Wallace MacDonald

Biography

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 tha…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) — Stage Manager (uncredited)
2. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) — Policeman (uncredited)
3. Mabel's Married Life (1914) — Delivery Boy (uncredited)
4. The Rounders (1914) — Diner
5. Caught in a Cabaret (1914) — Party Guest (uncredited)
6. Those Love Pangs (1914) — Movie Patron (uncredited)
7. The Knockout (1914) — Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
8. Dough and Dynamite (1914) — Customer
9. The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914) — Drinker
10. The Star Boarder (1914) — Boarder (uncredited)
11. Mabel's Busy Day (1914) — Spectator (uncredited)
12. The Mayor of Hell (1933) — Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
13. Madam Satan (1930) — First Mate
14. Mabel's Blunder (1914) — Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend
15. The Range Feud (1931) — Hank
16. Millie (1931) — Party Guest (uncredited)
17. Night Flight (1933) — Mechanic (uncredited)
18. Two-Fisted Law (1932) — Artie
19. Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) — SS Bellocona's Purser (uncredited)
20. The Drums of Jeopardy (1931) — Prince Gregor Petroff
21. The Sea Hawk (1924) — Peter Godolphin
22. I Loved a Woman (1933) — Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
23. The Last Flight (1931) — Officer at Hospital
24. Texas Cyclone (1932) — Nick Lawler
25. Darkened Rooms (1929) — Bert Nelson
26. The World Changes (1933) — Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)
27. Their Big Moment (1934) — Theater Manager (uncredited)
28. The Rogue Song (1930) — Hassan
29. Lightnin' (1925) — John Marvin
30. The Lady (1925) — Leonard St. Aubyns
31. The Primrose Path (1925) — Bruce Armstrong
32. The Pagan Lady (1931) — Francisco
33. Maytime (1923) — Claude Van Zandt
34. Roaring Rails (1924) — Malcolm Gregory
35. Sweetie (1929) — Bill Barrington
36. The Arm of the Law (1932) — Newspaper Reporter
37. Between Fighting Men (1932) — Wally Thompson
38. Fifty Fathoms Deep (1931) — Mate
39. Branded (1931) — Stage Robber
40. Hello Trouble (1932) — LaTange

Directed

1. Gunmen from Laredo (1959) — Director
2. Cook, Papa, Cook (1928) — Director
3. Wife Trouble (1928) — Director