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In 1902, 16-year-old Wallace Beery joined the Ringling Brothers Circus... more
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another
2 wins
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1 nomination
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Alternate Names:
Mr. Wallace Beery
Filmography
- Big Jack (1949) .... Big Jack Horner
- A Date with Judy (1948) .... Melvin R. Foster
- Alias a Gentleman (1948) .... Jim Breedin
- The Mighty McGurk (1947) .... Roy 'Slag' McGurk
- Bad Bascomb (1946) .... Zed Bascomb
- This Man's Navy (1945) .... Ned Trumpet
- Barbary Coast Gent (1944) .... Honest Plush Brannon
... aka Gold Town
... aka The Honest Thief - Rationing (1944) .... Ben Barton
- Salute to the Marines (1943) .... Sergeant Major William Bailey
- Jackass Mail (1942) .... Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
- The Bugle Sounds (1942) .... Sergeant Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
- Barnacle Bill (1941) .... Bill Johansen
- The Bad Man (1941) .... Pancho Lopez
... aka Two-Gun Cupid (UK) - Wyoming (1940) .... 'Reb' Harkness
... aka Bad Man of Wyoming (UK) - 20 Mule Team (1940) .... Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
- The Man from Dakota (1940) .... Sgt. 'Bar' Barstow
... aka Arouse and Beware (UK)
- Thunder Afloat (1939) .... John 'Pop' Thorson
- Sergeant Madden (1939) .... Sgt. Shaun Madden
- Stand Up and Fight (1939) .... Captain Boss Starkey
- Stablemates (1938) .... Doc Thomas 'Tom' Terry
- Port of Seven Seas (1938) .... Cesar
- The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937) .... 'Trigger' Bill
- Slave Ship (1937) .... Jack Thompson
- The Good Old Soak (1937) .... Clem Hawley
- Old Hutch (1936) .... 'Hutch' Hutchins
- A Message to Garcia (1936) .... Sgt. Dory
- Ah, Wilderness! (1935) .... Sidney 'Sid' Miller
- O'shaughnessy's Boy (1935) .... Captain Michael 'Windy' O'Shaughnessy
- China Seas (1935) .... Jamesy MacArdle
- West Point of the Air (1935) .... Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
- The Mighty Barnum (1934) .... Phineas T. Barnum
- Treasure Island (1934) .... Long John Silver
- Viva Villa! (1934) .... Pancho Villa
- The Bowery (1933) .... Chuck Connors
- Dinner at Eight (1933) .... Dan Packard
- Tugboat Annie (1933) .... Terry Brennan
- Flesh (1932) .... Polakai
- Grand Hotel (1932) .... General Director Preysing
- Hell Divers (1931) .... CPO H.W. 'Windy' Riker
- The Champ (1931/I) .... Champ
- The Secret Six (1931) .... Louis 'Louie' Scorpio
- The Slippery Pearls (1931) .... Police Sergeant
... aka The Stolen Jools - Min and Bill (1930) .... Bill, a Fisherman
- A Lady's Morals (1930) .... P.T. Barnum
... aka Jenny Lind (UK)
... aka Soul Kiss (UK) - Way for a Sailor (1930) .... Tripod McMasters
- Billy the Kid (1930) .... Deputy Sheriff Pat Garrett
... aka The Highwayman Rides (USA: TV title) - The Big House (1930) .... 'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt
- River of Romance (1929) .... Gen. Orlando Jackson
- Stairs of Sand (1929) .... Lacey
- Chinatown Nights (1929) .... Chuck Riley
- Beggars of Life (1928) .... Oklahoma Red
- The Big Killing (1928) .... Powderhorn Pete
- Partners in Crime (1928) .... Mike Doolan
- Wife Savers (1928) .... Louis Hosenozzle
- Now We're in the Air (1927) .... Wally
- Fireman, Save My Child (1927) .... Elmer
- Casey at the Bat (1927) .... Casey
- Old Ironsides (1926) .... Bos'n
... aka Sons of the Sea (UK) - We're in the Navy Now (1926) .... 'Knockout' Hansen
- Volcano (1926) .... Quembo
- Behind the Front (1926) .... Riff Swanson
- The Pony Express (1925) .... Rhode Island Red
- Rugged Water (1925) .... Capt. Bartlett
- In the Name of Love (1925) .... Glavis
- The Wanderer (1925) .... Pharis
- The Night Club (1925) .... Diablo
... aka After Five (USA) - Adventure (1925) .... Morgan
- Coming Through (1925) .... Joe Lawler
- The Great Divide (1925) .... Dutch
- The Devil's Cargo (1925) .... Ben
- The Lost World (1925) (as Mr. Wallace Beery) .... Prof. Challenger
- Let Women Alone (1925) .... Cap Bullwinkle
