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Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford, born as Samuel Grundy Jones, was an English-born, American naturalized vaudevillian, stage performer, and screen actor. Recognized for his wise-cracking characters, he held a tough but friendly-faced demeanor along with his small yet powerful, stocky physique. Wallace was born into a working-class family with limited means and was placed into a Barnardo's orphanage home when he was three. He was eventually adopted by a family in Manitoba but ran away at age 11 and joined a vaudeville traveling troupe the Winnipeg Kiddies where he learned his initial performance arts. Years later he adopted the name, Wallace Ford, after his friend of the same name died tragically during their freight-train journey from Canada to the United States. Serving in the army at Fort Riley, Kansas, during World War I, he later found success as a Broadway performer, appearing in multiple productions. He debuted in motion pictures with the film Possessed in 1931, appearing with Clark Gable and Joan Crawford, and went on to have an extensive career of over 30 years, appearing in more than 150 films. Wallace transitioned into a character actor in the late 1940s, becoming a regular performer in Western genres and multiple John Ford productions.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Samuel Grundy Jones
Born: Bolton, Lancashire, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United States
Birthday: February 12, 1898
Occupations: Actor, Stage Performer, Vaudevillian
Years Active: 1918-1965
Children: 1
Spouses: Martha Haworth
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Movies Featuring Wallace Ford
The Informer
A Patch of Blue
Freaks
Shadow of a Doubt
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Thunder Over Arizona
The Mummy’s Hand
Crack-Up
Dakota Lil
Lover Come Back
Blues in the Night
The Rainmaker
Harvey
One Frightened Night
Shed No Tears
Secret Command
Two Girls on Broadway
Three Cornered Moon
Employees’ Entrance
Goodbye Again
The Beast of the City
The Spoilers
Dead Reckoning
Men in White
Married in Hollywood
Rendezvous with Annie
Stagecoach To Fury
Possessed
Warlock
The Man from Texas
Another Face
Warpath
The Mummy’s Tomb
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Back Door to Heaven
Mary Burns, Fugitive
The Last Hurrah
The Rogues’ Tavern
The Furies
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
Wichita
Murder by Invitation
Johnny Concho
The Man from Laramie
Magic Town
O.H.M.S.
The Breaking Point
The Ape Man
The Boy from Oklahoma
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Central Park
The Matchmaker
Black Angel
The Whole Town’s Talking
The First Texan
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
The Green Years
Blood on the Sun
The Wet Parade
3 Ring Circus
Belle Starr’s Daughter
The Cross of Lorraine
Twilight for the Gods
Skyscraper Souls
He Ran All the Way
My Woman
The Set-Up
She Couldn’t Say No
Are You Listening?
Lucy Gallant
Absolute Quiet
All Through the Night
The Lost Patrol
Money Means Nothing
Jericho
Flesh and Fury
A Lawless Street
The Maverick Queen
Roar of the Press
Night of Terror
Embraceable You
Career Timeline
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1956
Thunder Over Arizona
Stiles
The Rainmaker
Sheriff Howard Thomas
Stagecoach To Fury
Judge Lester Farrell
Johnny Concho
Albert Dark
The First Texan
Henry Delaney
The Maverick Queen
Jamie
1955
The Spoilers
Flapjack Simms
Wichita
Arthur Whiteside
The Man from Laramie
Charley O'Leary
Lucy Gallant
Gus Basserman
A Lawless Street
Dr. Amos Wynn
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
Walter "Wally" Higgins
3 Ring Circus
Sam Morley
She Couldn’t Say No
Joe Wheelen
1951
Warpath
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
Sam Parks
He Ran All the Way
Fred Dobbs
1950
Dakota Lil
Carter
Harvey
The Taxi Driver
The Furies
Scotty Hyslip
The Breaking Point
F.R. Duncan
1948
Shed No Tears
Sam Grover
The Man from Texas
Jed
Belle Starr’s Daughter
Lafe Bailey
Embraceable You
Police Lt. Ferria
1946
Crack-Up
Lt. Cochrane
Lover Come Back
Tubbs
Dead Reckoning
McGee
Rendezvous with Annie
Al Morgan
Black Angel
Joe
The Green Years
Jamie Nigg
1941
Blues in the Night
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Murder by Invitation
Bob White
Roar of the Press
Wally Williams
1935
The Informer
One Frightened Night
Joe Luvalle
Another Face
Joe Haynes, Press Agent
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Harper
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
The Whole Town’s Talking
Healy
1934
Men in White
Shorty
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
'Curly'
The Lost Patrol
Morelli
Money Means Nothing
Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
1933
Three Cornered Moon
Kenneth Rimplegar
Employees’ Entrance
Martin West
Goodbye Again
Arthur Westlake
My Woman
Chick Rollins
Night of Terror
Tom Hartley
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