Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

261

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-03-31

Deathday

1949-04-15 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Clay County, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery

Wallace Beery

Biography

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

6.9%

Grand Hotel

May 25, 1932

6.7%

The Lost World

Feb 2, 1925

6.8%

Three Ages

Sep 24, 1923

6.7%

Dinner at Eight

Dec 22, 1933

6.1%

My Wife's Relations

May 15, 1922

6.4%

The Image Book

Oct 11, 2018

6.5%

Treasure Island

Aug 17, 1934

7.3%

That's Entertainment!

Jun 21, 1974

7.1%

The Champ

Nov 21, 1931

6.4%

Robin Hood

Oct 18, 1922

6.6%

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Mar 6, 1921

6.7%

The Big House

Jun 14, 1930

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Acting

2018

The Image Book as (archive footage)

2004		Judy Garland: By Myself as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
2004		Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)

1994

The Our Gang Story as Self (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Self (archive footage)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy as Terry (archive footage)

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Pancho Villa (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960

When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)

1955

MGM Parade as Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)

1949

Big Jack as Big Jack Horner

1948		A Date with Judy as Melvin R. Foster
1948		Alias a Gentleman as Jim Breedin

1947

The Mighty McGurk as Roy 'Slag' McGurk

1946

Bad Bascomb as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith

1945

This Man's Navy as Ned Trumpet

1944		Barbary Coast Gent as Honest Plush Brannon
1944		Rationing as Ben Barton
1944		Twenty Years After as (archive footage)

1943

Salute to the Marines as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey

1942		Jackass Mail as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
1942		The Bugle Sounds as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan

1941		Barnacle Bill as Bill Johansen
1941		The Bad Man as Pancho Lopez

1940		A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
1940		Wyoming as 'Reb' Harkness
1940		Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
1940		20 Mule Team as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
1940		The Man from Dakota as "Bar" Barstow

1939		Thunder Afloat as John Thorson
1939		Land of Liberty as (archive footage)
1939		From the Ends of the Earth as Self
1939		Sergeant Madden as Sgt. Shaun Madden
1939		Stand Up and Fight as Captain Boss Starkey

1938		Stablemates as Thomas Terry
1938		Port of Seven Seas as Cesar

1937		The Bad Man of Brimstone as 'Trigger' Bill
1937		Slave Ship as Jack Thompson
1937		The Good Old Soak as Clem Hawley

1936		Old Hutch as "Hutch" Hutchins
1936		A Message to Garcia as Sgt. Dory

1935		Ah, Wilderness! as Uncle Sid
1935		O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Michael O'Shaughnessy
1935		China Seas as Jamesy MacArdle
1935		West Point of the Air as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone

1934		The Mighty Barnum as Phineas T. Barnum
1934		Treasure Island as Long John Silver
1934		Viva Villa! as Pancho Villa

1933		Dinner at Eight as Dan Packard
1933		Going Hollywood as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
1933		The Bowery as Chuck Connors
1933		Tugboat Annie as Terry (Husband)

1932		Flesh as Polakai
1932		Grand Hotel as General Director Preysing
1932		Hell Divers as "Windy" Riker

1931		The Christmas Party as Himself (uncredited)
1931		The Champ as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
1931		We're switching to Hollywood as Self (uncredited)
1931		The Secret Six as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
1931		The Stolen Jools as Police Sergeant

1930		Min and Bill as Bill
1930		A Lady's Morals as P.T. Barnum
1930		Way for a Sailor as Tripod
1930		Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett
1930		The Big House as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

1929		The River of Romance as General Orlando Jackson
1929		Stairs of Sand as Lacey
1929		Chinatown Nights as Chuck Riley

1928		Beggars of Life as Oklahoma Red
1928		The Big Killing as Powderhorn Pete
1928		Partners in Crime as Detective Mike Doolan
1928		Wife Savers as Louis Hosenozzle

1927		Two Flaming Youths as Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
1927		Now We're in the Air as Wally
1927		Fireman, Save My Child as Elmer
1927		Casey at the Bat as Casey

1926		Old Ironsides as Bos'n
1926		We're in the Navy Now as 'Knockout' Hansen
1926		Volcano as Quembo
1926		Behind the Front as Riff Swanson

