Actor

Wallace Ford

1929–present1898–1966DramaComedyCrimeWestern

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

123 acting credits

as Phroso

Freaks

as Phroso

1932

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as Fred Saunders

Shadow of a Doubt

as Fred Saunders

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Filmography

2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodDetective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)6.1 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage)6.5 1965A Patch of BlueOle Pa7.6 1964Bristle FaceEmory Packer8.0 1960Tess of the Storm CountryFred Thorson10.0 1959Warlock

About

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.

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