Wallace Beery
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-03-31
Day of Death
1949-04-15 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Clay County, Missouri, USA
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
Acting
(2018)
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
(2004)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
(2004)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
(2003)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Terry (archive footage)
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Pancho Villa (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1960)
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)
(1949)
Big Jack
as Big Jack Horner
(1948)
A Date with Judy
as Melvin R. Foster
(1948)
Alias a Gentleman
as Jim Breedin
(1947)
The Mighty McGurk
as Roy 'Slag' McGurk
(1946)
Bad Bascomb
as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
(1945)
This Man's Navy
as Ned Trumpet
(1944)
Barbary Coast Gent
as Honest Plush Brannon
(1944)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1944)
Rationing
as Ben Barton
(1943)
Salute to the Marines
as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
(1942)
Jackass Mail
as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
(1942)
The Bugle Sounds
as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
(1941)
The Bad Man
as Pancho Lopez
(1941)
Barnacle Bill
as Bill Johansen
(1940)
20 Mule Team
as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
(1940)
The Man from Dakota
as "Bar" Barstow
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
Wyoming
as 'Reb' Harkness
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Captain Boss Starkey
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Sgt. Shaun Madden
(1939)
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as John Thorson
(1939)
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
(1938)
Stablemates
as Thomas Terry
(1938)
Port of Seven Seas
as Cesar
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Jack Thompson
(1937)
The Good Old Soak
as Clem Hawley
(1937)
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as 'Trigger' Bill
(1936)
A Message to Garcia
as Sgt. Dory
(1936)
Old Hutch
as "Hutch" Hutchins
(1935)
China Seas
as Jamesy MacArdle
(1935)
West Point of the Air
as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
(1935)
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as Michael O'Shaughnessy
(1935)
Ah, Wilderness!
as Uncle Sid
(1934)
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
(1934)
Viva Villa!
as Pancho Villa
(1934)
The Mighty Barnum
as Phineas T. Barnum
(1933)
Dinner at Eight
as Dan Packard
(1933)
The Bowery
as Chuck Connors
(1933)
Tugboat Annie
as Terry (Husband)
(1933)
Going Hollywood
as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
(1932)
Grand Hotel
as General Director Preysing
(1932)
Flesh
as Polakai
(1932)
Hell Divers
as "Windy" Riker
(1931)
The Secret Six
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
(1931)
The Stolen Jools
as Police Sergeant
(1931)
The Champ
as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
(1931)
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
(1931)
The Christmas Party
as Himself (uncredited)
(1930)
The Big House
as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
(1930)
Billy the Kid
as Pat Garrett
(1930)
Way for a Sailor
as Tripod
(1930)
A Lady's Morals
as P.T. Barnum
(1930)
Min and Bill
as Bill
(1929)
Chinatown Nights
as Chuck Riley
(1929)
The River of Romance
as General Orlando Jackson
(1929)
Stairs of Sand
as Lacey
(1928)
Beggars of Life
as Oklahoma Red
(1928)
The Big Killing
as Powderhorn Pete
(1928)
Partners in Crime
as Detective Mike Doolan
(1928)
Wife Savers
as Louis Hosenozzle
(1927)
Casey at the Bat
as Casey
(1927)
Two Flaming Youths
as Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
(1927)
Now We're in the Air
as Wally
(1927)
Fireman, Save My Child
as Elmer
(1926)
Behind the Front
as Riff Swanson
(1926)
Old Ironsides
as Bos'n
(1926)
We're in the Navy Now
as 'Knockout' Hansen