1925		The Pony Express as Rhode Island Red
1925		The Wanderer as Pharis
1925		Rugged Water as Capt. Bartlett
1925		In the Name of Love as Glavis
1925		Adventure as Morgan
1925		The Night Club as José
1925		Coming Through as Joe Lawler
1925		The Great Divide as Dutch
1925		The Lost World as Prof. Challenger
1925		The Devil's Cargo as Ben
1925		Let Women Alone as Cap Bullwinkle

1924		So Big as Klaus Poole
1924		Madonna of the Streets as Bill Smythe
1924		Dynamite Smith as 'Slugger' Rourke
1924		The Red Lily as Bo-Bo
1924		Another Man's Wife as Captain Wolf
1924		The Signal Tower as Joe Standish
1924		The Sea Hawk as Capt. Jasper Leigh
1924		Unseen Hands as Jean Scholast

1923		White Tiger as Count Donelli / Hawkes
1923		The Drums of Jeopardy as Gregor Karlov
1923		Richard the Lion-Hearted as King Richard
1923		The Eternal Struggle as Barode Dukane
1923		The Spanish Dancer as King Philip IV
1923		Three Ages as The Villain
1923		Drifting as Jules Repin
1923		Ashes of Vengeance as Duc de Tours
1923		Bavu as Felix Bavu
1923		Stormswept as William McCabe
1923		The Flame of Life as Don Lowrie

1922		Only a Shop Girl as Jim Brennan
1922		A Blind Bargain as Beast Man (uncredited)
1922		Robin Hood as Richard the Lion-Hearted
1922		Trouble as Ed Lee, the Plumber
1922		Hurricane's Gal as Chris Borg
1922		I Am the Law as Fu Chang
1922		My Wife's Relations as Photographer (uncredited)
1922		The Man from Hell's River as Gaspard, The Wolf
1922		The Sagebrush Trail as José Fagaro
1922		Wild Honey as Buck Roper
1922		The Rosary as Kenwood Wright

1921		The White Mouse as Dr. Lawler
1921		The Last Trail as William Kirk
1921		The Ne'er to Return Road as Convict #12896
1921		The Policeman and the Baby as The Crook
1921		The Golden Snare as Bram Johnson
1921		The Northern Trail as Otto Franke
1921		A Tale of Two Worlds as Ling Jo
1921		The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
1921		Patsy as Gustave Ludermann
1921		Sleeping Acres

1920		The Rookie's Return as François Dupont
1920		The Last of the Mohicans as Magua
1920		813 as Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
1920		The Round-Up as Buck McKee
1920		The Mollycoddle as Henry von Holkar
1920		The Virgin of Stamboul as Sheik Achmet Hamid

1919		The Lone Wolf's Daughter as Undetermined role (uncredited)
1919		Behind the Door as Lt. Brandt
1919		Victory as August Schomberg
1919		Soldiers of Fortune as Mendoza
1919		The Life Line as Bos
1919		The Love Burglar as Coast-to-Coast Taylor
1919		The Unpardonable Sin as Col. Klemm
1919		A Beach Nut
1919		Only a Janitor

1918

Johanna Enlists as Col. Fanner

1917		That Night as The Cafe Proprietor
1917		Are Waitresses Safe? as Party Guest (uncredited)
1917		A Bedroom Blunder as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1917		A Clever Dummy as Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
1917		The Little American as German Soldier (uncredited)
1917		Cactus Nell as A Polished Gent
1917		Teddy at the Throttle as Henry Black
1917		Maggie's First False Step as The Villain
1917		Patria as Pancho Villa
1917		Bombs and Banknotes as Janitor

1916		A Capable Lady Cook as Sweedie
1916		Sweedie, the Janitor as Sweedie - the Janitor
1916		Just a Few Little Things as Fred
1916		The Janitor as John - the Hotel Janitor
1916		Hearts and Sparks as Minor Role
1916		A Dash of Courage as The Police Chief

1915		The Fable of the Roistering Blades as Milt
1915		The Broken Pledge as Percy
1915		Sweedie's Finish as Sweedie
1915		The Slim Princess as Popova
1915		Sweedie's Hero as Sweedie
1915		Sweedie in Vaudeville as Sweedie
1915		Done in Wax as The Hobo
1915		The Bouquet as Sweedie
1915		Sweedie Learns to Ride as Sweedie
1915		Love and Trouble as Sweedie
1915		Father's New Maid as Jack / Sweedie
1915		Sweedie's Hopeless Love as Sweedie
1915		Ain't It the Truth? as Harold Wallington
1915		A Pound for a Pound as Buck Gibson
1915		The Victor as Mr. Justwed
1915		Sweedie Goes to College as Sweedie
1915		The New Teacher as Sweedie - the New Teacher
1915		Two Hearts That Beat as Ten as Fred
1915		Sweedie and Her Dog as Sweedie
1915		Sweedie's Suicide as Sweedie
1915		Sweedie and the Sultan's Present as Sweedie

