Wallace MacDonald
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 4, 1891
Day of Death: October 30, 1978 (88 years old)
Place of Birth: Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.
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Hello Trouble
Actor Wally Thompson
Between Fighting Men
Actor Artie
Two-Fisted Law
Actor Nick Lawler
Texas Cyclone
Actor Tom Corliss
High Speed
Actor Dick Stark - Olcott's Foreman
The Riding Tornado
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Daring Danger
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Actor Customer
Dough and Dynamite
Actor Party Guest (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
Actor Minta's Sweetheart
Zip, the Dodger
Actor Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Mabel's Married Life
Actor Drinker
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Actor Diner
The Rounders
Actor The Trouble Mender's Secretary
Love and Bullets
Actor The Boarder - Father's Choice
Fatty Again
Actor Boarder (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
Actor Movie Patron (uncredited)
Those Love Pangs
Actor Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
The Knockout
Actor Spectator (uncredited)
Mabel's Busy Day
Actor Policeman (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Actor Harry's Money-Borrowing Friend
Mabel's Blunder