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.

Filmography

• 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood — Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
• 1965A Patch of Blue — Ole Pa
• 1964Bristle Face — Emory Packer
• The Great Adventure — Uncle Billy Smith
• Vacation Playhouse — Lester Tinney
• Peter Loves Mary
• 1960Tess of the Storm Country — Fred Thorson
• The Andy Griffith Show — Roger Hanover
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Harry
• The Deputy — Herk Lamson, Marshal Herk Lamson
• 1959Warlock — Judge Holloway
• 1958The Last Hurrah — Charlie Hennessey
• 1958The Matchmaker — Malachi Stack
• 1958Twilight for the Gods — Old Brown
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• 1957Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses — Rebel
• Trackdown — Eli Zach
• 1956Johnny Concho — Albert Dark
• 1956Stagecoach To Fury — Judge Lester Farrell
• 1956The First Texan — Henry Delaney
• 1956The Maverick Queen — Jamie
• 1956The Rainmaker — Sheriff Howard Thomas
• 1956Thunder Over Arizona — Stiles
• 1955A Lawless Street — Dr. Amos Wynn
• Kings Row
• 1955Lucy Gallant — Gus Basserman
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Ed Rawlings
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Monty Smith
• 1955The Man from Laramie — Charley O'Leary
• 1955The Spoilers — Flapjack Simms
• 1955Wichita — Arthur Whiteside
• 19543 Ring Circus — Sam Morley
• Climax! — Bunco Kelly, Sheriff, Dr. Karl Wexdig, Samuel Cramer
• 1954Destry — Doc Curtis
• Father Knows Best
• Inner Sanctum
• 1954She Couldn't Say No — Joe Wheelen
• Studio 57 — Boats
• 1954The Boy from Oklahoma — Walter "Wally" Higgins
• The Whistler
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Emory Packer
• 1953The Great Jesse James Raid — Elias Hobbs
• The Motorola Television Hour
• 1953The Nebraskan — 'Mac' McBride
• 1952Flesh and Fury — Jack 'Pop' Richardson
• 1952Rodeo — Barbecue Jones
• The Ford Television Theatre — Talker
• 1951He Ran All the Way — Fred Dobbs
• 1951Painting the Clouds with Sunshine — Sam Parks
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Innkeeper
• 1951Warpath — Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
• 1950Dakota Lil — Carter
• 1950Harvey — The Taxi Driver
• 1950The Breaking Point — F.R. Duncan
• 1950The Furies — Scotty Hyslip
• 1949Red Stallion In The Rockies — 'Talky' Carson
• 1949The Set-Up — Gus
• 1948Belle Starr's Daughter — Lafe Bailey
• 1948Coroner Creek — Andy West
• 1948Embraceable You — Police Lt. Ferria
• 1948Shed No Tears — Sam Grover
• Studio One
• 1948The Man from Texas — Jed
• 1947Magic Town — Lou Dicketts
• 1947T-Men — The Schemer
• 1946A Guy Could Change — Bill Conley
• 1946Black Angel — Joe
• 1946Crack-Up — Lt. Cochrane
• 1946Dead Reckoning — McGee
• 1946Lover Come Back — Tubbs
• 1946Rendezvous with Annie — Al Morgan
• 1946The Green Years — Jamie Nigg
• 1945Blood on the Sun — Ollie Miller
• 1945On Stage Everybody — Emmett Rogers
• 1945Spellbound — Stranger in Hotel Lobby
• 1945The Great John L. — McManus
• 1944Machine Gun Mama — John O'Reilly
• 1944Secret Command — Miller
• 1943Shadow of a Doubt — Fred Saunders
• 1943The Ape Man — Jeff Carter
• 1943The Cross of Lorraine — Pierre
• 1942All Through the Night — Spats Hunter
• 1942Inside the Law — Billy
• 1942Scattergood Survives a Murder — Wally Collins
• 1942The Mummy's Tomb — Babe Hanson
• 1941A Man Betrayed — Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
• 1941Blues in the Night — Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
• 1941Murder by Invitation — Bob White
• 1941Roar of the Press — Wally Williams
• 1940Give Us Wings — Mr. York
• 1940Isle Of Destiny — Millard Barnes
• 1940Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! — Joe Redmond
• 1940Scatterbrain — Sam Maxwell
• 1940The Mummy's Hand — Babe Jenson
• 1940Two Girls on Broadway — Jed Marlowe
• 1939Back Door to Heaven — Frankie Rogers
• 1938Stardust — Peter Jackson
• 1938Swing It, Sailor! — Pete Kelly
• 1938The Marines Come Thru — Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
• 1937Exiled to Shanghai — Ted Young
• 1937Jericho — Mike Clancy
• 1937O.H.M.S. — Jimmy Tracy
• 1936A Son Comes Home — Steve
• 1936Absolute Quiet — Jack
• 1936The Rogues' Tavern — Jimmy Kelly
• 1936Two in the Dark — Harry Hilyer
• 1935Another Face — Joe Haynes, Press Agent
• 1935Get That Man — Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
• 1935In Spite of Danger — Bob Crane
• 1935Mary Burns, Fugitive — Harper
• 1935Men of the Hour — Andy Blane
• 1935One Frightened Night — Joe Luvalle
• 1935She Couldn't Take It — "Fingers" Boston
• 1935Swellhead — Terry McCall
• 1935The Informer — Frankie McPhillip
• 1935The Mysterious Mr. Wong — Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
• 1935The Nut Farm — Willie Barton
• 1935The Whole Town's Talking — Healy
• 1934A Woman's Man — Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
• 1934I Hate Women — Scoop McGuire
• 1934Men in White — Shorty
• 1934Money Means Nothing — Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
• 1934The Lost Patrol — Morelli
• 1934The Man Who Reclaimed His Head — 'Curly'
• 1933East of Fifth Avenue — Vic Howard
• 1933Employees' Entrance — Martin West
• 1933Goodbye Again — Arthur Westlake
• 1933Headline Shooter — Mike
• 1933My Woman — Chick Rollins
• 1933Night of Terror — Tom Hartley
• 1933The Big Cage — Russ Penny
• 1933Three Cornered Moon — Kenneth Rimplegar
• 1932Are You Listening? — Larry Barnes
• 1932Central Park — Rick
• 1932Freaks — Phroso
• 1932Hypnotized — Bill Bogard
• 1932Skyscraper Souls — Slim
• 1932The Beast of the City — Detective Ed Fitzpatrick
• 1932The Wet Parade — Jerry Tyler
• 1931Possessed — Al Manning
• 1931X Marks the Spot — Ted Lloyd
• 1929Married in Hollywood — Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)
• This Is Your Life — Self
• 1934The Hollywood Gad-About — Self (uncredited)