Wallace Ford
AKA: Samuel Jones Grundy
Birthday: 1898-02-11
Died: 1966-06-11
Birthplace: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Character: Det. Ed Fitzpatrick
Character: Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
Character: Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Character: Judge Holloway
Character: Frankie McPhillip
Character: Frankie Rogers
Character: Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
Character: Charley O'Leary
Character: Kenneth Rimplegar
Character: Charlie Hennessey
Character: Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Character: Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Character: Arthur Whiteside
Character: Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
Character: Police Lt. Ferria
Character: Judge Lester Farrell
Character: Walter "Wally" Higgins
Character: Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
Character: Arthur Westlake
Character: Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
Character: Millard Barnes
Character: Joe Haynes, Press Agent
Character: "Fingers" Boston
Character: Sheriff Howard Thomas
Character: Barbecue Jones
Character: The Taxi Driver
Character: 'Talky' Carson
Character: Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
Character: Flapjack Simms
Character: Wally Williams
Character: Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
Character: Self (uncredited)
Character: Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)