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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 31, 1885
Place of Birth:
Clay County, Missouri, USA
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Wallace Beery
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Image Book | (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Various roles (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Judy Garland: By Myself | Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | The Our Gang Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Terry (archive footage) |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Pancho Villa (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage) |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Big Jack Horner |
| 1948 | A Date with Judy | Melvin R. Foster |
| 1948 | Alias a Gentleman | Jim Breedin |
| 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Roy 'Slag' McGurk |
| 1946 | Bad Bascomb | Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith |
| 1945 | This Man's Navy | Ned Trumpet |
| 1944 | Rationing | Ben Barton |
| 1944 | Barbary Coast Gent | Honest Plush Brannon |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) |
| 1943 | Salute to the Marines | Sgt. Maj. William Bailey |
| 1942 | The Bugle Sounds | Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan |
| 1942 | Jackass Mail | Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot |
| 1941 | Barnacle Bill | Bill Johansen |
| 1941 | The Bad Man | Pancho Lopez |
| 1940 | The Man from Dakota | "Bar" Barstow |
| 1940 | 20 Mule Team | Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy |
| 1940 | Wyoming | 'Reb' Harkness |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | John Thorson |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Captain Boss Starkey |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden | Sgt. Shaun Madden |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | (archive footage) |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self |
| 1938 | Port of Seven Seas | Cesar |
| 1938 | Stablemates | Thomas Terry |
| 1937 | Slave Ship | Jack Thompson |
| 1937 | The Bad Man of Brimstone | 'Trigger' Bill |
| 1937 | The Good Old Soak | Clem Hawley |
| 1936 | A Message to Garcia | Sgt. Dory |
| 1936 | Old Hutch | "Hutch" Hutchins |
| 1935 | China Seas | Jamesy MacArdle |
| 1935 | Ah, Wilderness! | Uncle Sid |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone |
| 1935 | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Michael O'Shaughnessy |
| 1934 | Treasure Island | Long John Silver |
| 1934 | Viva Villa! | Pancho Villa |
| 1934 | The Mighty Barnum | Phineas T. Barnum |
| 1933 | Dinner at Eight | Dan Packard |
| 1933 | Tugboat Annie | Terry (Husband) |
| 1933 | The Bowery | Chuck Connors |
| 1933 | Going Hollywood | Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage) |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | General Director Preysing |
| 1932 | Flesh | Polakai |
| 1932 | Hell Divers | "Windy" Riker |
| 1931 | The Secret Six | Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio |
| 1931 | The Champ | Andy 'Champ' Purcell |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Police Sergeant |
| 1931 | The Christmas Party | Himself (uncredited) |
| 1931 | We're switching to Hollywood | Self (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Big House | Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt |
| 1930 | Min and Bill | Bill |
| 1930 | Billy the Kid | Pat Garrett |
| 1930 | Way for a Sailor | Tripod |
| 1930 | A Lady's Morals | P.T. Barnum |
| 1929 | Chinatown Nights | Chuck Riley |
| 1929 | The River of Romance | General Orlando Jackson |
| 1929 | Stairs of Sand | Lacey |
| 1928 | Wife Savers | Louis Hosenozzle |
| 1928 | Beggars of Life | Oklahoma Red |
| 1928 | Partners in Crime | Detective Mike Doolan |
| 1928 | The Big Killing | Powderhorn Pete |
| 1927 | Fireman, Save My Child | Elmer |
| 1927 | Two Flaming Youths | Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Casey at the Bat | Casey |
| 1927 | Now We're in the Air | Wally |
| 1926 | Behind the Front | Riff Swanson |
| 1926 | We're in the Navy Now | 'Knockout' Hansen |
