Wallace Ford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 11, 1898, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- June 11, 1966
- Movies
- 123
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage) |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue | Ole Pa |
| 1964 | Bristle Face | Emory Packer |
| 1960 | Tess of the Storm Country | Fred Thorson |
| 1959 | Warlock | Judge Holloway |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Charlie Hennessey |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | Old Brown |
| 1958 | The Matchmaker | Malachi Stack |
| 1957 | Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses | Rebel |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To Fury | Judge Lester Farrell |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Sheriff Howard Thomas |
| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona | Stiles |
| 1956 | Johnny Concho | Albert Dark |
| 1956 | The First Texan | Henry Delaney |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen | Jamie |
| 1955 | The Spoilers | Flapjack Simms |
| 1955 | A Lawless Street | Dr. Amos Wynn |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Gus Basserman |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie | Charley O'Leary |
| 1955 | Wichita | Arthur Whiteside |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus | Sam Morley |
| 1954 | Destry | Doc Curtis |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | Walter "Wally" Higgins |
| 1954 | She Couldn't Say No | Joe Wheelen |
| 1953 | The Nebraskan | 'Mac' McBride |
| 1953 | The Great Jesse James Raid | Elias Hobbs |
| 1952 | Flesh and Fury | Jack 'Pop' Richardson |
| 1952 | Rodeo | Barbecue Jones |
| 1951 | Warpath | Pvt. 'Irish' Potts |
| 1951 | Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | Sam Parks |
| 1951 | He Ran All the Way | Fred Dobbs |
| 1950 | Harvey | The Taxi Driver |
| 1950 | The Breaking Point | F.R. Duncan |
| 1950 | The Furies | Scotty Hyslip |
| 1950 | Dakota Lil | Carter |
| 1949 | Red Stallion In The Rockies | 'Talky' Carson |
| 1949 | The Set-Up | Gus |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter | Lafe Bailey |
| 1948 | Embraceable You | Police Lt. Ferria |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek | Andy West |
| 1948 | Shed No Tears | Sam Grover |
| 1948 | The Man from Texas | Jed |
| 1947 | T-Men | The Schemer |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Lou Dicketts |
| 1946 | Dead Reckoning | McGee |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | Lt. Cochrane |
| 1946 | Black Angel | Joe |
| 1946 | Rendezvous with Annie | Al Morgan |
| 1946 | The Green Years | Jamie Nigg |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | Tubbs |
| 1946 | A Guy Could Change | Bill Conley |
| 1945 | Spellbound | Stranger in Hotel Lobby |
| 1945 | On Stage Everybody | Emmett Rogers |
| 1945 | The Great John L. | McManus |
| 1945 | Blood on the Sun | Ollie Miller |
| 1944 | Machine Gun Mama | John O'Reilly |
| 1944 | Secret Command | Miller |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Pierre |
| 1943 | The Ape Man | Jeff Carter |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Fred Saunders |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb | Babe Hanson |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a Murder | Wally Collins |
| 1942 | Inside the Law | Billy |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Spats Hunter |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night | Brad Ames (as Wally Ford) |
| 1941 | Murder by Invitation | Bob White |
| 1941 | Roar of the Press | Wally Williams |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter) |
| 1940 | Give Us Wings | Mr. York |
| 1940 | The Mummy's Hand | Babe Jenson |
| 1940 | Scatterbrain | Sam Maxwell |
| 1940 | Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | Joe Redmond |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Jed Marlowe |
| 1940 | Isle Of Destiny | Millard Barnes |
| 1939 | Back Door to Heaven | Frankie Rogers |
| 1938 | The Marines Come Thru | Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins |
| 1938 | Stardust | Peter Jackson |
| 1938 | Swing It, Sailor! | Pete Kelly |
| 1937 | Exiled to Shanghai | Ted Young |
| 1937 | Jericho | Mike Clancy |
| 1937 | O.H.M.S. | Jimmy Tracy |
| 1936 | A Son Comes Home | Steve |
| 1936 | The Rogues' Tavern | Jimmy Kelly |
| 1936 | Absolute Quiet | Jack |
| 1936 | Two in the Dark | Harry Hilyer |
| 1935 | Another Face | Joe Haynes, Press Agent |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Harper |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | "Fingers" Boston |
| 1935 | Get That Man | Jack Kirkland / John Prescott |
| 1935 | The Informer | Frankie McPhillip |
| 1935 | Men of the Hour | Andy Blane |
| 1935 | Swellhead | Terry McCall |
| 1935 | One Frightened Night | Joe Luvalle |
| 1935 | The Nut Farm | Willie Barton |
| 1935 | In Spite of Danger | Bob Crane |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Healy |
| 1935 | The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Jason H. 'Jay' Barton |
| 1934 | The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | 'Curly' |
| 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Money Means Nothing | Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay |
| 1934 | I Hate Women | Scoop McGuire |
| 1934 | Men in White | Shorty |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol | Morelli |
| 1934 | A Woman's Man | Joe Flynn - Prizefighter |
| 1933 | East of Fifth Avenue | Vic Howard |
| 1933 | My Woman | Chick Rollins |
| 1933 | Goodbye Again | Arthur Westlake |
| 1933 | Three Cornered Moon | Kenneth Rimplegar |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter | Mike |
| 1933 | The Big Cage | Russ Penny |
| 1933 | Night of Terror | Tom Hartley |
| 1933 | Employees' Entrance | Martin West |
| 1932 | Hypnotized | Bill Bogard |
| 1932 | Central Park | Rick |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls | Slim |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Jerry Tyler |
| 1932 | Are You Listening? | Larry Barnes |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City | Detective Ed Fitzpatrick |
| 1932 | Freaks | Phroso |
| 1931 | X Marks the Spot | Ted Lloyd |
| 1931 | Possessed | Al Manning |
| 1929 | Married in Hollywood | Mitzi's Fan (uncredited) |
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