Personal Info
Known Credits
121
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1898-02-11 (127 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known For
Samuel Jones GrundyWally FordSamuel Grundy Jones
Wallace Ford
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2008 --
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
| Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
1988 --
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
| Self (archive footage)
1965 --
A Patch of Blue
| Ole Pa
1964 --
Bristle Face
| Emory Packer
1960 --
Tess of the Storm Country
| Fred Thorson
1959 --
Warlock
| Judge Holloway
1958 --
The Last Hurrah
| Charlie Hennessey
1958 --
Twilight for the Gods
| Old Brown
1958 --
The Matchmaker
| Malachi Stack
1956 --
The Rainmaker
| Sheriff Howard Thomas
1956 --
Stagecoach To Fury
| Judge Lester Farrell
1956 --
Thunder Over Arizona
| Stiles
1956 --
Johnny Concho
| Albert Dark
1956 --
The First Texan
| Henry Delaney
1956 --
The Maverick Queen
| Jamie
1955 --
The Spoilers
| Flapjack Simms
1955 --
A Lawless Street
| Dr. Amos Wynn
1955 --
Lucy Gallant
| Gus Basserman
1955 --
The Man from Laramie
| Charley O'Leary
1955 --
Wichita
| Arthur Whiteside
1954 --
3 Ring Circus
| Sam Morley
1954 --
Destry
| Doc Curtis
1954 --
The Boy from Oklahoma
| Walter "Wally" Higgins
1954 --
She Couldn't Say No
| Joe Wheelen
1953 --
The Nebraskan
| 'Mac' McBride
1953 --
The Great Jesse James Raid
| Elias Hobbs
1952 --
Flesh and Fury
| Jack 'Pop' Richardson
1952 --
Rodeo
| Barbecue Jones
1951 --
Warpath
| Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
1951 --
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
| Sam Parks
1951 --
He Ran All the Way
| Fred Dobbs
1950 --
Harvey
| The Taxi Driver
1950 --
The Breaking Point
| F.R. Duncan
1950 --
The Furies
| Scotty Hyslip
1950 --
Dakota Lil
| Carter
1949 --
Red Stallion In The Rockies
| 'Talky' Carson
1949 --
The Set-Up
| Gus
1948 --
Belle Starr's Daughter
| Lafe Bailey
1948 --
Embraceable You
| Police Lt. Ferria
1948 --
Coroner Creek
| Andy West
1948 --
Shed No Tears
| Sam Grover
1948 --
The Man from Texas
| Jed
1947 --
T-Men
| The Schemer
1947 --
Magic Town
| Lou Dicketts
1946 --
Dead Reckoning
| McGee
1946 --
Crack-Up
| Lt. Cochrane
1946 --
Black Angel
| Joe
1946 --
Rendezvous with Annie
| Al Morgan
1946 --
The Green Years
| Jamie Nigg
1946 --
Lover Come Back
| Tubbs
1946 --
A Guy Could Change
| Bill Conley
1945 --
Spellbound
| Hotel masher
1945 --
On Stage Everybody
| Emmett Rogers
1945 --
The Great John L.
| McManus
1945 --
Blood on the Sun
| Ollie Miller
1944 --
Machine Gun Mama
| John O'Reilly
1944 --
Secret Command
| Miller
1943 --
The Cross of Lorraine
| Pierre
1943 --
The Ape Man
| Jeff Carter
1943 --
Shadow of a Doubt
| Fred Saunders
1942 --
The Mummy's Tomb
| Babe Hanson
1942 --
Scattergood Survives a Murder
| Wally Collins
1942 --
Inside the Law
| Billy
1942 --
All Through the Night
| Spats Hunter
1941 --
Blues in the Night
| Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
1941 --
Murder by Invitation
| Bob White
1941 --
Roar of the Press
| Wally Williams
1941 --
A Man Betrayed
| Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
1940 --
Give Us Wings
| Mr. York
1940 --
The Mummy's Hand
| Babe Jenson
1940 --
Scatterbrain
| Sam Maxwell
1940 --
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
| Joe Redmond
1940 --
Two Girls on Broadway
| Jed Marlowe
1940 --
Isle Of Destiny
| Millard Barnes
1939 --
Back Door to Heaven
| Frankie Rogers
1938 --
The Marines Come Thru
| Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
1938 --
Stardust
| Peter Jackson
1938 --
Swing It, Sailor!
| Pete Kelly
1937 --
Exiled to Shanghai
| Ted Young
1937 --
Jericho
| Mike Clancy
1937 --
O.H.M.S.
| Jimmy Tracy
1936 --
A Son Comes Home
| Steve
1936 --
The Rogues' Tavern
| Jimmy Kelly
1936 --
Absolute Quiet
| Jack
1936 --
Two in the Dark
| Harry Hilyer
1935 --
Another Face
| Joe Haynes, Press Agent
1935 --
Mary Burns, Fugitive
| Harper
1935 --
She Couldn't Take It
| "Fingers" Boston
1935 --
Get That Man
| Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
1935 --
The Informer
| Frankie McPhillip
1935 --
Swellhead
| Terry McCall
1935 --
One Frightened Night
| Joe Luvalle
1935 --
The Nut Farm
| Willie Barton
1935 --
In Spite of Danger
| Bob Crane
1935 --
The Whole Town's Talking
| Healy
1935 --
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
| Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
1934 --
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
| 'Curly'
1934 --
The Hollywood Gad-About
| Self (uncredited)
1934 --
Money Means Nothing
| Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
1934 --
I Hate Women
| Scoop McGuire
1934 --
Men in White
| Shorty
1934 --
The Lost Patrol
| Morelli
1934 --
A Woman's Man
| Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
1933 --
East of Fifth Avenue
| Vic Howard
1933 --
My Woman
| Chick Rollins
1933 --
Goodbye Again
| Arthur Westlake
1933 --
Three-Cornered Moon
| Kenneth Rimplegar
1933 --
Headline Shooter
| Mike
1933 --
The Big Cage
| Russ Penny
1933 --
Night of Terror
| Tom Hartley
1933 --
Employees' Entrance
| Martin West
1932 --
Hypnotized
| Bill Bogard
1932 --
Central Park
| Rick
1932 --
Skyscraper Souls
| Slim
1932 --
The Wet Parade
| Jerry Tyler
1932 --
Are You Listening?
| Larry Barnes
1932 --
The Beast of the City
| Det. Ed Fitzpatrick
1932 --
Freaks
| Phroso
1931 --
X Marks the Spot
| Ted Lloyd
1931 --
Possessed
| Al Manning
1929 --
Married in Hollywood
| Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)