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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Freaks

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Shadow of a Doubt

7.5

Spellbound

7.4

Harvey

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The Man from Laramie

7.2

The Set-Up

7.3

Warlock

6.7

The Andy Griffith Show

7.6

Dead Reckoning

6.8

A Patch of Blue

7.6

The Informer

6.7

The Mummy's Hand

5.7

T-Men

6.8

The Breaking Point

7.1

The Mummy's Tomb

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The Furies

7.1

The Lost Patrol

6.4

All Through the Night

7.0

The Last Hurrah

7.1

He Ran All the Way

7.2

Wichita

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Black Angel

6.1

The Whole Town's Talking

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The Rainmaker

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The Ape Man

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Possessed

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Blood on the Sun

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Destry

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A Lawless Street

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Crack-Up

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Coroner Creek

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Magic Town

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The Wonderful World of Disney

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Blues in the Night

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Employees' Entrance

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Father Knows Best

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The Beast of the City

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The Mysterious Mr. Wong

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The Cross of Lorraine

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3 Ring Circus

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Night of Terror

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Shed No Tears

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She Couldn't Say No

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The Green Years

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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

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One Frightened Night

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Men in White

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Warpath

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The Matchmaker

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The Maverick Queen

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A Man Betrayed

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Skyscraper Souls

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Studio One

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This Is Your Life

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Climax!

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Absolute Quiet

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Murder by Invitation

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Belle Starr's Daughter

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Flesh and Fury

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The First Texan

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The Boy from Oklahoma

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Two in the Dark

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Goodbye Again

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Trackdown

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Central Park

5.2

Isle Of Destiny

5.0

Lucy Gallant

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The Spoilers

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

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The Rogues' Tavern

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Three-Cornered Moon

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Machine Gun Mama

3.8

My Woman

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Jericho

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Roar of the Press

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The Deputy

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Secret Command

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The Wet Parade

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Exiled to Shanghai

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Are You Listening?

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Headline Shooter

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Stagecoach To Fury

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Dakota Lil

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Another Face

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Two Girls on Broadway

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Twilight for the Gods

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

5.3

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

6.2

Johnny Concho

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X Marks the Spot

6.0

Scattergood Survives a Murder

4.5

Get That Man

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The Great Jesse James Raid

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Lover Come Back

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Stardust

4.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

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Screen Director's Playhouse

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Back Door to Heaven

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Thunder Over Arizona

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Money Means Nothing

4.0

Embraceable You

5.5

O.H.M.S.

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The Nebraskan

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Inside the Law

5.0

She Couldn't Take It

4.5

East of Fifth Avenue

6.0

Give Us Wings

6.0

The Great John L.

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Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

4.5

The Hollywood Gad-About

5.0

The Ford Television Theatre

7.0

The Man from Texas

6.0

The Nut Farm

8.0

A Woman's Man

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Swing It, Sailor!

5.0

A Son Comes Home

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Rendezvous with Annie

6.0

The Big Cage

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

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In Spite of Danger

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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

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Inner Sanctum

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Peter Loves Mary

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Mary Burns, Fugitive

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Swellhead

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I Hate Women

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Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

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Rodeo

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Scatterbrain

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Hypnotized

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Red Stallion In The Rockies

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Tess of the Storm Country

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The Marines Come Thru

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A Guy Could Change

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Married in Hollywood

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On Stage Everybody

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Bristle Face

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The Great Adventure

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The Whistler

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Vacation Playhouse

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Kings Row

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Studio 57

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