in 1891, they were born three months apart and spelled their surnames differently.
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A Street of Memory | Narrator (voice) | 1937-01-22 |
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Their Big Moment | Theater Manager (uncredited) | 1934-08-17 |
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Mary Stevens, M.D. | SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited) | 1933-07-22 |
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Night Flight | Mechanic (uncredited) | 1933-10-06 |
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The Mayor of Hell | Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited) | 1933-06-24 |
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The Vanishing Frontier | Captain Roger Kearney | 1933-03-13 |
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I Loved a Woman | Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited) | 1933-09-23 |
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King of the Wild Horses | Gorman | 1933-11-10 |
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Between Fighting Men | Wally Thompson | 1932-10-15 |
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High Speed | Tom Corliss | 1932-04-02 |
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The Arm of the Law | Newspaper Reporter | 1932-04-19 |
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The Riding Tornado | Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman | 1932-05-04 |
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Daring Danger | Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald) | 1932-06-22 |
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Texas Cyclone | Nick Lawler | 1932-02-24 |
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Two-Fisted Law | Artie | 1932-06-08 |
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Hello Trouble | LaTange | 1932-07-15 |
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Millie | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1931-02-06 |
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Fifty Fathoms Deep | Mate | 1931-08-20 |
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The Last Flight | Officer at Hospital | 1931-08-29 |
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The Drums of Jeopardy | Prince Gregor Petroff | 1931-03-01 |
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Branded | Stage Robber | 1931-09-01 |
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The Pagan Lady | Francisco | 1931-09-07 |
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The Range Feud | Hank | 1931-10-14 |
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Fighting Thru | George 'Tennessee' Malden | 1930-12-25 |
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Zampa | The Villain | 1930-09-01 |
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The Rogue Song | Hassan | 1930-01-17 |
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Madam Satan | First Mate | 1930-09-20 |
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Sweetie | Bill Barrington | 1929-10-25 |
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Hit the Deck | Lieutenant Allen | 1929-12-25 |
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Fancy Baggage | Ernest Hardin | 1929-01-26 |
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Darkened Rooms | Bert Nelson | 1929-11-23 |
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Blockade | Vincent | 1928-12-16 |
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Tropical Nights | Stavnow | 1928-12-10 |
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Tumbling River | Keechie | 1927-08-21 |
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Drums of the Desert | Will Newton | 1927-06-04 |
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Red Signals | Lee Bryson | 1927-03-01 |
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Faithful Wives | Tom Burke | 1926-11-25 |
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The Bar-C Mystery | Nevada | 1926-04-25 |
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Hell's Four Hundred | Marshall Langham | 1926-03-14 |
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The Checkered Flag | Jack Reese | 1926-01-19 |
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Two Can Play | Robert MacForth | 1926-02-21 |
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Wandering Fires | Norman Yuell | 1925-09-15 |
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Learning to Love | Professor Bonnard | 1925-01-25 |
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Lightnin' | John Marvin | 1925-08-23 |
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The Primrose Path | Bruce Armstrong | 1925-09-14 |
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The Charmer | Ralph Bayne | 1925-04-20 |
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New Lives for Old | Hugh Warren | 1925-02-22 |
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The Lady | Leonard St. Aubyns | 1925-02-08 |
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Thy Name Is Woman | Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar | 1924-02-04 |
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Roaring Rails | Malcolm Gregory | 1924-09-20 |
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Love and Glory | Anatole Picard | 1924-12-07 |
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The Sea Hawk | Peter Godolphin | 1924-06-14 |
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Curlytop | Bill Branigan | 1924-12-28 |
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The Heart Bandit | 'Spike' Malone | 1924-01-24 |
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Maytime | Claude Van Zandt | 1923-11-17 |
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The Spoilers | Broncho Kid | 1923-08-26 |
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The Day of Faith | John Anstell | 1923-10-20 |
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A Fool There Was | Avery Parmelee | 1922-06-18 |
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The Understudy | Tom Manning | 1922-06-25 |
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The Sage Hen | Her Son, as a Man | 1921-01-01 |
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A Poor Relation | Johnny Smith | 1921-12-30 |
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Trumpet Island | Richard Bedell | 1920-09-01 |
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The Fighting Shepherdess | Hughie | 1920-03-01 |
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Rouge and Riches | Tom Rushworth | 1920-02-09 |
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Are All Men Alike? | Gerry Rhinelander West | 1920-11-08 |
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Cupid Forecloses | Bruce Cartwright | 1919-07-12 |
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The Little Boss | Clayton Hargis | 1919-06-02 |
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Leave It to Susan | Jimmy Dawson | 1919-05-25 |
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The Follies Girl | Ned | 1919-04-27 |
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Marked Cards | Ted Breslin | 1918-07-14 |
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The Princess of Park Row | Tom Kearney | 1917-10-01 |
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Youth's Endearing Charm | Harry Disbrow | 1916-09-04 |
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Purity | Youth | 1916-07-23 |
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Their Last Haul | Crook | 1915-02-21 |
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Love and Bullets | The Trouble Mender's Secretary | 1914-07-04 |
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Fatty Again | The Boarder - Father's Choice | 1914-10-03 |
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Caught in a Cabaret | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1914-04-27 |
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Mabel's Married Life | Delivery Boy (uncredited) | 1914-06-20 |
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Those Love Pangs | Movie Patron (uncredited) | 1914-10-10 |
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Zip, the Dodger | Minta's Sweetheart | 1914-10-17 |
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Mabel's Blunder | Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend | 1914-09-12 |
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The Rounders | Diner | 1914-09-07 |
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The Face on the Barroom Floor | Drinker | 1914-08-10 |
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Dough and Dynamite | Customer | 1914-10-26 |
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The Knockout | Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited) | 1914-06-11 |
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Tillie's Punctured Romance | Policeman (uncredited) | 1914-12-21 |
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The Star Boarder | Boarder (uncredited) | 1914-04-04 |
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Mabel's Busy Day | Spectator (uncredited) | 1914-06-13 |
