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Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

ActingBorn March 31, 1885Died April 15, 1949 (age 64)Clay County, Missouri, USA

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.

Filmography

2026
Away with Words

as Wallace Beery

Movie
2018
The Image Book

as (archive footage)

Movie
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself

as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)

Movie
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1994
The Our Gang Story

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Movie
1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1974
That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1973Movie
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

as Terry (archive footage)

Movie
1960
When Comedy Was King

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

Movie
1955
MGM Parade

as Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)

TV
1955
MGM Parade

as Self

TV
1949
Big Jack

as Big Jack Horner

Movie
1948
A Date with Judy

as Melvin R. Foster

Movie
1948
Alias a Gentleman

as Jim Breedin

Movie
1947
The Mighty McGurk

as Roy 'Slag' McGurk

Movie
1946
Bad Bascomb

as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith

Movie
1945
This Man's Navy

as Ned Trumpet

Movie
1944
Barbary Coast Gent

as Honest Plush Brannon

Movie
1944
Rationing

as Ben Barton

Movie
1944
Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Movie
1943
Salute to the Marines

as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey

Movie
1942
Jackass Mail

as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot

Movie
1942
The Bugle Sounds

as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan

Movie
1941
Barnacle Bill

as Bill Johansen

Movie
1941
The Bad Man

as Pancho Lopez

Movie
1940
Wyoming

as 'Reb' Harkness

Movie
1940
20 Mule Team

as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy

Movie
1940
The Man from Dakota

as "Bar" Barstow

Movie
1939
Thunder Afloat

as John Thorson

Movie
1939
Land of Liberty

as (archive footage)

Movie
1939
Sergeant Madden

as Sgt. Shaun Madden

Movie
1939
Stand Up and Fight

as Captain Boss Starkey

Movie
1938
Stablemates

as Thomas Terry

Movie
1938Movie
1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone

as 'Trigger' Bill

Movie
1937
Slave Ship

as Jack Thompson

Movie
1937
The Good Old Soak

as Clem Hawley

Movie
1936
Old Hutch

as "Hutch" Hutchins

Movie
1936Movie
1935
Ah, Wilderness!

as Uncle Sid

Movie
1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy

as Michael O'Shaughnessy

Movie
1935
China Seas

as Jamesy MacArdle

Movie
1935
West Point of the Air

as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone

Movie
1934
The Mighty Barnum

as Phineas T. Barnum

Movie
1934
Treasure Island

as Long John Silver

Movie
1934
Viva Villa!

as Pancho Villa

Movie
1933
Dinner at Eight

as Dan Packard

Movie
1933
Going Hollywood

as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)

Movie
1933
The Bowery

as Chuck Connors

Movie
1933
Tugboat Annie

as Terry (Husband)

Movie
1932
Flesh

as Polakai

Movie
1932
Grand Hotel

as General Director Preysing

Movie
1932
Hell Divers

as "Windy" Riker

Movie
1931
The Christmas Party

as Himself (uncredited)

Movie
1931
The Champ

as Andy 'Champ' Purcell

Movie
1931
We’re Switching to Hollywood

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1931
The Secret Six

as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio

Movie
1931
The Stolen Jools

as Police Sergeant

Movie
1930Movie
1930
A Lady's Morals

as P.T. Barnum

Movie
1930Movie
1930
Billy the Kid

as Pat Garrett

Movie
1930
The Big House

as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

Movie
1929
The River of Romance

as General Orlando Jackson

Movie
1929Movie
1929
Chinatown Nights

as Chuck Riley

Movie
1928
Beggars of Life

as Oklahoma Red

Movie
1928
The Big Killing

as Powderhorn Pete

Movie
1928
Partners in Crime

as Mike Doolan, The Detective

Movie
1928
Wife Savers

as Louis Hozenozzle

Movie
1927
Two Flaming Youths

as Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)

Movie
1927Movie
1927Movie
1927Movie
1926Movie
1926
We're in the Navy Now

as 'Knockout' Hansen

Movie
1926
Volcano

as Quembo

Movie
1926
Behind the Front

as Riff Swanson

Movie
1925
The Pony Express

as Rhode Island Red

Movie
1925
The Wanderer

as Pharis

Movie
1925
Rugged Water

as Capt. Bartlett

Movie
1925Movie
1925
Adventure

as Morgan

Movie
1925Movie
1925
Coming Through

as Joe Lawler

Movie
1925Movie
1925
The Lost World

as Prof. Challenger

Movie
1925Movie
1925
Let Women Alone

as Cap Bullwinkle

Movie
1924
So Big

as Klaus Poole

Movie
1924Movie
1924
Dynamite Smith

as 'Slugger' Rourke

Movie
1924
The Red Lily

as Bo-Bo

Movie
1924
Another Man's Wife

as Captain Wolf

Movie
1924
The Signal Tower

as Joe Standish

Movie
1924
The Sea Hawk

as Capt. Jasper Leigh

Movie
1924
Unseen Hands

as Jean Scholast

Movie
1923
White Tiger

as Count Donelli / Hawkes

Movie
1923
The Drums of Jeopardy

as Gregor Karlov

Movie
1923Movie
1923
The Eternal Struggle

as Barode Dukane

Movie
1923
The Spanish Dancer

as King Philip IV

Movie
1923
Three Ages

as The Villain

Movie
1923
Drifting

as Jules Repin

Movie
1923
Ashes of Vengeance

as Duc de Tours

Movie
1923
Bavu

as Felix Bavu

Movie
1923
Stormswept

as William McCabe

Movie
1923
The Flame of Life

as Don Lowrie

Movie
1922
Only a Shop Girl

as Jim Brennan

Movie
1922
A Blind Bargain

as Beast Man (uncredited)

