Acting

Wallace Beery

Born 1885-03-31 · Clay County, Missouri, USA

Died 1949-04-15

From Wikipedia Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span. He was the brother of actor Noah Berry.

Credits

Newest first

Away with Words
as Wallace Beery
2026
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
2018
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
2004
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1970
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Terry (archive footage)
1964
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960
MGM Parade
as Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
1955
MGM Parade
as Self
1955
Big Jack
as Big Jack Horner
1949
A Date with Judy
as Melvin R. Foster
1948
Alias a Gentleman
as Jim Breedin
1948
The Mighty McGurk
as Roy 'Slag' McGurk
1947
Bad Bascomb
as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
1946
This Man's Navy
as Ned Trumpet
1945
Barbary Coast Gent
as Honest Plush Brannon
1944
Rationing
as Ben Barton
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
Salute to the Marines
as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
1943
Jackass Mail
as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
1942
The Bugle Sounds
as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
1942
Barnacle Bill
as Bill Johansen
1941
The Bad Man
as Pancho Lopez
1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
Wyoming
as 'Reb' Harkness
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1940
20 Mule Team
as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
1940
The Man from Dakota
as "Bar" Barstow
1940
Thunder Afloat
as John Thorson
1939
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1939
Sergeant Madden
as Sgt. Shaun Madden
1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Captain Boss Starkey
1939
Stablemates
as Thomas Terry
1938
Port of Seven Seas
as Cesar
1938
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as 'Trigger' Bill
1937
Slave Ship
as Jack Thompson
1937
The Good Old Soak
as Clem Hawley
1937
Old Hutch
as "Hutch" Hutchins
1936
A Message to Garcia
as Sgt. Dory
1936
Ah, Wilderness!
as Uncle Sid
1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as Michael O'Shaughnessy
1935
China Seas
as Jamesy MacArdle
1935
West Point of the Air
as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
1935
The Mighty Barnum
as Phineas T. Barnum
1934
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
1934
Viva Villa!
as Pancho Villa
1934
Dinner at Eight
as Dan Packard
1933
Going Hollywood
as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
1933
The Bowery
as Chuck Connors
1933
Tugboat Annie
as Terry (Husband)
1933
Flesh
as Polakai
1932
Grand Hotel
as General Director Preysing
1932
Hell Divers
as "Windy" Riker
1932
The Christmas Party
as Himself (uncredited)
1931
The Champ
as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
1931
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
1931
The Secret Six
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
1931
The Stolen Jools
as Police Sergeant
1931
Min and Bill
as Bill
1930
A Lady's Morals
as P.T. Barnum
1930
Way for a Sailor
as Tripod
1930
Billy the Kid
as Pat Garrett
1930
The Big House
as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
1930
The River of Romance
as General Orlando Jackson
1929
Stairs of Sand
as Lacey
1929
Chinatown Nights
as Chuck Riley
1929
Beggars of Life
as Oklahoma Red
1928
The Big Killing
as Powderhorn Pete
1928
Partners in Crime
as Mike Doolan, The Detective
1928
Wife Savers
as Louis Hozenozzle
1928
Two Flaming Youths
as Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
1927