About
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,...
Known for
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960
Climax!Series • 1954
Studio OneSeries • 1948
Father Knows BestSeries • 1954
The Ford Television TheatreSeries • 1952
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
Studio 57Series • 1954
TrackdownSeries • 1957
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958
The DeputySeries • 1959
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowSeries • 1960
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries • 1955
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
The Great AdventureSeries • 1963
Inner SanctumSeries • 1954
Shadow of a DoubtMovie • 1943
FreaksMovie • 1932
A Patch of BlueMovie • 1965
SpellboundMovie • 1945
Dead ReckoningMovie • 1946
The Man from LaramieMovie • 1955
DestryMovie • 1954
HarveyMovie • 1950
WichitaMovie • 1955