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Wallace Ford
Actor
Died June 11, 1966 (68 years)
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Wallace Ford (12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English movie and television actor who, with his friendly appearance and stocky build later in life, appeared in a number of movie westerns and B-movies.
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. (The two men were not related.)
Wallace Ford is buried in an unmarked grave in Culver City, California's Holy Cross Cemetery.
Filmography
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood · as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage) |
| 1977 | Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas · as Nick |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue · as Ole Pa |
| 1960 | Tess of the Storm Country · as Fred Thorson |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Harry |
| 1959 | Warlock · as Judge Holloway |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Herk Lamson |
| 1958 | The Matchmaker · as Malachi Stack |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah · as Charlie Hennessey |
| 1957 | Trackdown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Marshal F. X. Murphy |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker · as Sheriff Howard Thomas |
| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona · as Stiles |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen · as Jamie |
| 1956 | The First Texan · as Henry Delaney |
| 1956 | The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series) · as Haywire Kelly |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie · as Charley O'Leary |
| 1955 | A Lawless Street · as Dr. Amos Wynn |
| 1955 | Wichita · as Arthur Whiteside |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus · as Sam Morley |
| 1954 | Destry · as Doc Curtis |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Bunco Kelly |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Emory Packer |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Old Andrew |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Billy Ford |
| 1953 | She Couldn't Say No · as Joe Wheelen |
| 1953 | The Great Jesse James Raid · as Elias Hobbs |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Buck Hansen |
| 1951 | He Ran All the Way · as Fred Dobbs |
| 1951 | Painting the Clouds with Sunshine · as Sam Parks |
| 1951 | Warpath · as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts |
| 1950 | Harvey · as E.J. Lofgren - 2d Cabbie |
| 1950 | The Furies · as Scotty Hyslip |
| 1950 | The Breaking Point · as F.R. Duncan |
| 1950 | Dakota Lil · as Carter |
| 1949 | The Set-Up · as Gus |
| 1948 | Shed No Tears · as Sam Grover |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek · as Andy West |
| 1948 | The Man from Texas · as Jed |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter · as Lafe Bailey |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1947 | Dead Reckoning · as McGee |
| 1947 | T-Men · as The Schemer |
| 1947 | Magic Town · as Lou Dicketts |
| 1946 | Black Angel · as Joe |
| 1945 | Blood on the Sun · as Ollie Miller |
| 1945 | Spellbound · as Hotel masher |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt · as Fred Saunders |
| 1943 | The Ape Man · as Jeff Carter |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine · as Pierre |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb · as Babe Hanson |
| 1942 | All Through the Night · as Spats Hunter |
| 1942 | Seven Days' Leave · as Sgt. Mead |
| 1942 | Inside the Law · as Billy |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night · as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford) |
| 1941 | Murder by Invitation · as Bob White |
| 1941 | Roar of the Press · as Wally Williams |
| 1940 | The Mummy's Hand · as Babe Jenson |
| 1940 | Isle of Destiny · as Millard Barnes |
| 1939 | Back Door to Heaven · as Frankie Rogers |
| 1938 | The Marines Come Thru · as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins |
| 1938 | Stardust · as Peter Jackson |
| 1937 | Exiled to Shanghai · as Ted Young |
| 1937 | You're in the Army Now · as Jimmy Tracy |
| 1936 | The Rogues' Tavern · as Jimmy Kelly |
| 1935 | The Informer · as Frankie McPhillip |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking · as Healy |
| 1935 | The Nut Farm · as Willie Barton |
| 1935 | Get That Man · as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott |
| 1934 | The Mysterious Mr. Wong · as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol · as Morelli |
| 1934 | Men in White · as Shorty |
| 1934 | Money Means Nothing · as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay |
| 1934 | A Woman's Man · as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter |
| 1934 | El Misterioso Mr. Wong · as Jason H. Barton |
| 1933 | Night of Terror · as Tom Hartley |
| 1932 | Freaks · as Phroso |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City · as Det. Ed Fitzpatrick |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls · as Slim |
| 1932 | Hypnotized · as Bill Bogard |
| 1931 | Possessed · as Al Manning |
| 1930 | Absent Minded · as actor |
| 1930 | Fore · as The Golf Champion |