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Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Birthday: 1885-04-01 | Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

From Wikipedia Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span. He was the brother of actor Noah Berry.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as    Self (archive footage)

1960
When Comedy Was King

as    edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)

1949
Big Jack

as    Big Jack Horner

1948
Alias a Gentleman

as    Jim Breedin

1948
A Date with Judy

as    Melvin R. Foster

1946
Bad Bascomb

as    Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith

1945
This Man's Navy

as    Ned Trumpet

1943
Salute to the Marines

as    Sgt. Maj. William Bailey

1942
Jackass Mail

as    Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot

1941
The Bad Man

as    Pancho Lopez

1940
The Man from Dakota

as    "Bar" Barstow

1940
Wyoming

as    'Reb' Harkness

1940
20 Mule Team

as    Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy

1939
Stand Up and Fight

as    Captain Boss Starkey

1939
Sergeant Madden

as    Sgt. Shaun Madden

1937
Slave Ship

as    Jack Thompson

1935
China Seas

as    Jamesy MacArdle

1935
Ah, Wilderness!

as    Uncle Sid

1934
Treasure Island

as    Long John Silver

1934
Viva Villa!

as    Pancho Villa

1934
The Mighty Barnum

as    Phineas T. Barnum

1933
Dinner at Eight

as    Dan Packard

1933
Going Hollywood

as    Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)

1933
Tugboat Annie

as    Terry (Husband)

1932
Hell Divers

as    "Windy" Riker

1932
Grand Hotel

as    General Director Preysing

1931
The Secret Six

as    Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio

1930
The Big House

as    Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

1930
Billy the Kid

as    Pat Garrett