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| Born | Wallace Fitzgerald Beery April 1, 1885 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, 1949 (aged 64) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Stage, film actor |
| Years active | 1913-1949 |
Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American Academy Award-winning actor, best known for his portrayal of Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934) as well as more than 200 other movie roles over a 36-year span. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Long John Silver is a Fictional character in the Novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island ( 1934) is a movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson ’s famous 1883 novel Treasure Island
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Biography
Early life and career
Born in Kansas City, Missouri to Noah W. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Beery and Marguerite Fitzgerald Beery, he was the younger brother of actor William Beery and Noah Beery, who also would have a lengthy career in motion pictures, as well as the uncle of actor Noah Beery, Jr.. Noah Beery ( January 17 1882 – April 1 1946) was an American actor Noah Lindsey Beery ( August 10, 1913 – November 1, 1994) known professionally as Noah Beery Jr According to U. S. Census records, all three Beery brothers were born to the same parents, making them full brothers and not half-brothers as many reports have it. Wallace Fitzgerald Beery joined the Ringling Brothers circus at the age of sixteen as an assistant elephant trainer. Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus was started when the Circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P He left two years later after being clawed by a leopard. He found work in New York City in musical variety and began to appear on Broadway. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located In 1913, he moved to Chicago to work for Essanay Studios, cast as "Sweedie, The Swedish Maid," a manly character in drag. The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was a motion picture studio founded on August 10, 1907 in the neighborhood of Uptown Chicago, IL Later he would move to California, to the Essanay Studios location in Niles, CA. The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was a motion picture studio founded on August 10, 1907 in the neighborhood of Uptown Chicago, IL
In 1915, Beery starred with his wife Gloria Swanson in Sweedie Goes to College. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gloria Swanson (March 27 1899 – April 4 1983 was an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American Hollywood The marriage did not survive his drinking and abuse. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or spousal abuse) occurs when a family member partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate In the following years, he began to play villains in several movies, and in 1917 portrayed Pancho Villa in Patria during the period when Villa was still active in Mexico; Beery would reprise the role seventeen years later. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Doroteo Arango Arámbula ( June 5 1878 &ndash July 20 1923) better known as Francisco or " Pancho " Villa Patria is a 1917 15-episode serial film starring Irene Castle, Milton Sills, and Warner Oland, and is notable for the first The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
His notable silent films include Arthur Conan Doyle's dinosaur epic The Lost World (1925; as Professor Challenger), Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks (1922; Beery played King Richard the Lionheart in this film and a sequel the following year called Richard the Lion-Hearted), Last of the Mohicans (1920), The Round-Up (1920; with Roscoe Arbuckle), Old Ironsides (1926), Now We're in the Air (1927), The Usual Way (1913), and Beggars of Life (1928; with Louise Brooks). Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was an Anglo-Scottish Author most noted for his stories about the The Lost World is a 1925 Silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle 's book of the same name. George Edward Challenger, better known as Professor Challenger, is a Fictional character in a series of Science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Robin Hood ( 1922) was the first Motion picture ever to make a Hollywood premiere held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director Richard I (8 September 1157 &ndash 6 April 1199 was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death Richard I (8 September 1157 &ndash 6 April 1199 was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death The Last of the Mohicans is a Historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826 The Round-Up is a 1920 Western film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Wallace Beery. Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle ( March 24 1887 &ndash June 29 1933) was an American Silent film Comedian Construction In August 1785 after the Revolutionary War drew to a close Congress sold, the last ship remaining in the Continental Navy. Now We're in the Air is a 1927 Silent film starring the unofficial late-1920s comedy team of Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton Beggars of Life ( 1928) is an early Sound film with talking sequences starring Wallace Beery as a rail-riding hobo and Louise Brooks Louise Brooks ( November 14, 1906 &ndash August 8, 1985) was an American Dancer, model, Showgirl
