Acting
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born
February 11, 1898
Died
June 11, 1966 (age 68)
Born in
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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. From Wikipedia.

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
2008

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987

A Patch of Blue
as Ole Pa
1965

Bristle Face
as Emory Packer
1964

The Great Adventure
as Uncle Billy Smith
1963
Vacation Playhouse
as Lester Tinney
1963

Tess of the Storm Country
as Fred Thorson
1960
Peter Loves Mary
1960

The Andy Griffith Show
as Roger Hanover
1960

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Harry
1960

The Deputy
as Herk Lamson
1959

Warlock
as Judge Holloway
1959

The Last Hurrah
as Charlie Hennessey
1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Twilight for the Gods
as Old Brown
1958

The Matchmaker
as Malachi Stack
1958

Trackdown
as Eli Zach
1957

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Rebel
1957

Stagecoach To Fury
as Judge Lester Farrell
1956

The Rainmaker
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
1956