Wallace Ford 12 February 1898 11 June 1966 was an Englishborn naturalized American stage and screen actor Usually playing wisecracking characters he combined a tough but friendlyfaced demeanor with a small but powerful stocky physique Born Samuel Jones Grundy in Bolton Lancashire England he spent his childhood in a Dr Barnardos 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 MetroGoldwynMayer 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 Californias Holy Cross Cemetery From Wikipedia
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