Transition to sound
With the transition to sound film he was for a time put out of work, but Irving Thalberg had no objection to Beery's gruff slow speech as a character actor, and hired him under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. Irving Grant Thalberg ( May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an Academy Award -winning American Film producer
Beery appeared in the highly-successful 1930 prison film The Big House (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor). Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize The same year, he made the pivotal Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, the movie that vaulted him into the box office first rank. Min and Bill ( 1930) is a film based on Lorna Moon's novel Dark Star, adapted by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson Marie Dressler ( November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian actress A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for Admission to a venue He followed that up with The Champ in 1931, this time winning the Best Actor Oscar, and the role of Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934). The Champ is a 1931 movie that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Best Actor is the name of an award It is presented by various film organizations Film festivals and people's awards "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Long John Silver is a Fictional character in the Novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island ( 1934) is a movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson ’s famous 1883 novel Treasure Island He received a gold medal from the Venice Film Festival for his second performance as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa! (1934) with Fay Wray (Lee Tracy was originally to appear in the film until he drunkenly urinated off the balcony into a crowd of Mexicans standing below; Tracy's career never recovered from the incident). The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world Patria is a 1917 15-episode serial film starring Irene Castle, Milton Sills, and Warner Oland, and is notable for the first Doroteo Arango Arámbula ( June 5 1878 &ndash July 20 1923) better known as Francisco or " Pancho " Villa Viva Villa! is a 1934 Film starring Wallace Beery as Pancho Villa that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture Vina Fay Wray ( September 15, 1907 &ndash August 8, 2004) was a Canadian &ndash American actress and the first Lee Tracy (born William Lee Tracy) ( April 14, 1898 – October 18, 1968) was an Academy Award -nominated American Other notable Beery films include Billy the Kid (1930) with John Mack Brown, The Secret Six (1931) with Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, Hell Divers (1931) with Gable, Grand Hotel (1932) with Joan Crawford, Tugboat Annie (1933) with Dressler, Dinner at Eight (1933) opposite Jean Harlow, The Bowery with George Raft and Pert Kelton that same year, China Seas (1935) with Gable and Harlow, and Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! (1935) in the role of a drunken uncle later played on Broadway by Jackie Gleason in a musical comedy version. Henry McCarty (November 23 1859—July 14 1881 better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H This article is for the college football player for the head coach see Mack Brown. For the DC comic book see Secret Six (comics. The Secret Six is a fast-paced 1931 gangster movie starring Wallace Beery as "Slaughterhouse Jean Harlow ( March 3, &ndash June 7,) was an American Film Actress and Sex symbol of the 1930s Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Hell Divers is a 1931 movie starring Wallace Beery and Clark Gable as a pair of competing chief petty officers on board the USS Grand Hotel is a 1932 MGM Pre-Code Art Deco Film that won the Best Picture Oscar. Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Tugboat Annie is a 1933 movie starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery as a comically quarrelsome middle-aged couple who operate a tugboat Dinner at Eight is a Pre-Code 1933 Comedy of manners /drama produced by MGM Studios. Jean Harlow ( March 3, &ndash June 7,) was an American Film Actress and Sex symbol of the 1930s The Bowery is a 1933 Historical film about the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the century George Raft ( 26 September 1895 – 24 November 1980) was an American Film Actor most closely identified Pert Kelton ( October 14 1907 &ndash October 30 1968) was an American vaudeville movie radio and television actress who portrayed the China Seas is a 1935 Adventure film starring Clark Gable as a brave sea captain Jean Harlow as an onboard floozy and Wallace Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16 1888–November 27 1953 was a Nobel -prize winning American playwright Ah Wilderness! is a play by Eugene O'Neill, and has the distinction of being the only true Comedy he would ever write Herbert Walton Gleason Jr, baptized John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason ( February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an During the 1930s Beery was regularly one of Hollywood's Top 10 box office stars, and at one point his contract with MGM stipulated that he be paid $1 more than any other contract player at the studio, making him the highest paid actor in the world.
