Wallace Ford
ActingAlso 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. From Wikipedia.
Movies
(123 total)
Freaks
as Phroso
Shadow of a Doubt
as Fred Saunders
Spellbound
as Hotel masher
Harvey
as The Taxi Driver
The Man from Laramie
as Charley O'Leary
The Set-Up
as Gus
Warlock
as Judge Holloway
Dead Reckoning
as McGee
A Patch of Blue
as Ole Pa
The Informer
as Frankie McPhillip
The Mummy's Hand
as Babe Jenson
T-Men
as The Schemer
The Breaking Point
as F.R. Duncan
The Mummy's Tomb
as Babe Hanson
The Furies
as Scotty Hyslip
The Lost Patrol
as Morelli
All Through the Night
as Spats Hunter
The Last Hurrah
as Charlie Hennessey
Black Angel
as Joe
He Ran All the Way
as Fred Dobbs
TV Shows
(27 total)
The Andy Griffith Show
as Roger Hanover
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Emory Packer
This Is Your Life
as Self
Climax!
as Bunco Kelly
Climax!
as Sheriff
Climax!
as Dr. Karl Wexdig
Climax!
as Samuel Cramer
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Monty Smith
Trackdown
as Eli Zach
The Deputy
as Herk Lamson
The Deputy
as Marshal Herk Lamson
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Harry
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Innkeeper
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Ed Rawlings
The Ford Television Theatre
as Talker
