
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.

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
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