Wallace Ford
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
A Patch of Blue
1965
Bristle Face
1964
The Great Adventure
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
Peter Loves Mary
Peter Loves Mary
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
The Deputy
1959
Warlock
1959
The Last Hurrah
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Twilight for the Gods
1958
The Matchmaker
1958
Trackdown
1957
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
The Rainmaker
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
Johnny Concho
1956
The First Texan
1956
The Maverick Queen
1956
The Spoilers
1955
A Lawless Street
1955
Lucy Gallant
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Kings Row
Kings Row
1955
The Man from Laramie
1955
Wichita
1955
3 Ring Circus
1954
Destry
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Climax!
1954
Father Knows Best
1954
Studio 57
1954
The Whistler
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
She Couldn't Say No
1954
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Nebraskan
1953
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
This Is Your Life
1952
Flesh and Fury
1952
Rodeo
1952
Warpath
1951
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
He Ran All the Way
1951
Harvey
1950
The Breaking Point
1950
The Furies
1950
Dakota Lil
1950
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
The Set-Up
1949
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
Studio One
1948
Embraceable You
1948
Coroner Creek
1948
Shed No Tears
1948
The Man from Texas
1948
T-Men
1947
Magic Town
1947
Dead Reckoning
1946
Crack-Up
1946
Black Angel
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
The Green Years
1946
Lover Come Back
1946
A Guy Could Change
1946
Spellbound
1945
On Stage Everybody
1945
The Great John L.
1945
Blood on the Sun
1945
Machine Gun Mama
1944
Secret Command
1944