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Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Actor · 1885–1949 · Clay County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

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.

Acted in 195

2020s

  1. 2026

    Away with Words

    Wallace Beery

1980s

  1. 1984

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    (archive footage)

1970s

  1. 1974

    That's Entertainment!

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

  1. 1964

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    Terry (archive footage)

  2. 1960

    When Comedy Was King

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940s

  1. 1949

    Big Jack

    Big Jack Horner

  2. 1948

    A Date with Judy

    Melvin R. Foster

  3. Alias a Gentleman

    Jim Breedin

  4. 1947

    The Mighty McGurk

    Roy 'Slag' McGurk

  5. 1946
  6. 1945

    This Man's Navy

    Ned Trumpet

  7. 1944

    Barbary Coast Gent

    Honest Plush Brannon

  8. Rationing

    Ben Barton

  9. Twenty Years After

    (archive footage)

  10. 1943

    Salute to the Marines

    Sgt. Maj. William Bailey

  11. 1942

    Jackass Mail

    Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot

  12. The Bugle Sounds

    Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan

  13. 1941

    Barnacle Bill

    Bill Johansen

  14. The Bad Man

    Pancho Lopez

  15. 1940

    Wyoming

    'Reb' Harkness

  16. 20 Mule Team

    Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy

  17. The Man from Dakota

    "Bar" Barstow

1930s

  1. 1939

    Thunder Afloat

    John Thorson

  2. Land of Liberty

    (archive footage)

  3. Sergeant Madden

    Sgt. Shaun Madden

  4. Stand Up and Fight

    Captain Boss Starkey

  5. 1938

    Stablemates

    Thomas Terry

  6. Port of Seven Seas

    Cesar

  7. 1937

    The Bad Man of Brimstone

    'Trigger' Bill

  8. Slave Ship

    Jack Thompson

  9. The Good Old Soak

    Clem Hawley

  10. 1936

    Old Hutch

    "Hutch" Hutchins

  11. A Message to Garcia

    Sgt. Dory

  12. 1935

    Ah, Wilderness!

    Uncle Sid

  13. O'Shaughnessy's Boy

    Michael O'Shaughnessy

  14. West Point of the Air

    Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone

  15. 1934

    The Mighty Barnum

    Phineas T. Barnum

  16. Viva Villa!

    Pancho Villa

  17. 1933
  18. The Bowery

    Chuck Connors

  19. Tugboat Annie

    Terry (Husband)

  20. 1932

    Flesh

    Polakai

  21. Hell Divers

    "Windy" Riker

  22. 1931

    The Champ

    Andy 'Champ' Purcell

  23. The Secret Six

    Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio

  24. The Stolen Jools

    Police Sergeant

  25. 1930
  26. Way for a Sailor

    Tripod

  27. Billy the Kid

    Pat Garrett

  28. The Big House

    Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

1920s

  1. 1929

    The River of Romance

    General Orlando Jackson

  2. Stairs of Sand

    Lacey

  3. Chinatown Nights

    Chuck Riley

  4. 1928
  5. The Big Killing

    Powderhorn Pete

  6. Partners in Crime

    Mike Doolan, The Detective

  7. 1927

    Two Flaming Youths

    Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)

  8. Now We're in the Air

    Wally

  9. Fireman, Save My Child

    Elmer

  10. Casey at the Bat

    Casey

  11. 1926

    Old Ironsides

    Bos'n

  12. We're in the Navy Now

    'Knockout' Hansen

  13. Volcano

    Quembo

  14. Behind the Front

    Riff Swanson

  15. 1925

    The Pony Express

    Rhode Island Red

  16. The Wanderer

    Pharis

  17. Rugged Water

    Capt. Bartlett

  18. In the Name of Love

    Glavis

  19. Adventure

    Morgan

  20. The Night Club

    José

  21. Coming Through

    Joe Lawler

  22. The Great Divide

    Dutch

  23. The Devil's Cargo

    Ben

  24. Let Women Alone

    Cap Bullwinkle

  25. 1924

    So Big

    Klaus Poole

  26. Madonna of the Streets

    Bill Smythe

  27. Dynamite Smith

    'Slugger' Rourke

  28. The Red Lily

    Bo-Bo

  29. Another Man's Wife

    Captain Wolf

  30. The Signal Tower

    Joe Standish

  31. The Sea Hawk

    Capt. Jasper Leigh

  32. Unseen Hands

    Jean Scholast

  33. 1923

    White Tiger

    Count Donelli / Hawkes

  34. The Drums of Jeopardy

    Gregor Karlov

  35. Richard the Lion-Hearted

    King Richard

  36. The Eternal Struggle

    Barode Dukane

  37. The Spanish Dancer

    King Philip IV

  38. Ashes of Vengeance

    Duc de Tours

  39. Bavu

    Felix Bavu

  40. Stormswept

    William McCabe

  41. The Flame of Life

    Don Lowrie

  42. 1922

    Only a Shop Girl

    Jim Brennan

  43. A Blind Bargain

    Beast Man (uncredited)

  44. Trouble

    Ed Lee, the Plumber

  45. Alias Julius Caesar

    Movie

  46. Hurricane's Gal

    Chris Borg

  47. I Am the Law

    Fu Chang

  48. My Wife's Relations

    Photographer (uncredited)

