Wallace Beery
Known for
Acting
Life
1885 – 1949 (aged 64)
Born in
Clay County, Missouri, USA
Credits
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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.
Known For
Grand Hotel
11 Sep 1932
The Lost World
02 Feb 1925
Three Ages
24 Sep 1923
Dinner at Eight
22 Dec 1933
My Wife's Relations
15 May 1922
The Image Book
11 Oct 2018
Treasure Island
17 Aug 1934
That's Entertainment!
21 Jun 1974
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Filmography
2026
- Away with Wordsas Wallace Beery
2018
- The Image Bookas (archive footage)
1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30sas (archive footage)
1974
- That's Entertainment!as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
- The Big Parade of Comedyas Terry (archive footage)
1960
- When Comedy Was Kingas (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
- Big Jackas Big Jack Horner
1948
- A Date with Judyas Melvin R. Foster
- Alias a Gentlemanas Jim Breedin
1947
- The Mighty McGurkas Roy 'Slag' McGurk
1946
- Bad Bascombas Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
1945
- This Man's Navyas Ned Trumpet
1944
- Barbary Coast Gentas Honest Plush Brannon
- Rationingas Ben Barton
- Twenty Years Afteras (archive footage)
1943
- Salute to the Marinesas Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
1942
- Jackass Mailas Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
- The Bugle Soundsas Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
1941
- Barnacle Billas Bill Johansen
- The Bad Manas Pancho Lopez
1940
- Wyomingas 'Reb' Harkness
- 20 Mule Teamas Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
- The Man from Dakotaas "Bar" Barstow
1939
- Thunder Afloatas John Thorson
- Land of Libertyas (archive footage)
- Sergeant Maddenas Sgt. Shaun Madden
- Stand Up and Fightas Captain Boss Starkey
1938
- Stablematesas Thomas Terry
- Port of Seven Seasas Cesar
1937
- The Bad Man of Brimstoneas 'Trigger' Bill
- Slave Shipas Jack Thompson
- The Good Old Soakas Clem Hawley
1936
- Old Hutchas "Hutch" Hutchins
- A Message to Garciaas Sgt. Dory
1935
- Ah, Wilderness!as Uncle Sid
- O'Shaughnessy's Boyas Michael O'Shaughnessy
- China Seasas Jamesy MacArdle
- West Point of the Airas Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
1934
- The Mighty Barnumas Phineas T. Barnum
- Treasure Islandas Long John Silver
- Viva Villa!as Pancho Villa
1933
- Dinner at Eightas Dan Packard
- The Boweryas Chuck Connors
- Tugboat Annieas Terry (Husband)
1932
- Fleshas Polakai
- Grand Hotelas General Director Preysing
- Hell Diversas "Windy" Riker
1931
- The Champas Andy 'Champ' Purcell
- The Secret Sixas Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
- The Stolen Joolsas Police Sergeant
1930
- Min and Billas Bill
- A Lady's Moralsas P.T. Barnum
- Way for a Sailoras Tripod
- Billy the Kidas Pat Garrett
- The Big Houseas Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
1929
- The River of Romanceas General Orlando Jackson
- Stairs of Sandas Lacey
- Chinatown Nightsas Chuck Riley
1928
- Beggars of Lifeas Oklahoma Red
- The Big Killingas Powderhorn Pete
- Partners in Crimeas Mike Doolan, The Detective
- Wife Saversas Louis Hozenozzle
1927
- Two Flaming Youthsas Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
- Now We're in the Airas Wally
- Fireman, Save My Childas Elmer
- Casey at the Batas Casey
1926
- Old Ironsidesas Bos'n
- We're in the Navy Nowas 'Knockout' Hansen
- Volcanoas Quembo
- Behind the Frontas Riff Swanson
1925
- The Pony Expressas Rhode Island Red
- The Wandereras Pharis
- Rugged Wateras Capt. Bartlett
- In the Name of Loveas Glavis
- Adventureas Morgan
- The Night Clubas José
- Coming Throughas Joe Lawler
- The Great Divideas Dutch
- The Lost Worldas Prof. Challenger
- The Devil's Cargoas Ben
- Let Women Aloneas Cap Bullwinkle
1924
- So Bigas Klaus Poole
- Madonna of the Streetsas Bill Smythe
- Dynamite Smithas 'Slugger' Rourke
- The Red Lilyas Bo-Bo
- Another Man's Wifeas Captain Wolf
- The Signal Toweras Joe Standish
- The Sea Hawkas Capt. Jasper Leigh
- Unseen Handsas Jean Scholast
1923
- White Tigeras Count Donelli
- The Drums of Jeopardyas Gregor Karlov
- Richard the Lion-Heartedas King Richard
- The Eternal Struggleas Barode Dukane
- The Spanish Danceras King Philip IV
- Three Agesas The Villain
- Driftingas Jules Repin
- Ashes of Vengeanceas Duc de Tours
- Bavuas Felix Bavu
- Stormsweptas William McCabe
- The Flame of Lifeas Don Lowrie
1922
- Only a Shop Girlas Jim Brennan
- A Blind Bargainas Beast Man (uncredited)
- Robin Hoodas Richard the Lion-Hearted
- Troubleas Ed Lee, the Plumber
- Alias Julius Caesar
- Hurricane's Galas Chris Borg
- I Am the Lawas Fu Chang
- My Wife's Relationsas Photographer (uncredited)
- The Man from Hell's Riveras Gaspard, The Wolf
- The Sagebrush Trailas José Fagaro
- Wild Honeyas Buck Roper
- The Rosaryas Kenwood Wright
1921
- The White Mouseas Dr. Lawler
- The Last Trailas William Kirk
- The Ne'er to Return Roadas Convict #12896
- The Policeman and the Babyas The Crook
- The Golden Snareas Bram Johnson
- The Northern Trailas Otto Franke