1914		Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind as The Lover
1914		Sweedie Collects for Charity as Sweedie
1914		Their Cheap Vacation as Mr. Newlywed
1914		Madame Double X as Madame Double X
1914		The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify as Homer Splivins
1914		Sweedie and the Hypnotist as Sweedie
1914		A Maid of War as Sweedie
1914		Sweedie at the Fair as Sweedie
1914		Countess Sweedie as Sweedie
1914		Three Boiled Down Fables as Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
1914		The Prevailing Craze as Wally
1914		Sweedie the Trouble Maker as Sweedie
1914		The Laundress as Sweedie - the Laundress
1914		Rivalry and War as Krautmeyer
1914		She Landed a Big One as Sweedie
1914		Sweedie Learns to Swim as Sweedie
1914		The Fickleness of Sweedie as Sweedie
1914		Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie as Sweedie
1914		Sweedie's Clean-Up as Sweedie
1914		Sweedie's Skate as Sweedie
1914		The Plum Tree
1914		When Knights Were Bold as The Earl
1914		Love and Soda as The Plumber
1914		Sweedie Springs a Surprise as Sweedie
1914		Sweedie and the Double Exposure as Sweedie
1914		The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth as Attorney for Suggs
1914		Topsy-Turvy Sweedie as Sweedie
1914		The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
1914		In and Out as Hans
1914		Money Talks as The Cook
1914		The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps as Prof. Bunkum
1914		Sweedie the Swatter as Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
1914		The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed as The Coming Champion
1914		Sweedie and the Lord as Sweedie
1914		The Epidemic as Texas Tommy
1914		The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man as The Football Hero
1914		The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine as Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
1914		This Is the Life as Hiram Stebbins
1914		Jane as The Doctor
1914		Actor Finney's Finish as Actor James Finney
1914		Three Little Powders as Wallace Williams
1914		Making Him Over -- For Minnie
1914		Curing a Husband as Robert - the Husband
1914		Wrong All Around as The Plumber
1914		The Winner as Fritz Noodle
1914		And He Came Back as Horatio Algernon Botts
1914		The Bargain Hunters as Mr. Hunter
1914		A Queer Quarantine
1914		Oh, Doctor as The Deaf Minister
1914		Grass County Goes Dry as The Constable
1914		The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar as The Cop
1914		Mrs. Manly's Baby as Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
1914		One-to-Three as Willie Brace
1914		Into Society and Out as First Tramp
1914		Looking for Trouble
1914		The Hour and the Man as A Juror
1914		A Foot of Romance as Jim Foley
1914		The Ups and Downs
1914		Cheering a Husband

1913		At the Old Maid's Call as Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
1913		Hello, Trouble
1913		Smithy's Grandma Party as Prof. Smithy
1913		Kitty's Knight as Mike McManus
1913		The Usual Way as The Dentist
1913		Their Wives' Indiscretion as Mr. Jones
1913		Day by Day as Bill the Iceman
1913		Dad's Insanity
1913		A Successful Failure as The Uncle
1913		Love Incognito as Secondary Role
1913		The Right of Way
1913		Sweet Revenge as Phil Culture
1913		Mr. Dippy Dipped as Undetermined Role
1913		His Athletic Wife as Mr. Strong

Directing

1919		A Beach Nut as Director
1919		Only a Janitor as Director

1917

Bombs and Banknotes as Director

1916		A Capable Lady Cook as Director
1916		Sweedie, the Janitor as Director
1916		Just a Few Little Things as Director
1916		The Janitor as Director

1915

Snakeville’s Champion as Director

1914		Rivalry and War as Director
1914		She Landed a Big One as Director

1913

Kitty's Knight as Director

Writing

1919

A Beach Nut as Scenario Writer

1916		Sweedie, the Janitor as Story
1916		Just a Few Little Things as Scenario Writer
1916		The Janitor as Writer