Acting
160
Man
May 4, 1891
Oct 30, 1978 (87)
Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Wallace MacDonald
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.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | A Street of Memory | Narrator (voice) |
| 1934 | Their Big Moment | Theater Manager (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Mayor of Hell | Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Night Flight | Mechanic (uncredited) |
| 1933 | I Loved a Woman | Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Mary Stevens, M.D. | SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Vanishing Frontier | Captain Roger Kearney |
| 1933 | King of the Wild Horses | Gorman |
| 1932 | Two-Fisted Law | Artie |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone | Nick Lawler |
| 1932 | Between Fighting Men | Wally Thompson |
| 1932 | Hello Trouble | LaTange |
| 1932 | High Speed | Tom Corliss |
| 1932 | Daring Danger | Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald) |
| 1932 | The Riding Tornado | Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman |
| 1931 | The Range Feud | Hank |
| 1931 | Millie | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Drums of Jeopardy | Prince Gregor Petroff |
| 1931 | The Last Flight | Officer at Hospital |
| 1931 | The Pagan Lady | Francisco |
| 1931 | Branded | Stage Robber |
| 1931 | Fifty Fathoms Deep | Mate |
| 1930 | Madam Satan | First Mate |
| 1930 | The Rogue Song | Hassan |
| 1930 | Fighting Thru | George 'Tennessee' Malden |
| 1930 | Zampa | The Villain |
| 1929 | Darkened Rooms | Bert Nelson |
| 1929 | Sweetie | Bill Barrington |
| 1929 | Hit the Deck | Lieutenant Allen |
| 1929 | Fancy Baggage | Ernest Hardin |
| 1928 | Blockade | Vincent |
| 1928 | Tropical Nights | Stavnow |
| 1927 | Tumbling River | Keechie |
| 1927 | Drums of the Desert | Will Newton |
| 1927 | Red Signals | Lee Bryson |
| 1926 | Two Can Play | Robert MacForth |
| 1926 | The Checkered Flag | Jack Reese |
| 1926 | Hell's Four Hundred | Marshall Langham |
| 1925 | The Lady | Leonard St. Aubyns |
| 1925 | Lightnin' | John Marvin |
| 1925 | The Primrose Path | Bruce Armstrong |
| 1925 | The Charmer | Ralph Bayne |
| 1925 | Wandering Fires | Norman Yuell |
| 1925 | Learning to Love | Professor Bonnard |
| 1925 | New Lives for Old | Hugh Warren |
| 1924 | The Sea Hawk | Peter Godolphin |
| 1924 | Roaring Rails | Malcolm Gregory |
| 1924 | Curlytop | Bill Branigan |
| 1924 | Love and Glory | Anatole Picard |
| 1924 | Thy Name Is Woman | Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar |
| 1923 | Maytime | Claude Van Zandt |
| 1923 | The Day of Faith | John Anstell |
| 1923 | The Spoilers | Broncho Kid |
| 1922 | A Fool There Was | Avery Parmelee |
| 1921 | A Poor Relation | Johnny Smith |
| 1921 | The Sage Hen | |
| 1920 | Trumpet Island | Richard Bedell |
| 1920 | Rouge and Riches | Tom Rushworth |
| 1920 | The Fighting Shepherdess | Hughie |
| 1920 | Are All Men Alike? | Gerry Rhinelander West |
| 1919 | Leave It to Susan | Jimmy Dawson |
| 1919 | The Little Boss | Clayton Hargis |
| 1919 | Cupid Forecloses | Bruce Cartwright |
| 1919 | The Follies Girl | Ned |
| 1918 | Marked Cards | Ted Breslin |
| 1917 | The Princess of Park Row | Tom Kearney |
| 1916 | Youth's Endearing Charm | Harry Disbrow |
| 1915 | Their Last Haul | |
| 1914 | Tillie's Punctured Romance | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Mabel's Married Life | Delivery Boy (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Rounders | Diner |
| 1914 | Caught in a Cabaret | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Those Love Pangs | Movie Patron (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Dough and Dynamite | Customer |
| 1914 | The Knockout | Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Face on the Barroom Floor | Drinker |
| 1914 | The Star Boarder | Boarder (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Mabel's Busy Day | Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Mabel's Blunder | Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend |
| 1914 | Zip, the Dodger | Minta's Sweetheart |
| 1914 | Love and Bullets | The Trouble Mender's Secretary |
| 1914 | Fatty Again | The Boarder - Father's Choice |