Birth Day: 1898-02-11
Place of birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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As Ole Pa -
As Emory Packer -
As Fred Thorson -
As Judge Holloway -
As Charlie Hennessey -
As Malachi Stack -
As Old Brown -
As Rebel -
As Albert Dark -
As Judge Lester Farrell -
As Henry Delaney -
As Jamie -
As Sheriff Howard Thomas -
As Stiles -
As Arthur Whiteside -
As Charley O'Leary -
As Dr. Amos Wynn -
As Flapjack Simms -
As Gus Basserman -
As Doc Curtis -
As Joe Wheelen -
As Walter "Wally" Higgins -
As Sam Morley -
As 'Mac' McBride -
As Elias Hobbs -
As Barbecue Jones -
As Jack 'Pop' Richardson -
As Fred Dobbs -
As Pvt. 'Irish' Potts -
As Sam Parks -
As The Taxi Driver -
As Carter -
As Scotty Hyslip -
As F.R. Duncan -
As 'Talky' Carson -
As Gus -
As Andy West -
As Lafe Bailey -
As Sam Grover -
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As Jed -
As The Schemer -
As Lou Dicketts -
As McGee -
As Bill Conley -
As Lt. Cochrane -
As Tubbs -
As Al Morgan -
As Joe -
As Jamie Nigg -
As McManus -
As Hotel masher -
As Ollie Miller -
As Emmett Rogers -
As John O'Reilly -
As Miller -
As Pierre -
As Fred Saunders -
As Jeff Carter -
As Spats Hunter -
As Billy -
As Wally Collins -
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As Sam Maxwell -
As Millard Barnes -
As Joe Redmond -
As Mr. York -
As Jed Marlowe -
As Frankie Rogers -
As Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
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As Pete Kelly -
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As Jimmy Tracy -
As Ted Young -
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As Jimmy Kelly -
As Jack -
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As Joe Luvalle -
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As Willie Barton -
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As Joe Haynes, Press Agent -
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As Morelli -
As Scoop McGuire -
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As Joe Flynn - Prizefighter -
As Shorty -
As Vic Howard -
As Mike -
As Arthur Westlake -
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As Chick Rollins -
As Russ Penny -
As Tom Hartley -
As Martin West -
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As Rick -
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As Bill Bogard -
As Jerry Tyler -
As Larry Barnes -
As Al Manning -
As Ted Lloyd -
As Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)