Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford in Central Park (1932)
Born	Samuel Jones Grundy (1898-02-12)February 12, 1898 Bolton, Lancashire, England
Died	June 11, 1966(1966-06-11) (aged 68) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Wally Ford
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1965
Spouse	Martha Haworth ​ (m. 1922⁠–⁠1966)​

Wallace Ford (12 February, 1898 – 11 June, 1966) was an English film and television actor who, with his friendly appearance and stocky build later in life, appeared in a number of film westerns and B-movies.

Born Samuel Jones Grundy in Bolton, Lancashire, England, he spent 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 the age of eleven, he ran away and did odd jobs later becoming an usher in a theatre.

Following his discharge from the army after World War I, 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 part in the film Possessed and went on to appear in over 200 films including 13 directed by John Ford, though the two men were unrelated.

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.

Partial filmography

• Freaks (1932)
• Three-Cornered Moon (1933)
• The Lost Patrol (1934)
• The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
• The Informer (1935)
• Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
• O.H.M.S. (1937)
• Of Mice And Men (1937)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
• Spellbound (1945)
• The Green Years (1946)
• T-Men (1947)
• Dead Reckoning (1947)
• Coroner Creek (1948)
• Embraceable You (1948)
• The Set-Up (1949)
• Harvey (1950)
• She Couldn't Say No (1954)
• The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
• Destry (1954)
• Wichita (1955)
• The Man From Laramie (1955)
• A Lawless Street (1955)
• Twilight for the Gods (1958)
• The Matchmaker (1958)
• Warlock (1959)
• A Patch of Blue (1965)

Television

• Father Knows Best (1954)
• Justice (1954)
• Damon Runyon Theater (1955)
• The Andy Griffith Show (1964)

External links

• Wallace Ford at IMDb
• Wallace Ford at the Internet Broadway Database
• Wallace Ford at Find a Grave