Wallace Beery

Acting

Wallace Beery

Born 31 March 1885 · Clay County, Missouri, USA · Died 15 April 1949 at 64

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

Highlights

Grand Hotel1932 · Film · General Director Preysing
The Lost World1925 · Film · Prof. Challenger
Three Ages1923 · Film · The Villain
Dinner at Eight1933 · Film · Dan Packard
The Champ1931 · Film · Andy 'Champ' Purcell
Treasure Island1934 · Film · Long John Silver

Filmography

Movies

186 films

Away with Words2026 · Film · Wallace Beery
Big Jack1949 · Film · Big Jack Horner
A Date with Judy1948 · Film · Melvin R. Foster
Alias a Gentleman1948 · Film · Jim Breedin
The Mighty McGurk1947 · Film · Roy 'Slag' McGurk
Bad Bascomb1946 · Film · Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
This Man's Navy1945 · Film · Ned Trumpet
Barbary Coast Gent1944 · Film · Honest Plush Brannon
Rationing1944 · Film · Ben Barton
Salute to the Marines1943 · Film · Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
Jackass Mail1942 · Film · Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
The Bugle Sounds1942 · Film · Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
Barnacle Bill1941 · Film · Bill Johansen
The Bad Man1941 · Film · Pancho Lopez
Wyoming1940 · Film · 'Reb' Harkness
20 Mule Team1940 · Film · Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
The Man from Dakota1940 · Film · "Bar" Barstow
Thunder Afloat1939 · Film · John Thorson
Sergeant Madden1939 · Film · Sgt. Shaun Madden
Stand Up and Fight1939 · Film · Captain Boss Starkey
Stablemates1938 · Film · Thomas Terry
Port of Seven Seas1938 · Film · Cesar
The Bad Man of Brimstone1937 · Film · 'Trigger' Bill
Slave Ship1937 · Film · Jack Thompson
The Good Old Soak1937 · Film · Clem Hawley
Old Hutch1936 · Film · "Hutch" Hutchins
A Message to Garcia1936 · Film · Sgt. Dory
Ah, Wilderness!1935 · Film · Uncle Sid
O'Shaughnessy's Boy1935 · Film · Michael O'Shaughnessy
China Seas1935 · Film · Jamesy MacArdle
West Point of the Air1935 · Film · Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
The Mighty Barnum1934 · Film · Phineas T. Barnum
Treasure Island1934 · Film · Long John Silver
Viva Villa!1934 · Film · Pancho Villa
Dinner at Eight1933 · Film · Dan Packard
The Bowery1933 · Film · Chuck Connors
Tugboat Annie1933 · Film · Terry (Husband)
Flesh1932 · Film · Polakai
Grand Hotel1932 · Film · General Director Preysing
Hell Divers1932 · Film · "Windy" Riker
The Champ1931 · Film · Andy 'Champ' Purcell
The Secret Six1931 · Film · Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
The Stolen Jools1931 · Film · Police Sergeant
Min and Bill1930 · Film · Bill
A Lady's Morals1930 · Film · P.T. Barnum
Way for a Sailor1930 · Film · Tripod
Billy the Kid1930 · Film · Pat Garrett
The Big House1930 · Film · Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
The River of Romance1929 · Film · General Orlando Jackson
Stairs of Sand1929 · Film · Lacey
Chinatown Nights1929 · Film · Chuck Riley
Beggars of Life1928 · Film · Oklahoma Red
The Big Killing1928 · Film · Powderhorn Pete
Partners in Crime1928 · Film · Mike Doolan, The Detective
Wife Savers1928 · Film · Louis Hozenozzle
Two Flaming Youths1927 · Film · Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
Now We're in the Air1927 · Film · Wally
Fireman, Save My Child1927 · Film · Elmer
Casey at the Bat1927 · Film · Casey
Old Ironsides1926 · Film · Bos'n
We're in the Navy Now1926 · Film · 'Knockout' Hansen
Volcano1926 · Film · Quembo
Behind the Front1926 · Film · Riff Swanson
The Pony Express1925 · Film · Rhode Island Red
The Wanderer1925 · Film · Pharis
Rugged Water1925 · Film · Capt. Bartlett
In the Name of Love1925 · Film · Glavis
Adventure1925 · Film · Morgan
The Night Club1925 · Film · José
Coming Through1925 · Film · Joe Lawler
The Great Divide1925 · Film · Dutch
The Lost World1925 · Film · Prof. Challenger
The Devil's Cargo1925 · Film · Ben
Let Women Alone1925 · Film · Cap Bullwinkle
So Big1924 · Film · Klaus Poole
Madonna of the Streets1924 · Film · Bill Smythe
Dynamite Smith1924 · Film · 'Slugger' Rourke
The Red Lily1924 · Film · Bo-Bo
Another Man's Wife1924 · Film · Captain Wolf
The Signal Tower1924 · Film · Joe Standish
The Sea Hawk1924 · Film · Capt. Jasper Leigh
Unseen Hands1924 · Film · Jean Scholast
White Tiger1923 · Film · Count Donelli / Hawkes
The Drums of Jeopardy1923 · Film · Gregor Karlov
Richard the Lion-Hearted1923 · Film · King Richard
The Eternal Struggle1923 · Film · Barode Dukane
The Spanish Dancer1923 · Film · King Philip IV
Three Ages1923 · Film · The Villain
Drifting1923 · Film · Jules Repin
Ashes of Vengeance1923 · Film · Duc de Tours
Bavu1923 · Film · Felix Bavu
Stormswept1923 · Film · William McCabe
The Flame of Life1923 · Film · Don Lowrie
