Biography
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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.
Filmography
all 202
Movies 202
Producer 103
Writer 8
Director 3
Narrator 1
Gunmen from Laredo (1959)
Return to Warbow (1958)
The Hard Man (1957)
No Time to Be Young (1957)
The Phantom Stagecoach (1957)
The White Squaw (1956)
Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956)
Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)
Apache Ambush (1955)
Cell 2455 Death Row (1955)
The Black Dakotas (1954)
The Outlaw Stallion (1954)
Massacre Canyon (1954)
Wyoming Renegades (1954)
El Alaméin (1953)
The Nebraskan (1953)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953)
Man in the Dark (1953)
Okinawa (1952)
Harem Girl (1952)
Corky of Gasoline Alley (1951)
Chain of Circumstance (1951)
The Big Gusher (1951)
Flame Of Stamboul (1951)
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950)
The Tougher They Come (1950)
On the Isle of Samoa (1950)
Beauty on Parade (1950)
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
Girls' School (1950)
Rusty's Birthday (1949)
Air Hostess (1949)
Law of the Barbary Coast (1949)
Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
Port Said (1948)
My Dog Rusty (1948)
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948)
When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)
The Son of Rusty (1947)
Personality Kid (1946)
The Unknown (1946)
The Devil's Mask (1946)
Out of the Depths (1945)
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)
Escape in the Fog (1945)
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (1945)
I Love a Mystery (1945)
Dancing in Manhattan (1944)
The Missing Juror (1944)
Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
U-Boat Prisoner (1944)
She's a Soldier Too (1944)
Stars on Parade (1944)
Sailor's Holiday (1944)
The Racket Man (1944)
The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
Passport to Suez (1943)
Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943)
Redhead from Manhattan (1943)
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)
Lucky Legs (1942)
A Man's World (1942)
Counter-Espionage (1942)
Parachute Nurse (1942)
Submarine Raider (1942)
Hello, Annapolis (1942)
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
Cadets on Parade (1942)
Harvard Here I Come (1941)
Honolulu Lu (1941)
Two Latins from Manhattan (1941)
Harmon of Michigan (1941)
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941)
Naval Academy (1941)
The Big Boss (1941)
The Devil Commands (1941)
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
Glamour for Sale (1940)
Before I Hang (1940)
Military Academy (1940)
Girls of the Road (1940)
Men Without Souls (1940)
Men with Steel Faces (1940)
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939)
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Behind Prison Gates (1939)
Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
My Son Is a Criminal (1939)
North of Shanghai (1939)
City Streets (1938)
The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
When G-Men Step In (1938)
Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
The Shadow (1937)
All American Sweetheart (1937)
Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)
A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
Venus Makes Trouble (1937)
Criminals of the Air (1937)
Parole Racket (1937)
A Street of Memory (1937)
Hearts in Bondage (1936)
Doughnuts and Society (1936)
Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
The Fighting Marines (1935)
The Phantom Empire (1935)
In Old Santa Fe (1934)
Their Big Moment (1934)
King of the Wild Horses (1933)
Night Flight (1933)
I Loved a Woman (1933)
Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
The Vanishing Frontier (1933)
The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932)
Between Fighting Men (1932)
Cornered (1932)
Hello Trouble (1932)
Daring Danger (1932)
Two-Fisted Law (1932)
The Riding Tornado (1932)
High Speed (1932)
Texas Cyclone (1932)
The Range Feud (1931)
The Pagan Lady (1931)
Branded (1931)
The Last Flight (1931)
Fifty Fathoms Deep (1931)
The Drums of Jeopardy (1931)
Millie (1931)
Fighting Thru (1930)
Madam Satan (1930)
Zampa (1930)
The Rogue Song (1930)
Hit the Deck (1929)
Darkened Rooms (1929)
Sweetie (1929)
Fancy Baggage (1929)
Blockade (1928)
Tropical Nights (1928)
Wife Trouble (1928)
Cook, Papa, Cook (1928)
Tumbling River (1927)
Drums of the Desert (1927)
Red Signals (1927)
Hell's Four Hundred (1926)
Two Can Play (1926)
Casey of the Coast Guard (1926)
The Checkered Flag (1926)
Wandering Fires (1925)
The Primrose Path (1925)
Lightnin' (1925)
The Charmer (1925)
New Lives for Old (1925)
The Lady (1925)
Pampered Youth (1925)
Learning to Love (1925)
Curlytop (1924)
Love and Glory (1924)
Roaring Rails (1924)
The Sea Hawk (1924)
Thy Name Is Woman (1924)
Maytime (1923)
The Day of Faith (1923)
The Spoilers (1923)
Caught Bluffing (1922)
A Fool There Was (1922)
A Poor Relation (1921)
The Fire Cat (1921)
The Sage Hen (1921)
Are All Men Alike? (1920)
Trumpet Island (1920)
The Fighting Shepherdess (1920)
Rouge and Riches (1920)
Cupid Forecloses (1919)
The Little Boss (1919)
Leave It to Susan (1919)
The Follies Girl (1919)
Marked Cards (1918)
The Princess of Park Row (1917)
Youth's Endearing Charm (1916)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (1915)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Dough and Dynamite (1914)
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees (1914)
Zip, the Dodger (1914)
Those Love Pangs (1914)
Fatty Again (1914)
Mabel's Blunder (1914)
The Rounders (1914)
The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914)
Love and Bullets (1914)
Mabel's Married Life (1914)
Mabel's Busy Day (1914)
The Knockout (1914)
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
The Star Boarder (1914)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1891-05-05
Deathday1978-10-30 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceMulgrave, Canada
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known AsWallace Archibald MacDonald, Wallace Mac Donald, Wallace McDonald, Wheeler MacDonald
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