Wallace Beery

Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards »

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A Date with Judy Melvin Colner Foster

(1948)

Dinner at Eight Dan Packard

(1933)

Viva Villa! Pancho Villa

(1934)

Grand Hotel General Director Preysing

(1932)

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Actor (241 credits)

1949 Big Jack
Big Jack Horner

1948 A Date with Judy
Melvin Colner Foster

1948 Alias a Gentleman
Jim Breedin

1947 The Mighty McGurk
Roy 'Slag' McGurk

1946 Bad Bascomb
Zeb Bascomb

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
'Hap' Doan

1941 Barnacle Bill
Bill Johansen

1941 The Bad Man
Pancho Lopez

1940 Wyoming
'Reb' Harkness

1940 20 Mule Team
Skinner Bill Bragg

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
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
Sergeant Dory

1935 Ah Wilderness!
Sid Miller

1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy
'Windy'

1935 China Seas
Jamesy MacArdle

1935 West Point of the Air
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

1932 Flesh
Polakai

1932/I Grand Hotel
General Director Preysing

1931 The Christmas Party (Short)
Wallace Beery (uncredited)

1931/I The Champ
Andy 'Champ' Purcell

1931 Hell Divers
Windy Riker

1931 The Secret 6
Louis 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
Pat Garrett

1930 The Big House
Butch

1929 The 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
Detective 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
'Home Run' 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 The Wanderer
Pharis

1925 Rugged Water
Capt. Bartlett

1925 In the Name of Love
Glavis

1925 Coming Through
Joe Lawler

1925 The Great Divide
Dutch

1925 The Devil's Cargo
Ben

1925 The Lost World
Prof. Challenger (as Mr. Wallace Beery)

1925 The Night Club
José

1925 Adventure
Morgan

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
Captain Jasper Leigh

1924 Unseen Hands
Jean Scholast

1923 The Drums of Jeopardy
Gregor Karlov

1923 White Tiger
Count Donelli / Hawkes

1923 Richard the Lion-Hearted
King Richard the Lion-Hearted

1923 The Eternal Struggle
Barode Dukane

1923 The Spanish Dancer
King Philip IV

1923 Drifting
Jules Repin

1923 Ashes of Vengeance
Duc de Tours

1923 Three Ages
The Villain

1923 Bavu
Felix Bavu

1923 Stormswept
William McCabe

1923 The Flame of Life
Don Lowrie

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 My Wife's Relations (Short)
Photographer (uncredited)

1922 Wild Honey
Buck Roper

1922 The Rosary
Kenwood Wright

1921 Sleeping Acres (Short)

1921 The Last Trail
William Kirk

1921 The White Mouse (Short)
Dr. Lawler

1921 The Ne'er to Return Road (Short)
Convict #12896

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
Lt. Col. von Richthosen

1921 Patsy
Gustave Ludermann

1921 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 The Lone Wolf's Daughter
Undetermined role (uncredited)

1919 Behind the Door
Submarine Commander

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)
Party Guest (uncredited)

1917 A Bedroom Blunder (Short)
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

1917 A Clever Dummy (Short)
Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager

1917 The Little American
German Soldier (uncredited)

1917 Cactus Nell (Short)
A Polished Gent

1917 Teddy at the Throttle (Short)
Her Rascally Guardian

1917 Maggie's First False Step (Short)
The Villain

1917 Patria
Pancho Villa

1917 Bombs and Banknotes (Short)
Janitor

1916 The Janitor's Vacation

1916 A Capable Lady Cook (Short)
Sweedie

1916 Sweedie, the Janitor (Short)
Sweedie - the Janitor

1916 Just a Few Little Things (Short)
Fred

1916 The Janitor (Short)
John - the Hotel Janitor

1916 Hearts and Sparks (Short)
Minor Role

1916 A Dash of Courage (Short)
The Police Chief

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 - the New Teacher

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 Cheering a Husband (Short)

1914 The Ups and Downs (Short)

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)
The Earl

1914 Love and Soda (Short)
The Plumber

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)
Hans

1914 The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed (Short)
The Coming Champion

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. Bunkum

1914 Sweedie the Swatter (Short)
Sweedie (a Swedish maid)

1914 The Epidemic (Short)

1914 The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine (Short)
Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer

