Wallace Ford

Personal Info

Birthday

February 11, 1898

Day of Death

1966-06-11

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Samuel Jones Grundy

Wally Ford

Samuel 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.

Known For

The Andy Griffith Show

Climax!

The Deputy

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Trackdown

Studio 57

The Ford Television Theatre

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Filmography

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