(1926)
Volcano
as Quembo
(1925)
The Lost World
as Prof. Challenger
(1925)
The Great Divide
as Dutch
(1925)
Adventure
as Morgan
(1925)
The Night Club
as José
(1925)
The Devil's Cargo
as Ben
(1925)
The Pony Express
as Rhode Island Red
(1925)
Rugged Water
as Capt. Bartlett
(1925)
Coming Through
as Joe Lawler
(1925)
In the Name of Love
as Glavis
(1925)
The Wanderer
as Pharis
(1925)
Let Women Alone
as Cap Bullwinkle
(1924)
The Sea Hawk
as Capt. Jasper Leigh
(1924)
So Big
as Klaus Poole
(1924)
The Signal Tower
as Joe Standish
(1924)
Dynamite Smith
as 'Slugger' Rourke
(1924)
The Red Lily
as Bo-Bo
(1924)
Another Man's Wife
as Captain Wolf
(1924)
Unseen Hands
as Jean Scholast
(1924)
Madonna of the Streets
as Bill Smythe
(1923)
Three Ages
as The Villain
(1923)
Ashes of Vengeance
as Duc de Tours
(1923)
The Spanish Dancer
as King Philip IV
(1923)
Stormswept
as William McCabe
(1923)
White Tiger
as Count Donelli / Hawkes
(1923)
Drifting
as Jules Repin
(1923)
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Gregor Karlov
(1923)
The Flame of Life
as Don Lowrie
(1923)
Bavu
as Felix Bavu
(1923)
The Eternal Struggle
as Barode Dukane
(1923)
Richard the Lion-Hearted
as King Richard
(1922)
Robin Hood
as Richard the Lion-Hearted
(1922)
Wild Honey
as Buck Roper
(1922)
The Rosary
as Kenwood Wright
(1922)
My Wife's Relations
as Photographer (uncredited)
(1922)
Trouble
as Ed Lee, the Plumber
(1922)
The Man from Hell's River
as Gaspard, The Wolf
(1922)
Hurricane's Gal
as Chris Borg
(1922)
The Sagebrush Trail
as José Fagaro
(1922)
Only a Shop Girl
as Jim Brennan
(1922)
A Blind Bargain
as Beast Man (uncredited)
(1922)
I Am the Law
as Fu Chang
(1921)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
(1921)
The White Mouse
as Dr. Lawler
(1921)
A Tale of Two Worlds
as Ling Jo
(1921)
The Northern Trail
as Otto Franke
(1921)
Patsy
as Gustave Ludermann
(1921)
The Golden Snare
as Bram Johnson
(1921)
The Last Trail
as William Kirk
(1921)
The Ne'er to Return Road
as Convict #12896
(1921)
The Policeman and the Baby
as The Crook
(1921)
(1920)
The Last of the Mohicans
as Magua
(1920)
The Mollycoddle
as Henry von Holkar
(1920)
The Round-Up
as Buck McKee
(1920)
813
as Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
(1920)
The Rookie's Return
as François Dupont
(1920)
The Virgin of Stamboul
as Sheik Achmet Hamid
(1919)
Behind the Door
as Lt. Brandt
(1919)
Victory
as August Schomberg
(1919)
The Life Line
as Bos
(1919)
Soldiers of Fortune
as Mendoza
(1919)
(1919)
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
as Undetermined role (uncredited)
(1919)
The Love Burglar
as Coast-to-Coast Taylor
(1919)
The Unpardonable Sin
as Col. Klemm
(1919)
(1918)
Johanna Enlists
as Col. Fanner
(1917)
A Bedroom Blunder
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
(1917)
Cactus Nell
as A Polished Gent
(1917)
Are Waitresses Safe?
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1917)
The Little American
as German Soldier (uncredited)
(1917)
Teddy at the Throttle
as Henry Black
(1917)
Patria
as Pancho Villa
(1917)
A Clever Dummy
as Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
(1917)
That Night
as The Cafe Proprietor
(1917)
Maggie's First False Step
as The Villain
(1917)
Bombs and Banknotes
as Janitor
(1916)
A Capable Lady Cook
as Sweedie
(1916)
A Dash of Courage
as The Police Chief
(1916)
Sweedie, the Janitor
as Sweedie - the Janitor
(1916)
The Janitor
as John - the Hotel Janitor
(1916)
Just a Few Little Things
as Fred
(1916)
Hearts and Sparks
as Minor Role
(1915)
The Victor
as Mr. Justwed
(1915)
Sweedie's Hero
as Sweedie
(1915)
The New Teacher
as Sweedie - the New Teacher
(1915)
The Slim Princess
as Popova
(1915)
A Pound for a Pound
as Buck Gibson
(1915)
Done in Wax
as The Hobo
(1915)
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
as Fred
(1915)
Sweedie Learns to Ride
as Sweedie
(1915)
Sweedie and Her Dog
as Sweedie
(1915)
Sweedie's Finish
as Sweedie
(1915)
Father's New Maid
as Jack / Sweedie
(1915)
The Broken Pledge
as Percy
(1915)
The Bouquet
as Sweedie
(1915)
Ain't It the Truth?
