Wallace Ford
Birthday: 1898-02-12 | Place of Birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UKFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wallace Ford (12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English movie and television actor who, with his friendly appearance and stocky build later in life, appeared in a number of movie westerns and B-movies. 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. (The two men were not related.) Wallace Ford is buried in an unmarked grave in Culver City, California's Holy Cross Cemetery.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Himself (archive footage)
as Ole Pa
as Herk Lamson
as Judge Holloway
as Malachi Stack
as Old Brown
as Albert Dark
as Jamie
as Judge Lester Farrell
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
as Stiles
as Arthur Whiteside
as Charley O'Leary
as Dr. Amos Wynn
as Gus Basserman
as Doc Curtis
as Joe Wheelen
as Sam Morley
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
as Elias Hobbs
as Fred Dobbs
as Carter
as F.R. Duncan
as Scotty Hyslip
as 'Talky' Carson
as Gus
as Andy West
as Lafe Bailey
as Sam Grover
as McGee