Acting credits
141
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Wallace Ford
Acting
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Movies: 122Series: 19
TMDB ID: 35849
IMDb ID: nm0285922
Known for: Acting
Born: February 11, 1898
Died: June 11, 1966
Age: 68
Place of birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1929 - 2008
Years active: 80
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q1704485
Also known as
Samuel Jones Grundy • Wally Ford • Samuel Grundy Jones
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Wallace Ford.
6.1
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
2008 Movie
6.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987 Movie
7.5
A Patch of Blue
as Ole Pa
1965 Movie
Bristle Face
as Emory Packer
1964 Movie
Tess of the Storm Country
as Fred Thorson
1960 Movie
6.7
Warlock
as Judge Holloway
1959 Movie
7.2
The Last Hurrah
as Charlie Hennessey
1958 Movie
3.6
Twilight for the Gods
as Old Brown
1958 Movie
7.0
The Matchmaker
as Malachi Stack
1958 Movie
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Rebel
1957 Movie
6.7
The Rainmaker
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
1956 Movie
5.0
Stagecoach To Fury
as Judge Lester Farrell
1956 Movie
6.0
Thunder Over Arizona
as Stiles
1956 Movie
3.7
Johnny Concho
as Albert Dark
1956 Movie
6.3
The First Texan
as Henry Delaney
1956 Movie
5.5
The Maverick Queen
as Jamie
1956 Movie
5.0
The Spoilers
as Flapjack Simms
1955 Movie
5.3
A Lawless Street
as Dr. Amos Wynn
1955 Movie
7.0
Lucy Gallant
as Gus Basserman
1955 Movie
7.2
The Man from Laramie
as Charley O'Leary
1955 Movie
6.4
Wichita
as Arthur Whiteside
1955 Movie
5.4
3 Ring Circus
as Sam Morley
1954 Movie
6.2
Destry
as Doc Curtis
1954 Movie
5.2
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
1954 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Wallace Ford.
The Great Adventure
as Uncle Billy Smith • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.0
Vacation Playhouse
as Lester Tinney • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Roger Hanover • 1 eps
1960 Series
6.2
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Harry • 1 eps
1960 Series
6.2
The Deputy
as Herk Lamson • 39 eps
1959 Series
5.8
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 eps
1958 Series
6.4
Trackdown
as Eli Zach • 1 eps
1957 Series
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Monty Smith • 1 eps
1955 Series
6.5
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Ed Rawlings • 1 eps
1955 Series
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Emory Packer • 2 eps
1954 Series
3.3
Climax!
as Bunco Kelly • 1 eps
1954 Series
6.7
Father Knows Best
2 eps
1954 Series
Studio 57
as Boats • 1 eps
1954 Series
7.0
Inner Sanctum
1 eps
1954 Series
The Motorola Television Hour
1 eps
1953 Series
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Talker • 1 eps
1952 Series
6.4
This Is Your Life
as Self • 1 eps
1952 Series
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
1951 Series
5.0
Studio One
1 eps
1948 Series