Wallace Ford
Acting
Born February 11, 1898 · Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Died June 11, 1966
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. From Wikipedia.
Filmography50+ titles
The Man from Texas
Freaks
Harvey
A Patch of Blue
The Andy Griffith Show
Shadow of a Doubt
Swing It, Sailor!
The Set-Up
The Last Hurrah
The Man from Laramie
He Ran All the Way
The Furies
The Breaking Point
The Matchmaker
Possessed
The Whole Town's Talking
Warlock
The Rainmaker
T-Men
Dead Reckoning
The Informer
Father Knows Best
All Through the Night
Inside the Law
Flesh and Fury
The Lost Patrol
A Woman's Man
The Deputy
The Cross of Lorraine
The Rogues' Tavern
Wichita
Destry
Blues in the Night
Black Angel
The Great Jesse James Raid
Warpath
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Murder by Invitation
The Marines Come Thru
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Blood on the Sun
The Beast of the City
The Mummy's Hand
Isle Of Destiny
A Lawless Street
3 Ring Circus
The Spoilers
The Mummy's Tomb
Skyscraper Souls
Night of Terror