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.
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TV credits
Rated 10.0 out of 10
The Great Adventure
1963
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Rated 7.6 out of 10
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Rated 6.4 out of 10
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Rated 6.5 out of 10
The Deputy
1959
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Rated 6.9 out of 10
Trackdown
1957
Rated 6.0 out of 10
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Kings Row
1955
Rated 7.9 out of 10
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Rated 3.8 out of 10
Climax!
1954
Rated 6.7 out of 10
Father Knows Best
1954
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Studio 57
1954
Rated 0.0 out of 10
The Whistler
1954
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Inner Sanctum
1954
Rated 10.0 out of 10
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
Rated 7.8 out of 10
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Rated 6.5 out of 10
This Is Your Life
1952
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Rated 5.4 out of 10
Studio One
1948