Wallace Ford

Biography

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.

Known For

The Andy Griffith Show

Climax!

Climax!

Climax!

Climax!

Father Knows Best

Studio One

The Deputy

All Movies (123)

• Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood2008 · as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
• James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Patch of Blue1965 · as Ole Pa
• Bristle Face1964 · as Emory Packer
• Tess of the Storm Country1960 · as Fred Thorson
• Warlock1959 · as Judge Holloway
• The Last Hurrah1958 · as Charlie Hennessey
• Twilight for the Gods1958 · as Old Brown
• The Matchmaker1958 · as Malachi Stack
• Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses1957 · as Rebel
• Stagecoach To Fury1956 · as Judge Lester Farrell
• The Rainmaker1956 · as Sheriff Howard Thomas
• Thunder Over Arizona1956 · as Stiles
• Johnny Concho1956 · as Albert Dark
• The First Texan1956 · as Henry Delaney
• The Maverick Queen1956 · as Jamie
• The Spoilers1955 · as Flapjack Simms
• A Lawless Street1955 · as Dr. Amos Wynn
• Lucy Gallant1955 · as Gus Basserman
• The Man from Laramie1955 · as Charley O'Leary
• Wichita1955 · as Arthur Whiteside
• 3 Ring Circus1954 · as Sam Morley
• Destry1954 · as Doc Curtis
• The Boy from Oklahoma1954 · as Walter "Wally" Higgins
• She Couldn't Say No1954 · as Joe Wheelen
• The Nebraskan1953 · as 'Mac' McBride
• The Great Jesse James Raid1953 · as Elias Hobbs
• Flesh and Fury1952 · as Jack 'Pop' Richardson
• Rodeo1952 · as Barbecue Jones
• Warpath1951 · as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
• Painting the Clouds with Sunshine1951 · as Sam Parks
• He Ran All the Way1951 · as Fred Dobbs
• Harvey1950 · as The Taxi Driver
• The Breaking Point1950 · as F.R. Duncan
• The Furies1950 · as Scotty Hyslip
• Dakota Lil1950 · as Carter
• Red Stallion In The Rockies1949 · as 'Talky' Carson
• The Set-Up1949 · as Gus
• Belle Starr's Daughter1948 · as Lafe Bailey
• Embraceable You1948 · as Police Lt. Ferria
• Coroner Creek1948 · as Andy West
• Shed No Tears1948 · as Sam Grover
• The Man from Texas1948 · as Jed
• T-Men1947 · as The Schemer
• Magic Town1947 · as Lou Dicketts
• Dead Reckoning1946 · as McGee
• Crack-Up1946 · as Lt. Cochrane
• Black Angel1946 · as Joe
• Rendezvous with Annie1946 · as Al Morgan
• The Green Years1946 · as Jamie Nigg
• Lover Come Back1946 · as Tubbs
• A Guy Could Change1946 · as Bill Conley
• Spellbound1945 · as Hotel masher
• On Stage Everybody1945 · as Emmett Rogers
• The Great John L.1945 · as McManus
• Blood on the Sun1945 · as Ollie Miller
• Machine Gun Mama1944 · as John O'Reilly
• Secret Command1944 · as Miller
• The Cross of Lorraine1943 · as Pierre
• The Ape Man1943 · as Jeff Carter
• Shadow of a Doubt1943 · as Fred Saunders
• The Mummy's Tomb1942 · as Babe Hanson
• Scattergood Survives a Murder1942 · as Wally Collins
• Inside the Law1942 · as Billy
• All Through the Night1942 · as Spats Hunter
• Blues in the Night1941 · as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
• Murder by Invitation1941 · as Bob White
• Roar of the Press1941 · as Wally Williams
• A Man Betrayed1941 · as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
• Give Us Wings1940 · as Mr. York
• The Mummy's Hand1940 · as Babe Jenson
• Scatterbrain1940 · as Sam Maxwell
• Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!1940 · as Joe Redmond
• Two Girls on Broadway1940 · as Jed Marlowe
• Isle Of Destiny1940 · as Millard Barnes
• Back Door to Heaven1939 · as Frankie Rogers
• The Marines Come Thru1938 · as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
• Stardust1938 · as Peter Jackson
• Swing It, Sailor!1938 · as Pete Kelly
• Exiled to Shanghai1937 · as Ted Young
• Jericho1937 · as Mike Clancy
• O.H.M.S.1937 · as Jimmy Tracy
• A Son Comes Home1936 · as Steve
• The Rogues' Tavern1936 · as Jimmy Kelly
• Absolute Quiet1936 · as Jack
• Two in the Dark1936 · as Harry Hilyer
• Another Face1935 · as Joe Haynes, Press Agent
• Mary Burns, Fugitive1935 · as Harper
• She Couldn't Take It1935 · as "Fingers" Boston
• Get That Man1935 · as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
• The Informer1935 · as Frankie McPhillip
• Men of the Hour1935 · as Andy Blane
• Swellhead1935 · as Terry McCall
• One Frightened Night1935 · as Joe Luvalle
• The Nut Farm1935 · as Willie Barton
• In Spite of Danger1935 · as Bob Crane
• The Whole Town's Talking1935 · as Healy
• The Mysterious Mr. Wong1935 · as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
• The Man Who Reclaimed His Head1934 · as 'Curly'
• The Hollywood Gad-About1934 · as Self (uncredited)
• Money Means Nothing1934 · as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
• I Hate Women1934 · as Scoop McGuire
• Men in White1934 · as Shorty
• The Lost Patrol1934 · as Morelli
• A Woman's Man1934 · as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
• East of Fifth Avenue1933 · as Vic Howard
• My Woman1933 · as Chick Rollins
• Goodbye Again1933 · as Arthur Westlake
• Three Cornered Moon1933 · as Kenneth Rimplegar
• Headline Shooter1933 · as Mike
• The Big Cage1933 · as Russ Penny
• Night of Terror1933 · as Tom Hartley
• Employees' Entrance1933 · as Martin West
• Hypnotized1932 · as Bill Bogard
• Central Park1932 · as Rick
• Skyscraper Souls1932 · as Slim
• The Wet Parade1932 · as Jerry Tyler
• Are You Listening?1932 · as Larry Barnes
• The Beast of the City1932 · as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
• Freaks1932 · as Phroso
• X Marks the Spot1931 · as Ted Lloyd
• Possessed1931 · as Al Manning
• Married in Hollywood1929 · as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)

All TV Shows (27)

• The Great Adventure1963 · as Uncle Billy Smith
• Vacation Playhouse1963 · as Lester Tinney
• Peter Loves Mary1960
• The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Roger Hanover
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Harry
• The Deputy1959 · as Herk Lamson
• The Deputy1959 · as Marshal Herk Lamson
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
• Trackdown1957 · as Eli Zach
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Monty Smith
• Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · as Ed Rawlings
• Kings Row1955
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Emory Packer
• Climax!1954 · as Bunco Kelly
• Climax!1954 · as Sheriff
• Climax!1954 · as Dr. Karl Wexdig
• Climax!1954 · as Samuel Cramer
• Father Knows Best1954
• Studio 571954 · as Boats
• The Whistler1954
• Inner Sanctum1954
• The Motorola Television Hour1953
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Talker
• This Is Your Life1952 · as Self
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Innkeeper
• Studio One1948