Wallace Ford
Born February 11, 1898 (Age: 128)
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Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
A Patch of Blue
1965
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as Ole Pa
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Age: 67
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
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as Fred Thorson
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Age: 62
Warlock
1959
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as Judge Holloway
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Age: 61
Spellbound
1945
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as Hotel masher
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Age: 47
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
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as Babe Hanson
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Age: 44
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
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as Wally Collins
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Age: 44
Inside the Law
1942
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as Billy
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Age: 44
All Through the Night
1942
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as Spats Hunter
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Age: 43
Blues in the Night
1941
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as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
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Age: 43
Murder by Invitation
1941
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as Bob White
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Age: 43
Roar of the Press
1941
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as Wally Williams
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Age: 43
A Man Betrayed
1941
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as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
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Age: 43
Hypnotized
1932
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as Bill Bogard
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Age: 34
Central Park
1932
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as Rick
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Age: 34
Skyscraper Souls
1932
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as Slim
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Age: 34
The Wet Parade
1932
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as Jerry Tyler
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Age: 34
Are You Listening?
1932
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as Larry Barnes
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Age: 34
The Beast of the City
1932
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as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
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Age: 34
Freaks
1932
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as Phroso
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Age: 33
Possessed
1931
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as Al Manning
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Age: 33