Wallace Ford

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.

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Wallace Ford is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 35 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes The Deputy (1959), The Matchmaker (1958), Destry (1954), Harvey (1950), Dead Reckoning (1946), Spellbound (1945), Blood on the Sun (1945), Shadow of a Doubt (1943). The recorded credits span 1931 to 1963, including 14 movies and 21 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.