Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford

Birthday: 1898-02-11

Deathday: 1966-06-11

Place of birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Also known as: Samuel Jones Grundy, Wally Ford, Samuel Grundy Jones

imdb_id: nm0285922

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

The Nut Farm

Score: 8.0

Freaks

Score: 7.8

Harvey

Score: 7.7

A Patch of Blue

Score: 7.6

Shadow of a Doubt

Score: 7.5

Spellbound

Score: 7.4

The Set-Up

Score: 7.3

The Man from Laramie

Score: 7.2

He Ran All the Way

Score: 7.2

The Last Hurrah

Score: 7.1

The Breaking Point

Score: 7.1

The Furies

Score: 7.1

The Matchmaker

Score: 7.0

Lucy Gallant

Score: 7.0

Possessed

Score: 7.0

All Through the Night

Score: 6.9

Secret Command

Score: 6.8

T-Men

Score: 6.8

The Whole Town's Talking

Score: 6.8

Dead Reckoning

Score: 6.8

The Informer

Score: 6.7

Warlock

Score: 6.7

The Rainmaker

Score: 6.7

Magic Town

Score: 6.7

Two Girls on Broadway

Score: 6.6

The Green Years

Score: 6.5

The Lost Patrol

Score: 6.5

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Score: 6.4

Blues in the Night

Score: 6.3

The First Texan

Score: 6.3

Wichita

Score: 6.3

Employees' Entrance

Score: 6.3

Lover Come Back

Score: 6.2

The Cross of Lorraine

Score: 6.2

Flesh and Fury

Score: 6.1

Destry

Score: 6.1

Coroner Creek

Score: 6.1

Black Angel

Score: 6.1

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

Score: 6.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Score: 6.0

The Big Cage

Score: 6.0

Rendezvous with Annie

Score: 6.0

Give Us Wings

Score: 6.0

X Marks the Spot

Score: 6.0

The Man from Texas

Score: 6.0

Men in White

Score: 6.0

Thunder Over Arizona

Score: 6.0

The Beast of the City

Score: 5.9

Two in the Dark

Score: 5.9

Blood on the Sun

Score: 5.8

Jericho

Score: 5.8

Headline Shooter

Score: 5.8

The Wet Parade

Score: 5.8

Warpath

Score: 5.8

The Rogues' Tavern

Score: 5.8

The Mummy's Hand

Score: 5.7

Three Cornered Moon

Score: 5.7

East of Fifth Avenue

Score: 5.7

Roar of the Press

Score: 5.6

Skyscraper Souls

Score: 5.6

Murder by Invitation

Score: 5.6

She Couldn't Say No

Score: 5.6

The Mummy's Tomb

Score: 5.6

Crack-Up

Score: 5.6

The Maverick Queen

Score: 5.5

Absolute Quiet

Score: 5.5

Embraceable You

Score: 5.5

Night of Terror

Score: 5.5

3 Ring Circus

Score: 5.5

A Lawless Street

Score: 5.4

A Man Betrayed

Score: 5.4

One Frightened Night

Score: 5.3

The Boy from Oklahoma

Score: 5.2

Central Park

Score: 5.2

The Hollywood Gad-About

Score: 5.0

The Great John L.

Score: 5.0

Dakota Lil

Score: 5.0

Swing It, Sailor!

Score: 5.0

Isle Of Destiny

Score: 5.0

Goodbye Again

Score: 5.0

Inside the Law

Score: 5.0

Stagecoach To Fury

Score: 5.0

Are You Listening?

Score: 5.0

Shed No Tears

Score: 5.0

Exiled to Shanghai

Score: 4.9

The Spoilers

Score: 4.8

The Great Jesse James Raid

Score: 4.7

Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

Score: 4.5

She Couldn't Take It

Score: 4.5

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Score: 4.5

The Ape Man

Score: 4.2

Twilight for the Gods

Score: 4.2

Another Face

Score: 4.2

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

Score: 4.2

Belle Starr's Daughter

Score: 4.1

Stardust

Score: 4.0

My Woman

Score: 4.0

A Woman's Man

Score: 4.0

Money Means Nothing

Score: 4.0

Machine Gun Mama

Score: 3.8

Get That Man

Score: 3.7

Johnny Concho

Score: 3.7

Back Door to Heaven

Score: 3.7

O.H.M.S.

Score: 3.5

The Nebraskan

Score: 3.0

In Spite of Danger

Score: 1.0

A Son Comes Home

Score: 1.0

Bristle Face

Score: 0.0

On Stage Everybody

Score: 0.0

Married in Hollywood

Score: 0.0

A Guy Could Change

Score: 0.0

The Marines Come Thru

Score: 0.0

Tess of the Storm Country

Score: 0.0

Red Stallion In The Rockies

Score: 0.0

Hypnotized

Score: 0.0

Scatterbrain

Score: 0.0

Rodeo

Score: 0.0

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

Score: 0.0

I Hate Women

Score: 0.0

Swellhead

Score: 0.0

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

The Andy Griffith Show

Score: 7.6

The Ford Television Theatre

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Vacation Playhouse

Score: 7.0

Inner Sanctum

Score: 7.0

Screen Director's Playhouse

Score: 6.5

Father Knows Best

Score: 6.5

This Is Your Life

Score: 6.4

Trackdown

Score: 6.4

The Deputy

Score: 6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Score: 6.2

The Deputy

Score: 6.2

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Score: 5.8

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Score: 5.4

Peter Loves Mary

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

The Motorola Television Hour

Score: 0.0

Studio 57

Score: 0.0

Kings Row

Score: 0.0

The Whistler

Score: 0.0

The Great Adventure

Score: 0.0