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 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 (145 titles)
6.1MovieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage) · 2008
6.5MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage) · 1987
7.6MovieA Patch of Blue
Ole Pa · 1965
8.0MovieBristle Face
Emory Packer · 1964
10.0ShowThe Great Adventure
Uncle Billy Smith · 1963
Vacation Playhouse
Lester Tinney · 1963
10.0MovieTess of the Storm Country
Fred Thorson · 1960
Peter Loves Mary
1960
7.6ShowThe Andy Griffith Show
Roger Hanover · 1960
6.4ShowThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
Harry · 1960
6.5ShowThe Deputy
Herk Lamson · 1959
6.8MovieWarlock
Judge Holloway · 1959
7.2MovieThe Last Hurrah
Charlie Hennessey · 1958
6.3ShowWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
4.7MovieTwilight for the Gods
Old Brown · 1958
7.0MovieThe Matchmaker
Malachi Stack · 1958
6.9ShowTrackdown
Eli Zach · 1957
MovieSnowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Rebel · 1957
5.4MovieStagecoach To Fury
Judge Lester Farrell · 1956
6.8MovieThe Rainmaker
Sheriff Howard Thomas · 1956
6.3MovieThunder Over Arizona
Stiles · 1956
4.5MovieJohnny Concho
Albert Dark · 1956
6.7MovieThe First Texan
Henry Delaney · 1956
5.8MovieThe Maverick Queen
Jamie · 1956
5.5MovieThe Spoilers
Flapjack Simms · 1955
5.6MovieA Lawless Street
Dr. Amos Wynn · 1955
7.0MovieLucy Gallant
Gus Basserman · 1955
6.0ShowThe 20th Century Fox Hour
Monty Smith · 1955
7.0ShowScreen Director's Playhouse
Ed Rawlings · 1955
Kings Row
1955