... aka On the Dotted Line
... aka On the Shelf
... aka The Dotted Line - So Big (1924) .... Klaus Poole
- Madonna of the Streets (1924) .... Bill Smythe
- Dynamite Smith (1924) .... 'Slugger' Rourke
- The Red Lily (1924) .... Bo-Bo
- Another Man's Wife (1924) .... Captain Wolf
- The Signal Tower (1924) .... Joe Standish
- The Sea Hawk (1924) .... Captain Jasper Leigh
- Unseen Hands (1924) .... Jean Scholast
- White Tiger (1923) .... Count Donelli/Hawkes
- The Drums of Jeopardy (1923) .... Gregor Karlov
- Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923) .... King Richard the Lion-Hearted
- The Eternal Struggle (1923) .... Barode Dukane
... aka Masters of Women (USA: alternative title) - The Spanish Dancer (1923) .... King Philip IV
- Three Ages (1923) .... The Villain
- Drifting (1923) .... Jules Repin
- Ashes of Vengeance (1923) .... Duc de Tours
- Bavu (1923) .... Felix Bavu
- Stormswept (1923) .... William McCabe
- The Flame of Life (1923) .... Don Lowrie
- Patsy (1923)
- Only a Shop Girl (1922) .... Jim Brennan
- A Blind Bargain (1922) (uncredited) .... Beast man
... aka The Octave of Claudius (USA) - Robin Hood (1922) .... King Richard the Lion-Hearted
... aka Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (USA: complete title) - Trouble (1922) .... Ed Lee, the Plumber
... aka Trouble, Keep Smiling (USA: alternative title) - Alias Julius Caesar (1922) (unconfirmed)
- Hurricane's Gal (1922) .... Chris Borg
- I Am the Law (1922) .... Fu Chang
- The Man from Hell's River (1922) .... Gaspard, The Wolf
... aka Hell's River - The Sagebrush Trail (1922) .... José Fagaro
... aka Ridin' Wild - Wild Honey (1922) .... Buck Roper
- The Rosary (1922) .... Kenwood Wright
- The Last Trail (1921) .... William Kirk
- The White Mouse (1921)
- The Ne'er to Return Road (1921)
- The Policeman and the Baby (1921)
- The Golden Snare (1921) .... Bram Johnson
- The Northern Trail (1921)
- A Tale of Two Worlds (1921) .... Ling Jo
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) .... Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
- Patsy (1921) .... Gustave Ludermann
- Sleeping Acres (1921)
- The Rookie's Return (1920) .... François Dupont
- The Last of the Mohicans (1920) .... Magua
- 813 (1920) .... Maj. Parbury/Ribeira
- The Round-Up (1920) .... Buck McKee
- The Mollycoddle (1920) .... Henry von Holkar
- The Virgin of Stamboul (1920) .... Ahmed Hamid (segment "Achmet Bey")
- Behind the Door (1919) .... Lt. Brandt
- Victory (1919) .... August Schomberg
- Soldiers of Fortune (1919) .... Mendoza
- The Life Line (1919) .... Bos
- The Love Burglar (1919) .... Coast-to-Coast Taylor
- The Unpardonable Sin (1919) .... Col. Klemm
- A Beach Nut (1919)
- Only a Janitor (1919)
- Johanna Enlists (1918) .... Col. Fanner
- That Night (1917) .... The Cafe Proprietor
- Are Waitresses Safe? (1917) .... At Mansion Party
- A Bedroom Blunder (1917) (uncredited) .... In Hotel Lobby
... aka Room 23 (USA: alternative title) - The Little American (1917) (uncredited) .... German Soldier
- A Clever Dummy (1917) .... A vaudeville manager
- Cactus Nell (1917)
- Teddy at the Throttle (1917) .... Henry Black, Her Rascally Guardian
- Maggie's First False Step (1917)
- Patria (1917) .... Pancho Villa
- Bombs and Banknotes (1917)
- A Capable Lady Cook (1916)
- Sweedie, the Janitor (1916) .... Sweedie
- Just a Few Little Things (1916)
- The Janitor (1916)
- A Dash of Courage (1916) .... Police chief
- The Janitor's Vacation (1916)
- The Fable of the Roistering Blades (1915) .... Milt
- Education (1915) .... Bob
- The Broken Pledge (1915) .... Percy
- Sweedie's Finish (1915) .... Sweedie
- The Slim Princess (1915) .... Popova
- Sweedie's Hero (1915) .... Sweedie
- Sweedie in Vaudeville (1915) .... Sweedie
- Done in Wax (1915) .... The Hobo
- The Bouquet (1915) .... Sweedie
- Sweedie Learns to Ride (1915) .... Sweedie
- Love and Trouble (1915) .... Sweedie
- Father's New Maid (1915) .... Jack/Sweedie
- Sweedie's Hopeless Love (1915) .... Sweedie
- Ain't It the Truth? (1915) .... Harold Wallington
- A Pound for a Pound (1915) .... Buck Gibson
