
Wallace Ford
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1898-02-11
- Died
- 1966-06-11
- Place of birth
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Samuel Jones Grundy · Wally Ford · Samuel Grundy Jones
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.
Known For
TV Shows (22)

The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Roger Hanover

Climax!
1954
as Bunco Kelly / Sheriff / Dr. Karl Wexdig / Samuel Cramer

Studio One
1948

Father Knows Best
1954

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Talker

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Monty Smith

The Deputy
1959
as Herk Lamson / Marshal Herk Lamson

Trackdown
1957
as Eli Zach

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Studio 57
1954
as Boats

This Is Your Life
1952
as Self

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Harry

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Ed Rawlings

The Great Adventure
1963
as Uncle Billy Smith

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Emory Packer
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Lester Tinney

Inner Sanctum
1954
The Whistler
1954
Peter Loves Mary
1960

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Innkeeper
Kings Row
1955

The Motorola Television Hour
1953
Movies (123)

Freaks
1932
as Phroso

Spellbound
1945
as Hotel masher

Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Fred Saunders

Warlock
1959
as Judge Holloway

The Furies
1950
as Scotty Hyslip

Dead Reckoning
1946
as McGee

Harvey
1950
as The Taxi Driver

The Man from Laramie
1955
as Charley O'Leary

The Informer
1935
as Frankie McPhillip

T-Men
1947
as The Schemer

Secret Command
1944
as Miller

My Woman
1933
as Chick Rollins

The Rainmaker
1956
as Sheriff Howard Thomas

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

A Patch of Blue
1965
as Ole Pa

The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Healy

Black Angel
1946
as Joe

Wichita
1955
as Arthur Whiteside

Possessed
1931
as Al Manning

The Set-Up
1949
as Gus

The Lost Patrol
1934
as Morelli

All Through the Night
1942
as Spats Hunter

The Mummy's Hand
1940
as Babe Jenson

Swellhead
1935
as Terry McCall

The Spoilers
1955
as Flapjack Simms

Crack-Up
1946
as Lt. Cochrane

Absolute Quiet
1936
as Jack

Rodeo
1952
as Barbecue Jones

Shed No Tears
1948
as Sam Grover

Roar of the Press
1941
as Wally Williams

A Lawless Street
1955
as Dr. Amos Wynn

He Ran All the Way
1951
as Fred Dobbs

Warpath
1951
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts

Isle Of Destiny
1940
as Millard Barnes

The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Babe Hanson

Magic Town
1947
as Lou Dicketts

The Last Hurrah
1958
as Charlie Hennessey

Lucy Gallant
1955
as Gus Basserman

The Breaking Point
1950
as F.R. Duncan

Are You Listening?
1932
as Larry Barnes

Jericho
1937
as Mike Clancy

The Matchmaker
1958
as Malachi Stack

Destry
1954
as Doc Curtis

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

The Green Years
1946
as Jamie Nigg

Blood on the Sun
1945
as Ollie Miller
The Marines Come Thru
1938
as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins

3 Ring Circus
1954
as Sam Morley

Men in White
1934
as Shorty

Flesh and Fury
1952
as Jack 'Pop' Richardson

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
as Sam Parks

Headline Shooter
1933
as Mike

O.H.M.S.
1937
as Jimmy Tracy

She Couldn't Take It
1935
as "Fingers" Boston

Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Judge Lester Farrell

A Man Betrayed
1941
as Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)

Back Door to Heaven
1939
as Frankie Rogers

Johnny Concho
1956
as Albert Dark

Coroner Creek
1948
as Andy West

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
as 'Curly'

Skyscraper Souls
1932
as Slim

The Nebraskan
1953
as 'Mac' McBride

Embraceable You
1948
as Police Lt. Ferria

Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Kenneth Rimplegar

The Maverick Queen
1956
as Jamie

The First Texan
1956
as Henry Delaney

The Beast of the City
1932
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick

Two in the Dark
1936
as Harry Hilyer

The Ape Man
1943
as Jeff Carter

Tess of the Storm Country
1960
as Fred Thorson

The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Pierre

The Wet Parade
1932
as Jerry Tyler

Night of Terror
1933
as Tom Hartley

Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
as Lafe Bailey

Dakota Lil
1950
as Carter

The Big Cage
1933
as Russ Penny

Bristle Face
1964
as Emory Packer

Lover Come Back
1946
as Tubbs

Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Jed Marlowe

The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Walter "Wally" Higgins

Hypnotized
1932
as Bill Bogard

Give Us Wings
1940
as Mr. York

Twilight for the Gods
1958
as Old Brown

The Man from Texas
1948
as Jed

Another Face
1935
as Joe Haynes, Press Agent

Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Stiles

She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Joe Wheelen

In Spite of Danger
1935
as Bob Crane

The Great John L.
1945
as McManus

Blues in the Night
1941
as Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)

The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
as Elias Hobbs

A Woman's Man
1934
as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter

Swing It, Sailor!
1938
as Pete Kelly

Rendezvous with Annie
1946
as Al Morgan

A Guy Could Change
1946
as Bill Conley

On Stage Everybody
1945
as Emmett Rogers

Stardust
1938
as Peter Jackson

Central Park
1932
as Rick

Goodbye Again
1933
as Arthur Westlake

X Marks the Spot
1931
as Ted Lloyd

Scatterbrain
1940
as Sam Maxwell

The Rogues' Tavern
1936
as Jimmy Kelly

A Son Comes Home
1936
as Steve

East of Fifth Avenue
1933
as Vic Howard

Exiled to Shanghai
1937
as Ted Young

Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Wally Collins

I Hate Women
1934
as Scoop McGuire

Money Means Nothing
1934
as Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay

The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton

Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Harper

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Joe Redmond

One Frightened Night
1935
as Joe Luvalle

Married in Hollywood
1929
as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)

The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
as Self (uncredited)

Employees' Entrance
1933
as Martin West

Get That Man
1935
as Jack Kirkland / John Prescott

Inside the Law
1942
as Billy

Murder by Invitation
1941
as Bob White

The Nut Farm
1935
as Willie Barton

Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as 'Talky' Carson
About 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, later becoming an usher in a theatre. Following his dis… With 145 credits spanning from 1929 to 2008, Wallace Ford has appeared in 123 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Freaks (1932) — as Phroso
- Spellbound (1945) — as Hotel masher
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — as Fred Saunders
- Warlock (1959) — as Judge Holloway
- The Furies (1950) — as Scotty Hyslip
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