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Wallace Beery (1885–1949)

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In 1902, 16-year-old Wallace Beery joined the Ringling Brothers Circus as an assistant to the elephant trainer. He left two years later after a leopard clawed his arm. Beery next went to New York, where he found work in musical variety shows. He became a leading man in musicals and appeared on Broadway and in traveling stock companies... See full bio »

Born:

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery
in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died:

(age 64) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Wallace Beery and John Qualen in Alias a Gentleman Still of Louise Brooks and Wallace Beery in Beggars of Life Joan Crawford, Wallace reer Film Set Grand Hotel (1932) 0022958
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1949 Big Jack
Big Jack Horner
 
1948 A Date with Judy
Melvin R. Foster
 
1948 Alias a Gentleman
Jim Breedin
 
1947 The Mighty McGurk
Roy 'Slag' McGurk
 
1946 Bad Bascomb
Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
 
1945 This Man's Navy
Ned Trumpet
 
1944 Barbary Coast Gent
Honest Plush Brannon
 
1944 Rationing
Ben Barton
 
1943 Salute to the Marines
Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
 
1942 Jackass Mail
Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
 
1942 The Bugle Sounds
Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
 
1941 Barnacle Bill
Bill Johansen
 
1941 The Bad Man
Pancho Lopez
 
1940 Wyoming
'Reb' Harkness
 
1940 20 Mule Team
Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
 
1940 The Man from Dakota
Sgt. 'Bar' Barstow
 
1939 Thunder Afloat
John Thorson
 
1939 Sergeant Madden
Sgt. Shaun Madden
 
1939 Stand Up and Fight
Captain Boss Starkey
 
1938 Stablemates
Doc Thomas 'Tom' Terry
 
1938 Port of Seven Seas
Cesar
 
1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone
'Trigger' Bill
 
1937 Slave Ship
Jack Thompson
 
1937 The Good Old Soak
Clem Hawley
 
1936 Old Hutch
'Hutch' Hutchins
 
1936 A Message to Garcia
Sgt. Dory
 
1935 Ah, Wilderness!
Sid
 
1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Captain Michael 'Windy' O'Shaughnessy
 
