Wallace Ford

actor • soundtrack

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, Engla...

Born: February 11, 1898 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Died: June 11, 1966 (age 68)

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Known For

7.9

Spellbound

Movies & TV Credits

149 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood Movie	7.2	Actor	Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)	2008
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Movie	7.8	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1987
A Patch of Blue Movie	8.1	Actor	Ole Pa	1965
Bristle Face Movie	8.3	Actor	Emory Packer	1964
Vacation Playhouse TV Show	7.6	Actor	Lester Tinney(1 Episode)	1963
The Great Adventure TV Show	7.1	Actor	Uncle Billy Smith(1 Episode)	1963
Tess of the Storm Country Movie	5.8	Actor	Fred Thorson	1960
The Andy Griffith Show TV Show	8.2	Actor	Roger Hanover(1 Episode)	1960
Peter Loves Mary TV Show	6.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show TV Show	7.3	Actor	Harry(1 Episode)	1960
Warlock Movie	7.0	Actor	Judge Holloway	1959
The Deputy TV Show	6.7	Actor	Marshal Herk Lamson(40 Episodes)	1959
The Deputy TV Show	6.7	Actor	Herk Lamson(39 Episodes)	1959
Twilight for the Gods Movie	5.6	Actor	Old Brown	1958
The Matchmaker Movie	6.6	Actor	Malachi Stack	1958
The Last Hurrah Movie	7.1	Actor	Charlie Hennessey	1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1958
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses Movie	—	Actor	Rebel	1957
Trackdown TV Show	7.6	Actor	Eli Zach(1 Episode)	1957
Johnny Concho Movie	5.7	Actor	Albert Dark	1956
The Rainmaker Movie	6.8	Actor	Sheriff Howard Thomas	1956
Thunder Over Arizona Movie	5.2	Actor	Stiles	1956
Stagecoach To Fury Movie	5.7	Actor	Judge Lester Farrell	1956
The First Texan Movie	6.0	Actor	Henry Delaney	1956
The Maverick Queen Movie	5.7	Actor	Jamie	1956
Lucy Gallant Movie	6.1	Actor	Gus Basserman	1955
The Man from Laramie Movie	7.4	Actor	Charley O'Leary	1955
Wichita Movie	6.7	Actor	Arthur Whiteside	1955
A Lawless Street Movie	6.3	Actor	Dr. Amos Wynn	1955
The Spoilers Movie	5.8	Actor	Flapjack Simms	1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour TV Show	6.9	Actor	Monty Smith(1 Episode)	1955
Screen Director's Playhouse TV Show	—	Actor	Ed Rawlings(1 Episode)	1955
Kings Row TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1955
The Boy from Oklahoma Movie	5.8	Actor	Walter "Wally" Higgins	1954
Destry Movie	6.4	Actor	Doc Curtis	1954
3 Ring Circus Movie	5.7	Actor	Sam Morley	1954
She Couldn't Say No Movie	5.7	Actor	Joe Wheelen	1954
Father Knows Best TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1954
Inner Sanctum TV Show	8.0	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1954
Climax! TV Show	6.3	Actor	Samuel Cramer(1 Episode)	1954
Climax! TV Show	6.3	Actor	Bunco Kelly(1 Episode)	1954
Climax! TV Show	6.3	Actor	Sheriff(1 Episode)	1954
Climax! TV Show	6.3	Actor	Dr. Karl Wexdig(1 Episode)	1954
The Whistler TV Show	7.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1954
The Magical World of Disney TV Show	8.1	Actor	Emory Packer(2 Episodes)	1954
Studio 57 TV Show	7.1	Actor	Boats(1 Episode)	1954
The Nebraskan Movie	4.7	Actor	'Mac' McBride	1953
The Great Jesse James Raid Movie	4.5	Actor	Elias Hobbs	1953
The Motorola Television Hour TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1953
Flesh and Fury Movie	6.4	Actor	Jack 'Pop' Richardson	1952
Rodeo Movie	5.8	Actor	Barbecue Jones	1952
The Ford Television Theatre TV Show	6.9	Actor	Talker(1 Episode)	1952
He Ran All the Way Movie	7.1	Actor	Fred Dobbs	1951
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine Movie	5.5	Actor	Sam Parks	1951
Warpath Movie	5.9	Actor	Pvt. 'Irish' Potts	1951
Schlitz Playhouse TV Show	7.3	Actor	Innkeeper(1 Episode)	1951
Schlitz Playhouse TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1951
Harvey Movie	8.0	Actor	The Taxi Driver	1950
The Breaking Point Movie	7.6	Actor	F.R. Duncan	1950
Dakota Lil Movie	5.6	Actor	Carter	1950
The Furies Movie	7.3	Actor	Scotty Hyslip	1950
This Is Your Life TV Show	6.7	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1950
Red Stallion In The Rockies Movie	4.9	Actor	'Talky' Carson	1949
The Set-Up Movie	7.7	Actor	Gus	1949
Coroner Creek Movie	6.7	Actor	Andy West	1948
Embraceable You Movie	6.3	Actor	Police Lt. Ferria	1948
Shed No Tears Movie	6.0	Actor	Sam Grover	1948
The Man from Texas Movie	5.1	Actor	Jed	1948
