Wallace MacDonald
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-05-04
Day of Death
1978-10-30 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Wallace MacDonald
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
Acting
(1937)
A Street of Memory
as Narrator (voice)
(1934)
Their Big Moment
as Theater Manager (uncredited)
(1933)
Night Flight
as Mechanic (uncredited)
(1933)
The Mayor of Hell
as Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
(1933)
I Loved a Woman
as Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
(1933)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
(1933)
King of the Wild Horses
as Gorman
(1933)
The Vanishing Frontier
as Captain Roger Kearney
(1932)
The Riding Tornado
as Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman
(1932)
Two-Fisted Law
as Artie
(1932)
Texas Cyclone
as Nick Lawler
(1932)
Hello Trouble
as LaTange
(1932)
Between Fighting Men
as Wally Thompson
(1932)
High Speed
as Tom Corliss
(1932)
The Arm of the Law
as Newspaper Reporter
(1932)
Daring Danger
as Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald)
(1931)
Millie
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1931)
The Last Flight
as Officer at Hospital
(1931)
Fifty Fathoms Deep
as Mate
(1931)
The Range Feud
as Hank
(1931)
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Prince Gregor Petroff
(1931)
Branded
as Stage Robber
(1931)
The Pagan Lady
as Francisco
(1930)
Fighting Thru
as George 'Tennessee' Malden
(1930)
The Rogue Song
as Hassan
(1930)
Madam Satan
as First Mate
(1930)
Zampa
as The Villain
(1929)
Hit the Deck
as Lieutenant Allen
(1929)
Sweetie
as Bill Barrington
(1929)
Darkened Rooms
as Bert Nelson
(1929)
Fancy Baggage
as Ernest Hardin
(1928)
Blockade
as Vincent
(1928)
Tropical Nights
as Stavnow
(1927)
Red Signals
as Lee Bryson
(1927)
Drums of the Desert
as Will Newton
(1927)
Tumbling River
as Keechie
(1926)
Two Can Play
as Robert MacForth
(1926)
The Checkered Flag
as Jack Reese
(1926)
Hell's Four Hundred
as Marshall Langham
(1926)
Faithful Wives
as Tom Burke
(1925)
The Charmer
as Ralph Bayne
(1925)
Learning to Love
as Professor Bonnard
(1925)
The Primrose Path
as Bruce Armstrong
(1925)
Lightnin'
as John Marvin
(1925)
The Lady
as Leonard St. Aubyns
(1925)
New Lives for Old
as Hugh Warren
(1925)
Wandering Fires
as Norman Yuell
(1924)
The Sea Hawk
as Peter Godolphin
(1924)
Roaring Rails
as Malcolm Gregory
(1924)
Thy Name Is Woman
as Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar
(1924)
Love and Glory
as Anatole Picard
(1924)
Curlytop
as Bill Branigan
(1923)
Maytime
as Claude Van Zandt
(1923)
The Day of Faith
as John Anstell
(1923)
The Spoilers
as Broncho Kid
(1922)
A Fool There Was
as Avery Parmelee
(1922)
The Understudy
as Tom Manning
(1921)
A Poor Relation
as Johnny Smith
(1921)
The Sage Hen
as Her Son, as a Man
(1920)
Trumpet Island
as Richard Bedell
(1920)
The Fighting Shepherdess
as Hughie
(1920)
Are All Men Alike?