1935 China Seas
Jamesy MacArdle
 
1935 West Point of the Air
Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
 
1934 The Mighty Barnum
Phineas T. Barnum
 
1934 Treasure Island
Long John Silver
 
1934 Viva Villa!
Pancho Villa
 
1933 The Bowery
Chuck Connors
 
1933 Dinner at Eight
Dan Packard
 
1933 Tugboat Annie
Terry Brennan
 
1932 Flesh
Polakai
 
1932 Grand Hotel
General Director Preysing
 
1931/I The Champ
Champ
 
1931 Hell Divers
Windy
 
1931 The Secret Six
Scorpio
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Police Sergeant
 
1930 Min and Bill
Bill
 
1930 A Lady's Morals
Barnum
 
1930 Way for a Sailor
Tripod
 
1930 Billy the Kid
Garrett
 
1930 The Big House
Butch
 
1929 River of Romance
General Orlando Jackson
 
1929 Stairs of Sand
Lacey
 
1929 Chinatown Nights
Chuck Riley
 
1928 Beggars of Life
Oklahoma Red
 
1928 The Big Killing
Powderhorn Pete
 
1928 Partners in Crime
Mike Doolan
 
1928 Wife Savers
Louis Hosenozzle
 
1927 Two Flaming Youths
Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
 
1927 Now We're in the Air
Wally
 
1927 Fireman, Save My Child
Elmer
 
1927 Casey at the Bat
Casey
 
1926 Old Ironsides
Bos'n
 
1926 We're in the Navy Now
'Knockout' Hansen
 
1926 Volcano
Quembo
 
1926 Behind the Front
Riff Swanson
 
1925 The Pony Express
Rhode Island Red
 
1925 Rugged Water
Capt. Bartlett
 
1925 In the Name of Love
Glavis
 
1925 The Wanderer
Pharis
 
1925 The Night Club
José
 
1925 Adventure
Morgan
 
1925 Coming Through
Joe Lawler
 
1925 The Great Divide
Dutch
 
1925 The Devil's Cargo
Ben
 
1925 The Lost World
Professor Challenger (as Mr. Wallace Beery)
 
1925 Let Women Alone
Cap Bullwinkle
 
1924 So Big
Klaus Poole
 
1924 Madonna of the Streets
Bill Smythe
 
1924 Dynamite Smith
'Slugger' Rourke
 
1924 The Red Lily
Bo-Bo
 
1924 Another Man's Wife
Captain Wolf
 
1924 The Signal Tower
Joe Standish
 
1924 The Sea Hawk
Capt. Jasper Leigh
 
1924 Unseen Hands
Jean Scholast
 
1923 White Tiger
Count Donelli/Hawkes
 
1923 The Drums of Jeopardy
Gregor Karlov
 
1923 Richard the Lion-Hearted
King Richard the Lion-Hearted
 
1923 The Eternal Struggle
Barode Dukane
 
1923 The Spanish Dancer
King Philip IV
 
1923 Three Ages
The Villain
 
1923 Drifting
Jules Repin
 
1923 Ashes of Vengeance
Duc de Tours
 
1923 Bavu
Felix Bavu
 
1923 Stormswept
William McCabe
 
1923 The Flame of Life
Don Lowrie
 
1923 Patsy
 
1922 Only a Shop Girl
Jim Brennan
 
1922 A Blind Bargain
Beast Man (uncredited)
 
1922 Robin Hood
Richard the Lion-Hearted
 
1922 Trouble
Ed Lee, the Plumber
 
1922 Alias Julius Caesar (unconfirmed)
 
1922 Hurricane's Gal
Chris Borg
 
1922 I Am the Law
Fu Chang
 
1922 The Man from Hell's River
Gaspard, The Wolf
 
1922 The Sagebrush Trail
José Fagaro
 
1922 Wild Honey
Buck Roper
 
1922 The Rosary
Kenwood Wright
 
1921 The Last Trail
William Kirk
 
1921 The White Mouse (short)
 
1921 The Ne'er to Return Road (short)
 
1921 The Policeman and the Baby (short)
The Crook
 
1921 The Golden Snare
Bram Johnson
 
1921 The Northern Trail (short)
Otto Franke
 
1921 A Tale of Two Worlds
Ling Jo
 
1921 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
 
1921 Patsy
Gustave Ludermann
 
1921 Sleeping Acres (short)
 
1920 The Rookie's Return
François Dupont
 
1920 813
Maj. Parbury/Ribeira
 
1920 The Last of the Mohicans
Magua
 
1920 The Round-Up
Buck McKee
 
1920 The Mollycoddle
Henry von Holkar
 
1920 The Virgin of Stamboul
Sheik Achmet Hamid
 
1919 Behind the Door
Lt. Brandt
 
1919 Victory
August Schomberg
 
1919 Soldiers of Fortune
Mendoza
 
1919 The Life Line
Bos
 
1919 The Love Burglar
Coast-to-Coast Taylor
 
1919 The Unpardonable Sin
Col. Klemm
 
1919 A Beach Nut (short)
 
1919 Only a Janitor (short)
 
1918 Johanna Enlists
Col. Fanner
 
1917 That Night (short)
The Cafe Proprietor
 
1917 Are Waitresses Safe? (short)
At Mansion Party
 
1917 A Bedroom Blunder (short)
In Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
 
1917 The Little American
German Soldier (uncredited)
 
1917 A Clever Dummy (short)
A Vaudeville Manager
 
1917 Cactus Nell (short)
 
1917 Teddy at the Throttle (short)
Henry Black, Her Rascally Guardian
 
1917 Maggie's First False Step (short)
The Villain
 
1917 Patria
Pancho Villa
 
1917 Bombs and Banknotes (short)
 
1916 A Capable Lady Cook (short)
 
1916 Sweedie, the Janitor (short)
Sweedie
 
1916 Just a Few Little Things (short)
 
1916 The Janitor (short)
 
1916 A Dash of Courage (short)
Police chief
 
1916 The Janitor's Vacation
 
1915 The Fable of the Roistering Blades (short)
Milt
 
1915 Education (short)
Bob
 
1915 The Broken Pledge (short)
Percy
 
1915 Sweedie's Finish (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 The Slim Princess
Popova
 
1915 Sweedie's Hero (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 Sweedie in Vaudeville (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 Done in Wax (short)
The Hobo
 
