Wallace Ford

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. From Wikipedia.

Known For

Hotel masher

Spellbound

Joe

Black Angel

McGee

Dead Reckoning

Det. Ed Fitzpatrick

The Beast of the City

Fred Saunders

Shadow of a Doubt

Babe Jenson

The Mummy's Hand

Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)

A Man Betrayed

Fred Dobbs

He Ran All the Way

Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)

Blues in the Night

Ole Pa

A Patch of Blue

Lt. Cochrane

Crack-Up

The Schemer

T-Men

Scotty Hyslip

The Furies

Babe Hanson

The Mummy's Tomb

Joe Luvalle

One Frightened Night

Spats Hunter

All Through the Night

Dr. Amos Wynn

A Lawless Street

Albert Dark

Johnny Concho

Andy West

Coroner Creek

Judge Holloway

Warlock

Jeff Carter

The Ape Man

Martin West

Employees' Entrance

Frankie McPhillip

The Informer

Sam Morley

3 Ring Circus

Frankie Rogers

Back Door to Heaven

F.R. Duncan

The Breaking Point

Jason H. 'Jay' Barton

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

Gus

The Set-Up

Morelli

The Lost Patrol

Charley O'Leary

The Man from Laramie

Jimmy Kelly

The Rogues' Tavern

Healy

The Whole Town's Talking

Miller

Secret Command

Sam Grover

Shed No Tears

Al Manning

Possessed

Kenneth Rimplegar

Three Cornered Moon

Charlie Hennessey

The Last Hurrah

Stiles

Thunder Over Arizona

Doc Curtis

Destry

Pierre

The Cross of Lorraine

Jack 'Pop' Richardson

Flesh and Fury

Jamie Nigg

The Green Years

Shorty

Men in White

Harper

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Joe Wheelen

She Couldn't Say No

Jed

The Man from Texas

Pvt. 'Irish' Potts

Warpath

Arthur Whiteside

Wichita

Henry Delaney

The First Texan

Jerry Tyler

The Wet Parade

Terry McCall

Swellhead

Ted Lloyd

X Marks the Spot

Wally Collins

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Ted Young

Exiled to Shanghai

Tom Hartley

Night of Terror

Larry Barnes

Are You Listening?

Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay

Money Means Nothing

Police Lt. Ferria

Embraceable You

Mike

Headline Shooter

Willie Barton

The Nut Farm

Jimmy Tracy

O.H.M.S.

Harry Hilyer

Two in the Dark

Judge Lester Farrell

Stagecoach To Fury

John O'Reilly

Machine Gun Mama

Jack

Absolute Quiet

Rick

Central Park

Walter "Wally" Higgins

The Boy from Oklahoma

'Mac' McBride

The Nebraskan

Billy

Inside the Law

Jack Kirkland / John Prescott

Get That Man

Bob White

Murder by Invitation

Elias Hobbs

The Great Jesse James Raid

Arthur Westlake

Goodbye Again

Tubbs

Lover Come Back

Joe Flynn - Prizefighter

A Woman's Man

Millard Barnes

Isle Of Destiny

Pete Kelly

Swing It, Sailor!

Carter

Dakota Lil

Scoop McGuire

I Hate Women

Joe Haynes, Press Agent

Another Face

"Fingers" Boston

She Couldn't Take It

Vic Howard

East of Fifth Avenue

Mr. York

Give Us Wings

Lou Dicketts

Magic Town

Sheriff Howard Thomas

The Rainmaker

Joe Redmond

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

Barbecue Jones

Rodeo

Sam Maxwell

Scatterbrain

Chick Rollins

My Woman

Slim

Skyscraper Souls

Bill Bogard

Hypnotized

Mike Clancy

Jericho

The Taxi Driver

Harvey

Lafe Bailey

Belle Starr's Daughter

'Talky' Carson

Red Stallion In The Rockies

Jed Marlowe

Two Girls on Broadway

Steve

A Son Comes Home

Al Morgan

Rendezvous with Annie

Fred Thorson

Tess of the Storm Country

Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins

The Marines Come Thru

McManus

The Great John L.

Russ Penny

The Big Cage

Sam Parks

Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

Bill Conley

A Guy Could Change

Gus Basserman

Lucy Gallant

Ollie Miller

Blood on the Sun

Flapjack Simms

The Spoilers

Wally Williams

Roar of the Press

Jamie

The Maverick Queen

Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)

Married in Hollywood

Old Brown

Twilight for the Gods

Self (uncredited)

The Hollywood Gad-About

Malachi Stack

The Matchmaker

Emmett Rogers

On Stage Everybody

Peter Jackson

Stardust

Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Emory Packer

Bristle Face

Phroso

Freaks

Bob Crane

In Spite of Danger

'Curly'

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

Rebel

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

122

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-02-11

Place of Birth

Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Samuel Jones Grundy