Birth Day: 1891-05-04
Place of birth: Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.
Credits
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As Narrator (voice)
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As Theater Manager (uncredited) -
As SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited) -
As Mechanic (uncredited) -
As Gorman -
As Captain Roger Kearney -
As Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited) -
As Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited) -
As Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited) -
As Tex -
As Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman -
As Tom Corliss -
As Nick Lawler -
As Artie -
As Newspaper Reporter -
As Wally Thompson -
As Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald) -
As LaTange -
As Prince Gregor Petroff -
As Stage Robber -
As Francisco -
As Party Guest (uncredited) -
As Hank -
As Officer at Hospital -
As Mate -
As The Villain
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As George 'Tennessee' Malden -
As First Mate -
As Hassan -
As Ernest Hardin -
As Bill Barrington -
As Captain Pedro Real
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As Lieutenant Allen -
As Bert Nelson -
As Vincent -
As Stavnow -
As Lee Bryson -
As Keechie -
As Will Newton -
As Robert MacForth -
As Jack Reese
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As Marshall Langham
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As Coast Guardsman -
As Tom Burke
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As Nevada -
As Ralph Bayne -
As Hugh Warren -
As Bruce Armstrong -
As Leonard St. Aubyns -
As John Marvin -
As Norman Yuell
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As Professor Bonnard -
As Malcolm Gregory -
As Peter Godolphin -
As Anatole Picard -
As 'Spike' Malone -
As Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar -
As Bill Branigan -
As John Anstell -
As Claude Van Zandt -
As Broncho Kid -
As Tom Manning -
As Wallace Towers -
As Avery Parmelee -
As Earl Stannard -
As Her Son, as a Man -
As Johnny Smith -
As Willard Ward -
As Prentice Blue -
As Jan -
As Hughie -
As Richard Bedell -
As Tom Rushworth -
As Gerry Rhinelander West -
As Max King -
As Henry Martin -
As Ned -
As Dick Carrington -
As Jimmy Dawson -
As Bruce Cartwright -
As Clayton Hargis -
As Andre Du Bois -
As Harmony Lad -
As Ted Breslin
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As Tom Kearney -
As Harry Jennings
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As Youth -
As Harry Disbrow -
As Crook
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As Party Guest (uncredited) -
As Minta's Sweetheart -
As Delivery Boy (uncredited) -
As Drinker -
As The Boarder - Father's Choice
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As Diner -
As The Trouble Mender's Secretary
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As Spectator (uncredited) -
As Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited) -
As Boarder (uncredited) -
As Movie Patron (uncredited) -
As Policeman (uncredited) -
As Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend -
As Customer