Wallace MacDonald

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

135

Movies

106

Born: May 4, 1891 – October 30, 1978
From: Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 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.

Works

106 films

Hello Trouble

19327.0

Caught in a Cabaret

19145.8

Wandering Fires

192510.0

Gold Diggers of 1933

19337.2

Breaking Through

19219.0

Brothers Divided

19197.0

The Lady

19255.8

Moon Madness

19208.0

Spotlight Sadie

19199.0

Caught Bluffing

192210.0

Tillie's Punctured Romance

19146.2

The Bar-C Mystery

19268.0

Trumpet Island

19207.5

Night Flight

19335.8

Madam Satan

19305.9

The Mayor of Hell

19337.0

Dark Skies

19295.5

Madame Sphinx

1918

Those Love Pangs

19145.7

The World Changes

19334.8

The Rounders

19146.1

The Knockout

19145.8

Casey of the Coast Guard

19267.0

Love and Bullets

1914

The Drums of Jeopardy

19315.4

Blockade

192810.0

Cinderella's Twin

19209.0

Dough and Dynamite

19146.1

Drums of the Desert

19277.0

Millie

19315.3

Cupid Forecloses

19199.0

The Star Boarder

19145.3

Your Wife and Mine

19279.0

Mabel's Blunder

19145.2

Zip, the Dodger

1914

Two Can Play

19269.0

Mabel's Busy Day

19145.7

Tex Takes a Holiday

19328.0

The Last Flight

19316.5

Zampa

19307.0

Roaring Rails

19246.9

Mary Stevens, M.D.

19336.2

The Pagan Lady

19314.0

Are All Men Alike?

19207.0

The Sea Hawk

19246.8

The Fighting Shepherdess

192010.0

Fifty Fathoms Deep

19313.7

I Loved a Woman

19334.8

The Princess of Park Row

1917

Rouge and Riches

19207.0

Their Big Moment

19344.7

The Shoes That Danced

1918

The Range Feud

19315.2

The Charmer

19257.0

The Vanishing Frontier

19338.0

Curlytop

192410.0

The Face on the Barroom Floor

19145.4

Fighting with Buffalo Bill

19268.0

Between Fighting Men

19326.0

The Heart Bandit

19248.0

Nanette of the Wilds

1916

Two-Fisted Law

19324.8

The Checkered Flag

19267.0

Mabel's Married Life

19145.9

Youth Must Have Love

19229.0

The Spoilers

19239.0

Texas Cyclone

19324.5

Fighting Thru

19307.0

Tropical Nights

19288.0

A Fool There Was

192210.0

Darkened Rooms

19296.6

Lightnin'

19256.6

Learning to Love

19259.0

Fancy Baggage

192910.0

Daring Danger

193210.0

A Poor Relation

19218.0

Faithful Wives

192610.0

Hell's Four Hundred

19269.0

High Speed

19325.0

Hit the Deck

19298.5

Thy Name Is Woman

19247.0

Red Signals

19279.0

Sweetie

19296.6

The Day of Faith

19238.0

Their Last Haul

191510.0

The Riding Tornado

19327.0

King of the Wild Horses

19338.0

New Lives for Old

19259.0

Purity

19162.0

The Primrose Path

19255.8

The Rogue Song

19306.5

Maytime

19237.0

Tumbling River

19278.0

The Little Boss

191910.0

The Arm of the Law

19325.3

Fatty Again

1914

Leave It to Susan

19199.0

Branded

19316.5

The Understudy

192210.0

The Follies Girl

19198.0

Love and Glory

192410.0

A Girl Named Mary

19199.0

The Sage Hen

192110.0

Youth's Endearing Charm

1916

Marked Cards

1918

A Street of Memory

193710.0