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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 4, 1891
Died
October 30, 1978
Place of Birth
Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also Known As
- Wallace Archibald MacDonald
- Wallace Mac Donald
- Wallace McDonald
- Wheeler MacDonald
Wallace MacDonald
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Narrator (voice)
A Street of Memory
1937
3.8
Theater Manager (uncredited)
Their Big Moment
1934
4.3
Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)
The World Changes
1933
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Gorman
King of the Wild Horses
1933
5.6
Mechanic (uncredited)
Night Flight
1933
4.5
Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
I Loved a Woman
1933
5.9
SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
7.1
Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
The Mayor of Hell
1933
0.0
Captain Roger Kearney
The Vanishing Frontier
1933
5.0
Wally Thompson
Between Fighting Men
1932
Credits
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A Street of Memory
as Narrator (voice)
1937
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Their Big Moment
as Theater Manager (uncredited)
1934
3.8
The World Changes
as Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)
1933
4.3
King of the Wild Horses
as Gorman
1933
0.0
Night Flight
as Mechanic (uncredited)
1933
5.6
I Loved a Woman
as Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
1933
4.5
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
1933
5.9
The Mayor of Hell
as Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
1933
7.1
The Vanishing Frontier
as Captain Roger Kearney
1933
0.0
Between Fighting Men
as Wally Thompson
1932
5.0
Hello Trouble
as LaTange
1932
6.0
Daring Danger
as Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald)
1932
0.0
Two-Fisted Law
as Artie
1932
4.6
The Riding Tornado
as Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman
1932
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The Arm of the Law
as Newspaper Reporter
1932
4.0
High Speed
as Tom Corliss
1932
2.0
Texas Cyclone
as Nick Lawler
1932
4.2
The Range Feud
as Hank
1931
5.1
The Pagan Lady
as Francisco
1931
2.0
Branded
as Stage Robber
1931
6.0
The Last Flight
as Officer at Hospital
1931
6.4
Fifty Fathoms Deep
as Mate
1931
1.0
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Prince Gregor Petroff
1931
5.3
Millie
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1931
5.1
Fighting Thru
as George 'Tennessee' Malden
1930
4.0
Madam Satan
as First Mate
1930
5.6
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Zampa
as The Villain
1930
0.0
The Rogue Song
as Hassan
1930
5.8
Hit the Deck
as Lieutenant Allen
1929
9.0
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Dark Skies
as Captain Pedro Real
1929
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Darkened Rooms
as Bert Nelson
1929
6.7
Sweetie
as Bill Barrington
1929
5.5
Fancy Baggage
as Ernest Hardin
1929
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Blockade
as Vincent
1928
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Tropical Nights
as Stavnow
1928
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Tumbling River
as Keechie
1927
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Drums of the Desert
as Will Newton
1927
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Red Signals
as Lee Bryson
1927
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Faithful Wives
as Tom Burke
1926
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The Bar-C Mystery
as Nevada
1926
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Hell's Four Hundred
as Marshall Langham
1926
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Two Can Play
as Robert MacForth
1926
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Casey of the Coast Guard
as Coast Guardsman
1926
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The Checkered Flag
as Jack Reese
1926
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Wandering Fires
as Norman Yuell
1925
0.0
The Primrose Path
as Bruce Armstrong
1925
5.2
Lightnin'
as John Marvin
1925
6.1
The Charmer
as Ralph Bayne
1925
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New Lives for Old
as Hugh Warren
1925
0.0
The Lady
as Leonard St. Aubyns
1925
5.5
Learning to Love
as Professor Bonnard
1925
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Curlytop
as Bill Branigan
1924
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Love and Glory
as Anatole Picard
1924
0.0
Roaring Rails
as Malcolm Gregory
1924
6.8
The Sea Hawk
as Peter Godolphin
1924
6.5
Thy Name Is Woman
as Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar
1924
0.0
The Heart Bandit
as 'Spike' Malone
1924
0.0
Maytime
as Claude Van Zandt
1923
6.3
The Day of Faith
as John Anstell
1923
0.0
The Spoilers
as Broncho Kid
1923
0.0
Caught Bluffing
as Wallace Towers
1922
0.0
The Understudy
as Tom Manning
1922
0.0
A Fool There Was
as Avery Parmelee
1922
0.0
A Poor Relation
as Johnny Smith
1921
0.0
Breaking Through
as Willard Ward
1921
0.0
The Sage Hen
as Her Son, as a Man
1921
0.0
Cinderella's Twin
as Prentice Blue
1920
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Are All Men Alike?
as Gerry Rhinelander West
1920
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Trumpet Island
as Richard Bedell
1920
5.0
Moon Madness
as Jan
1920
0.0
The Fighting Shepherdess
as Hughie
1920
0.0
Rouge and Riches
as Tom Rushworth
1920
0.0
A Girl Named Mary
as Henry Martin
1919
0.0
Cupid Forecloses
as Bruce Cartwright
1919
0.0
The Little Boss
as Clayton Hargis
1919
0.0
Leave It to Susan
as Jimmy Dawson
1919
0.0
The Follies Girl
as Ned
1919
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Marked Cards
as Ted Breslin
1918
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Madame Sphinx
as Andre Du Bois
1918
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The Shoes That Danced
as Harmony Lad
1918
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The Princess of Park Row
as Tom Kearney
1917
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Youth's Endearing Charm
as Harry Disbrow
1916
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Purity
as Youth
1916
2.0
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Their Last Haul
as Crook
1915
0.0
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Policeman (uncredited)
1914
6.1
Dough and Dynamite
as Customer
1914
6.1
Zip, the Dodger
as Minta's Sweetheart
1914
0.0
Those Love Pangs
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1914
5.5
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Fatty Again
as The Boarder - Father's Choice
1914
0.0
Mabel's Blunder
as Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend
1914
5.2
The Rounders
as Diner
1914
6.1
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Drinker
1914
5.3
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Love and Bullets
as The Trouble Mender's Secretary
1914
0.0
Mabel's Married Life
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1914
5.9
Mabel's Busy Day
as Spectator (uncredited)
1914
5.6
The Knockout
as Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
1914
5.7
Caught in a Cabaret
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1914
5.6
The Star Boarder
as Boarder (uncredited)
1914
5.1