Wallace Ford
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.
Acting
- 1963The Great AdventureUncle Billy Smith1 ep.
- 1963Vacation PlayhouseLester Tinney1 ep.
- 1960Peter Loves Mary1 ep.
- 1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowHarry1 ep.
- 1959The DeputyMarshal Herk Lamson76 ep.
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1 ep.
- 1957TrackdownEli Zach1 ep.
- 1955Screen Director's PlayhouseEd Rawlings1 ep.
- 1955Kings Row1 ep.
- 1954Climax!Bunco Kelly4 ep.
- 1954Father Knows Best2 ep.
- 1954Studio 57Boats1 ep.
- 1954The Whistler1 ep.
- 1954Inner Sanctum1 ep.
- 1953The Motorola Television Hour1 ep.
- 1952The Ford Television TheatreTalker1 ep.
- 1952This Is Your LifeSelf1 ep.
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars2 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1964The Andy Griffith ShowRoger Hanover1 ep.
- 1964Vacation PlayhouseLester Tinney1 ep.
- 1964The Wonderful World of DisneyEmory Packer2 ep.
- 1964The Great AdventureUncle Billy Smith1 ep.
- 1961The Barbara Stanwyck ShowHarry1 ep.
- 1961Peter Loves Mary1 ep.
- 1960The DeputyMarshal Herk Lamson3 ep.
- 1954Father Knows Best2 ep.
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1 ep.
- 1958TrackdownEli Zach1 ep.
- 1952Schlitz Playhouse of StarsInnkeeper2 ep.
- 1957Studio 57Boats1 ep.
- 1955Climax!Bunco Kelly, Dr. Karl Wexdig, Samuel Cramer, Sheriff4 ep.
- 1956Screen Director's PlayhouseEd Rawlings1 ep.
- 1955The 20th Century Fox HourMonty Smith1 ep.
- 1955Kings Row1 ep.
- 1955The Ford Television TheatreTalker1 ep.
- 1955The Whistler1 ep.
- 1954Inner Sanctum1 ep.
- 1954Studio One1 ep.
- 1953The Motorola Television Hour1 ep.
- 1953This Is Your LifeSelf1 ep.
Also known as: Samuel Jones Grundy · Wally Ford · Samuel Grundy Jones