He made several comedies with Marie Dressler (Min and Bill and Tugboat Annie, both sensationally successful) and Marjorie Main, but his career began to slow down in his last decade. Marie Dressler ( November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian actress Min and Bill ( 1930) is a film based on Lorna Moon's novel Dark Star, adapted by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson Tugboat Annie is a 1933 movie starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery as a comically quarrelsome middle-aged couple who operate a tugboat Marjorie Main ( February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975) was an Oscar -nominated American character actress, perhaps In 1943 his brother Noah Beery co-starred with Wallace Beery in the war-time propaganda film Salute to the Marines, followed by Bad Bascomb (1946) and The Mighty McGurk (1947). Noah Beery ( January 17 1882 – April 1 1946) was an American actor Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people Salute to the Marines is a 1943 World War II movie starring Wallace Beery. Bad Bascomb is a 1946 western film starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien. The Mighty McGurk is a 1947 film starring Wallace Beery as a boozing ex-boxer working as a bouncer in a Bowery saloon
Personal life
His second wife was Rita Gorman. Together they adopted a daughter Carol Ann, daughter of Rita Gorman Beery's cousin. The marriage ended in divorce.
According to E. J. Fleming's book "The Fixers" (about MGM's legendary "fixers" Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling) Beery, gangster Pat DiCicco, and Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli (who was also DiCicco's cousin and eventual producer of the James Bond films) allegedly beat comedian Ted Healy to death in a brawl. Edgar Joseph "Eddie" Mannix ( 25 February 1891, Fort Lee New Jersey – 30 August 1963, Beverly Hills California Albert Romolo Broccoli, CBE (Hon ( April 5 1909 &ndash June 27 1996) nicknamed "Cubby" was an American James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Ted Healy ( October 1, 1896 &ndash December 21, 1937) was an American Vaudeville performer Comedian, and Actor The book went on to claim that Beery was then sent to Europe by the studio for a few months until the heat was off, while a story was concocted for the public that three college students had killed Healy instead. (Immigration records confirm a four-month trip to Europe on Beery's part immediately after Healy's death, ending April 17, 1938. )[1] Oddly, a superb pencil drawing of Beery survives that was drawn on a film set by Healy, an amateur artist as well as the organizer and original leader of the Three Stooges (the act was originally known as "Ted Healy and His Stooges"). The Three Stooges were an American Vaudeville and Comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous Short subject films
At best, Beery seems to have been somewhat misanthropic and difficult to work with, and Jackie Cooper, who worked with Beery in several films, called him in his autobiography "the most sadistic person I have ever known". Jackie Cooper (born September 15 1922 is an American Academy Award -nominated Actor, Emmy Award -winning TV director, and TV Child actress Margaret O'Brien also worked with Beery, and ultimately had to be protected by crew members from Beery's insistence on constantly pinching her. Margaret O'Brien (born January 15, 1937 in San Diego California) is an Academy Award -winning American Film actress
One of his proudest achievements was catching the largest black sea bass in the world off Santa Catalina Island in 1916. The black sea bass ( Centropristis striata) is an exclusively marine Fish, also known as sea bass and blackfish. Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky Island off the coast of the U It was to be a record that stood for 35 years.