1915 The Bouquet (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 Sweedie Learns to Ride (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 Love and Trouble (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 Father's New Maid (short)
Jack/Sweedie
 
1915 Sweedie's Hopeless Love (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 Ain't It the Truth? (short)
Harold Wallington
 
1915 A Pound for a Pound (short)
Buck Gibson
 
1915 The Victor (short)
Mr. Justwed
 
1915 Sweedie Goes to College (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 The New Teacher (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 Two Hearts That Beat as Ten (short)
Fred
 
1915 Sweedie and Her Dog (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 Sweedie's Suicide (short)
Sweedie
 
1915 Sweedie and the Sultan's Present (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind (short)
The Lover
 
1914 Sweedie Collects for Charity (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 Their Cheap Vacation (short)
Mr. Newlywed
 
1914 Madame Double X (short)
Madame Double X
 
1914 The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify (short)
Homer Splivins
 
1914 Sweedie and the Hypnotist (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 A Maid of War (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 Sweedie at the Fair (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 Countess Sweedie (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 The Prevailing Craze (short)
 
1914 Three Boiled Down Fables (short)
Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
 
1914 Sweedie the Trouble Maker (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 The Laundress (short)
Sweedie - the Laundress
 
1914 Rivalry and War (short)
Krautmeyer
 
1914 She Landed a Big One (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 Sweedie Learns to Swim (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 The Fickleness of Sweedie (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 Sweedie's Clean-Up (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 Sweedie's Skate (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 The Plum Tree (short)
 
1914 When Knights Were Bold (short)
 
1914 Love and Soda (short)
 
1914 Sweedie Springs a Surprise (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 Sweedie and the Double Exposure (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth (short)
Attorney for Suggs
 
1914 Topsy-Turvy Sweedie (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-In (short)
 
1914/I In and Out (short)
 
1914 The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed (short)
 
1914 Sweedie and the Lord (short)
Sweedie
 
1914 The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man (short)
The Football Hero
 
1914 The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps (short)
Prof. Bunkun
 
1914 Sweedie the Swatter (short)
Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
 
1914 The Epidemic (short)
 
1914 The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine (short)
The Brash Drummer
 
1914/I This Is the Life (short)
 
1914 Jane (short)
The Doctor
 
1914 Actor Finney's Finish (short)
Actor Finney
 
1914 Three Little Powders (short)
The Husband
 
1914 Making Him Over -- For Minnie (short)
 
1914 Curing a Husband (short)
Robert - the Husband
 
1914/II Wrong All Around (short)
The Plumber
 
1914/I The Winner (short)
Fritz Noodle
 
1914 And He Came Back (short)
Horatio Algernon Botts
 
1914 The Bargain Hunters (short)
 
1914 A Queer Quarantine (short)
Mrs. Potter
 
1914 Oh, Doctor (short)
The Deaf Minister
 
1914 Grass County Goes Dry (short)
The Constable
 
1914 The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar (short)
Jack Hazard
 
1914 Mrs. Manly's Baby (short)
 
1914 One-to-Three (short)
Willie Brace
 
1914 Looking for Trouble (short)
 
1914 The Hour and the Man (short)
A Juror
 
1914 A Foot of Romance (short)
Jim Foley
 
1914 Cheering a Husband (short)
 
1914 The Ups and Downs (short)
 
1913 At the Old Maid's Call (short)
Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
 
1913 Hello, Trouble (short)
 
1913 Smithy's Grandma Party (short)
Prof. Smithy
 
1913 Kitty's Knight (short)
Mike McManus
 
1913 The Usual Way (short)
The Dentist
 
1913 Their Wives' Indiscretion (short)
Mr. Jones
 
1913 Day by Day (short)
Bill the Iceman
 
1913 Dad's Insanity (short)
 
1913 A Successful Failure (short)
The Uncle
 
1913 Love Incognito (short)
Secondary Role
 
1913/I The Right of Way (short) (uncredited)
 
