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Wallace Ford
Highest Rated: 100% The Man From Laramie (1955)
Lowest Rated: 29% The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Birthday: Feb 12, 1898
Birthplace: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Attractive, amiable character actor who specialized in charming ne'er-do-well's. After a Dickensian childhood (a London orphanage, 17 Canadian foster homes), Ford entered vaudeville as a teen and eventually appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays. His more notable stage works were "Seventeen," the critically-derided hit "Abie's Irish Rose," "Come Back, Little Sheba" and as George in "Of Mice and Men." Ford made his film bow in 1931 and racked up an impressive resume of more than 100 films, mostly in small supporting roles. Freelancing both for major studios like MGM, Paramount and UA and Poverty Row houses like Monogram, Puritan and Republic, he labored through a good number of forgettable bombs. But Ford also turned in delightful performances in such well-regarded films as Joan Crawford's "Possessed" (1931), the horror classic "Freaks" (1932), the delightful screwballer "Three Cornered Moon" (1933), "The Informer" (1935), "Blues in the Night" (1941), "Spellbound" (1945), "Harvey" (1950), "The Rainmaker" (1956) and his last film, "A Patch of Blue" (1965).
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Filmography
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89% | 91% | A Patch of Blue | Ole Pa (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 80% | 77% | Warlock | Judge Holloway (Character) | - | 1959 |
| 86% | 81% | The Last Hurrah | Charles J. Hennessey (mayoral candidate) (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | The Matchmaker | Malachi Stack (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twilight for the Gods | Old Brown (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | The Spoilers | Flapjack Simms (Character) | - | 1956 |
| 80% | 64% | The Rainmaker | Sheriff Howard Thomas (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stagecoach to Fury | Judge Lester Farrell (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thunder Over Arizona | Hal Stiles (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The First Texan | Henry Delaney (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Destry | Doc Curtis (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | A Lawless Street | Dr. Amos Wynn (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 100% | 79% | The Man From Laramie | Charley O'Leary (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 100% | 65% | Wichita | Arthur Whiteside (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucy Gallant | Gus Basserman (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Maverick Queen | Jamie (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Three Ring Circus | Sam Morley (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Boy From Oklahoma | Wally Higgins (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Jesse James Raid | Elias Hobbs (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | She Couldn't Say No | Joe Wheelen (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Nebraskan | 'Mac' McBride (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Flesh and Fury | Jack 'Pop' Richardson (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rodeo | Barbecue Jones (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 88% | 68% | He Ran All the Way | Fred Dobbs (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Painting the Clouds With Sunshine | Sam Parks (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 87% | 93% | Harvey | The Taxi Driver (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 92% | 80% | The Furies | Scotty Hyslip (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dakota Lil | Carter (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Stallion in the Rockies | "Talky" Carson (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 85% | 88% | The Set-Up | Gus (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lock Your Doors | Jeff B. Carter (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Shed No Tears | Sam Grover (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Coroner Creek | Andy West (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man From Texas | Jed (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 50% | 36% | Magic Town | Lou Dicketts (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 100% | 75% | T-Men | The Schemer (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 78% | 67% | Dead Reckoning | McGee (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Crack-Up | Lt. Cochrane (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Black Angel | Joe (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When Lovers Meet | Tubbs (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | The Green Years | Jamie Nigg (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 86% | 82% | Spellbound | Stranger in Hotel Lobby (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 80% | 35% | Blood on the Sun | Ollie Miller (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On Stage Everybody | Emmett Rogers (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great John L. | McManus (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Machine Gun Mama | John O'Reilly (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Command | Miller (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | The Ape Man | Jeff B. Carter (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 100% | 89% | Shadow of a Doubt | Fred Saunders (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Law | Billy (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Seven Days Leave | Sergeant Mead (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 29% | 22% | The Mummy's Tomb | Babe' Hanson (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 71% | All Through the Night | Spats Hunter (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Betrayed | Casey (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Blues in the Night | Brad Ames (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Roar of the Press | Wally Williams (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder by Invitation | Bob White (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | Wheel of Fortune | Casey (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Two Girls on Broadway | Jed Marlowe (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Isle of Destiny | `'Milly'` Barnes (Character) | - | 1940 |
| 60% | 47% | The Mummy's Hand | Babe Jenson (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Give Us Wings | Mr. York (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Back Door to Heaven | Frankie Rogers (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marines Come Thru | Pvt. Stebbins (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He Loved an Actress | Peter Jackson (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You're in the Army Now | Jimmy Tracy (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swing It, Sailor! | Pete Kelly (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exiled to Shanghai | Ted Young (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About Money | Peter Jackson (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stardust | Peter Jackson (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Jericho | Mike Clancy (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | The Rogue's Tavern | Jimmy Kelly (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two in the Dark | Harry Hillyer (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Absolute Quiet | Jack (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Another Face | Joe Haynes (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Mysterious Mr. Wong | Jason H. 'Jay' Barton (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Get That Man |
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- | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Nut Farm | Willie Barton (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Frightened Night | Joe Luvalle (as Wally Ford) (Character) | - | 1935 |
| 89% | 78% | The Informer | Frankie McPhillip (Character) | - | 1935 |
| 100% | 78% | The Whole Town's Talking | Healy (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Couldn't Take It | Fingers Boston (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Men in White | Shorty (Character) | - | 1934 |
| 100% | 64% | The Lost Patrol | Morelli (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Money Means Nothing | Kenneth "Kenny" McKay (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Woman's Man | Joe Flynn (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Night of Terror | Tom Hartley (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Woman | Chick Rollins (Character) | - | 1933 |
| 100% | 79% | Employees' Entrance | Martin West (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Cage | Russ Penny (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Three Cornered Moon | Kenneth Rimplegar (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Headline Shooter | Mike (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goodbye Again | Arthur Westlake (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Central Park | Rick (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hypnotized | Bill Bogard (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | The Beast of the City | Det. Ed Fitzpatrick (Character) | - | 1932 |
| 95% | 88% | Freaks | Phroso (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | The Wet Parade | Jerry Tyler (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Skyscraper Souls | Slim (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Possessed | Al Manning (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Possessed | Unknown (Character) | - | 1931 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Andy Griffith Show | Roger Hanover (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Old Andrew (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deputy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Knows Best | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1954 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Eli Zach (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955-1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |