Wallace Ford
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1898-02-11
- Died
- 1966-06-11
- Place of birth
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Samuel Jones Grundy · Wally Ford · Samuel Grundy Jones
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.
Known For
TV Shows (22)
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Roger Hanover
Climax!
1954
as Bunco Kelly / Sheriff / Dr. Karl Wexdig / Samuel Cramer
Studio One
1948
Father Knows Best
1954
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Talker
The Deputy
1959
as Herk Lamson / Marshal Herk Lamson
Trackdown
1957
as Eli Zach
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Ed Rawlings
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Monty Smith
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Studio 57
1954
as Boats
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Harry
The Great Adventure
1963
as Uncle Billy Smith
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Emory Packer
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Lester Tinney
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Whistler
1954
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Innkeeper
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
Kings Row
1955
Movies (123)
Freaks
1932
as Phroso
Spellbound
1945
as Hotel masher
Dead Reckoning
1946
as McGee
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Fred Saunders
Wichita
1955
as Arthur Whiteside
The Furies
1950
as Scotty Hyslip
Harvey
1950
as The Taxi Driver
Warlock
1959
as Judge Holloway
The Informer
1935
as Frankie McPhillip
T-Men
1947
as The Schemer
The Rainmaker
1956
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
Secret Command
1944
as Miller
Warpath
1951
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Possessed
1931
as Al Manning
The Man from Laramie
1955
as Charley O'Leary
My Woman
1933
as Chick Rollins
Rodeo
1952
as Barbecue Jones
The Spoilers
1955
as Flapjack Simms
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Healy
Absolute Quiet
1936
as Jack
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Morelli
All Through the Night
1942
as Spats Hunter
Shed No Tears
1948
as Sam Grover
Isle Of Destiny
1940
as Millard Barnes
A Patch of Blue
1965
as Ole Pa
He Ran All the Way
1951
as Fred Dobbs
Black Angel
1946
as Joe
The Set-Up
1949
as Gus
A Lawless Street
1955
as Dr. Amos Wynn
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Gus Basserman
The Mummy's Hand
1940
as Babe Jenson
Swellhead
1935
as Terry McCall
Roar of the Press
1941
as Wally Williams
Crack-Up
1946
as Lt. Cochrane
Jericho
1937
as Mike Clancy
The Green Years
1946
as Jamie Nigg
Night of Terror
1933
as Tom Hartley
3 Ring Circus
1954
as Sam Morley
Coroner Creek
1948
as Andy West
Magic Town
1947
as Lou Dicketts
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Babe Hanson
The Matchmaker
1958
as Malachi Stack
Bristle Face
1964
as Emory Packer
Are You Listening?
1932
as Larry Barnes
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Charlie Hennessey
Destry
1954
as Doc Curtis
Men in White
1934
as Shorty
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
as Lafe Bailey
Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Kenneth Rimplegar
The Breaking Point
1950
as F.R. Duncan
Blood on the Sun
1945
as Ollie Miller
Stardust
1938
as Peter Jackson
Headline Shooter
1933
as Mike
Scatterbrain
1940
as Sam Maxwell
One Frightened Night
1935
as Joe Luvalle
The Maverick Queen
1956
as Jamie
Flesh and Fury
1952
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Two in the Dark
1936
as Harry Hilyer
O.H.M.S.
1937
as Jimmy Tracy
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Stiles
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
as Sam Parks
Central Park
1932
as Rick
The First Texan
1956
as Henry Delaney
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
as 'Curly'
Murder by Invitation
1941
as Bob White
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Judge Lester Farrell
Another Face
1935
as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as "Fingers" Boston
Twilight for the Gods
1958
as Old Brown
Johnny Concho
1956
as Albert Dark
The Marines Come Thru
1938
as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
The Man from Texas
1948
as Jed
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
The Wet Parade
1932
as Jerry Tyler
The Beast of the City
1932
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
The Big Cage
1933
as Russ Penny
Lover Come Back
1946
as Tubbs
A Man Betrayed
1941
as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
The Rogues' Tavern
1936
as Jimmy Kelly
Skyscraper Souls
1932
as Slim
A Son Comes Home
1936
as Steve
Give Us Wings
1940
as Mr. York
Back Door to Heaven
1939
as Frankie Rogers
Embraceable You
1948
as Police Lt. Ferria
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Martin West
The Nebraskan
1953
as 'Mac' McBride
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Pierre
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Wally Collins
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Emmett Rogers
Hypnotized
1932
as Bill Bogard
Goodbye Again
1933
as Arthur Westlake
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Harper
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
as Fred Thorson
Blues in the Night
1941
as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
I Hate Women
1934
as Scoop McGuire
A Woman's Man
1934
as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
as Self (uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Jed Marlowe
Dakota Lil
1950
as Carter
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
as Ted Young
The Ape Man
1943
as Jeff Carter
X Marks the Spot
1931
as Ted Lloyd
In Spite of Danger
1935
as Bob Crane
Get That Man
1935
as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
East of Fifth Avenue
1933
as Vic Howard
Money Means Nothing
1934
as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
Married in Hollywood
1929
as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
as Pete Kelly
The Great John L.
1945
as McManus
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Joe Redmond
A Guy Could Change
1946
as Bill Conley
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
as Elias Hobbs
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
as Al Morgan
She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Joe Wheelen
Inside the Law
1942
as Billy
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as 'Talky' Carson
The Nut Farm
1935
as Willie Barton
About Wallace Ford
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 dis… With 145 credits spanning from 1929 to 2008, Wallace Ford has appeared in 123 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Freaks (1932) — as Phroso
- Spellbound (1945) — as Hotel masher
- Dead Reckoning (1946) — as McGee
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — as Fred Saunders
- Wichita (1955) — as Arthur Whiteside
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