1913 Sweet Revenge (short)
Phil Culture
 
1913 Mr. Dippy Dipped (short)
Undetermined Role
 
1913 His Athletic Wife (short)
Mr. Strong
 
Show ShowDirector (29 titles)
1919 A Beach Nut (short)
 
1919 Only a Janitor (short)
 
1919 She Wasn't Hungry, But... (short)
 
1918 Perils of the Parlor (short)
 
1918 The Bathhouse Scandal (short)
 
1917 Pete's Pants (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1917 Two Laughs (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1917 Bombs and Banknotes (short)
 
1916 Taking the Count (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1916 A Capable Lady Cook (short)
 
1916 Sweedie, the Janitor (short)
 
1916 Fame at Last (short)
 
1916 Breaking Into Society (short)
 
1916/II Borrowed Plumes (short)
 
1916 A Hero by Proxy (short)
 
1916 He Almost Lands an Angel (short)
 
1916/III Hired and Fired (short)
 
1916 From the Rogue's Gallery (short)
 
1916 He Becomes a Cop (short)
 
1916 A Thousand Dollars a Week (short)
 
1916 The Sody Clerk (short)
 
1916 Just a Few Little Things (short)
 
1916 The Janitor (short)
 
1916 The Janitor's Vacation
 
1915 Snakeville's Champion (short)
 
1915 The Merry Models (short)
 
1914 Rivalry and War (short)
 
1914 She Landed a Big One (short)
 
1913 Kitty's Knight (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (8 titles)
1948 A Date with Judy (performer: "Its a Most Unusual Day" Reprise #2 - Finale)
 
1942 The Bugle Sounds (performer: "Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon For her Lover Who Is Fur, Fur Away" 1917 - uncredited)
 
1940 Wyoming (performer: "Oh! Susanna" 1848 - uncredited, "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" 1900 - uncredited, "There's a Home in Wyomin'" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1938 Stablemates (performer: "When You Wore a Tulip", "That's How I Need You")
 
1931 The Christmas Party (short) (performer: "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929)
 
1931/I The Champ (performer: "The Monkeys Have No Tails in Pago Pago" - uncredited)
 
1931 Hell Divers (performer: "Chopsticks" 1877 - uncredited, "The Monkeys Have No Tails in Zamboanga" - uncredited, "Love's Old Sweet Song Just a Song at Twilight" 1884 - uncredited)
 
1930 Way for a Sailor (performer: "Strike Up the Band, Here Comes a Sailor" 1900 - uncredited, "Sailing, Sailing Over the Bounding Main" 1880 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1919 A Beach Nut (short) (scenario / story)
 
1916 Sweedie, the Janitor (short) (story)
 
1916 Just a Few Little Things (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Janitor (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 Behind the Movie Lens (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1931 The Christmas Party (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1931 Wir schalten um auf Hollywood
Himself
 
1931 Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party (documentary short)
Himself
 
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 20 (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (20 titles)
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2006 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (video documentary short)
Himself / Various roles
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Dan Packard
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clip from 'A Date with Judy' (uncredited)
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Himself, film clip from 'Dinner at Eight' (uncredited)
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Terry Brennan in 'Tugboat Annie'
 
1960 When Comedy Was King (documentary)
edited from 'Teddy at The throttle'
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 The Soundman (documentary short)
Bill (uncredited)
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 
1939 From the Ends of the Earth (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 A Lost World (short)
 
1933 Going Hollywood
Himself - Premiere Clip (uncredited)
 

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Stage, circus actor and film director. Active on Broadway in the following productions: See more »

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Alternate Names:

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Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Personal Quote:

I never let anyone sucker me, not even for a nickel. See more »

Trivia:

When the Academy Awards were first presented, the winners were announced ahead of the ceremony, partly with the hope the recipients would show up to collect their award. When it was announced that the winner of the 1931 prize for best actor went to Fredric March, Beery reportedly stormed into the office of MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer... See more »

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Star Sign:

Aries