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.
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as Gorman
as Mechanic (uncredited)
as Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
as SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
as Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
as Captain Roger Kearney
as Wally Thompson
as LaTange
as Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald)
as Artie
as Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman
as Tom Corliss
as Nick Lawler
as Hank
as Francisco
as Stage Robber
as Officer at Hospital
as Mate
as Prince Gregor Petroff
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as George 'Tennessee' Malden
as First Mate
as The Villain
as Hassan
as Lieutenant Allen
as Bert Nelson
as Bill Barrington
as Ernest Hardin
as Vincent
as Stavnow
as Keechie
as Will Newton
as Lee Bryson
as Robert MacForth
as Jack Reese
as Norman Yuell
as Bruce Armstrong
as John Marvin
as Ralph Bayne
as Hugh Warren
as Leonard St. Aubyns
as Professor Bonnard
as Bill Branigan
as Anatole Picard
as Malcolm Gregory
as Peter Godolphin
as Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar
as Claude Van Zandt
as John Anstell
as Broncho Kid
as Avery Parmelee
as Johnny Smith
as Gerry Rhinelander West
as Richard Bedell
as Hughie
as Tom Rushworth
as Bruce Cartwright
as Clayton Hargis
as Jimmy Dawson
as Ned
as Ted Breslin
as Tom Kearney
as Harry Disbrow
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Customer
as Minta's Sweetheart
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
as The Boarder - Father's Choice
as Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend
as Diner
as Drinker
as The Trouble Mender's Secretary
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
as Spectator (uncredited)
as Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
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as Boarder (uncredited)
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