| 1926 | Old Ironsides | Bos'n |
| 1926 | Volcano | Quembo |
| 1925 | The Lost World | Prof. Challenger |
| 1925 | Let Women Alone | Cap Bullwinkle |
| 1925 | The Devil's Cargo | Ben |
| 1925 | Coming Through | Joe Lawler |
| 1925 | In the Name of Love | Glavis |
| 1925 | Rugged Water | Capt. Bartlett |
| 1925 | Adventure | Morgan |
| 1925 | The Pony Express | Rhode Island Red |
| 1925 | The Night Club | José |
| 1925 | The Wanderer | Pharis |
| 1925 | The Great Divide | Dutch |
| 1924 | Another Man's Wife | Captain Wolf |
| 1924 | Unseen Hands | Jean Scholast |
| 1924 | The Sea Hawk | Capt. Jasper Leigh |
| 1924 | The Red Lily | Bo-Bo |
| 1924 | The Signal Tower | Joe Standish |
| 1924 | So Big | Klaus Poole |
| 1924 | Madonna of the Streets | Bill Smythe |
| 1924 | Dynamite Smith | 'Slugger' Rourke |
| 1923 | Three Ages | The Villain |
| 1923 | The Flame of Life | Don Lowrie |
| 1923 | Bavu | Felix Bavu |
| 1923 | The Spanish Dancer | King Philip IV |
| 1923 | White Tiger | Count Donelli / Hawkes |
| 1923 | Ashes of Vengeance | Duc de Tours |
| 1923 | Stormswept | William McCabe |
| 1923 | The Drums of Jeopardy | Gregor Karlov |
| 1923 | Drifting | Jules Repin |
| 1923 | The Eternal Struggle | Barode Dukane |
| 1923 | Richard the Lion-Hearted | King Richard |
| 1922 | Wild Honey | Buck Roper |
| 1922 | Only a Shop Girl | Jim Brennan |
| 1922 | I Am the Law | Fu Chang |
| 1922 | My Wife's Relations | Photographer (uncredited) |
| 1922 | A Blind Bargain | Beast Man (uncredited) |
| 1922 | The Man from Hell's River | Gaspard, The Wolf |
| 1922 | Robin Hood | Richard the Lion-Hearted |
| 1922 | The Sagebrush Trail | José Fagaro |
| 1922 | Trouble | Ed Lee, the Plumber |
| 1922 | Hurricane's Gal | Chris Borg |
| 1922 | The Rosary | Kenwood Wright |
| 1921 | The Last Trail | William Kirk |
| 1921 | Patsy | Gustave Ludermann |
| 1921 | The Policeman and the Baby | The Crook |
| 1921 | Sleeping Acres | |
| 1921 | The Ne'er to Return Road | Convict #12896 |
| 1921 | A Tale of Two Worlds | Ling Jo |
| 1921 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Lieut. Col. von Richthosen |
| 1921 | The Northern Trail | Otto Franke |
| 1921 | The Golden Snare | Bram Johnson |
| 1921 | The White Mouse | Dr. Lawler |
| 1920 | 813 | Maj. Parbury / Ribeira |
| 1920 | The Rookie's Return | François Dupont |
| 1920 | The Last of the Mohicans | Magua |
| 1920 | The Mollycoddle | Henry von Holkar |
| 1920 | The Round-Up | Buck McKee |
| 1920 | The Virgin of Stamboul | Sheik Achmet Hamid |
| 1919 | The Lone Wolf's Daughter | Undetermined role (uncredited) |
| 1919 | Only a Janitor | |
| 1919 | The Love Burglar | Coast-to-Coast Taylor |
| 1919 | Soldiers of Fortune | Mendoza |
| 1919 | A Beach Nut | |
| 1919 | Victory | August Schomberg |
| 1919 | Behind the Door | Lt. Brandt |
| 1919 | The Unpardonable Sin | Col. Klemm |
| 1919 | The Life Line | Bos |
| 1918 | Johanna Enlists | Col. Fanner |
| 1917 | Maggie's First False Step | The Villain |
| 1917 | Are Waitresses Safe? | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1917 | Bombs and Banknotes | Janitor |
| 1917 | Cactus Nell | A Polished Gent |
| 1917 | A Bedroom Blunder | Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) |
| 1917 | That Night | The Cafe Proprietor |
| 1917 | Teddy at the Throttle | Henry Black |
| 1917 | A Clever Dummy | Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager |
| 1917 | The Little American | German Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1917 | Patria | Pancho Villa |
| 1916 | Just a Few Little Things | Fred |
| 1916 | A Capable Lady Cook | Sweedie |
| 1916 | The Janitor | John - the Hotel Janitor |
| 1916 | Sweedie, the Janitor | Sweedie - the Janitor |
| 1916 | A Dash of Courage | The Police Chief |
| 1916 | Hearts and Sparks | Minor Role |
| 1915 | Sweedie's Hero | Sweedie |
| 1915 | The New Teacher | Sweedie - the New Teacher |
| 1915 | Sweedie's Suicide | Sweedie |
| 1915 | Two Hearts That Beat as Ten | Fred |
| 1915 | Sweedie and Her Dog | Sweedie |
| 1915 | Sweedie and the Sultan's Present | Sweedie |
| 1915 | The Victor | Mr. Justwed |
| 1915 | A Pound for a Pound | Buck Gibson |
| 1915 | Love and Trouble | Sweedie |
