10 Facts About Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford was born on Samuel Grundy Jones; 12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966 and was an English-born naturalized American vaudevillian, stage performer and screen actor.

Wallace Ford was born Samuel Grundy Jones in Bolton, Lancashire, England, into a working-class family of limited means.

Wallace Ford was ill-treated and became a serial runaway, being resettled several times with different families by the Canadian authorities.

In 1914,16-year-old Samuel and another youth named Wallace Ford decided to head south to the United States to seek their fortunes, riding a freight train illicitly.

Wallace Ford became a successful Broadway performer through the Roaring Twenties, appearing in multiple productions, including the lead role in the Broadway smash hit Abie's Irish Rose.

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Wallace Ford went on to have an extensive career over 30 years, appearing in more than 150 films, with lead roles in the 1930s and '40s in Hollywood B movies such as The Rogues' Tavern, Murder by Invitation, and Roar of the Press and supporting roles in larger feature films such as The Lost Patrol, Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, and Dead Reckoning.

In 1945, Wallace Ford appeared in the film Blood on the Sun alongside Jimmy Cagney, whose physique and acting style resembled his own.

Wallace Ford had a recurring role in the Western series The Deputy starring Henry Fonda and his final appearance on the "small screen" was on The Andy Griffith Show in 1964, playing Roger Hanover, Aunt Bee's old flame.

Wallace Ford met his future wife, Martha Haworth, in 1922 while they were performing together on Broadway in Abie's Irish Rose, she being a chorus girl at the time.

Wallace Ford's body was buried in an unmarked grave at Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery.