Wallace MacDonald
Biography
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.
Known For
Customer
Dough and Dynamite
Captain Roger Kearney
The Vanishing Frontier
Party Guest (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
Keechie
Tumbling River
Will Newton
Drums of the Desert
Minta's Sweetheart
Zip, the Dodger
LaTange
Hello Trouble
Stage Robber
Branded
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Mabel's Married Life
Drinker
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Diner
The Rounders
Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
The Mayor of Hell
Tom Rushworth
Rouge and Riches
Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
I Loved a Woman
Hank
The Range Feud
Ted Breslin
Marked Cards
The Trouble Mender's Secretary
Love and Bullets
The Boarder - Father's Choice
Fatty Again
Francisco
The Pagan Lady
SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Narrator (voice)
A Street of Memory
George 'Tennessee' Malden
Fighting Thru
Tom Kearney
The Princess of Park Row
Bruce Armstrong
The Primrose Path
Prince Gregor Petroff
The Drums of Jeopardy
Vincent
Blockade
Hassan
The Rogue Song
Wally Thompson
Between Fighting Men
Claude Van Zandt
Maytime
John Anstell
The Day of Faith
Peter Godolphin
The Sea Hawk
John Marvin
Lightnin'
Boarder (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Those Love Pangs
Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
The Knockout
Spectator (uncredited)
Mabel's Busy Day
Policeman (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Bert Nelson
Darkened Rooms
Malcolm Gregory
Roaring Rails
Bill Branigan
Curlytop
Bill Barrington
Sweetie
Leonard St. Aubyns
The Lady
Ralph Bayne
The Charmer
Artie
Two-Fisted Law
Officer at Hospital
The Last Flight
Norman Yuell
Wandering Fires
Anatole Picard
Love and Glory
Professor Bonnard
Learning to Love
Ernest Hardin
Fancy Baggage
Nick Lawler
Texas Cyclone
Mate
Fifty Fathoms Deep
Hughie
The Fighting Shepherdess
First Mate
Madam Satan
Robert MacForth
Two Can Play
Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar
Thy Name Is Woman
Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend
Mabel's Blunder
Gorman
King of the Wild Horses
Mechanic (uncredited)
Night Flight
Stavnow
Tropical Nights
Gerry Rhinelander West
Are All Men Alike?
Broncho Kid
The Spoilers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Millie
Jimmy Dawson
Leave It to Susan
Hugh Warren
New Lives for Old
Johnny Smith
A Poor Relation
Avery Parmelee
A Fool There Was
Tom Corliss
High Speed
Jack Reese
The Checkered Flag
Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman
The Riding Tornado
Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald)
Daring Danger
Harry Disbrow
Youth's Endearing Charm
Richard Bedell
Trumpet Island
Her Son, as a Man
The Sage Hen
Clayton Hargis
The Little Boss
Bruce Cartwright
Cupid Forecloses
Theater Manager (uncredited)
Their Big Moment
Lee Bryson
Red Signals
Lieutenant Allen
Hit the Deck
The Villain
Zampa
Marshall Langham
Hell's Four Hundred
Ned
The Follies Girl
Crook
Their Last Haul
Newspaper Reporter
The Arm of the Law
Tom Burke
Faithful Wives
Tom Manning
The Understudy
Youth
Purity
Nevada
The Bar-C Mystery
'Spike' Malone
The Heart Bandit
Henry Martin
A Girl Named Mary
Captain Pedro Real
Dark Skies
Andre Du Bois
Madame Sphinx
Harmony Lad
The Shoes That Danced
Willard Ward
Breaking Through
Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)
The World Changes
Jan
Moon Madness
Coast Guardsman
Casey of the Coast Guard
Wallace Towers
Caught Bluffing
Prentice Blue
Cinderella's Twin
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
98
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-05-04
Place of Birth
Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also Known As
Wallace Archibald MacDonald