| 1915 | The Fable of the Roistering Blades | Milt |
| 1915 | The Bouquet | Sweedie |
| 1915 | The Slim Princess | Popova |
| 1915 | Sweedie Learns to Ride | Sweedie |
| 1915 | Ain't It the Truth? | Harold Wallington |
| 1915 | Sweedie's Hopeless Love | Sweedie |
| 1915 | Sweedie in Vaudeville | Sweedie |
| 1915 | Father's New Maid | Jack / Sweedie |
| 1915 | Done in Wax | The Hobo |
| 1915 | Sweedie's Finish | Sweedie |
| 1915 | Sweedie Goes to College | Sweedie |
| 1915 | The Broken Pledge | Percy |
| 1914 | The Hour and the Man | A Juror |
| 1914 | Looking for Trouble | |
| 1914 | Grass County Goes Dry | The Constable |
| 1914 | Wrong All Around | The Plumber |
| 1914 | A Queer Quarantine | |
| 1914 | One-to-Three | Willie Brace |
| 1914 | The Bargain Hunters | Mr. Hunter |
| 1914 | The Winner | Fritz Noodle |
| 1914 | And He Came Back | Horatio Algernon Botts |
| 1914 | The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar | The Cop |
| 1914 | Mrs. Manly's Baby | Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League |
| 1914 | Jane | The Doctor |
| 1914 | Making Him Over -- For Minnie | |
| 1914 | Actor Finney's Finish | Actor James Finney |
| 1914 | Curing a Husband | Robert - the Husband |
| 1914 | Oh, Doctor | The Deaf Minister |
| 1914 | Three Little Powders | Wallace Williams |
| 1914 | The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine | Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer |
| 1914 | This Is the Life | Hiram Stebbins |
| 1914 | Sweedie the Swatter | Sweedie (a Swedish maid) |
| 1914 | The Epidemic | Texas Tommy |
| 1914 | The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps | Prof. Bunkum |
| 1914 | Countess Sweedie | Sweedie |
| 1914 | The Fickleness of Sweedie | Sweedie |
| 1914 | Sweedie at the Fair | Sweedie |
| 1914 | Sweedie Collects for Charity | Sweedie |
| 1914 | Sweedie the Trouble Maker | Sweedie |
| 1914 | Their Cheap Vacation | Mr. Newlywed |
| 1914 | Sweedie and the Hypnotist | Sweedie |
| 1914 | The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify | Homer Splivins |
| 1914 | Madame Double X | Madame Double X |
| 1914 | Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind | The Lover |
| 1914 | Sweedie's Skate | Sweedie |
| 1914 | Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie | Sweedie |
| 1914 | Sweedie's Clean-Up | Sweedie |
| 1914 | The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man | The Football Hero |
| 1914 | The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed | The Coming Champion |
| 1914 | A Maid of War | Sweedie |
| 1914 | The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in | |
| 1914 | When Knights Were Bold | The Earl |
| 1914 | The Prevailing Craze | Wally |
| 1914 | The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth | Attorney for Suggs |
| 1914 | Sweedie and the Double Exposure | Sweedie |
| 1914 | Topsy-Turvy Sweedie | Sweedie |
| 1914 | She Landed a Big One | Sweedie |
| 1914 | Three Boiled Down Fables | Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze |
| 1914 | Sweedie and the Lord | Sweedie |
| 1914 | Sweedie Springs a Surprise | Sweedie |
| 1914 | In and Out | Hans |
| 1914 | Rivalry and War | Krautmeyer |
| 1914 | Love and Soda | The Plumber |
| 1914 | The Plum Tree | |
| 1914 | Cheering a Husband | |
| 1914 | The Ups and Downs | |
| 1914 | A Foot of Romance | Jim Foley |
| 1914 | Into Society and Out | First Tramp |
| 1914 | Money Talks | The Cook |
| 1914 | Sweedie Learns to Swim | Sweedie |
| 1914 | The Laundress | Sweedie - the Laundress |
| 1913 | Sweet Revenge | Phil Culture |
| 1913 | Dad's Insanity | |
| 1913 | Day by Day | Bill the Iceman |
| 1913 | A Successful Failure | The Uncle |
| 1913 | Kitty's Knight | Mike McManus |
| 1913 | The Usual Way | The Dentist |
| 1913 | The Right of Way | |
| 1913 | Love Incognito | Secondary Role |
| 1913 | Their Wives' Indiscretion | Mr. Jones |
| 1913 | At the Old Maid's Call | Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid |
| 1913 | Hello, Trouble | |
| 1913 | Smithy's Grandma Party | Prof. Smithy |
| 1913 | Mr. Dippy Dipped | Undetermined Role |
| 1913 | His Athletic Wife | Mr. Strong |
| Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage) |