Wallace MacDonald
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1891
- Died
- October 30, 1978 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography
From Wikipedia Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada - 30 October 1978, Santa Barbara, California) was a Canadian silent film actor, also a film producer. MacDonald started as a messenger boy with the Dominion Steel Company in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He later worked up to teller with the Royal Bank in Sydney before the bank transferred him to Vancouver, British Columbia. From there, he moved to California, where he acted on the stage before making inroads into Hollywood. MacDonald initially began as an actor in films in 1914 and appeared in almost 120 motion pictures between then and 1932. He had notable roles in such films as Youth's Endearing Charm in 1916 working with Mary Miles Minter and Harry von Meter. Late in World War I he returned briefly to Nova Scotia to enlist in the 10th Canadian Siege Battery where he assisted in recruiting for the Canadian Army. With the advent of sound, MacDonald's acting career diminished, and most of his roles between 1927 and 1932 went uncredited. He retired from acting in 1932 to concentrate on script writing. However, by 1937 he had recognized the potential of film production. It is in his role of producer that MacDonald is now probably best remembered. He produced well over 100 films between 1937 and 1959. He died in 1978. Sometimes he is mistaken as a brother of actor Francis McDonald. Though both resembled one another and were born in 1891, they were born three months apart and spelled their surnames differently.
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Filmography
A Street of Memory
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Their Big Moment
Movie · as Theater Manager (uncredited)
The Vanishing Frontier
Movie · as Captain Roger Kearney
The Mayor of Hell
Movie · as Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
I Loved a Woman
Movie · as Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Movie · as SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
King of the Wild Horses
Movie · as Gorman
Night Flight
Movie · as Mechanic (uncredited)
The World Changes
Movie · as Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
Movie · as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Hello Trouble
Movie · as LaTange
Between Fighting Men
Movie · as Wally Thompson
Two-Fisted Law
Movie · as Artie
Texas Cyclone
Movie · as Nick Lawler
High Speed
Movie · as Tom Corliss
Daring Danger
Movie · as Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald)
The Riding Tornado
Movie · as Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman
The Arm of the Law
Movie · as Newspaper Reporter
Tex Takes a Holiday
Movie · as Tex
Branded
Movie · as Stage Robber
The Range Feud
Movie · as Hank
The Pagan Lady
Movie · as Francisco
The Drums of Jeopardy
Movie · as Prince Gregor Petroff
The Last Flight
Movie · as Officer at Hospital
Fifty Fathoms Deep
Movie · as Mate
Millie
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Fighting Thru
Movie · as George 'Tennessee' Malden
The Rogue Song
Movie · as Hassan
Madam Satan
Movie · as First Mate
Zampa
Movie · as The Villain
Darkened Rooms
Movie · as Bert Nelson
Sweetie
Movie · as Bill Barrington
Fancy Baggage
Movie · as Ernest Hardin
Hit the Deck
Movie · as Lieutenant Allen
Dark Skies
Movie · as Captain Pedro Real
Blockade
Movie · as Vincent
Tropical Nights
Movie · as Stavnow
Tumbling River
Movie · as Keechie
Drums of the Desert
Movie · as Will Newton
Red Signals
Movie · as Lee Bryson
Your Wife and Mine
Movie · as Robert Warren
Two Can Play
Movie · as Robert MacForth
The Checkered Flag
Movie · as Jack Reese
Hell's Four Hundred
Movie · as Marshall Langham
Faithful Wives
Movie · as Tom Burke
The Bar-C Mystery
Movie · as Nevada
Casey of the Coast Guard
Movie · as Coast Guardsman
Fighting with Buffalo Bill
Movie · as Ned Wheeler
The Primrose Path
Movie · as Bruce Armstrong
Lightnin'
Movie · as John Marvin
The Lady
Movie · as Leonard St. Aubyns
The Charmer
Movie · as Ralph Bayne
Wandering Fires
Movie · as Norman Yuell
Learning to Love
Movie · as Professor Bonnard
New Lives for Old
Movie · as Hugh Warren
The Sea Hawk
Movie · as Peter Godolphin
Roaring Rails
Movie · as Malcolm Gregory
Curlytop
Movie · as Bill Branigan
Love and Glory
Movie · as Anatole Picard
Thy Name Is Woman
Movie · as Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar
The Heart Bandit
Movie · as 'Spike' Malone
Maytime
Movie · as Claude Van Zandt
The Day of Faith
Movie · as John Anstell
The Spoilers
Movie · as Broncho Kid
A Fool There Was
Movie · as Avery Parmelee
The Understudy
Movie · as Tom Manning
Caught Bluffing
Movie · as Wallace Towers
Youth Must Have Love
Movie · as Earl Stannard
A Poor Relation
Movie · as Johnny Smith
The Sage Hen
Movie · as Her Son, as a Man
Breaking Through
Movie · as Willard Ward
Rouge and Riches
Movie · as Tom Rushworth
The Fighting Shepherdess
Movie · as Hughie
Are All Men Alike?
Movie · as Gerry Rhinelander West
Trumpet Island
Movie · as Richard Bedell
Moon Madness
Movie · as Jan
Cinderella's Twin
Movie · as Prentice Blue
Leave It to Susan
Movie · as Jimmy Dawson
The Little Boss
Movie · as Clayton Hargis
Cupid Forecloses
Movie · as Bruce Cartwright
The Follies Girl
Movie · as Ned
A Girl Named Mary
Movie · as Henry Martin
Spotlight Sadie
Movie · as Dick Carrington
Brothers Divided
Movie · as Max King
Marked Cards
Movie · as Ted Breslin
Madame Sphinx
Movie · as Andre Du Bois
The Shoes That Danced
Movie · as Harmony Lad
The Princess of Park Row
Movie · as Tom Kearney
Youth's Endearing Charm
Movie · as Harry Disbrow
Purity
Movie · as Youth
Nanette of the Wilds
Movie · as Harry Jennings
Their Last Haul
Movie · as Crook
Dough and Dynamite
Movie · as Customer
Caught in a Cabaret
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Zip, the Dodger
Movie · as Minta's Sweetheart
The Rounders
Movie · as Diner
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Movie · as Drinker
Mabel's Married Life
Movie · as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Love and Bullets
Movie · as The Trouble Mender's Secretary
Fatty Again
Movie · as The Boarder - Father's Choice
Mabel's Busy Day
Movie · as Spectator (uncredited)
The Knockout
Movie · as Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)
Those Love Pangs
Movie · as Movie Patron (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
Movie · as Boarder (uncredited)
Mabel's Blunder
Movie · as Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend