Wallace MacDonald
Age: 87 | From: Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Person Details
Birthday: 1891-05-05 12:05:35
Death: 1978-10-30 12:05:35
Aliases: Wallace Archibald MacDonald , Wallace Mac Donald , Wallace McDonald , Wheeler MacDonald
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Movie Involvements: 124
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Face Behind the Mask
(1941) Producer
The Hard Man
(1957) Executive Producer
Man in the Dark
(1953) Producer
The Man They Could Not Hang
(1939) Producer
My Name Is Julia Ross
(1945) Producer
Before I Hang
(1940) Producer
The Devil Commands
(1941) Producer
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
(1953) ProducerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 1937 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1934 | Theater Manager (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Gorman | |
| Mechanic (uncredited) | ||
| Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited) | ||
| Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited) | ||
| Captain Roger Kearney | ||
| 1932 | Wally Thompson | |
| LaTange | ||
| Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald) | ||
| Artie | ||
| Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman | ||
| Tom Corliss | ||
| Nick Lawler | ||
| 1931 | Hank | |
| Francisco | ||
| Stage Robber | ||
| Officer at Hospital | ||
| Mate | ||
| Prince Gregor Petroff | ||
| Party Guest (uncredited) | ||
| 1930 | George 'Tennessee' Malden | |
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| The Villain | ||
| Hassan | ||
| 1929 | Lieutenant Allen | |
| Bert Nelson | ||
| Bill Barrington | ||
| Ernest Hardin | ||
| 1928 | Vincent | |
| Stavnow | ||
| 1927 | Keechie | |
| Will Newton | ||
| Lee Bryson | ||
| 1926 | N/A | |
| Robert MacForth | ||
| Jack Reese | ||
| 1925 | Bruce Armstrong | |
| John Marvin | ||
| Ralph Bayne | ||
| Hugh Warren | ||
| Leonard St. Aubyns | ||
| Professor Bonnard | ||
| 1924 | Bill Branigan | |
| Malcolm Gregory | ||
| Peter Godolphin | ||
| Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar | ||
| 1923 | Claude Van Zandt | |
| John Anstell | ||
| Broncho Kid | ||
| 1922 | Avery Parmelee | |
| 1921 | Johnny Smith | |
| N/A | ||
| 1920 | Gerry Rhinelander West | |
| Richard Bedell | ||
| Hughie | ||
| Tom Rushworth | ||
| 1919 | Bruce Cartwright | |
| Clayton Hargis | ||
| Jimmy Dawson | ||
| Ned | ||
| 1918 | Ted Breslin | |
| 1917 | Tom Kearney | |
| 1916 | Harry Disbrow | |
| 1914 | Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Customer | ||
| Minta's Sweetheart | ||
| Movie Patron (uncredited) | ||
| The Boarder - Father's Choice | ||
| Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend | ||
| Diner | ||
| Drinker | ||
| The Trouble Mender's Secretary | ||
| Delivery Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Spectator (uncredited) | ||
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Directing
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| 1959 | Director | |
| 1928 | Director | |
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Production
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| 1959 | Producer | |
| 1957 | Executive Producer | |
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Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1936 | Screenplay | |
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| 1935 | Original Story | |
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| 1932 | Writer | |
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