Belle Starr's Daughter Movie	5.6	Actor	Lafe Bailey	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1948
T-Men Movie	6.8	Actor	The Schemer	1947
Magic Town Movie	6.6	Actor	Lou Dicketts	1947
Black Angel Movie	6.7	Actor	Joe	1946
Rendezvous with Annie Movie	6.6	Actor	Al Morgan	1946
Crack-Up Movie	6.3	Actor	Lt. Cochrane	1946
The Green Years Movie	6.9	Actor	Jamie Nigg	1946
A Guy Could Change Movie	5.6	Actor	Bill Conley	1946
Dead Reckoning Movie	6.9	Actor	McGee	1946
Lover Come Back Movie	5.9	Actor	Tubbs	1946
The Great John L. Movie	6.9	Actor	McManus	1945
Spellbound Movie	7.6	Actor	Hotel masher	1945
On Stage Everybody Movie	6.6	Actor	Emmett Rogers	1945
Blood on the Sun Movie	5.8	Actor	Ollie Miller	1945
Machine Gun Mama Movie	4.7	Actor	John O'Reilly	1944
Secret Command Movie	6.2	Actor	Miller	1944
Shadow of a Doubt Movie	7.9	Actor	Fred Saunders	1943
The Cross of Lorraine Movie	6.4	Actor	Pierre	1943
The Ape Man Movie	4.5	Actor	Jeff Carter	1943
Inside the Law Movie	5.3	Actor	Billy	1942
All Through the Night Movie	7.0	Actor	Spats Hunter	1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder Movie	6.5	Actor	Wally Collins	1942
The Mummy's Tomb Movie	5.6	Actor	Babe Hanson	1942
Murder by Invitation Movie	5.7	Actor	Bob White	1941
Blues in the Night Movie	6.5	Actor	Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)	1941
Roar of the Press Movie	5.4	Actor	Wally Williams	1941
A Man Betrayed Movie	5.7	Actor	Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)	1941
Two Girls on Broadway Movie	5.8	Actor	Jed Marlowe	1940
The Mummy's Hand Movie	5.9	Actor	Babe Jenson	1940
Isle Of Destiny Movie	4.5	Actor	Millard Barnes	1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! Movie	6.4	Actor	Joe Redmond	1940
Give Us Wings Movie	5.6	Actor	Mr. York	1940
Scatterbrain Movie	6.9	Actor	Sam Maxwell	1940
Back Door to Heaven Movie	5.7	Actor	Frankie Rogers	1939
Swing It, Sailor! Movie	4.7	Actor	Pete Kelly	1938
The Marines Come Thru Movie	5.0	Actor	Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins	1938
Stardust Movie	4.9	Actor	Peter Jackson	1938
Exiled to Shanghai Movie	5.8	Actor	Ted Young	1937
O.H.M.S. Movie	5.4	Actor	Jimmy Tracy	1937
Jericho Movie	5.9	Actor	Mike Clancy	1937
The Rogues' Tavern Movie	5.0	Actor	Jimmy Kelly	1936
Absolute Quiet Movie	5.8	Actor	Jack	1936
Two in the Dark Movie	6.1	Actor	Harry Hilyer	1936
A Son Comes Home Movie	7.2	Actor	Steve	1936
She Couldn't Take It Movie	6.1	Actor	"Fingers" Boston	1935
Another Face Movie	5.8	Actor	Joe Haynes, Press Agent	1935
The Informer Movie	7.1	Actor	Frankie McPhillip	1935
The Whole Town's Talking Movie	7.2	Actor	Healy	1935
One Frightened Night Movie	5.8	Actor	Joe Luvalle	1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive Movie	6.6	Actor	Harper	1935
The Nut Farm Movie	5.0	Actor	Willie Barton	1935
Get That Man Movie	5.6	Actor	Jack Kirkland / John Prescott	1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong Movie	4.5	Actor	Jason H. 'Jay' Barton	1935
In Spite of Danger Movie	—	Actor	Bob Crane	1935
Swellhead Movie	5.3	Actor	Terry McCall	1935
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head Movie	6.6	Actor	'Curly'	1934
I Hate Women Movie	6.2	Actor	Scoop McGuire	1934
Money Means Nothing Movie	5.2	Actor	Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay	1934
The Lost Patrol Movie	6.7	Actor	Morelli	1934
A Woman's Man Movie	5.2	Actor	Joe Flynn - Prizefighter	1934
Men in White Movie	6.1	Actor	Shorty	1934
The Hollywood Gad-About Short Film	7.5	Actor	Self (uncredited)	1934
Employees' Entrance Movie	7.0	Actor	Martin West	1933
Night of Terror Movie	5.3	Actor	Tom Hartley	1933
Goodbye Again Movie	6.1	Actor	Arthur Westlake	1933
East of Fifth Avenue Movie	7.3	Actor	Vic Howard	1933
My Woman Movie	6.0	Actor	Chick Rollins	1933
Three Cornered Moon Movie	6.2	Actor	Kenneth Rimplegar	1933
Headline Shooter Movie	5.9	Actor	Mike	1933
The Big Cage Movie	6.0	Actor	Russ Penny	1933
Skyscraper Souls Movie	7.0	Actor	Slim	1932
The Beast of the City Movie	6.5	Actor	Det. Ed Fitzpatrick	1932
Are You Listening? Movie	5.9	Actor	Larry Barnes	1932
Central Park Movie	6.0	Actor	Rick	1932
Freaks Movie	7.9	Actor	Phroso	1932
Hypnotized Movie	4.9	Actor	Bill Bogard	1932
The Wet Parade Movie	6.0	Actor	Jerry Tyler	1932
Possessed Movie	7.1	Actor	Al Manning	1931
X Marks the Spot Movie	5.7	Actor	Ted Lloyd	1931
Married in Hollywood Movie	—	Actor	Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)	1929

Wallace Ford

Known For

Freaks

Harvey

Shadow of a Doubt

Spellbound

Movies & TV Credits