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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The Mayor of Hell | Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited) | 1933-06-24 |
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Night Flight | Mechanic (uncredited) | 1933-10-06 |
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Mary Stevens, M.D. | SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited) | 1933-07-22 |
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King of the Wild Horses | Gorman | 1933-11-10 |
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I Loved a Woman | Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited) | 1933-09-23 |
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The World Changes | Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited) | 1933-11-25 |
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Gold Diggers of 1933 | Stage Manager (uncredited) | 1933-05-27 |
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The Vanishing Frontier | Captain Roger Kearney | 1933-03-13 |
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High Speed | Tom Corliss | 1932-04-02 |
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Hello Trouble | LaTange | 1932-07-15 |
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Texas Cyclone | Nick Lawler | 1932-02-24 |
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The Riding Tornado | Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman | 1932-05-04 |
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Two-Fisted Law | Artie | 1932-06-08 |
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Daring Danger | Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald) | 1932-06-22 |
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The Arm of the Law | Newspaper Reporter | 1932-04-19 |
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Tex Takes a Holiday | Tex | 1932-12-02 |
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Between Fighting Men | Wally Thompson | 1932-10-15 |
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The Drums of Jeopardy | Prince Gregor Petroff | 1931-03-01 |
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The Last Flight | Officer at Hospital | 1931-08-29 |
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Fifty Fathoms Deep | Mate | 1931-08-20 |
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Millie | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1931-02-06 |
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Branded | Stage Robber | 1931-09-01 |
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The Range Feud | Hank | 1931-10-14 |
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The Pagan Lady | Francisco | 1931-09-07 |
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Zampa | The Villain | 1930-09-01 |
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Madam Satan | First Mate | 1930-09-20 |
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The Rogue Song | Hassan | 1930-01-17 |
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Fighting Thru | George 'Tennessee' Malden | 1930-12-25 |
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Fancy Baggage | Ernest Hardin | 1929-01-26 |
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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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Darkened Rooms | Bert Nelson | 1929-11-23 |
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Dark Skies | Captain Pedro Real | 1929-12-10 |
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Tropical Nights | Stavnow | 1928-12-10 |
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Blockade | Vincent | 1928-12-16 |
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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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Your Wife and Mine | Robert Warren | 1927-08-01 |
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Two Can Play | Robert MacForth | 1926-02-21 |
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Hell's Four Hundred | Marshall Langham | 1926-03-14 |
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The Bar-C Mystery | Nevada | 1926-04-25 |
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Faithful Wives | Tom Burke | 1926-11-25 |
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The Checkered Flag | Jack Reese | 1926-01-19 |
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Casey of the Coast Guard | Coast Guardsman | 1926-02-14 |
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Fighting with Buffalo Bill | Ned Wheeler | 1926-08-30 |
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New Lives for Old | Hugh Warren | 1925-02-22 |
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The Charmer | Ralph Bayne | 1925-04-20 |
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The Lady | Leonard St. Aubyns | 1925-02-08 |
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Learning to Love | Professor Bonnard | 1925-01-25 |
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Wandering Fires | Norman Yuell | 1925-09-15 |
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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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Love and Glory | Anatole Picard | 1924-12-07 |
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The Heart Bandit | 'Spike' Malone | 1924-01-24 |
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Curlytop | Bill Branigan | 1924-12-28 |
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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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The Sea Hawk | Peter Godolphin | 1924-06-14 |
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Maytime | Claude Van Zandt | 1923-11-17 |
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The Day of Faith | John Anstell | 1923-10-20 |
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The Spoilers | Broncho Kid | 1923-08-26 |
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The Understudy | Tom Manning | 1922-06-25 |
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A Fool There Was | Avery Parmelee | 1922-06-18 |
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Caught Bluffing | Wallace Towers | 1922-09-18 |
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Youth Must Have Love | Earl Stannard | 1922-10-01 |
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The Sage Hen | Her Son, as a Man | 1921-01-01 |
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Breaking Through | Willard Ward | 1921-09-25 |
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A Poor Relation | Johnny Smith | 1921-12-30 |
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Cinderella's Twin | Prentice Blue | 1920-12-27 |
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Moon Madness | Jan | 1920-07-12 |
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The Fighting Shepherdess | Hughie | 1920-03-01 |
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Are All Men Alike? | Gerry Rhinelander West | 1920-11-08 |
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Trumpet Island | Richard Bedell | 1920-09-01 |
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Rouge and Riches | Tom Rushworth | 1920-02-09 |
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A Girl Named Mary | Henry Martin | 1919-12-21 |
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Spotlight Sadie | Dick Carrington | 1919-04-06 |
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The Follies Girl | Ned | 1919-04-27 |
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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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Brothers Divided | Max King | 1919-12-07 |
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Cupid Forecloses | Bruce Cartwright | 1919-07-12 |
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The Shoes That Danced | Harmony Lad | 1918-03-03 |
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Madame Sphinx | Andre Du Bois | 1918-06-09 |
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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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Nanette of the Wilds | Harry Jennings | 1916-11-26 |
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Purity | Youth | 1916-07-23 |
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Youth's Endearing Charm | Harry Disbrow | 1916-09-04 |
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Their Last Haul | Crook | 1915-02-21 |
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Mabel's Busy Day | Spectator (uncredited) | 1914-06-13 |
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Tillie's Punctured Romance | Policeman (uncredited) | 1914-12-21 |
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Those Love Pangs | Movie Patron (uncredited) | 1914-10-10 |
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The Knockout | Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited) | 1914-06-11 |
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The Star Boarder | Boarder (uncredited) | 1914-04-04 |
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Caught in a Cabaret | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1914-04-27 |
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Mabel's Blunder | Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend | 1914-09-12 |
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Mabel's Married Life | Delivery Boy (uncredited) | 1914-06-20 |
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Zip, the Dodger | Minta's Sweetheart | 1914-10-17 |
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The Face on the Barroom Floor | Drinker | 1914-08-10 |
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The Rounders | Diner | 1914-09-07 |
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Fatty Again | The Boarder - Father's Choice | 1914-10-03 |
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Love and Bullets | The Trouble Mender's Secretary | 1914-07-04 |
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Dough and Dynamite | Customer | 1914-10-26 |