as Harold Wallington
(1915)
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
as Sweedie
(1915)
Love and Trouble
as Sweedie
(1915)
Sweedie's Hopeless Love
as Sweedie
(1915)
Sweedie in Vaudeville
as Sweedie
(1915)
(1915)
Sweedie Goes to College
as Sweedie
(1915)
Sweedie's Suicide
as Sweedie
(1914)
The Winner
as Fritz Noodle
(1914)
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
as Homer Splivins
(1914)
The Epidemic
as Texas Tommy
(1914)
Rivalry and War
as Krautmeyer
(1914)
The Hour and the Man
as A Juror
(1914)
Sweedie Springs a Surprise
as Sweedie
(1914)
A Foot of Romance
as Jim Foley
(1914)
(1914)
Madame Double X
as Madame Double X
(1914)
Jane
as The Doctor
(1914)
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
as The Football Hero
(1914)
Money Talks
as The Cook
(1914)
The Laundress
as Sweedie - the Laundress
(1914)
Into Society and Out
as First Tramp
(1914)
Sweedie and the Lord
as Sweedie
(1914)
Actor Finney's Finish
as Actor James Finney
(1914)
Sweedie's Skate
as Sweedie
(1914)
The Fickleness of Sweedie
as Sweedie
(1914)
Sweedie Learns to Swim
as Sweedie
(1914)
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
as The Coming Champion
(1914)
Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind
as The Lover
(1914)
(1914)
The Prevailing Craze
as Wally
(1914)
One-to-Three
as Willie Brace
(1914)
Their Cheap Vacation
as Mr. Newlywed
(1914)
A Maid of War
as Sweedie
(1914)
Countess Sweedie
as Sweedie
(1914)
The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar
as The Cop
(1914)
Sweedie's Clean-Up
as Sweedie
(1914)
Love and Soda
as The Plumber
(1914)
This Is the Life
as Hiram Stebbins
(1914)
Sweedie at the Fair
as Sweedie
(1914)
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
as Prof. Bunkum
(1914)
(1914)
Three Boiled Down Fables
as Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
(1914)
Grass County Goes Dry
as The Constable
(1914)
Topsy-Turvy Sweedie
as Sweedie
(1914)
Three Little Powders
as Wallace Williams
(1914)
Sweedie Collects for Charity
as Sweedie
(1914)
(1914)
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
as Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
as Sweedie
(1914)
Mrs. Manly's Baby
as Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
(1914)
Wrong All Around
as The Plumber
(1914)
The Bargain Hunters
as Mr. Hunter
(1914)
Sweedie the Swatter
as Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
(1914)
Curing a Husband
as Robert - the Husband
(1914)
In and Out
as Hans
(1914)
The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
as Attorney for Suggs
(1914)
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
as Sweedie
(1914)
When Knights Were Bold
as The Earl
(1914)
She Landed a Big One
as Sweedie
(1914)
And He Came Back
as Horatio Algernon Botts
(1914)
Oh, Doctor
as The Deaf Minister
(1914)
Sweedie and the Double Exposure
as Sweedie
(1914)
(1913)
Love Incognito
as Secondary Role
(1913)
(1913)
At the Old Maid's Call
as Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
(1913)
Day by Day
as Bill the Iceman
(1913)
The Usual Way
as The Dentist
(1913)
Mr. Dippy Dipped
as Undetermined Role
(1913)
Sweet Revenge
as Phil Culture
(1913)
(1913)
Their Wives' Indiscretion
as Mr. Jones
(1913)
(1913)
A Successful Failure
as The Uncle
(1913)
Kitty's Knight
as Mike McManus
(1913)
His Athletic Wife
as Mr. Strong
(1913)
Smithy's Grandma Party
as Prof. Smithy
Crew
(1919)
Only a Janitor
Director
(1919)
A Beach Nut
Scenario Writer, Director
(1917)
Bombs and Banknotes
Director
(1916)
Sweedie, the Janitor
Story, Director
(1916)
The Janitor
Director, Writer
(1916)
Just a Few Little Things
Director, Scenario Writer
(1916)
A Capable Lady Cook
Director
(1915)
Snakeville’s Champion
Director
(1914)
She Landed a Big One
Director
(1914)
Rivalry and War
Director
(1913)
Kitty's Knight
Director