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Wallace MacDonald
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Died October 30, 1978 (87 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1934 | Their Big Moment · as Theater Manager (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Flying Down to Rio · as Airplane Pilot |
| 1933 | The World Changes · as Sir Phillip's Best Man |
| 1933 | Night Flight · as Mechanic (uncredited) |
| 1933 | I Loved a Woman · as Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Voltaire · as Undetermined Supporting Role |
| 1933 | Mary Stevens, M.D. · as Ss Bellocona's Purser (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Mayor of Hell · as Man In Johnson's Office (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 · as Stage Manager |
| 1932 | Between Fighting Men · as Wally Thompson |
| 1932 | Two-Fisted Law · as Artie |
| 1932 | The Riding Tornado · as Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman |
| 1932 | It's Tough to Be Famous · as Submarine Sailor |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone · as Nick Lawler |
| 1931 | The Range Feud · as Hank |
| 1931 | Pagan Lady · as Francisco |
| 1931 | Branded · as Stage Robber |
| 1931 | The Last Flight · as Officer At Hospital |
| 1931 | Smart Money · as Cigar Stand Clerk |
| 1931 | The Drums of Jeopardy · as Prince Gregor Petroff |
| 1931 | Millie · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878 · as George 'tennessee' Malden |
| 1930 | Madam Satan · as First Mate |
| 1930 | The Rogue Song · as Hassan |
| 1929 | Darkened Rooms · as Bert Nelson |
| 1929 | Sweetie · as Bill Barrington |
| 1927 | Mother Machree · as Michael Mchugh |
| 1927 | Red Signals · as Lee Bryson |
| 1925 | The Primrose Path · as Bruce Armstrong |
| 1925 | Lightnin' · as John Marvin |
| 1925 | New Lives for Old · as Hugh Warren |
| 1925 | The Lady · as Leonard St. Aubyns |
| 1925 | Pampered Youth · as Wilbur Minafer |
| 1924 | Roaring Rails · as Malcolm Gregory |
| 1924 | The Sea Hawk · as Peter Godolphin |
| 1923 | Maytime · as Claude Van Zandt |
| 1916 | Nanette of the Wilds · as Harry Jennings |
| 1914 | Tillie's Punctured Romance · as Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Dough and Dynamite · as Customer |
| 1914 | Those Love Pangs · as Movie Patron (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Mabel's Blunder · as Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend |
| 1914 | The Rounders · as Diner |
| 1914 | The Face on the Barroom Floor · as Drinker |
| 1914 | Mabel's Married Life · as Delivery Boy (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Mabel's Busy Day · as Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Knockout · as Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Caught in a Cabaret · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Star Boarder · as Boarder (uncredited) |