Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford (12 Februari 1898 – 11 Juni 1966) adalah seorang aktor panggung dan layar Amerika kelahiran Inggris yang dinaturalisasi. Biasanya memainkan karakter yang bijaksana, ia memadukan sikap tangguh namun berwajah ramah dengan fisik kecil namun kuat dan kekar. Lahir Samuel Jones Grundy di Bolton, Lancashire, Inggris, ia menghabiskan masa kecilnya di rumah Dr. Barnardo. Pada usia dini dia diadopsi oleh seorang petani dari Manitoba, Kanada, dimana dia diperlakukan dengan buruk. Sekitar usia sebelas tahun, Ford melarikan diri dan melakukan pekerjaan serabutan, kemudian menjadi pengantar teater. Setelah keluar dari Angkatan Darat setelah Perang Dunia I, ia menjadi aktor vaudeville di sebuah perusahaan saham sebelum tampil di Broadway. Dia memulai karir film ketika Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer memberinya peran dalam film Possessed (1931) dan kemudian tampil di lebih dari 200 film, termasuk 13 film yang disutradarai oleh John Ford. Wallace Ford dimakamkan di kuburan tak bertanda di Culver City, Pemakaman Salib Suci California. Dari Wikipedia.

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.