  49. The Man from Hell's River

    Gaspard, The Wolf

  50. The Sagebrush Trail

    José Fagaro

  51. Wild Honey

    Buck Roper

  52. The Rosary

    Kenwood Wright

  53. 1921

    The White Mouse

    Dr. Lawler

  54. The Last Trail

    William Kirk

  55. The Ne'er to Return Road

    Convict #12896

  56. The Policeman and the Baby

    The Crook

  57. The Golden Snare

    Bram Johnson

  58. The Northern Trail

    Otto Franke

  59. A Tale of Two Worlds

    Ling Jo

  60. 1920

    The Rookie's Return

    François Dupont

  61. 813

    Maj. Parbury / Ribeira

  62. The Round-Up

    Buck McKee

  63. The Mollycoddle

    Henry von Holkar

  64. The Virgin of Stamboul

    Sheik Achmet Hamid

1910s

  1. 1919

    The Lone Wolf's Daughter

    Undetermined role (uncredited)

  2. Behind the Door

    Lt. Brandt

  3. Victory

    August Schomberg

  4. Soldiers of Fortune

    Mendoza

  5. The Life Line

    Bos

  6. The Love Burglar

    Coast-to-Coast Taylor

  7. The Unpardonable Sin

    Col. Klemm

  8. 1918

    Johanna Enlists

    Col. Fanner

  9. 1917

    That Night

    The Cafe Proprietor

  10. Are Waitresses Safe?

    Party Guest (uncredited)

  11. A Bedroom Blunder

    Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

  12. A Clever Dummy

    Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager

  13. The Little American

    German Soldier (uncredited)

  14. Cactus Nell

    A Polished Gent

  15. Teddy at the Throttle

    Henry Black

  16. Maggie's First False Step

    The Villain

  17. Patria

    Pancho Villa

  18. 1915

    Sweedie's Finish

    Sweedie

  19. The Slim Princess

    Popova

  20. Sweedie's Hero

    Sweedie

  21. The Victor

    Mr. Justwed

  22. Sweedie Goes to College

    Sweedie

  23. The New Teacher

    Sweedie - the New Teacher

  24. Two Hearts That Beat as Ten

    Fred

  25. Sweedie and Her Dog

    Sweedie

  26. Sweedie's Suicide

    Sweedie

  27. Sweedie and the Sultan's Present

    Sweedie

  28. 1914

    Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind

    The Lover

  29. Sweedie Collects for Charity

    Sweedie

  30. Their Cheap Vacation

    Mr. Newlywed

  31. Madame Double X

    Madame Double X

  32. The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify

    Homer Splivins

  33. Sweedie and the Hypnotist

    Sweedie

  34. A Maid of War

    Sweedie

  35. Sweedie at the Fair

    Sweedie

  36. Countess Sweedie

    Sweedie

  37. Three Boiled Down Fables

    Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze

  38. Sweedie the Trouble Maker

    Sweedie

  39. The Laundress

    Sweedie - the Laundress

  40. Rivalry and War

    Krautmeyer

  41. She Landed a Big One

    Sweedie

  42. Sweedie Learns to Swim

    Sweedie

  43. The Fickleness of Sweedie

    Sweedie

  44. Sweedie's Clean-Up

    Sweedie

  45. Sweedie's Skate

    Sweedie

  46. The Plum Tree

    Movie

  47. Money Talks

    The Cook

  48. The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

    Prof. Bunkum

  49. Sweedie the Swatter

    Sweedie (a Swedish maid)

  50. The Epidemic

    Texas Tommy

  51. The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine

    Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer

  52. This Is the Life

    Hiram Stebbins

  53. Jane

    The Doctor

  54. Curing a Husband

    Robert - the Husband

  55. Wrong All Around

    The Plumber

  56. The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar

    The Cop

  57. Mrs. Manly's Baby

    Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League

  58. Into Society and Out

    First Tramp

  59. Looking for Trouble

    Movie

  60. The Hour and the Man

    A Juror

  61. A Foot of Romance

    Jim Foley

  62. 1913

    At the Old Maid's Call

    Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid

  63. Hello, Trouble

    Movie

  64. Smithy's Grandma Party

    Prof. Smithy

  65. Kitty's Knight

    Mike McManus

  66. The Usual Way

    The Dentist

  67. Their Wives' Indiscretion

    Mr. Jones

  68. Day by Day

    Bill the Iceman

Directed 3

1910s

  1. 1914

    Rivalry and War

    Director

  2. She Landed a Big One

    Director

  3. 1913

    Kitty's Knight

    Director

Appearances14

2000s

  1. 2004

    Judy Garland: By Myself

    Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)

  2. 2003

    Complicated Women

    Self (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1994

    The Our Gang Story

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1982

    Showbiz Ballyhoo

    Self (archive footage)

1970s

  1. 1975

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 1973

    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 1972

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 1970

    Brasileiros em Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

1940s

  1. 1940

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    Self

  2. Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Self

1930s

  1. 1939

    From the Ends of the Earth

    Self

  2. 1933

    Going Hollywood

    Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)

  3. 1931

    The Christmas Party

    Himself (uncredited)

  4. We’re Switching to Hollywood

    Self (uncredited)