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Wallace Beery

Acting Born Mar 31, 1885 Clay County, Missouri, USA 24 credits

Biography

From Wikipedia

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span. He was the brother of actor Noah Berry.

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Known for

Film

Grand Hotel

as General Director Preysing
Film

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • MGM Parade (1955) as Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
  • MGM Parade (1955) as Self
  • Grand Hotel (1932) as General Director Preysing
  • Treasure Island (1934) as Long John Silver
  • The Lost World (1925) as Prof. Challenger
  • Robin Hood (1922) as Richard the Lion-Hearted
  • Dinner at Eight (1933) as Dan Packard
  • Drifting (1923) as Jules Repin
  • China Seas (1935) as Jamesy MacArdle
  • That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Big House (1930) as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
  • Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
  • Ah, Wilderness! (1935) as Uncle Sid
  • The Champ (1931) as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
  • Twenty Years After (1944) as (archive footage)
  • Patsy (1921) as Gustave Ludermann
  • The Bowery (1933) as Chuck Connors
  • So Big (1924) as Klaus Poole
  • Three Ages (1923) as The Villain
  • Big Jack (1949) as Big Jack Horner
  • Madonna of the Streets (1924) as Bill Smythe
  • Victory (1919) as August Schomberg
  • A Date with Judy (1948) as Melvin R. Foster