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, lat
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.
From Wikipedia.
Born
Feb 11, 1898
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Died
Jun 11, 1966
Known For
Acting
Movies
123 acting
0 crew
Popularity
1.5
Known For
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Fred Saunders
Freaks
1932
as Phroso
Spellbound
1945
as Stranger in Hotel Lobby
The Man from Laramie
1955
as Charley O'Leary
A Patch of Blue
1965
as Ole Pa
Harvey
1950
as The Taxi Driver
Warlock
1959
as Judge Holloway
The Mummy's Hand
1940
as Babe Jenson
Dead Reckoning
1946
as McGee
The Informer
1935
as Frankie McPhillip
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