Movie
1922
Robin Hood

as Richard the Lion-Hearted

Movie
1922
Trouble

as Ed Lee, the Plumber

Movie
1922
Hurricane's Gal

as Chris Borg

Movie
1922
I Am the Law

as Fu Chang

Movie
1922
My Wife's Relations

as Photographer (uncredited)

Movie
1922
The Man from Hell's River

as Gaspard, The Wolf

Movie
1922
The Sagebrush Trail

as José Fagaro

Movie
1922
Wild Honey

as Buck Roper

Movie
1922
The Rosary

as Kenwood Wright

Movie
1921
The White Mouse

as Dr. Lawler

Movie
1921
The Last Trail

as William Kirk

Movie
1921
The Ne'er to Return Road

as Convict #12896

Movie
1921Movie
1921
The Golden Snare

as Bram Johnson

Movie
1921
The Northern Trail

as Otto Franke

Movie
1921Movie
1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen

Movie
1921
Patsy

as Gustave Ludermann

Movie
1920
The Rookie's Return

as François Dupont

Movie
1920Movie
1920
813

as Maj. Parbury / Ribeira

Movie
1920
The Round-Up

as Buck McKee

Movie
1920
The Mollycoddle

as Henry von Holkar

Movie
1920
The Virgin of Stamboul

as Sheik Achmet Hamid

Movie
1919
The Lone Wolf's Daughter

as Undetermined role (uncredited)

Movie
1919
Behind the Door

as Lt. Brandt

Movie
1919
Victory

as August Schomberg

Movie
1919Movie
1919Movie
1919
The Love Burglar

as Coast-to-Coast Taylor

Movie
1919Movie
1919Movie
1918
Johanna Enlists

as Col. Fanner

Movie
1917
That Night

as The Cafe Proprietor

Movie
1917
Are Waitresses Safe?

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1917
A Bedroom Blunder

as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Movie
1917
A Clever Dummy

as Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager

Movie
1917
The Little American

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Movie
1917
Cactus Nell

as A Polished Gent

Movie
1917
Teddy at the Throttle

as Henry Black

Movie
1917Movie
1917
Patria

as Pancho Villa

Movie
1917Movie
1916Movie
1916
Sweedie, the Janitor

as Sweedie - the Janitor

Movie
1916Movie
1916
The Janitor

as John - the Hotel Janitor

Movie
1916
Hearts and Sparks

as Minor Role

Movie
1916
A Dash of Courage

as The Police Chief

Movie
1915Movie
1915Movie
1915Movie
1915
Sweedie's Hero

as Sweedie

Movie
1915Movie
1915
Done in Wax

as The Hobo

Movie
1915
The Bouquet

as Sweedie

Movie
1915Movie
1915Movie
1915
Father's New Maid

as Jack / Sweedie

Movie
1915Movie
1915
Ain't It the Truth?

as Harold Wallington

Movie
1915
A Pound for a Pound

as Buck Gibson

Movie
1915
The Victor

as Mr. Justwed

Movie
1915Movie
1915
The New Teacher

as Sweedie - the New Teacher

Movie
1915Movie
1915Movie
1914Movie
1914
Their Cheap Vacation

as Mr. Newlywed

Movie
1914
Madame Double X

as Madame Double X

Movie
1914Movie
1914
A Maid of War

as Sweedie

Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914
Three Boiled Down Fables

as Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze

Movie
1914Movie
1914
The Laundress

as Sweedie - the Laundress

Movie
1914
Rivalry and War

as Krautmeyer

Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914
Sweedie's Skate

as Sweedie

Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914
Love and Soda

as The Plumber

Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914
In and Out

as Hans

Movie
1914
Money Talks

as The Cook

Movie
1914Movie
1914
Sweedie the Swatter

as Sweedie (a Swedish maid)

Movie
1914Movie
1914
The Epidemic

as Texas Tommy

Movie
1914
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine

as Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer

Movie
1914
This Is the Life

as Hiram Stebbins

Movie
1914
Jane

as The Doctor

Movie
1914
Actor Finney's Finish

as Actor James Finney

Movie
1914
Three Little Powders

as Wallace Williams

Movie
1914
Curing a Husband

as Robert - the Husband

Movie
1914
Wrong All Around

as The Plumber

Movie
1914
The Winner

as Fritz Noodle

Movie
1914
And He Came Back

as Horatio Algernon Botts

Movie
1914
The Bargain Hunters

as Mr. Hunter

Movie
1914
Oh, Doctor

as The Deaf Minister

Movie
1914
Grass County Goes Dry

as The Constable

Movie
1914
Mrs. Manly's Baby

as Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League

Movie
1914
One-to-Three

as Willie Brace

Movie
1914
Into Society and Out

as First Tramp

Movie
1914Movie
1914
A Foot of Romance

as Jim Foley

Movie
1913
At the Old Maid's Call

as Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid

Movie
1913
Smithy's Grandma Party

as Prof. Smithy

Movie
1913
Kitty's Knight

as Mike McManus

Movie
1913
The Usual Way

as The Dentist

Movie
1913Movie
1913
Day by Day

as Bill the Iceman

Movie
1913Movie
1913
Love Incognito

as Secondary Role

Movie
1913
Sweet Revenge

as Phil Culture

Movie
1913
Mr. Dippy Dipped

as Undetermined Role

Movie
1913
His Athletic Wife

as Mr. Strong

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 31, 1885
Day of DeathApril 15, 1949
Place of BirthClay County, Missouri, USA
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