Wallace MacDonald
Known for: Acting
Born: May 4, 1891
Died: October 30, 1978
Place of birth: Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.
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Filmography
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5.4
Gunmen from Laredo
1959
5.9
Return to Warbow
1958
5.2
The Hard Man
1957
6.4
No Time to Be Young
1957
7.5
The Phantom Stagecoach
1957
6.8
The White Squaw
1956
6.2
Fury at Gunsight Pass
1956
6.3
Apache Ambush
1955
5.6
Cell 2455 Death Row
1955
6.7
Massacre Canyon
1954
6.1
Wyoming Renegades
1954
6.6
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953
6.2
Man in the Dark
1953
5.8
Target Hong Kong
1953
6.5
Harem Girl
1952
8.0
Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951
7.0
The Big Gusher
1951
6.2
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
1950
5.3
The Tougher They Come
1950
6.5
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
19507.0
Rusty's Birthday
1949
5.8
Air Hostess
1949
7.0
Rusty Saves a Life
1949
8.0
Rusty Leads the Way
1948
7.5
Port Said
1948
8.5
My Dog Rusty
1948
7.0
The Wreck of the Hesperus
19488.0
When a Girl's Beautiful
194710.0
The Son of Rusty
1947
10.0
Personality Kid
1946
6.3
The Unknown
1946
6.7
My Name Is Julia Ross
19455.6
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945
5.4
Escape in the Fog
1945
9.0
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
1945
6.4
I Love a Mystery
1945
6.3
The Missing Juror
1944
4.8
Cry of the Werewolf
1944
5.5
She's a Soldier Too
1944
7.0
Sailor's Holiday
1944
6.7
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943
6.3
Passport to Suez
1943
5.3
Redhead from Manhattan
1943
5.6
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1942
9.0
Lucky Legs
1942
6.7
Counter-Espionage
1942
7.0
Parachute Nurse
1942
5.7
Submarine Raider
1942
8.5
Hello, Annapolis
1942
5.7
Alias Boston Blackie
1942
5.3
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942
7.3
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
5.8
Honolulu Lu
1941
6.0
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941
7.5
Harmon of Michigan
1941
6.3
The Devil Commands
1941
6.5
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
5.0
Glamour for Sale
1940
6.3
Before I Hang
1940
7.0
Military Academy
1940
5.4
Girls of the Road
1940
6.7
Men Without Souls
1940
6.3
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
6.6
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
10.0
Behind Prison Gates
19399.0
Highway Patrol
1938
7.0
The Shadow
1937
5.8
Murder in Greenwich Village
19375.0
Venus Makes Trouble
193710.0
A Street of Memory
1937
8.0
Doughnuts and Society
1936
7.8
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
6.5
The Fighting Marines
1935
5.8
The Phantom Empire
1935
5.8
In Old Santa Fe
1934
4.7
Their Big Moment
1934
4.8
The World Changes
1933
8.0
King of the Wild Horses
1933
5.6
Night Flight
1933
4.8
I Loved a Woman
1933
6.2
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
7.0
The Mayor of Hell
1933
7.2
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
8.0
The Vanishing Frontier
1933
5.0
The Wyoming Whirlwind
1932
8.0
Tex Takes a Holiday
1932
6.0
Between Fighting Men
1932
7.5
Cornered
1932
7.0
Hello Trouble
1932
10.0
Daring Danger
1932
4.8
Two-Fisted Law
1932
7.0
The Riding Tornado
1932
5.3
The Arm of the Law
1932
5.0
High Speed
1932
4.5
Texas Cyclone
1932
5.2
The Range Feud
1931
4.0
The Pagan Lady
1931
6.5
Branded
1931
6.5
The Last Flight
1931
3.7
Fifty Fathoms Deep
1931
5.5
The Drums of Jeopardy
1931
5.3
Millie
1931
7.0
Fighting Thru
1930
5.9
Madam Satan
19307.0
Zampa
1930
6.5
The Rogue Song
1930
8.5
Hit the Deck
19295.5
Dark Skies
1929
6.6
Darkened Rooms
1929
6.6
Sweetie
1929
10.0
Fancy Baggage
1929
10.0
Blockade
1928
8.0
Tropical Nights
19288.0
Wife Trouble
1928
7.0
Cook, Papa, Cook
1928
8.0
Tumbling River
19279.0
Your Wife and Mine
1927
7.0
Drums of the Desert
1927
9.0
Red Signals
192710.0
Faithful Wives
19268.0
Fighting with Buffalo Bill
1926
8.0
The Bar-C Mystery
19269.0
Hell's Four Hundred
1926
9.0
Two Can Play
1926
7.0
Casey of the Coast Guard
19267.0
The Checkered Flag
192610.0
Wandering Fires
1925
5.8
The Primrose Path
1925
6.6
Lightnin'
1925
7.0
The Charmer
1925
9.0
New Lives for Old
1925
5.8
The Lady
1925
9.0
Learning to Love
1925
10.0
Curlytop
1924
10.0
Love and Glory
1924
6.9
Roaring Rails
1924
6.8
The Sea Hawk
1924
7.0
Thy Name Is Woman
1924
8.0
The Heart Bandit
1924
7.0
Maytime
1923
8.0
The Day of Faith
1923
9.0
The Spoilers
19239.0
The Sea Raiders
1922
9.0
Youth Must Have Love
1922
10.0
Caught Bluffing
1922
10.0
The Understudy
1922
10.0
A Fool There Was
1922
8.0
A Poor Relation
1921
9.0
Breaking Through
1921
10.0
The Sage Hen
1921
9.0
Cinderella's Twin
1920
7.0
Are All Men Alike?
1920
7.5
Trumpet Island
1920
8.0
Moon Madness
1920
10.0
The Fighting Shepherdess
1920
7.0
Rouge and Riches
1920
9.0
A Girl Named Mary
1919
7.0
Brothers Divided
1919
9.0
Cupid Forecloses
1919
10.0
The Little Boss
1919
9.0
Leave It to Susan
1919
8.0
The Follies Girl
1919
9.0
Spotlight Sadie
1919NR
Marked Cards
1918
NR
Madame Sphinx
1918
NR
The Shoes That Danced
1918
NR
The Princess of Park Row
1917NR
Nanette of the Wilds
1916
NR
Youth's Endearing Charm
1916
2.0
Purity
191610.0
Their Last Haul
1915
6.2
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
6.1
Dough and Dynamite
1914
NR
Zip, the Dodger
1914
5.6
Those Love Pangs
1914NR
Fatty Again
1914
5.2
Mabel's Blunder
1914
6.1
The Rounders
1914
5.4
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1914NR
Love and Bullets
1914
5.9
Mabel's Married Life
1914
5.7
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
5.8
The Knockout
1914
5.8
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
5.2
The Star Boarder
1914