
Wallace Ford
Known for: Acting
Born: February 11, 1898
Died: June 11, 1966
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…
Known for

Back Door to Heaven
1939

The Rogues' Tavern
1936

Shed No Tears
1948

Swellhead
1935

X Marks the Spot
1931

Exiled to Shanghai
1937

Money Means Nothing
1934

The Nut Farm
1935

Inside the Law
1942

Get That Man
1935

Murder by Invitation
1941

Swing It, Sailor!
1938

I Hate Women
1934

Another Face
1935

East of Fifth Avenue
1933
The Marines Come Thru
1938

In Spite of Danger
1935

The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935

Night of Terror
1933

O.H.M.S.
1937

Machine Gun Mama
1944

Central Park
1932

Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949

Roar of the Press
1941

The Beast of the City
1932

The Mummy's Hand
1940

He Ran All the Way
1951

The Ape Man
1943

Employees' Entrance
1933

The Lost Patrol
1934

Possessed
1931

Thunder Over Arizona
1956

Two in the Dark
1936

Stagecoach To Fury
1956

The Nebraskan
1953

A Woman's Man
1934

Isle Of Destiny
1940

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940

Rodeo
1952

My Woman
1933

Jericho
1937

Stardust
1938

Men of the Hour
1935

A Man Betrayed
1941

A Patch of Blue
1965

T-Men
1947

Flesh and Fury
1952

Wichita
1955

The First Texan
1956

Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942

Embraceable You
1948

The Great Jesse James Raid
1953

Belle Starr's Daughter
1948

A Son Comes Home
1936

Bristle Face
1964

Crack-Up
1946

A Lawless Street
1955

Johnny Concho
1956

The Informer
1935

3 Ring Circus
1954

The Breaking Point
1950

The Set-Up
1949

Three Cornered Moon
1933

Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935

She Couldn't Say No
1954

The Man from Texas
1948

Goodbye Again
1933

Dakota Lil
1950

Magic Town
1947

Hypnotized
1932

The Great John L.
1945

A Guy Could Change
1946

The Maverick Queen
1956

Freaks
1932

Black Angel
1946

Blues in the Night
1941

The Mummy's Tomb
1942

Warlock
1959

The Whole Town's Talking
1935

Are You Listening?
1932

Headline Shooter
1933

The Boy from Oklahoma
1954

She Couldn't Take It
1935

Give Us Wings
1940

Two Girls on Broadway
1940

The Big Cage
1933

Lucy Gallant
1955

Blood on the Sun
1945

Dead Reckoning
1946

Shadow of a Doubt
1943

Coroner Creek
1948

The Man from Laramie
1955

Secret Command
1944

Destry
1954

Absolute Quiet
1936

The Rainmaker
1956

Scatterbrain
1940

Tess of the Storm Country
1960

The Spoilers
1955

The Matchmaker
1958

On Stage Everybody
1945

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934

The Cross of Lorraine
1943

Men in White
1934

Warpath
1951

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951

One Frightened Night
1935

Lover Come Back
1946

Skyscraper Souls
1932

Harvey
1950

Rendezvous with Annie
1946

Twilight for the Gods
1958

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957

The Furies
1950

Married in Hollywood
1929

All Through the Night
1942

The Hollywood Gad-About
1934

The Wet Parade
1932

The Last Hurrah
1958

The Green Years
1946

Spellbound
1945

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987

The Andy Griffith Show
1960

The Great Adventure
1963

Studio One
1948

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Father Knows Best
1954

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

This Is Your Life
1952

Climax!
1954

The Deputy
1959

The Whistler
1954

Inner Sanctum
1954
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Kings Row
1955

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

Studio 57
1954

Trackdown
1957

The Motorola Television Hour
1953