Wallace Ford
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1898-02-11
- Died
- 1966-06-11
- Place of birth
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (22)
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Roger Hanover
Climax!
1954
as Bunco Kelly / Sheriff / Dr. Karl Wexdig / Samuel Cramer
Studio One
1948
Father Knows Best
1954
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Talker
The Deputy
1959
as Herk Lamson / Marshal Herk Lamson
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Monty Smith
Trackdown
1957
as Eli Zach
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Studio 57
1954
as Boats
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Harry
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Ed Rawlings
The Great Adventure
1963
as Uncle Billy Smith
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Emory Packer
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Lester Tinney
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Whistler
1954
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Innkeeper
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
Kings Row
1955
Movies (123)
Freaks
1932
as Phroso
Spellbound
1945
as Hotel masher
Wichita
1955
as Arthur Whiteside
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Fred Saunders
Harvey
1950
as The Taxi Driver
The Furies
1950
as Scotty Hyslip
Warlock
1959
as Judge Holloway
T-Men
1947
as The Schemer
The Informer
1935
as Frankie McPhillip
The Man from Laramie
1955
as Charley O'Leary
Dead Reckoning
1946
as McGee
Secret Command
1944
as Miller
The Rainmaker
1956
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
My Woman
1933
as Chick Rollins
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Rodeo
1952
as Barbecue Jones
Swellhead
1935
as Terry McCall
Warpath
1951
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Morelli
Black Angel
1946
as Joe
Possessed
1931
as Al Manning
Absolute Quiet
1936
as Jack
A Patch of Blue
1965
as Ole Pa
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Gus Basserman
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Healy
The Set-Up
1949
as Gus
The Mummy's Hand
1940
as Babe Jenson
Are You Listening?
1932
as Larry Barnes
The Spoilers
1955
as Flapjack Simms
A Lawless Street
1955
as Dr. Amos Wynn
All Through the Night
1942
as Spats Hunter
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Babe Hanson
Men in White
1934
as Shorty
Jericho
1937
as Mike Clancy
Magic Town
1947
as Lou Dicketts
Crack-Up
1946
as Lt. Cochrane
He Ran All the Way
1951
as Fred Dobbs
Shed No Tears
1948
as Sam Grover
Isle Of Destiny
1940
as Millard Barnes
Roar of the Press
1941
as Wally Williams
Headline Shooter
1933
as Mike
The Maverick Queen
1956
as Jamie
Destry
1954
as Doc Curtis
A Man Betrayed
1941
as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
The Matchmaker
1958
as Malachi Stack
Coroner Creek
1948
as Andy West
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
as 'Curly'
The Wet Parade
1932
as Jerry Tyler
Central Park
1932
as Rick
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
as Sam Parks
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Charlie Hennessey
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Stiles
The Breaking Point
1950
as F.R. Duncan
Night of Terror
1933
as Tom Hartley
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Wally Collins
O.H.M.S.
1937
as Jimmy Tracy
Stardust
1938
as Peter Jackson
Bristle Face
1964
as Emory Packer
The Green Years
1946
as Jamie Nigg
The First Texan
1956
as Henry Delaney
The Marines Come Thru
1938
as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
Johnny Concho
1956
as Albert Dark
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Pierre
The Beast of the City
1932
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
Blood on the Sun
1945
as Ollie Miller
Flesh and Fury
1952
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Kenneth Rimplegar
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
as Lafe Bailey
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
as Ted Young
3 Ring Circus
1954
as Sam Morley
Skyscraper Souls
1932
as Slim
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Judge Lester Farrell
Goodbye Again
1933
as Arthur Westlake
Embraceable You
1948
as Police Lt. Ferria
Twilight for the Gods
1958
as Old Brown
Lover Come Back
1946
as Tubbs
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as "Fingers" Boston
The Nebraskan
1953
as 'Mac' McBride
Murder by Invitation
1941
as Bob White
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
as Fred Thorson
Scatterbrain
1940
as Sam Maxwell
A Guy Could Change
1946
as Bill Conley
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Emmett Rogers
Give Us Wings
1940
as Mr. York
Back Door to Heaven
1939
as Frankie Rogers
The Big Cage
1933
as Russ Penny
A Son Comes Home
1936
as Steve
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Jed Marlowe
Hypnotized
1932
as Bill Bogard
Another Face
1935
as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
as Elias Hobbs
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
as Al Morgan
Dakota Lil
1950
as Carter
A Woman's Man
1934
as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
The Ape Man
1943
as Jeff Carter
In Spite of Danger
1935
as Bob Crane
Two in the Dark
1936
as Harry Hilyer
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Martin West
Blues in the Night
1941
as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
The Great John L.
1945
as McManus
Money Means Nothing
1934
as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
The Man from Texas
1948
as Jed
The Rogues' Tavern
1936
as Jimmy Kelly
Inside the Law
1942
as Billy
East of Fifth Avenue
1933
as Vic Howard
One Frightened Night
1935
as Joe Luvalle
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Joe Wheelen
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Harper
I Hate Women
1934
as Scoop McGuire
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
as Pete Kelly
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as 'Talky' Carson
X Marks the Spot
1931
as Ted Lloyd
The Nut Farm
1935
as Willie Barton
Married in Hollywood
1929
as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Joe Redmond
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
as Self (uncredited)
Get That Man
1935
as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
About Wallace Ford
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 dis… With 145 credits spanning from 1929 to 2008, Wallace Ford has appeared in 123 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Freaks (1932) — as Phroso
- Spellbound (1945) — as Hotel masher
- Wichita (1955) — as Arthur Whiteside
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — as Fred Saunders
- Harvey (1950) — as The Taxi Driver
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