Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1898-02-11
Day of Death
1966-06-11
Place of Birth
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Filmography (123)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
A Patch of Blue
1965
Bristle Face
1964
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
Warlock
1959
The Last Hurrah
1958
Twilight for the Gods
1958
The Matchmaker
1958
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
The Rainmaker
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
Johnny Concho
1956