He died at his Beverly Hills, California home of a heart attack at the age of 64, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned Cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles, in the United States. Glendale ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
For his contribution to the film industry, Wallace Beery has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7001 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood Los Angeles California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 1913 | His Athletic Wife | ||
| 1914 | The Ups and Downs | ||
| Cheering a Husband | |||
| In and Out | |||
| Madame Double X | |||
| 1915 | Two Hearts That Beat as Ten | ||
| Ain't It the Truth | |||
| The Broken Pledge | |||
| The Fable of the Roistering Blades | |||
| 1916 | A Dash of Courage | Police Chief | |
| 1917 | Patria | Pancho Villa | |
| Maggie's First False Step | |||
| Are Waitresses Safe? | |||
| 1920 | The Virgin of Stamboul | ||
| The Mollycoddle | Henry von Holkar | ||
| The Round-Up | Buck McKee | ||
| 813 | Major Parbury/Ribeira | ||
| The Last of the Mohicans | Magua | ||
| 1921 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Lieutenant Colonel von Richthoffen | |
| 1922 | I Am the Law | Fu Chang | |
| Robin Hood | King Richard the Lion-Hearted | ||
| 1923 | The Flame of Life | Don Lowrie | |
| Stormswept | William McCabe | ||
| Drifting | Jules Repin | ||
| Three Ages | The Villain | ||
| Richard the Lion-Hearted | King Richard the Lion-Hearted | Sequel to 1922's Robin Hood | |
| The Drums of Jeopardy | Gregor Karlov | ||
| White Tiger | Count Donelli/Hawkes | ||
| 1924 | The Red Lily | ||
| 1925 | The Lost World | Professor Challenger | |
| 1926 | Old Ironsides | Bos'n | Alternative title: Sons of the Sea |
| 1927 | Casey at the Bat | Casey | |
| Now We're in the Air | Wally | Considered lost | |
| 1928 | Beggars of Life | Oklahoma Red | |
| 1929 | Chinatown Nights | Chuck Riley | Alternative title: Tong War |
| 1930 | The Big House | Butch "Machine Gun" Schmidt | Nominated for Best Actor Academy Award |
| Billy the Kid | Deputy Sheriff Pat Garrett | ||
| Way for a Sailor | Tripod McMasters | ||
| A Lady's Morals | P.T. Barnum | ||
| Min and Bill | Bill, a Fisherman | ||
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Police Sergeant | Short film; Alternative title: The Slippery Pearls |
| The Secret Six | Louis "Louie" Scorpio | ||
| The Champ | Champ | Won the Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| Hell Divers | CPO H. Patria is a 1917 15-episode serial film starring Irene Castle, Milton Sills, and Warner Oland, and is notable for the first Doroteo Arango Arámbula ( June 5 1878 &ndash July 20 1923) better known as Francisco or " Pancho " Villa The Virgin of Stamboul is a 1920 Drama film directed by Tod Browning and featuring Wallace Beery in a supporting role The Mollycoddle is a 1920 film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, and directed by Victor Fleming. The Round-Up is a 1920 Western film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Wallace Beery. The Last of the Mohicans is a 1920 film version of James Fenimore Cooper 's novel with the same name. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 Silent movie produced by Metro Pictures Corporation, directed by Rex Ingram and starring I Am the Law is a 1922 film starring Alice Lake and Kenneth Harlan, and featuring Noah Beery Sr Robin Hood ( 1922) was the first Motion picture ever to make a Hollywood premiere held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October The Flame of Life (also known as That Lass o' Lowrie's) is a 1923 film starring Priscilla Dean, Robert Ellis, Kathryn McGuire Stormswept is a 1923 Silent film starring half-brothers Wallace Beery and Noah Beery. Drifting is a 1923 Drama film directed by Tod Browning. Cast Priscilla Dean - Cassie Cook / Lucille Three Ages is a 1923 Black and white American feature-length Silent comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton and Richard the Lion-Hearted is a 1923 sequel to Robin Hood (1922 starring Douglas Fairbanks) with Wallace Beery returning The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1920 American novel by Harold MacGrath. White Tiger is a 1923 Crime film directed by Tod Browning and featuring Wallace Beery in a supporting role The Red Lily is a 1924 silent Drama film directed by Fred Niblo. The Lost World is a 1925 Silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle 's book of the same name. George Edward Challenger, better known as Professor Challenger, is a Fictional character in a series of Science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Old Ironsides ( 1926) is a seafaring Silent film starring George Bancroft, Wallace Beery, Charles Farrell, and Esther Casey at the Bat is a 1927 Silent film starring Wallace