Wallace Beery
American actor (1885-1949) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 64
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in Grand Hotel (1932), as the pirate Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934), as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!
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The Mighty McGurkFilm, Roy 'Slag' McGurk1946
Bad BascombFilm, Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith1935
China SeasFilm, Jamesy MacArdle1934Volpi Cup for Best ActorAward1933
Dinner at EightFilm, Dan Packard1932Academy Award for Best ActorAward1931
The ChampFilm, Andy 'Champ' Purcell1928
Beggars of LifeFilm, Oklahoma Red1925
The Lost WorldFilm, Prof. Challenger1924
The Red LilyFilm, Bo-Bo1922
My Wife's RelationsFilm, Photographer (uncredited)1920
The Last of the MohicansFilm, Magua1917
Teddy at the ThrottleFilm, Henry Black1885Born1 April 1885Known for
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That's Entertainment! 1974
The Champ 1931
Grand Hotel 1932
Dinner at Eight 1933
Three Ages 1923
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Victor Fleming Directed Treasure Island and The Mollycoddle
Irving Thalberg Produced The Big House, The Champ and China Seas
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Bowery and Slave Ship
William A. Wellman Directed Viva Villa! and Beggars of Life
Adolph Zukor Produced The Devil's Cargo and Beggars of Life
Ben Turpin Wallace directed She Landed a Big One (1914)
Richard Thorpe Directed A Date with Judy and 20 Mule Team
Leo White Wallace directed Kitty's Knight (1913)
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced The Round-Up and The Devil's Cargo
George Ade Directed The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-In (1914)
Harry Rapf Produced Min and Bill, The Champ and Old Hutch
Harry Todd Wallace directed Snakeville's Champion (1915)
George W. Hill Directed The Big House and Min and Bill- J. Walter Ruben Produced Sergeant Madden and 20 Mule Team
A. Edward Sutherland Directed Behind the Front (1926)
Frank Lloyd Directed The Sea Hawk and A Tale of Two Worlds
David O. Selznick Produced Viva Villa! and Dinner at Eight
Raoul Walsh Directed The Wanderer and The Bowery
Tod Browning Directed The Virgin of Stamboul and Drifting
Maurice Tourneur Directed The Last of the Mohicans and Victory
Robert Bolder Wallace directed Kitty's Knight (1913)
E. H. Calvert Directed The Slim Princess (1915)
E. Mason Hopper Directed Actor Finney's Finish and Love and Soda
Margaret Joslin Wallace directed Snakeville's Champion (1915)
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Wallace Beery c. 1914
Beery as Sweedie the Swedish maid (1914)
Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923)
As Challenger in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1925)
Chester Morris and Wallace Beery in The Big House (1930)
With Marie Dressler in Min and Bill (1930)
Jackie Cooper, Edward Brophy, and Wallace Beery in The Champ (1931)Awards
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(1934) for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and his title role in The Champ (1931), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 films during a 36-year career. His contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stipulated in 1932 that he would be paid $1 more than any other contract player at the studio. This made Beery the highest-paid film actor in the world during the early 1930s. He was the brother of actor Noah Beery and uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr.
