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name: "Wallace Ford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wallace-ford"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 February 1898"
died: "11 June 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:12:28.953847+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Wallace Ford

Actor. Born 11 February 1898 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK. Died 11 June 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 February 1898, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Died:** 11 June 1966
- **Also known as:** Samuel Jones Grundy, Wally Ford, Samuel Grundy Jones

## Biography

Wallace Ford (born Samuel Jones Grundy; 12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English-born American actor. He spent his early years in England and Canada before entering vaudeville and appearing on Broadway in the 1920s.

Ford made his film debut in *Possessed* (1931) and went on to appear in more than 150 films. His credits include *Freaks* (1932), *The Informer* (1935), *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943) as Fred Saunders, *Spellbound* (1945), *Dead Reckoning* (1947), *The Set-Up* (1949), *Harvey* (1950) and *The Man from Laramie* (1955). He became a naturalised US citizen in 1942.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, findagrave.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, as Fred Saunders — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)

## Also known for

- *Freaks* (1932), Phroso
- *Spellbound* (1945), Stranger in Hotel Lobby
- *Harvey* (1950), The Taxi Driver
- *The Man from Laramie* (1955), Charley O'Leary
- *The Set-Up* (1949), Gus
- *Warlock* (1959), Judge Holloway
- *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), Roger Hanover
- *Dead Reckoning* (1946), McGee

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