Beery, Ford Sterling, Zasu Pitts, and Sterling Holloway Now We're in the Air is a 1927 Silent film starring the unofficial late-1920s comedy team of Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton A lost film is a Feature film or Short film that no longer exists in either studio archives or private collections Beggars of Life ( 1928) is an early Sound film with talking sequences starring Wallace Beery as a rail-riding hobo and Louise Brooks Chinatown Nights ( 1929) is a film begun as a Silent film then finished as a sound one via dubbing The Big House is a 1930 film that was written by Joseph Farnham, Martin Flavin, Frances Marion and Lennox Robinson, and Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Billy the Kid ( 1930) is a film about the relationship between frontier outlaw Billy the Kid ( Johnny Mack Brown, billed as "John Mack Patrick "Pat" Floyd Garrett ( June 5, 1850 &ndash February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman Bartender Way for a Sailor is a 1930 film starring John Gilbert. The supporting cast includes Wallace Beery, Jim Tully, Leila Hyams A Lady's Morals is a 1930 film offering a highly fictionalized account of singer Jenny Lind. Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5 1810 &ndash April 7 1891 was an American Showman remembered for Hoaxes and for founding the Circus that became the Min and Bill ( 1930) is a film based on Lorna Moon's novel Dark Star, adapted by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson The Stolen Jools ( 1931) is a short Comedy film produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood featuring many Cameo appearances by the Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. For the DC comic book see Secret Six (comics. The Secret Six is a fast-paced 1931 gangster movie starring Wallace Beery as "Slaughterhouse The Champ is a 1931 movie that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Hell Divers is a 1931 movie starring Wallace Beery and Clark Gable as a pair of competing chief petty officers on board the USS W. "Windy" Riker | ||
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | Preysing | |
| Flesh | Polakai | ||
| Tugboat Annie | Terry Brennan | ||
| 1933 | Dinner at Eight | Dan Packard | |
| The Bowery | Chuck Connors | ||
| 1934 | Viva Villa! | Pancho Villa | |
| Treasure Island | Long John Silver | ||
| The Mighty Barnum | P.T. Barnum | ||
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | Sargent "Big Mike" Stone | |
| China Seas | Jamesy MacArdle | ||
| O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Captain Michael "Windy" O'Shaughnessy | ||
| Ah, Wilderness! | Sidney "Sid" Miller | ||
| 1936 | A Message to Garcia | Sargent Dory | |
| Old Hutch | Hutch Hutchins | ||
| 1937 | The Good Old Soak | Clem Hawley | |
| Slave Ship | Jack Thompson | ||
| The Bad Man of Brimstone | Trigger Bill | ||
| 1938 | Port of Seven Seas | Cesar | |
| Stablemates | Doc Thomas "Tom" Terry | ||
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Captain Boss Starkey | |
| Sergeant Madden | Sargent Shaun Madden | ||
| Thunder Afloat | John "Pop" Thorson | ||
| 1940 | The Man From Dakota | Sargent "Bar" Barstow | Alternative title: Arouse and Beware |
| 20 Mule Team | Skinner Bill Bragg (Alias of Ambrose Murphy) | ||
| Wyoming | Reb Harkness | Alternative title: Bad Man of Wyoming | |
| 1941 | The Bad Man | Pancho Lopez | Alternative title: Two-Gun Cupid |
| Barnacle Bill | Bill Johansen | ||
| 1942 | The Bugle Sounds | Pancho Lopez | |
| Jackass Mail | Marmaduke "Just" Baggot | ||
| 1943 | Salute to the Marines | Sergeant Major William Bailey | |
| 1944 | Rationing | Ben Barton | |
| Barbary Coast Gent | Honest Plush Brannon | Alternative titles: Gold Town and The Honest Thief | |
| 1945 | This Man's Navy | Ned Trumpet | |
| 1946 | Bad Bascomb | Zed Bascomb | |
| 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Roy "Slag" McGurk | |
| 1948 | Alias a Gentleman | Jim Breedin | |
| A Date With Judy | Melvin R. Grand Hotel is a 1932 MGM Pre-Code Art Deco Film that won the Best Picture Oscar. Flesh is a 1932 Black-and-white drama film directed by John Ford (uncredited and starring Wallace Beery as a German wrestler Tugboat Annie is a 1933 movie starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery as a comically quarrelsome middle-aged couple who operate a tugboat Dinner at Eight is a Pre-Code 1933 Comedy of manners /drama produced by MGM Studios. The Bowery is a 1933 Historical film about the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the century Viva Villa! is a 1934 Film starring Wallace Beery as Pancho Villa that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture Treasure Island ( 1934) is a movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson ’s famous 1883 novel Treasure Island Long John Silver is a Fictional character in the Novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Mighty Barnum is a 1934 film starring Wallace Beery as PT Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5 1810 &ndash April 7 1891 was an American Showman remembered for Hoaxes and for founding the Circus that became the West Point of the Air is a 1935 film starring Wallace Beery, about pilot training in the U China Seas is a 1935 Adventure film starring Clark Gable as a brave sea captain Jean Harlow as an onboard floozy and Wallace O'Shaughnessy's Boy is a 1935 film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper. Ah Wilderness! is a play by Eugene O'Neill, and has the distinction of being the only true Comedy he would ever write A Message to Garcia is an inspirational Essay written by Elbert Hubbard that has been made into two Motion pictures. Old Hutch is a 1936 film starring Wallace Beery as a man who finds $100000 in the depths of the Depression The Good Old Soak is a 1937 movie starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast includes Una Merkel, Eric Linden, Betty Furness Slave Ship is a 1937 film directed by Tay Garnett, starring Warner Baxter and Wallace Beery. The Bad Man of Brimstone is a 1937 Western film starring Wallace Beery and Virginia Bruce, and directed by J Port of Seven Seas is a 1938 dramatic film starring Wallace Beery and featuring Frank Morgan and Maureen O'Sullivan. Stablemates is a 1938 film starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney. Stand Up and Fight is a 1939 film starring Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor. Sergeant Madden is a 1939 Film noir forerunner directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Wallace Beery. Thunder Afloat is a 1939 World War II naval film starring Wallace Beery and Chester Morris. The Man From Dakota is a 1940 film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Wallace Beery. Twenty Mule Team (aka 20 Mule Team) is a 1940 Western film about Arizona Borax miners starring Wallace Wyoming is a 1940 western film starring Wallace Beery. The movie was directed by Richard Thorpe. The Bad Man is a 1941 Western film starring Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, and Ronald Reagan. Barnacle Bill is a 1941 film starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. The Bugle Sounds is a 1942 World War II movie starring Wallace Beery as a cavalry sergeant resistant to replacing horses with tanks Jackass Mail is a 1942 Western film starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. Salute to the Marines is a 1943 World War II movie starring Wallace Beery. Rationing is a 1944 film starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. Barbary Coast Gent is a 1944 film set in 1880s San Francisco 's Barbary Coast and Nevada starring Wallace Beery. This Man's Navy ( 1945) is a World War II film about US Navy Airships starring Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, and James Bad Bascomb is a 1946 western film starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien. The Mighty McGurk is a 1947 film starring Wallace Beery as a boozing ex-boxer working as a bouncer in a Bowery saloon Alias a Gentleman is a 1948 film starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast includes Gladys George and Sheldon Leonard and the movie was A Date With Judy is a 1948 musical film starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, and Elizabeth Taylor and directed by Richard Thorpe Foster | ||
| 1949 | Big Jack | Big Jack Horner |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Group | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Academy Award | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Big House | Nominated |
| 1932 | Academy Award | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Champ | Won (Tied with Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) |
| 1934 | Venice Film Festival | Best Actor | Viva Villa! | Won |
References
- ^ Ile de France passenger list, p. Big Jack is a 1949 film starring Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, and Marjorie Main. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Fredric March ( August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American two-time Academy Award and Tony Award -winning Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a 1931 Horror film directed by Rouben Mamoulian. 117, line 9, Microfilm roll T715_6140
External links
- Wallace Beery at the Internet Movie Database
- Wallace Beery at Allmovie
- Wallace Beery at Find A Grave
- Photographs of Wallace Beery
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beery, Wallace |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beery, Wallace Fitzgerald |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1949 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
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