Wallace MacDonald
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.
Known For
Acting
1914
asCustomer
1933
asCaptain Roger Kearney
1914
asParty Guest (uncredited)
1927
asKeechie
1927
asWill Newton
1914
asMinta's Sweetheart
1931
asStage Robber
1932
asLaTange
1914
asDelivery Boy (uncredited)
1914
asDrinker
1914
asDiner
1933
asMan in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
1920
asTom Rushworth
1933
asHayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
1931
asHank
1918
asTed Breslin
1914
asThe Trouble Mender's Secretary
1914
asThe Boarder - Father's Choice
1931
asFrancisco
1933
asSS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
1937
asNarrator (voice)
1930
asGeorge 'Tennessee' Malden
1917
asTom Kearney
1925
asBruce Armstrong
1931
asPrince Gregor Petroff
1928
asVincent
1930
asHassan
1932
asWally Thompson
1923
asClaude Van Zandt
1923
asJohn Anstell
1924
asPeter Godolphin
1925
asJohn Marvin
1914
asSpectator (uncredited)
1914
asSpectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
1914
asBoarder (uncredited)
1914
asMovie Patron (uncredited)
1914
asPoliceman (uncredited)
1929
asBert Nelson
1924
asMalcolm Gregory
1924
asBill Branigan
1929
asBill Barrington
1925
asLeonard St. Aubyns
1925
asRalph Bayne
1932
asArtie
1931
asOfficer at Hospital
1925
asNorman Yuell
1924
asAnatole Picard
1925
asProfessor Bonnard
1929
asErnest Hardin
1932
asNick Lawler
1931
asMate
1920
asHughie
1930
asFirst Mate
1926
asRobert MacForth
1924
asCapt. Rodrigo de Castelar
1914
asHarry's Money-Borrowing Friend
1933
asGorman
1933
asMechanic (uncredited)
1928
asStavnow
1920
asGerry Rhinelander West
1923
asBroncho Kid
1931
asParty Guest (uncredited)
1919
asJimmy Dawson
1925
asHugh Warren
1921
asJohnny Smith
1922
asAvery Parmelee
1932
asTom Corliss
1926
asJack Reese
1932
asDick Stark - Olcott's Foreman
1932
asJughandle (as Wallace McDonald)
1916
asHarry Disbrow
1920
asRichard Bedell
1921
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1919
asClayton Hargis
1919
asBruce Cartwright
1934
asTheater Manager (uncredited)
1927
asLee Bryson
1929
asLieutenant Allen
1930
asThe Villain
1926
asMarshall Langham
1919
asNed
1915
asCrook
1932
asNewspaper Reporter
1926
asTom Burke
1922
asTom Manning
Production
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1952
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1951
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1958
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1953
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1957
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1949
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1943
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1956
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1937
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1948
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1954
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1944
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1954
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1955
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asCrew
Directing
