Wallace Ford
Acting
Born February 11, 1898 · Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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 · 40 titles
The Andy Griffith Show
Father Knows Best
Climax!
Studio One
The Deputy
This Is Your Life
The Ford Television Theatre
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Trackdown
Studio 57
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Screen Director's Playhouse
The Whistler
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Vacation Playhouse
The Great Adventure
Inner Sanctum
Peter Loves Mary
Freaks
The Motorola Television Hour
Shadow of a Doubt
Spellbound
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Man from Laramie
Harvey
Warlock
The Maverick Queen
A Patch of Blue
The Set-Up
Destry
T-Men
Possessed
My Woman
Magic Town
Dead Reckoning
He Ran All the Way
A Lawless Street
The Last Hurrah
The Breaking Point