Acting
Wallace MacDonald
EN, NL, XX cinema · 185 credits
Born
4 May 1891
Died
30 October 1978 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also known as Wallace Archibald MacDonald · Wallace Mac Donald · Wallace McDonald · Wheeler 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.
Known for
Filmography
Gunmen from Laredo
Producer, Director
Return to Warbow
Producer
No Time to Be Young
Producer
The Hard Man
Executive Producer
The White Squaw
Producer
Cell 2455 Death Row
Producer
Apache Ambush
Producer
Wyoming Renegades
Producer
Massacre Canyon
Producer
Man in the Dark
Producer
Target Hong Kong
Producer
Harem Girl
Producer
The Big Gusher
Producer
Air Hostess
Producer
Rusty Saves a Life
Producer
Port Said
Producer
Rusty Leads the Way
Producer
My Dog Rusty
Producer
The Unknown
Producer
Personality Kid
Producer
Escape in the Fog
Producer
I Love a Mystery
Producer
The Missing Juror
Producer
Sailor's Holiday
Producer
She's a Soldier Too
Producer
Cry of the Werewolf
Producer
Passport to Suez
Producer
Alias Boston Blackie
Producer
Counter-Espionage
Producer
The Man Who Returned to Life
Associate Producer
Hello, Annapolis
Producer
Lucky Legs
Producer
Submarine Raider
Producer
Parachute Nurse
Producer
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Producer
The Devil Commands
Producer
Honolulu Lu
Producer
Harmon of Michigan
Producer
Girls of the Road
Producer
Men Without Souls
Producer
Before I Hang
Producer
Glamour for Sale
Producer
Military Academy
Executive Producer
Behind Prison Gates
Producer
A Street of Memory
1937
A Street of Memory
as Narrator (voice)
The Shadow
Producer
Murder in Greenwich Village
Associate Producer
Doughnuts and Society
Screenplay, Story
Hitch Hike Lady
Original Story
Their Big Moment
as Theater Manager (uncredited)
The Vanishing Frontier
as Captain Roger Kearney
The Mayor of Hell
as Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
I Loved a Woman
as Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
King of the Wild Horses
as Gorman
Night Flight
as Mechanic (uncredited)
The World Changes
as Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Hello Trouble
as LaTange
Between Fighting Men
as Wally Thompson
Two-Fisted Law
as Artie
Texas Cyclone
as Nick Lawler
High Speed
as Tom Corliss
The Riding Tornado
as Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman
Daring Danger
as Jughandle (as Wallace McDonald)
The Arm of the Law
as Newspaper Reporter
Cornered
Writer
Branded
as Stage Robber
The Range Feud
as Hank
The Pagan Lady
as Francisco
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Prince Gregor Petroff
The Last Flight
as Officer at Hospital
Millie
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Fighting Thru
as George 'Tennessee' Malden
The Rogue Song
as Hassan
Madam Satan
as First Mate
Zampa
1930
Zampa
as The Villain
Darkened Rooms
as Bert Nelson
Sweetie
as Bill Barrington
Fancy Baggage
as Ernest Hardin
Hit the Deck
as Lieutenant Allen
Dark Skies
1929
Dark Skies
as Captain Pedro Real
Blockade
as Vincent
Tropical Nights
as Stavnow
Cook, Papa, Cook
Director
Tumbling River
as Keechie
Drums of the Desert
as Will Newton
Red Signals
as Lee Bryson
Your Wife and Mine
1927
Your Wife and Mine
as Robert Warren
Two Can Play
as Robert MacForth
The Checkered Flag
1926
The Checkered Flag
as Jack Reese
Hell's Four Hundred
1926
Hell's Four Hundred
as Marshall Langham
Faithful Wives
1926
Faithful Wives
as Tom Burke
The Bar-C Mystery
as Nevada
Casey of the Coast Guard
as Coast Guardsman
The Primrose Path
as Bruce Armstrong
Lightnin'
as John Marvin
The Lady
as Leonard St. Aubyns
The Charmer
as Ralph Bayne
Wandering Fires
1925
Wandering Fires
as Norman Yuell
Learning to Love
as Professor Bonnard
New Lives for Old
as Hugh Warren
The Sea Hawk
as Peter Godolphin
Roaring Rails
as Malcolm Gregory
Curlytop
as Bill Branigan
Love and Glory
as Anatole Picard
Thy Name Is Woman
as Capt. Rodrigo de Castelar
The Heart Bandit
as 'Spike' Malone
Maytime
as Claude Van Zandt
The Day of Faith
as John Anstell
The Spoilers
as Broncho Kid
A Fool There Was
as Avery Parmelee
The Understudy
as Tom Manning
Caught Bluffing
as Wallace Towers
Youth Must Have Love
as Earl Stannard
A Poor Relation
as Johnny Smith
The Sage Hen
as Her Son, as a Man
Breaking Through
as Willard Ward
Rouge and Riches
as Tom Rushworth
Are All Men Alike?
as Gerry Rhinelander West
Trumpet Island
as Richard Bedell
Moon Madness
as Jan
Cinderella's Twin
as Prentice Blue
Leave It to Susan
as Jimmy Dawson
The Little Boss
as Clayton Hargis
Cupid Forecloses
as Bruce Cartwright
A Girl Named Mary
as Henry Martin
Spotlight Sadie
as Dick Carrington
Brothers Divided
as Max King
Marked Cards
1918
Marked Cards
as Ted Breslin
Madame Sphinx
as Andre Du Bois
The Shoes That Danced
as Harmony Lad
The Princess of Park Row
as Tom Kearney
Youth's Endearing Charm
as Harry Disbrow
Purity
as Youth
Nanette of the Wilds
1916
Nanette of the Wilds
as Harry Jennings
Dough and Dynamite
as Customer
Caught in a Cabaret
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Zip, the Dodger
as Minta's Sweetheart
Mabel's Married Life
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Rounders
as Diner
Love and Bullets
1914
Love and Bullets
as The Trouble Mender's Secretary
Fatty Again
1914
Fatty Again
as The Boarder - Father's Choice
The Star Boarder
as Boarder (uncredited)
Those Love Pangs
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
The Knockout
as Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
Mabel's Busy Day
as Spectator (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Policeman (uncredited)
Mabel's Blunder
as Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend