Portrait of Wallace Beery

Acting

Wallace Beery

Career

Active from 1913 to 2026, with a break from 1961 to 2025, busiest in 1914 with 52 main titles.

Leading roles
187
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Treasure Island
Treasure Island
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wallace Beery Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.9, average 5.5
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 17
  • Historical Setting 16
  • Silent Film 14
  • Social Commentary 11
  • Classic Hollywood 9
  • Historical Drama 7
  • Nostalgic 7
  • Class Conflict 6
  • Silent Film Era 6
  • Physical Comedy 6
  • Fast-Paced 5
  • Silent Era Comedy 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

238
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Away with Words
Away with Words (2026)

as Wallace Beery

2010s

1 title · average score 72
The Image Book
The Image Book (2018)
GoodWatch score 72

as (archive footage)

1980s

1 title
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

as (archive footage)

1970s

1 title · average score 84
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
GoodWatch score 84

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

2 titles · average score 69
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as Terry (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

1 title
MGM Parade
MGM Parade (1955)

TV show · as Self / Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)

1940s

17 titles · average score 63
Big Jack
Big Jack (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Big Jack Horner

A Date with Judy
A Date with Judy (1948)
GoodWatch score 58

as Melvin R. Foster

The Mighty McGurk
The Mighty McGurk (1947)
GoodWatch score 65

as Roy 'Slag' McGurk

Bad Bascomb
Bad Bascomb (1946)
GoodWatch score 61

as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith

This Man's Navy
This Man's Navy (1945)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ned Trumpet

Barbary Coast Gent
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
GoodWatch score 59

as Honest Plush Brannon

Salute to the Marines
Salute to the Marines (1943)
GoodWatch score 68

as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey

The Bugle Sounds
The Bugle Sounds (1942)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan

The Bad Man
The Bad Man (1941)
GoodWatch score 59

as Pancho Lopez

Barnacle Bill
Barnacle Bill (1941)
GoodWatch score 71

as Bill Johansen

Wyoming
Wyoming (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

as 'Reb' Harkness

The Man from Dakota
The Man from Dakota (1940)

as "Bar" Barstow

1930s

32 titles · average score 65
Stand Up and Fight
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
GoodWatch score 62

as Captain Boss Starkey

A Message to Garcia
A Message to Garcia (1936)
GoodWatch score 49

as Sgt. Dory

China Seas
China Seas (1935)
GoodWatch score 74

as Jamesy MacArdle

Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1934)
GoodWatch score 84

as Long John Silver

Viva Villa!
Viva Villa! (1934)
GoodWatch score 56

as Pancho Villa

Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight (1933)
GoodWatch score 81

as Dan Packard

The Bowery
The Bowery (1933)
GoodWatch score 54

as Chuck Connors

Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel (1932)
GoodWatch score 75

as General Director Preysing

Flesh
Flesh (1932)
GoodWatch score 61

as Polakai

The Champ
The Champ (1931)
GoodWatch score 84

as Andy 'Champ' Purcell

The Secret Six
The Secret Six (1931)
GoodWatch score 49

as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio

The Big House
The Big House (1930)
GoodWatch score 63

as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

1920s

71 titles · average score 70
Beggars of Life
Beggars of Life (1928)
GoodWatch score 75

as Oklahoma Red

Old Ironsides
Old Ironsides (1926)
GoodWatch score 83

as Bos'n

The Lost World
The Lost World (1925)
GoodWatch score 84

as Prof. Challenger

The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk (1924)
GoodWatch score 70

as Capt. Jasper Leigh

Three Ages
Three Ages (1923)
GoodWatch score 81

as The Villain

Ashes of Vengeance
Ashes of Vengeance (1923)

as Duc de Tours

Drifting
Drifting (1923)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jules Repin

Robin Hood
Robin Hood (1922)
GoodWatch score 84

as Richard the Lion-Hearted

A Tale of Two Worlds
A Tale of Two Worlds (1921)

as Ling Jo

The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
GoodWatch score 61

as Magua

The Mollycoddle
The Mollycoddle (1920)
GoodWatch score 65

as Henry von Holkar

The Virgin of Stamboul
The Virgin of Stamboul (1920)

as Sheik Achmet Hamid

1910s

111 titles · average score 62
Victory
Victory (1919)
GoodWatch score 64

as August Schomberg

Behind the Door
Behind the Door (1919)
GoodWatch score 71

as Lt. Brandt

The Life Line
The Life Line (1919)

as Bos

Johanna Enlists
Johanna Enlists (1918)
GoodWatch score 60

as Col. Fanner

Teddy at the Throttle
Teddy at the Throttle (1917)
GoodWatch score 64

as Henry Black

A Clever Dummy
A Clever Dummy (1917)
GoodWatch score 54

as Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager

The Little American
The Little American (1917)
GoodWatch score 62

as German Soldier (uncredited)

The Slim Princess
The Slim Princess (1915)

as Popova

Sweedie Learns to Swim
Sweedie Learns to Swim (1914)

as Sweedie

Sweedie's Skate
Sweedie's Skate (1914)

as Sweedie

The Laundress
The Laundress (1914)

as Sweedie - the Laundress

The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man (1914)

as The Football Hero