Wallace Ford: movies and TV shows
Wallace Ford has 150 credits in the archive: 123 films and 27 TV series, from 1929 to 2008. Highest rated: The Wonderful World of Disney (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1929 – 2008 · busiest year: 1954 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 110 |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 89 |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue | Ole Pa | Film | 7.6 | 67 |
| 1964 | Bristle Face | Emory Packer | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | Lester Tinney | TV | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Uncle Billy Smith | TV | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Roger Hanover | TV | 7.6 | 62 |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Harry | TV | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary | TV | 6.5 | 62 | |
| 1960 | Tess of the Storm Country | Fred Thorson | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Herk Lamson | TV | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Marshal Herk Lamson | TV | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1959 | Warlock | Judge Holloway | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 60 | |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Charlie Hennessey | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1958 | The Matchmaker | Malachi Stack | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | Old Brown | Film | 4.7 | 60 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Eli Zach | TV | 6.9 | 59 |
| 1957 | Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses | Rebel | Film | — | 59 |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen | Jamie | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Sheriff Howard Thomas | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1956 | The First Texan | Henry Delaney | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1956 | Johnny Concho | Albert Dark | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona | Stiles | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To Fury | Judge Lester Farrell | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Monty Smith | TV | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Ed Rawlings | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie | Charley O'Leary | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1955 | Wichita | Arthur Whiteside | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1955 | A Lawless Street | Dr. Amos Wynn | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 1955 | Kings Row | TV | — | 57 | |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Gus Basserman | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1955 | The Spoilers | Flapjack Simms | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | TV | 6.7 | 56 | |
| 1954 | Climax! | Bunco Kelly | TV | 3.8 | 56 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Sheriff | TV | 3.8 | 56 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Dr. Karl Wexdig | TV | 3.8 | 56 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Samuel Cramer | TV | 3.8 | 56 |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum | TV | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Boats | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Emory Packer | TV | 7.9 | 56 |
| 1954 | The Whistler | TV | — | 56 | |
| 1954 | Destry | Doc Curtis | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | Walter "Wally" Higgins | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 1954 | She Couldn't Say No | Joe Wheelen | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus | Sam Morley | Film | 5.6 | 56 |
| 1953 | The Motorola Television Hour | TV | 10.0 | 55 | |
| 1953 | The Nebraskan | 'Mac' McBride | Film | 3.8 | 55 |
| 1953 | The Great Jesse James Raid | Elias Hobbs | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Talker | TV | 7.8 | 54 |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1952 | Rodeo | Barbecue Jones | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1952 | Flesh and Fury | Jack 'Pop' Richardson | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 53 | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Innkeeper | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1951 | He Ran All the Way | Fred Dobbs | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1951 | Warpath | Pvt. 'Irish' Potts | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1951 | Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | Sam Parks | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1950 | Harvey | The Taxi Driver | Film | 7.7 | 52 |
| 1950 | The Breaking Point | F.R. Duncan | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1950 | The Furies | Scotty Hyslip | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1950 | Dakota Lil | Carter | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1949 | The Set-Up | Gus | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1949 | Red Stallion In The Rockies | 'Talky' Carson | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1948 | Studio One | TV | 5.4 | 50 | |
| 1948 | Shed No Tears | Sam Grover | Film | 5.1 | 50 |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter | Lafe Bailey | Film | 5.1 | 50 |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek | Andy West | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1948 | The Man from Texas | Jed | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1948 | Embraceable You | Police Lt. Ferria | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1947 | T-Men | The Schemer | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Lou Dicketts | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1946 | Dead Reckoning | McGee | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1946 | Black Angel | Joe | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1946 | The Green Years | Jamie Nigg | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | Lt. Cochrane | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1946 | A Guy Could Change | Bill Conley | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1946 | Rendezvous with Annie | Al Morgan | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | Tubbs | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1945 | Spellbound | Hotel masher | Film | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1945 | Blood on the Sun | Ollie Miller | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1945 | On Stage Everybody | Emmett Rogers | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1945 | The Great John L. | McManus | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1944 | Secret Command | Miller | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1944 | Machine Gun Mama | John O'Reilly | Film | 4.5 | 46 |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Fred Saunders | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Pierre | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1943 | The Ape Man | Jeff Carter | Film | 4.4 | 45 |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Spats Hunter | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb | Babe Hanson | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1942 | Inside the Law | Billy | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a Murder | Wally Collins | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night | Brad Ames (as Wally Ford) | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter) | Film | 5.6 | 43 |
| 1941 | Murder by Invitation | Bob White | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1941 | Roar of the Press | Wally Williams | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1940 | Scatterbrain | Sam Maxwell | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1940 | The Mummy's Hand | Babe Jenson | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1940 | Isle Of Destiny | Millard Barnes | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Jed Marlowe | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1940 | Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | Joe Redmond | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1940 | Give Us Wings | Mr. York | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1939 | Back Door to Heaven | Frankie Rogers | Film | 4.8 | 41 |
| 1938 | The Marines Come Thru | Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1938 | Swing It, Sailor! | Pete Kelly | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1938 | Stardust | Peter Jackson | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1937 | O.H.M.S. | Jimmy Tracy | Film | 4.7 | 39 |
| 1937 | Exiled to Shanghai | Ted Young | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1937 | Jericho | Mike Clancy | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1936 | Two in the Dark | Harry Hilyer | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1936 | Absolute Quiet | Jack | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1936 | The Rogues' Tavern | Jimmy Kelly | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1936 | A Son Comes Home | Steve | Film | 4.0 | 38 |
| 1935 | The Informer | Frankie McPhillip | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1935 | Swellhead | Terry McCall | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | "Fingers" Boston | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Healy | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1935 | Men of the Hour | Andy Blane | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1935 | One Frightened Night | Joe Luvalle | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1935 | The Nut Farm | Willie Barton | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Harper | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1935 | The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Jason H. 'Jay' Barton | Film | 4.3 | 37 |
| 1935 | Another Face | Joe Haynes, Press Agent | Film | 4.8 | 37 |
| 1935 | Get That Man | Jack Kirkland / John Prescott | Film | 4.3 | 37 |
| 1935 | In Spite of Danger | Bob Crane | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol | Morelli | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1934 | The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | 'Curly' | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1934 | Men in White | Shorty | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1934 | A Woman's Man | Joe Flynn - Prizefighter | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1934 | Money Means Nothing | Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1934 | I Hate Women | Scoop McGuire | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1933 | My Woman | Chick Rollins | Film | 4.2 | 35 |
| 1933 | Three Cornered Moon | Kenneth Rimplegar | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1933 | Night of Terror | Tom Hartley | Film | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1933 | The Big Cage | Russ Penny | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1933 | Goodbye Again | Arthur Westlake | Film | 4.9 | 35 |
| 1933 | Employees' Entrance | Martin West | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1933 | East of Fifth Avenue | Vic Howard | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter | Mike | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1932 | Freaks | Phroso | Film | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1932 | Hypnotized | Bill Bogard | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Jerry Tyler | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City | Detective Ed Fitzpatrick | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls | Slim | Film | 5.5 | 34 |
| 1932 | Are You Listening? | Larry Barnes | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1932 | Central Park | Rick | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1931 | Possessed | Al Manning | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1931 | X Marks the Spot | Ted Lloyd | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1929 | Married in Hollywood | Mitzi's Fan (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 31 |