Wallace Ford

Ator

1898-02-11 – 1966-06-11 · Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

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, California's Holy Cross Cemetery.

From Wikipedia.

• Monstros (1932) — Phroso
• A Sombra de uma Dúvida (1943) — Fred Saunders
• Quando Fala o Coração (1945) — Stranger in Hotel Lobby
• Meu Amigo Harvey (1950) — The Taxi Driver
• Um Certo Capitão Lockhart (1955) — Charley O'Leary
• Punhos de Campeão (1949) — Gus
• Minha Vontade é Lei (1959) — Judge Holloway
• Confissão (1946) — McGee
• O Delator (1935) — Frankie McPhillip
• Quando Só o Coração Vê (1965) — Ole Pa
• A Mão da Múmia (1940) — Babe Jenson
• Moeda Falsa (1947) — The Schemer
• Redenção Sangrenta (1950) — F.R. Duncan
• A Tumba da Múmia (1942) — Babe Hanson
• Almas em Fúria (1950) — Scotty Hyslip
• A Patrulha Perdida (1934) — Morelli
• Balas Contra a Gestapo (1942) — Spats Hunter
• Por Amor Também Se Mata (1951) — Fred Dobbs
• O Homem Que Nunca Pecou (1935) — Healy
• O Último Hurrah (1958) — Charlie Hennessey
• Wichita (1955) — Arthur Whiteside
• Anjo Diabólico (1946) — Joe
• Lágrimas do Céu (1956) — Sheriff Howard Thomas
• O Homem Gorila (1943) — Jeff Carter