as Gerry Rhinelander West
(1920)
Rouge and Riches
as Tom Rushworth
(1919)
The Follies Girl
as Ned
(1919)
The Little Boss
as Clayton Hargis
(1919)
Leave It to Susan
as Jimmy Dawson
(1919)
Cupid Forecloses
as Bruce Cartwright
(1918)
Marked Cards
as Ted Breslin
(1917)
The Princess of Park Row
as Tom Kearney
(1916)
Purity
as Youth
(1916)
Youth's Endearing Charm
as Harry Disbrow
(1915)
Their Last Haul
as Crook
(1914)
The Star Boarder
as Boarder (uncredited)
(1914)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1914)
Mabel's Busy Day
as Spectator (uncredited)
(1914)
Love and Bullets
as The Trouble Mender's Secretary
(1914)
Caught in a Cabaret
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1914)
Those Love Pangs
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1914)
The Rounders
as Diner
(1914)
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Drinker
(1914)
The Knockout
as Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
(1914)
Fatty Again
as The Boarder - Father's Choice
(1914)
Dough and Dynamite
as Customer
(1914)
Zip, the Dodger
as Minta's Sweetheart
(1914)
Mabel's Married Life
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1914)
Mabel's Blunder
as Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend
Crew
(1959)
Gunmen from Laredo
Producer, Director
(1958)
Return to Warbow
Producer
(1957)
No Time to Be Young
Producer
(1957)
The Hard Man
Executive Producer
(1957)
The Phantom Stagecoach
Producer
(1956)
The White Squaw
Producer
(1956)
Fury at Gunsight Pass
Producer
(1955)
Cell 2455 Death Row
Producer
(1955)
Apache Ambush
Producer
(1954)
Wyoming Renegades
Producer
(1954)
Massacre Canyon
Producer
(1953)
Man in the Dark
Producer
(1953)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Producer
(1953)
Target Hong Kong
Producer
(1952)
Harem Girl
Producer
(1951)
Corky of Gasoline Alley
Producer
(1950)
The Tougher They Come
Producer
(1950)
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
Producer
(1950)
(1949)
Rusty's Birthday
Producer
(1949)
Air Hostess
Producer
(1949)
Rusty Saves a Life
Producer
(1948)
Port Said
Producer
(1948)
Rusty Leads the Way
Producer
(1948)
My Dog Rusty
Producer
(1948)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Producer
(1947)
The Son of Rusty
Producer
(1947)
When a Girl's Beautiful
Producer
(1946)
The Unknown
Producer
(1946)
Personality Kid
Producer
(1945)
Escape in the Fog
Producer
(1945)
My Name Is Julia Ross
Producer
(1945)
I Love a Mystery
Producer
(1945)
Eve Knew Her Apples
Producer
(1945)
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
Producer
(1944)
The Missing Juror
Producer
(1944)
Sailor's Holiday
Producer
(1944)
She's a Soldier Too
Producer
(1944)
Cry of the Werewolf
Producer
(1943)
The Chance of a Lifetime
Producer
(1943)
Redhead from Manhattan
Producer
(1943)
Passport to Suez
Producer
(1942)
Alias Boston Blackie
Producer
(1942)
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
Producer
(1942)
Counter-Espionage
Producer
(1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life
Associate Producer
(1942)
Hello, Annapolis
Producer
(1942)
Lucky Legs
Producer
(1942)
Submarine Raider
Producer
(1942)
Parachute Nurse
Producer
(1942)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Producer
(1941)
The Devil Commands
Producer
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
Producer
(1941)
Honolulu Lu
Producer
(1941)
Harmon of Michigan
Producer
(1941)
Two Latins from Manhattan
Producer
(1940)
The Man with Nine Lives
Producer
(1940)
Girls of the Road
Producer
(1940)
Men Without Souls
Producer
(1940)
Before I Hang
Producer
(1940)
Glamour for Sale
Producer
(1940)
Military Academy
Executive Producer
(1939)
The Man They Could Not Hang
Producer
(1939)
Behind Prison Gates
Producer
(1938)
Highway Patrol
Producer
(1937)
The Shadow
Producer
(1937)
Venus Makes Trouble
Producer
(1937)
Murder in Greenwich Village
Associate Producer
(1936)
Doughnuts and Society
Screenplay, Story
(1935)
Hitch Hike Lady
Original Story
(1935)
The Fighting Marines
Story
(1935)
The Phantom Empire
Story
(1934)
In Old Santa Fe
Story
(1932)
The Wyoming Whirlwind
Writer
(1932)
Cornered
Writer
(1928)
Cook, Papa, Cook
Director
(1928)
Wife Trouble
Director
(1922)
The Sea Raiders
Story