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Wallace Ford (February 12, 1898 - June 11, 1966) was an English
England

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-born American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 movie and television actor who, with his friendly appearance and stocky build later in life, appeared in a number of movie westerns and B-movies.

Samuel Jones Grundy in Bolton
Bolton

Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester, in the North West England region of England.Situated close to the West Pennine Moors, north west of the city of Manchester, it is the largest and most populous settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, the former county borough of Bolton has a population of 139,403, though this figure d...
, Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, he began as a vaudeville actor before performing on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
. He appeared in over 200 films including 13 directed by John Ford
John Ford

John Ford was an United States film director of Ireland heritage famous for both his western such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath ....
, who is no relation to him.






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Wallace Ford (February 12, 1898 - June 11, 1966) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
-born American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 movie and television actor who, with his friendly appearance and stocky build later in life, appeared in a number of movie westerns and B-movies.

Biography

Born Samuel Jones Grundy in Bolton
Bolton

Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester, in the North West England region of England.Situated close to the West Pennine Moors, north west of the city of Manchester, it is the largest and most populous settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, the former county borough of Bolton has a population of 139,403, though this figure d...
, Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, he began as a vaudeville actor before performing on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
. He appeared in over 200 films including 13 directed by John Ford
John Ford

John Ford was an United States film director of Ireland heritage famous for both his western such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath ....
, who is no relation to him. He also appeared in a 1964 episode of The Andy Griffith Show as Roger Hanover, Aunt Bee's old flame. He is buried with an unmarked grave in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City

Holy Cross Cemetery is a Roman Catholic Church cemetery located at 5835 West Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California, that is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles....
.

Partial Filmography

  • Freaks (1932)
  • The Lost Patrol
    The Lost Patrol (1934 film)

    The Lost Patrol is a 1934 in film war film made by RKO Pictures. It was directed and produced by John Ford, with Merian C. Cooper as executive producer and Cliff Reid as associate producer....
     (1934)
  • The Informer
    The Informer (film)

    The Informer is a 1935 in film dramatic film, released by RKO. The plot concerns the underside of the Irish War of Independence, set in 1922....
     (1935)
  • Shadow of a Doubt
    Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt is a Thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville. It stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn....
     (1943)
  • The Cross of Lorraine
    The Cross of Lorraine

    The Cross of Lorraine is a 1943 in film war film about French Prisoner of war held by the Germans in World War II. It stars Jean-Pierre Aumont and Gene Kelly and was adapted from Hans Habe's novel A Thousand Shall Fall....
     (1943)
  • The Green Years
    The Green Years (film)

    The Green Years is a 1946 comedy-drama film featuring Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, and Jessica Tandy, based on A....
     (1946)
  • T-Men
    T-Men

    T-Men is a semidocumentary style film noir shot in black and white. The film was directed by Anthony Mann with cinematography by noted noir cameraman John Alton....
     (1947)
  • Dead Reckoning
  • The Set-Up (1949)
  • Harvey
    Harvey (film)

    Harvey is a 1950 in film based on Mary Coyle Chase's Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning Harvey , directed by Henry Koster, and starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull....
     (1950)
  • The Boy from Oklahoma
    The Boy from Oklahoma

    The Boy from Oklahoma is a 1954 in film Western movie directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Will Rogers, Jr.. The film became the basis for the 1957 Warner Bros....
     (1954)
  • She Couldn't Say No
    She Couldn't Say No (1954 film)

    She Couldn't Say No is a 1954 in film film starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons....
     (1954)
  • The Man From Laramie
    The Man from Laramie

    The Man from Laramie is a 1955 United States western movie directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their seventh collaboration....
     (1955)
  • The Matchmaker
    The Matchmaker (film)

    The Matchmaker is a 1958 in film United States comedy film directed by Joseph Anthony. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes is based on the The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder....
     (1958)
  • A Patch of Blue
    A Patch of Blue

    A Patch of Blue is a 1965 in film film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between an African American man, Gordon , and a Blindness White people female teenager, Selina , and the problems that plague their relationship when they fall in love in a racially divided America....
     (1965)

Television

  • Damon Runyon
    Damon Runyon

    Damon Runyon was a newspaperman and writer.He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition in the United States era....
     Theater     (1955)
  • The Andy Griffith Show
    The Andy Griffith Show

    The Andy Griffith Show is an Television of the United States situation comedy first televised by Columbia Broadcasting System between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968....
     (1964)


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