- A Tale of Two Worldsas Ling Jo
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypseas Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
- Patsyas Gustave Ludermann
- Sleeping Acres
1920
- The Rookie's Returnas François Dupont
- The Last of the Mohicansas Magua
- 813as Maj. Parbury
- The Round-Upas Buck McKee
- The Mollycoddleas Henry von Holkar
- The Virgin of Stamboulas Sheik Achmet Hamid
1919
- The Lone Wolf's Daughteras Undetermined role (uncredited)
- Behind the Dooras Lt. Brandt
- Victoryas August Schomberg
- Soldiers of Fortuneas Mendoza
- The Life Lineas Bos
- The Love Burglaras Coast-to-Coast Taylor
- The Unpardonable Sinas Col. Klemm
- A Beach Nut
- Only a Janitor
1918
- Johanna Enlistsas Col. Fanner
1917
- That Nightas The Cafe Proprietor
- Are Waitresses Safe?as Party Guest (uncredited)
- A Bedroom Blunderas Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- A Clever Dummyas Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
- The Little Americanas German Soldier (uncredited)
- Cactus Nellas A Polished Gent
- Teddy at the Throttleas Henry Black
- Maggie's First False Stepas The Villain
- Patriaas Pancho Villa
- Bombs and Banknotesas Janitor
1916
- A Capable Lady Cookas Sweedie
- Sweedie, the Janitoras Sweedie - the Janitor
- Just a Few Little Thingsas Fred
- The Janitoras John - the Hotel Janitor
- Hearts and Sparksas Minor Role
- A Dash of Courageas The Police Chief
1915
- The Fable of the Roistering Bladesas Milt
- The Broken Pledgeas Percy
- Sweedie's Finishas Sweedie
- The Slim Princessas Popova
- Sweedie's Heroas Sweedie
- Sweedie in Vaudevilleas Sweedie
- Done in Waxas The Hobo
- The Bouquetas Sweedie
- Sweedie Learns to Rideas Sweedie
- Love and Troubleas Sweedie
- Father's New Maidas Jack
- Sweedie's Hopeless Loveas Sweedie
- Ain't It the Truth?as Harold Wallington
- A Pound for a Poundas Buck Gibson
- The Victoras Mr. Justwed
- Sweedie Goes to Collegeas Sweedie
- The New Teacheras Sweedie - the New Teacher
- Two Hearts That Beat as Tenas Fred
- Sweedie and Her Dogas Sweedie
- Sweedie's Suicideas Sweedie
- Sweedie and the Sultan's Presentas Sweedie
1914
- Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kindas The Lover
- Sweedie Collects for Charityas Sweedie
- Their Cheap Vacationas Mr. Newlywed
- Madame Double Xas Madame Double X
- The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualifyas Homer Splivins
- Sweedie and the Hypnotistas Sweedie
- A Maid of Waras Sweedie
- Sweedie at the Fairas Sweedie
- Countess Sweedieas Sweedie
- Three Boiled Down Fablesas Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
- The Prevailing Crazeas Wally
- Sweedie the Trouble Makeras Sweedie
- The Laundressas Sweedie - the Laundress
- Rivalry and Waras Krautmeyer
- She Landed a Big Oneas Sweedie
- Sweedie Learns to Swimas Sweedie
- The Fickleness of Sweedieas Sweedie
- Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedieas Sweedie
- Sweedie's Clean-Upas Sweedie
- Sweedie's Skateas Sweedie
- The Plum Tree
- When Knights Were Boldas The Earl
- Love and Sodaas The Plumber
- Sweedie Springs a Surpriseas Sweedie
- Sweedie and the Double Exposureas Sweedie
- The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earthas Attorney for Suggs
- Topsy-Turvy Sweedieas Sweedie
- The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
- In and Outas Hans
- Money Talksas The Cook
- The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumpsas Prof. Bunkum
- Sweedie the Swatteras Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
- The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayedas The Coming Champion
- Sweedie and the Lordas Sweedie
- The Epidemicas Texas Tommy
- The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Manas The Football Hero
- The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarineas Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
- This Is the Lifeas Hiram Stebbins
- Janeas The Doctor
- Actor Finney's Finishas Actor James Finney
- Three Little Powdersas Wallace Williams
- Making Him Over -- For Minnie
- Curing a Husbandas Robert - the Husband
- Wrong All Aroundas The Plumber
- The Winneras Fritz Noodle
- And He Came Backas Horatio Algernon Botts
- The Bargain Huntersas Mr. Hunter
- A Queer Quarantine
- Oh, Doctoras The Deaf Minister
- Grass County Goes Dryas The Constable
- The Girl, the Cop, the Burglaras The Cop
- Mrs. Manly's Babyas Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
- One-to-Threeas Willie Brace
- Into Society and Outas First Tramp
- Looking for Trouble
- The Hour and the Manas A Juror
- A Foot of Romanceas Jim Foley
- The Ups and Downs
- Cheering a Husband
1913
- At the Old Maid's Callas Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
- Hello, Trouble
- Smithy's Grandma Partyas Prof. Smithy
- Kitty's Knightas Mike McManus
- The Usual Wayas The Dentist
- Their Wives' Indiscretionas Mr. Jones
- Day by Dayas Bill the Iceman
- Dad's Insanity
- A Successful Failureas The Uncle
- Love Incognitoas Secondary Role
- The Right of Way
- Sweet Revengeas Phil Culture
- Mr. Dippy Dippedas Undetermined Role
- His Athletic Wifeas Mr. Strong