Wallace Beery

Known for

Acting

Born

March 31, 1885

Birthplace

Clay County, Missouri, USA

Died

April 15, 1949 (aged 64)

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.

Best known work

Grand Hotel

1932

The Lost World

1925

Three Ages

1923

Dinner at Eight

1933

My Wife's Relations

1922

The Image Book

2018

Treasure Island

1934

That's Entertainment!

1974

The Champ

1931

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921

Filmography

2026
Away with Words
as Wallace Beery
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)
1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (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)
1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Terry (archive footage)
1960
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
MGM ParadeTV
as Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage) (1 episode), as Self (2 episodes)
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)