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.
Acting
Movie
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Policeman (uncredited)
1914
Movie
Mabel's Married Life
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1914
Movie
The Rounders
as Diner
1914
Movie
Those Love Pangs
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1914
Movie
Caught in a Cabaret
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1914
Movie
Dough and Dynamite
as Customer
1914
Movie
The Knockout
as Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
1914
Movie
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Drinker
1914
Movie
The Star Boarder
as Boarder (uncredited)
1914
Movie
Mabel's Busy Day
as Spectator (uncredited)
1914
Movie
The Mayor of Hell
as Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Madam Satan
as First Mate
1930
Movie
Mabel's Blunder
as Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend
1914
Movie
The Range Feud
as Hank
1931
Movie
Millie
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1931
Movie
Night Flight
as Mechanic (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Two-Fisted Law
as Artie
1932
Movie
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
1933
Movie
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Prince Gregor Petroff
1931
Movie
The Sea Hawk
as Peter Godolphin
1924
Movie
I Loved a Woman
as Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
1933
Movie
The Last Flight
as Officer at Hospital
1931
Movie
Texas Cyclone
as Nick Lawler
1932
Crew
Movie
My Name Is Julia Ross
Producer
1945
Movie
The Man They Could Not Hang
Producer
1939
Movie
The Face Behind the Mask
Producer
1941
Movie
Escape in the Fog
Producer
1945
Movie
Before I Hang
Producer
1940
Movie
The Devil Commands
Producer
1941
Movie
Man in the Dark
Producer
1953
Movie
The Man with Nine Lives
Producer
1940
Movie
Cry of the Werewolf
Producer
1944
Movie
Return to Warbow
Producer
1958
Movie
Cell 2455 Death Row
Producer
1955
Movie
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Producer
1953