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Wallace Beery

Acting

Born March 31, 1885 · Clay County, Missouri, USA

Died April 15, 1949

Also known as Wallace Fitzgerald Beery

Biography

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was a popular American film actor who appeared in a vast number of films from 1914 to 1949.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Awards & recognition

  • Volpi Cup — Best Actor · 1934
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 1932
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 1932 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 1930 · nominated

Filmography38 titles

That's Entertainment!

1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tugboat Annie

1933as Terry (Husband)

Salute to the Marines

1943as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey

The Champ

1931as Andy 'Champ' Purcell

Beggars of Life

1928as Oklahoma Red

Grand Hotel

1932as General Director Preysing

Dinner at Eight

1933as Dan Packard

The Sea Hawk

1924as Capt. Jasper Leigh

Three Ages

1923as The Villain

The Lost World

1925as Prof. Challenger

Ah, Wilderness!

1935as Uncle Sid

The Big House

1930as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen

Treasure Island

1934as Long John Silver

Old Ironsides

1926as Bos'n

The Pony Express

1925as Rhode Island Red

Robin Hood

1922as Richard the Lion-Hearted

The Image Book

2018as (archive footage)

The Last of the Mohicans

1920as Magua

The Round-Up

1920as Buck McKee

The Little American

1917as German Soldier (uncredited)

China Seas

1935as Jamesy MacArdle

Min and Bill

1930as Bill

The Red Lily

1924as Bo-Bo

My Wife's Relations

1922as Photographer (uncredited)

A Date with Judy

1948as Melvin R. Foster

Stand Up and Fight

1939as Captain Boss Starkey

Johanna Enlists

1918as Col. Fanner

The River of Romance

1929as General Orlando Jackson

The Secret Six

1931as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio

The Stolen Jools

1931as Police Sergeant

The Bowery

1933as Chuck Connors

Way for a Sailor

1930as Tripod

White Tiger

1923as Count Donelli / Hawkes

A Lady's Morals

1930as P.T. Barnum

Billy the Kid

1930as Pat Garrett

Chinatown Nights

1929as Chuck Riley

Away with Words

2026as Wallace Beery