- The Victor (1915) .... Mr. Justwed
- Sweedie Goes to College (1915) .... Sweedie
- The New Teacher (1915) .... Sweedie
- Two Hearts That Beat as Ten (1915) .... Fred
- Sweedie and Her Dog (1915) .... Sweedie
- Sweedie's Suicide (1915) .... Sweedie
- Sweedie and the Sultan's Present (1915) .... Sweedie
- Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind (1914)
- Sweedie Collects for Charity (1914) .... Sweedie
- Their Cheap Vacation (1914)
- Madame Double X (1914)
- The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify (1914) .... Homer Splivins
- Sweedie and the Hypnotist (1914) .... Sweedie
- A Maid of War (1914) .... Sweedie
- Sweedie at the Fair (1914) .... Sweedie
- Countess Sweedie (1914) .... Sweedie
- The Prevailing Craze (1914)
- Three Boiled Down Fables (1914) .... Speeding Driver, Episode #3
- Sweedie the Trouble Maker (1914) .... Sweedie
- The Laundress (1914) .... Sweedie
... aka Sweedie, the Laundress (USA) - Rivalry and War (1914)
- She Landed a Big One (1914) .... Sweedie
... aka She Landed a Lord (USA) - Sweedie Learns to Swim (1914) .... Sweedie
- The Fickleness of Sweedie (1914) .... Sweedie
- Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie (1914) .... Sweedie
- Sweedie's Clean-Up (1914) .... Sweedie
- Sweedie's Skate (1914) .... Sweedie
- The Plum Tree (1914)
- Love and Soda (1914)
- Sweedie Springs a Surprise (1914) .... Sweedie
- Sweedie and the Double Exposure (1914) .... Sweedie
- Topsy-Turvy Sweedie (1914) .... Sweedie
- The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-In (1914)
- In and Out (1914/I)
- The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed (1914)
- Sweedie and the Lord (1914) .... Sweedie
- The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man (1914)
- The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps (1914) .... Prof. Bunkun
- Sweedie the Swatter (1914) .... Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
- The Epidemic (1914)
- The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine (1914) .... The Brash Drummer
- This Is the Life (1914/I)
- Actor Finney's Finish (1914)
- Three Little Powders (1914)
- Making Him Over -- For Minnie (1914)
- Curing a Husband (1914) .... The Husband, Robert
- The Winner (1914)
- The Bargain Hunters (1914)
- A Queer Quarantine (1914)
- Oh, Doctor (1914)
- Grass County Goes Dry (1914)
- The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar (1914)
- Mrs. Manly's Baby (1914)
- One-to-Three (1914)
- Looking for Trouble (1914)
- A Foot of Romance (1914) .... Jim Foley
- Cheering a Husband (1914)
- The Ups and Downs (1914)
- At the Old Maid's Call (1913)
- Hello, Trouble (1913)
- Smithy's Grandma Party (1913) .... Prof. Smithy
- The Usual Way (1913)
- Their Wives' Indiscretion (1913)
- Day by Day (1913)
- Dad's Insanity (1913)
- A Successful Failure (1913)
- Love Incognito (1913)
- The Right of Way (1913/I)
- Sweet Revenge (1913)
- Mr. Dippy Dipped (1913)
- His Athletic Wife (1913)
- A Date with Judy (1948) (performer: "Its a Most Unusual Day" (Reprise #2 - Finale))
- The Bugle Sounds (1942) ("Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon (For her Lover Who Is Fur, Fur Away)" (1917))
- Wyoming (1940) ("Oh! Susanna" (1848), "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (1900), "There's a Home in Wyomin'" (1933))
... aka Bad Man of Wyoming (UK)
- Stablemates (1938) (performer: "When You Wore a Tulip", "That's How I Need You")
- The Christmas Party (1931) ("Happy Days Are Here Again" (1929))
... aka A Christmas Story
... aka Jackie Cooper's Christmas Party (USA: DVD title) - Hell Divers (1931) (performer: "The Monkeys Have No Tails in Zamboango") ("Chopsticks", "Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight)")
- The Champ (1931/I) ("The Monkeys Have No Tails in Pago Pago" (uncredited))
- Way for a Sailor (1930) ("Strike Up the Band, Here Comes a Sailor" (1900) (uncredited), "Sailing, Sailing (Over the Bounding Main)" (1880) (uncredited))
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Stage, circus actor and film director.
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