Biography
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in Grand Hotel (1932), as the pirate Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934), as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa! (1934) for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and his title role in The Champ (1931), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 films during a 36-year career. His contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stipulated in 1932 that he would be paid $1 more than any other contract player at the studio. This made Beery the highest-paid film actor in the world during the early 1930s. He was the brother of actor Noah Beery and uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr.
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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
Filmography36 titles
That's Entertainment!
Tugboat Annie
Salute to the Marines
The Champ
Beggars of Life
Grand Hotel
Dinner at Eight
The Lost World
The Sea Hawk
Three Ages
Ah, Wilderness!
The Big House
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Treasure Island
Old Ironsides
The Pony Express
Robin Hood
The Image Book
The Round-Up
The Last of the Mohicans
The Little American
China Seas
Min and Bill
The Red Lily
My Wife's Relations
A Date with Judy
Stand Up and Fight
Johanna Enlists
The River of Romance
The Secret Six
The Stolen Jools
The Bowery
White Tiger
Billy the Kid
Chinatown Nights
Away with Words