Only a Shop Girl1922 · Film · Jim Brennan
A Blind Bargain1922 · Film · Beast Man (uncredited)
Robin Hood1922 · Film · Richard the Lion-Hearted
Trouble1922 · Film · Ed Lee, the Plumber
Alias Julius Caesar1922 · Film
Hurricane's Gal1922 · Film · Chris Borg
I Am the Law1922 · Film · Fu Chang
My Wife's Relations1922 · Film · Photographer (uncredited)
The Man from Hell's River1922 · Film · Gaspard, The Wolf
The Sagebrush Trail1922 · Film · José Fagaro
Wild Honey1922 · Film · Buck Roper
The Rosary1922 · Film · Kenwood Wright
The White Mouse1921 · Film · Dr. Lawler
The Last Trail1921 · Film · William Kirk
The Ne'er to Return Road1921 · Film · Convict #12896
The Policeman and the Baby1921 · Film · The Crook
The Golden Snare1921 · Film · Bram Johnson
The Northern Trail1921 · Film · Otto Franke
A Tale of Two Worlds1921 · Film · Ling Jo
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1921 · Film · Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
The Rookie's Return1920 · Film · François Dupont
The Last of the Mohicans1920 · Film · Magua
8131920 · Film · Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
The Round-Up1920 · Film · Buck McKee
The Mollycoddle1920 · Film · Henry von Holkar
The Virgin of Stamboul1920 · Film · Sheik Achmet Hamid
The Lone Wolf's Daughter1919 · Film · Undetermined role (uncredited)
Behind the Door1919 · Film · Lt. Brandt
Victory1919 · Film · August Schomberg
Soldiers of Fortune1919 · Film · Mendoza
The Life Line1919 · Film · Bos
The Love Burglar1919 · Film · Coast-to-Coast Taylor
The Unpardonable Sin1919 · Film · Col. Klemm
Johanna Enlists1918 · Film · Col. Fanner
That Night1917 · Film · The Cafe Proprietor
Are Waitresses Safe?1917 · Film · Party Guest (uncredited)
A Bedroom Blunder1917 · Film · Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
A Clever Dummy1917 · Film · Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
The Little American1917 · Film · German Soldier (uncredited)
Cactus Nell1917 · Film · A Polished Gent
Teddy at the Throttle1917 · Film · Henry Black
Maggie's First False Step1917 · Film · The Villain
Patria1917 · Film · Pancho Villa
Sweedie's Finish1915 · Film · Sweedie
The Slim Princess1915 · Film · Popova
Sweedie's Hero1915 · Film · Sweedie
The Victor1915 · Film · Mr. Justwed
Sweedie Goes to College1915 · Film · Sweedie
The New Teacher1915 · Film · Sweedie - the New Teacher
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten1915 · Film · Fred
Sweedie and Her Dog1915 · Film · Sweedie
Sweedie's Suicide1915 · Film · Sweedie
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present1915 · Film · Sweedie
Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind1914 · Film · The Lover
Sweedie Collects for Charity1914 · Film · Sweedie
Their Cheap Vacation1914 · Film · Mr. Newlywed
Madame Double X1914 · Film · Madame Double X
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify1914 · Film · Homer Splivins
Sweedie and the Hypnotist1914 · Film · Sweedie
A Maid of War1914 · Film · Sweedie
Sweedie at the Fair1914 · Film · Sweedie
Countess Sweedie1914 · Film · Sweedie
Three Boiled Down Fables1914 · Film · Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
Sweedie the Trouble Maker1914 · Film · Sweedie
The Laundress1914 · Film · Sweedie - the Laundress
Rivalry and War1914 · Film · Krautmeyer
She Landed a Big One1914 · Film · Sweedie
Sweedie Learns to Swim1914 · Film · Sweedie
The Fickleness of Sweedie1914 · Film · Sweedie
Sweedie's Clean-Up1914 · Film · Sweedie
Sweedie's Skate1914 · Film · Sweedie
Money Talks1914 · Film · The Cook
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps1914 · Film · Prof. Bunkum
Sweedie the Swatter1914 · Film · Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
The Epidemic1914 · Film · Texas Tommy
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine1914 · Film · Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
This Is the Life1914 · Film · Hiram Stebbins
Jane1914 · Film · The Doctor
Curing a Husband1914 · Film · Robert - the Husband
Wrong All Around1914 · Film · The Plumber
The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar1914 · Film · The Cop
Mrs. Manly's Baby1914 · Film · Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
Into Society and Out1914 · Film · First Tramp
Looking for Trouble1914 · Film
The Hour and the Man1914 · Film · A Juror
A Foot of Romance1914 · Film · Jim Foley
At the Old Maid's Call1913 · Film · Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
Hello, Trouble1913 · Film
Smithy's Grandma Party1913 · Film · Prof. Smithy
Kitty's Knight1913 · Film · Mike McManus
The Usual Way1913 · Film · The Dentist
Their Wives' Indiscretion1913 · Film · Mr. Jones
Day by Day1913 · Film · Bill the Iceman