Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/11/1898
Place of Birth
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
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 becoming an usher in a theatre.
Following his discharge from the Army after WWI, he became a vaude...
Known For
Employees' Entrance
as Martin West
The Spoilers
as Flapjack Simms
Wichita
as Arthur Whiteside
The Rainmaker
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
Headline Shooter
as Mike
Skyscraper Souls
as Slim
The Informer
as Frankie McPhillip
Freaks
as Phroso
Coroner Creek
as Andy West
Warlock
as Judge Holloway
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
Lucy Gallant
as Gus Basserman
The Man from Laramie
as Charley O'Leary
The Whole Town's Talking
as Healy
The Furies
as Scotty Hyslip
The Matchmaker
as Malachi Stack
Warpath
as Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Black Angel
as Joe
The Lost Patrol
as Morelli
The First Texan
as Henry Delaney
Career Timeline
1960
1958
1956
1955
1954
3 Ring Circus
as Sam Morley
Destry
as Doc Curtis
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Emory Packer
Climax!
as Bunco Kelly
Climax!
as Sheriff
Climax!
as Dr. Karl Wexdig
Climax!
as Samuel Cramer
Father Knows Best
Role unknown
Studio 57
as Boats
The Whistler
Role unknown
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
She Couldn't Say No
as Joe Wheelen
Inner Sanctum
Role unknown
1953
1952
1951
1950
1948
1946
1945
1943
1942
1941
1940
1938
1936
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