1914/I This Is the Life (Short)
Hiram Stebbins

1914 Jane (Short)
The Doctor

1914 Actor Finney's Finish (Short)
Actor James Finney

1914 Three Little Powders (Short)
Wallace Williams

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)
Mr. Hunter

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

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 (uncredited)

1913 Sweet Revenge (Short)
Phil Culture

1913 Mr. Dippy Dipped (Short)
Undetermined Role

1913 His Athletic Wife (Short)
Mr. Strong

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Director (29 credits)

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 The Janitor's Vacation

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)

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)

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Writer (4 credits)

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)

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Soundtrack (8 credits)

1948 A Date with Judy (performer: "Cugat's Nugat" (uncredited), "It's A Most Unusual Day (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), "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (1900), "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), "The Monkeys Have No Tails in Zamboanga", "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)

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Self (9 credits)

1938 Behind the Movie Lens (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1932 Hollywood: City of Celluloid (Documentary short)
Self

1931 Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party (Documentary short)
Self

1931 Wir schalten um auf Hollywood
Self (uncredited)

1927 A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (Documentary short)
Self

1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 (Documentary short)
Self

1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 20 (Documentary short)
Self

1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 2 (Documentary short)
Self

1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (Documentary short)
Self

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Archive footage (42 credits)

2019 The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (TV Series)
Self

- Al Best Actor & Best Actress Winners Speeches Since 1927/28 (2019) ... Self

2018 The Image Book (Documentary)
Un acteur (uncredited)

2017 Compression (TV Series documentary)

- Compression The Three Ages de Buster Keaton et Edward F. Cline (2017)

2014 The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One (Video)

2008 Catalogue of Ships (Documentary)

2006 Private Screenings (TV Series)
Zed Bascomb

- Child Stars (2006) ... Zed Bascomb (uncredited)

2004 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Self - Actor

- Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) ... Self - Actor

2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (Video documentary short)
Self / Various

2003 Complicated Women (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1998 Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 7: the Race is on! (Video)

1995 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Phineas T. Barnum

- Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995) ... Phineas T. Barnum (uncredited)

1995 Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary)
Butch

- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) ... Butch (uncredited)

1994 100 Years at the Movies (TV Short documentary)
Self

1994 The Our Gang Story (Video documentary)
Self / Champ / Police Sergeant

1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (Documentary)

1982 Showbiz Ballyhoo (Documentary)
Self

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Dan Packard (uncredited)

1976 America at the Movies (Documentary)
Dan Packard

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)
Self

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary)
Melvin Colner Foster (uncredited)

1972 Hollywood Babylon

1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV Movie documentary)
Self - film clips (uncredited)

1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV Movie documentary)
Pancho Villa (uncredited)

1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (Documentary)
Terry

1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Funny Men: Part 1 (1963) ... Self

1961 Hollywood: The Golden Years (TV Movie documentary)
Her Rascally Guardian (uncredited)

1960 When Comedy Was King (Documentary)
Henry Black

1955-1956 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary)
Champ / Dan Packard

- Episode #1.21 (1956) ... Champ

- Episode #1.25 (1955) ... Dan Packard

1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Bill

- MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute (1954) ... Bill

1951 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories (Documentary short)
Self

1950 The Soundman (Documentary short)
Bill (uncredited)

1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1944 Some of the Best (Documentary)
Butch / Bill / General Director Preysing / ... (uncredited)

1944 Twenty Years After (Short)

1940 The Miracle of Sound (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (Documentary short)
Self

1939 From the Ends of the Earth (Documentary short)
Self

1939 Land of Liberty

1938 A Lost World (Short)

1938 Personality Parade (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1933 Going Hollywood
Wallace Beery - Premiere Clip (uncredited)

1931 The House That Shadows Built (Documentary)

Personal Details

Other Works:

(1/4/43) Radio: Appeared (as "Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan") in a "Lux Radio Theater" production of "The Bugle Sounds". See more »

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Alternate Names:

Mr. Wallace Beery

Height:

5' 11½" (1.82 m)

Spouse:

Rita Gilman (divorced) (1 child) | See more »

Parents:

Beery, Noah Webster | Fitzgerald, Francis Margaret

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Personal Quote:

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

Trivia:

When Paramount dropped Beery's (and other actors') contracts at the end of the silent era in 1929, the actor was off the screen for a year before making a triumphant comeback at MGM with an Oscar-nominated performance in The Big House (1930). The role had been intended for Lon Chaney, who had recently died from cancer. See more »

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Wally

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