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name: "Wally Vernon"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 May 1905"
died: "7 March 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T23:48:42.388053+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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# Wally Vernon

Actor. Born 27 May 1905 in New York City. Died 7 March 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 May 1905, New York City
- **Died:** 7 March 1970
- **Also known as:** Walter J. Vernon
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Vernon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7963506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894734/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120779

## Biography

Wally Vernon, also credited as Walter J. Vernon, was an American comic and character actor and dancer. Born in New York City, he began performing in vaudeville and stock theatre from the age of three and made his first Hollywood appearance in *Mountain Music* (1937).

He appeared in more than 75 films, frequently playing wiseguy or sidekick roles, and was a regular in Twentieth Century Fox features of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Vernon is seen as an eccentric dancer in *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), appearing as himself. He later became the sidekick to cowboy star Don "Red" Barry at Republic Pictures and featured in a series of Columbia shorts with Eddie Quillan. His later credits include *What a Way to Go!* (1964).

Vernon also worked in television, appearing in series such as *Damon Runyon Theater* and *Bat Masterson*. He died in Hollywood, California, in 1970 after being struck by a hit-and-run driver.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), Fi1m 70, as Wally Vernon — [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *What a Way to Go!* (1964), as Agent
- *The White Squaw* (1956), as Faro Bill
- *Come on Seven* (1956), as Wally
- *Fury at Gunsight Pass* (1956), as Okay, Okay
- *He Took a Powder* (1955), as Wally
- *Nobody's Home* (1955), Actor
- *His Pest Friend* (1955), as Wally
- *Doggie in the Bedroom* (1954), as Wally
- *A-Hunting They Did Go* (1953), Actor
- *Affair with a Stranger* (1953), as Joe, Taxi Driver
- *He Popped His Pistol* (1953), as Wally
- *Strop, Look and Listen* (1952), as Wally
- *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1952), as Harry 'Poorly' Sammis
- *What Price Glory* (1952), as Lipinsky
- *Heebie Gee-Gees* (1952), as Wally
- *A Fool and His Honey* (1952), as Wally
- *Fun on the Run* (1951), Actor
- *He Flew the Shrew* (1951), as Wally
- *Holiday Rhythm* (1950), as Klaxon
- *Border Rangers* (1950), as Hungry Hicks
- *Train To Tombstone* (1950), as Clifton Gulliver
- *Gunfire* (1950), as Clem
- *I Shot Billy the Kid* (1950), as Vicente
- *House About It* (1950), Actor
- *Beauty on Parade* (1950), as Sam Short
- *Always Leave Them Laughing* (1949), as Wally Vernon - Comic
- *Let Down Your Aerial* (1949), Actor
- *Square Dance Jubilee* (1949), as Seldom Sam Jenks
- *He Walked by Night* (1949), as Postman (uncredited)
- *Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath* (1948), Actor
- *Joe Palooka in Winner Take All* (1948), as Taxi Driver
- *Behind Locked Doors* (1948), as Maintenance Man (uncredited)
- *Crabbin' in the Cabin* (1948), as Wally
- *King of the Gamblers* (1948), as Mike Burns
- *Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad* (1948), as Archie Stone
- *Stagecoach to Monterey* (1944), as Throckmorton 'Other-Hand' Snodgrass
- *Silver City Kid* (1944), as Wildcat Higgens
- *Silent Partner* (1944), as Room Service Waiter
- *Call of the South Seas* (1944), as Handsome
- *Outlaws of Santa Fe* (1944), as Buckshot Peters
- *California Joe* (1943), as Tumbleweed Smith
- *Pistol Packin' Mama* (1943), as The Joker
- *Canyon City* (1943), as Beauty Bradshaw
- *Here Comes Elmer* (1943), as Wally
- *The Man from the Rio Grande* (1943), as Jimpson Simpson
- *A Scream in the Dark* (1943), as Klousky
- *Black Hills Express* (1943), as Deputy Deadeye
- *Fugitive from Sonora* (1943), as Jack Pot Murphy
- *Tahiti Honey* (1943), as Maxie
- *Reveille with Beverly* (1943), as Stomp McCoy (uncredited)
- *Sailor's Lady* (1940), as Goofer
- *Charlie Chan at Treasure Island* (1939), as Elmer
- *The Gorilla* (1939), as Seaman
- *Chasing Danger* (1939), as Waldo Winkle [AFI Name: Waldo Rohrbeck]
- *Broadway Serenade* (1939), as Joey, the Jinx
- *Tail Spin* (1939), as Chick
- *Sharpshooters* (1938), as Waldo
- *Meet the Girls* (1938), as Delbert Jones
- *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), as Wally Vernon — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md)
- *Kentucky Moonshine* (1938), as Gus Bryce
- *Happy Landing* (1938), as Al Mahoney
- *This Way Please* (1937), as Bumps
- *You Can't Have Everything* (1937), as Jerry
- *Mountain Music* (1937), as Odette Potta

## Gallery

- ![Wally Vernon](https://film.one/media/person/1230563/gallery-56de7fdb0842.jpg) Wally Vernon — Image via TMDB
- ![Wally Vernon](https://film.one/media/person/1230563/gallery-179e71c4fe56.jpg) Wally Vernon — Image via TMDB

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