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Acting

Wallace Ford

Career: Active from 1931 to 1965, busiest in 1935 with 11 main titles.

Leading roles: 43
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Breaking Point
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 69 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Wallace Ford Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.0, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.7, average 3.0
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 12
Classic Western 10
Historical Setting 8
Moral Ambiguity 6
Moral Dilemma 4
Psychological Drama 4
Suspenseful 4
Romantic Drama 4
Nostalgic 4
Fast-Paced Action 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Political Intrigue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

142

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 67

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

67

as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)

1960s

8 titles · average score 74

A Patch of Blue

73

as Ole Pa

Bristle Face

as Emory Packer

The Great Adventure

TV show · as Uncle Billy Smith

Vacation Playhouse

TV show · as Lester Tinney

The Andy Griffith Show

81

TV show · as Roger Hanover

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

69

TV show · as Harry

Tess of the Storm Country

as Fred Thorson

Peter Loves Mary

TV show

1950s

46 titles · average score 65

Warlock

71

as Judge Holloway

Thunder Over Arizona

as Stiles

The Rainmaker

74

as Sheriff Howard Thomas

Stagecoach to Fury

as Judge Lester Farrell

The Man from Laramie

83

as Charley O'Leary

Wichita

82

as Arthur Whiteside

Destry

59

as Doc Curtis

3 Ring Circus

53

as Sam Morley

The Nebraskan

43

as 'Mac' McBride

Rodeo

as Barbecue Jones

He Ran All the Way

79

as Fred Dobbs

The Breaking Point

89

as F.R. Duncan

1940s

40 titles · average score 61

The Set-Up

70

as Gus

Shed No Tears

56

as Sam Grover

T-Men

85

as The Schemer

Magic Town

54

as Lou Dicketts

Dead Reckoning

59

as McGee

Shadow of a Doubt

88

as Fred Saunders

The Ape Man

44

as Jeff Carter

Inside the Law

as Billy

Murder by Invitation

59

as Bob White

Roar of the Press

as Wally Williams

The Mummy's Hand

57

as Babe Jenson

Isle Of Destiny

as Millard Barnes

1930s

46 titles · average score 60

Back Door to Heaven

42

as Frankie Rogers

The Rogues' Tavern

41

as Jimmy Kelly

Two in the Dark

62

as Harry Hilyer

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

36

as Jason H. 'Jay' Barton

The Nut Farm

as Willie Barton

The Lost Patrol

71

as Morelli

My Woman

as Chick Rollins

Employees' Entrance

85

as Martin West

Night of Terror

46

as Tom Hartley

Freaks

83

as Phroso

The Beast of the City

63

as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick

Possessed

69

as Al Manning

1920s

1 title

Married in Hollywood

as Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)