Wallace MacDonald

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1891-05-04

Deathday 1978-10-30 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada

Also Known As Wallace Archibald MacDonald, Wallace Mac Donald, Wallace McDonald, Wheeler MacDonald

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

Actor

1937
A Street of Memory

as Narrator (voice)

1934
Their Big Moment

as Theater Manager (uncredited)

1933
Night Flight

as Mechanic (uncredited)

1933
I Loved a Woman

as Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)

1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.

as SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)

1933
The Mayor of Hell

as Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)

1933
The Vanishing Frontier

as Captain Roger Kearney

1932
Between Fighting Men

as Wally Thompson

1932
Hello Trouble

as LaTange

1932
Daring Danger

as Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald)

1932
1932
The Riding Tornado

as Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman

1932
The Arm of the Law

as Newspaper Reporter

1932
High Speed

as Tom Corliss

1932
Texas Cyclone

as Nick Lawler

1931
1931
The Pagan Lady

as Francisco

1931
Branded

as Stage Robber

1931
The Last Flight

as Officer at Hospital

1931
1931
The Drums of Jeopardy

as Prince Gregor Petroff

1931
Millie

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1930
Fighting Thru

as George 'Tennessee' Malden

1930
Madam Satan

as First Mate

1930
Zampa

as The Villain

1930
The Rogue Song

as Hassan

1929
Hit the Deck

as Lieutenant Allen

1929
Darkened Rooms

as Bert Nelson

1929
Sweetie

as Bill Barrington

1929
Fancy Baggage

as Ernest Hardin

1928
Blockade

as Vincent

1928
Tropical Nights

as Stavnow

1927
Tumbling River

as Keechie

1927
Drums of the Desert

as Will Newton

1927
Red Signals

as Lee Bryson

1926
Hell's Four Hundred

as Marshall Langham

1926
Two Can Play

as Robert MacForth

1926
The Checkered Flag

as Jack Reese

1925
Wandering Fires

as Norman Yuell

1925
The Primrose Path

as Bruce Armstrong

1925
Lightnin'

as John Marvin

1925
The Charmer

as Ralph Bayne

1925
New Lives for Old

as Hugh Warren

1925
The Lady

as Leonard St. Aubyns

1925
Learning to Love

as Professor Bonnard

1924
Curlytop

as Bill Branigan

1924
Love and Glory

as Anatole Picard

1924
Roaring Rails

as Malcolm Gregory

1924
The Sea Hawk

as Peter Godolphin

1924
Thy Name Is Woman

as Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar

1923
Maytime

as Claude Van Zandt

1923
The Day of Faith

as John Anstell

1923
The Spoilers

as Broncho Kid

1922
A Fool There Was

as Avery Parmelee

1921
A Poor Relation

as Johnny Smith

1920
Are All Men Alike?

as Gerry Rhinelander West

1920
Trumpet Island

as Richard Bedell

1920
Rouge and Riches

as Tom Rushworth

1919
Cupid Forecloses

as Bruce Cartwright

1919
The Little Boss

as Clayton Hargis

1919
Leave It to Susan

as Jimmy Dawson

1919
1918
Marked Cards

as Ted Breslin

1917
1916
Youth's Endearing Charm

as Harry Disbrow

1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Policeman (uncredited)

1914
Dough and Dynamite

as Customer

1914
Zip, the Dodger

as Minta's Sweetheart

1914
Those Love Pangs

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

1914
Fatty Again

as The Boarder - Father's Choice

1914
Mabel's Blunder

as Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend

1914
The Rounders

as Diner

1914
Love and Bullets

as The Trouble Mender's Secretary

1914
Mabel's Married Life

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

1914
Mabel's Busy Day

as Spectator (uncredited)

1914
The Knockout

as Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)

1914
Caught in a Cabaret

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1914
The Star Boarder

as Boarder (uncredited)

Producer

1959
Gunmen from Laredo

as Producer

1958
Return to Warbow

as Producer

1957
1957
The Hard Man

as Executive Producer

1957
1956
The White Squaw

as Producer

1956
1955
1955
Apache Ambush

as Producer

1954
Wyoming Renegades

as Producer

1954
Massacre Canyon

as Producer

1953
Man in the Dark

as Producer

1953
1953
Target Hong Kong

as Producer

1952
Harem Girl

as Producer

1951
1950
1949
Rusty's Birthday

as Producer

1949
Air Hostess

as Producer

1949
Rusty Saves a Life

as Producer

1948
Port Said

as Producer

1948
My Dog Rusty

as Producer

1948
1947
The Son of Rusty

as Producer

1946
The Unknown

as Producer

1946
Personality Kid

as Producer

1945
Escape in the Fog

as Producer

1945
1945
I Love a Mystery

as Producer

1945
1945
1944
The Missing Juror

as Producer

1944
Sailor's Holiday

as Producer

1944
1944
1943
1943
1943
Passport to Suez

as Producer

1942
1942
Counter-Espionage

as Producer

1942
The Man Who Returned to Life

as Associate Producer

1942
Hello, Annapolis

as Producer

1942
Lucky Legs

as Producer

1942
Submarine Raider

as Producer

1942
Parachute Nurse

as Producer

1942
1941
The Devil Commands

as Producer

1941
1941
Honolulu Lu

as Producer

1941
Harmon of Michigan

as Producer

1940
1940
Girls of the Road

as Producer

1940
Men Without Souls

as Producer

1940
Before I Hang

as Producer

1940
Glamour for Sale

as Producer

1940
Military Academy

as Executive Producer

1939
1938
Highway Patrol

as Producer

1937
The Shadow

as Producer

1937
1937
Murder in Greenwich Village

as Associate Producer

Writer

1936
Doughnuts and Society

as Screenplay

1935
Hitch Hike Lady

as Original Story

1935
1934
1932
1932
Cornered

as Writer

Director

1959
Gunmen from Laredo

as Director

1928
Cook, Papa, Cook

as Director

1928
Wife Trouble

as Director