Wallace Beery
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: March 31, 1885
Place of Birth: Clay County, Missouri, USA
Known For
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Barnacle Bill
A fishing boat captain searches for romance in hopes of improving his financial picture.
Judy Garland: By Myself
As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life presented a smiling kid with the big voice, who, alongside Mickey Rooney, just wanted to put on a show. But drugs, overwork, even psychological abuse at the hands of the studio is now part of the Garland legend. But despite the number of Garland books and documentaries, one account has always been missing -- Garland herself never managed to write a memoir. She did make several attempts at an autobiography, often recording stories on a tape recorder. Judy Garland: By Myself (2004), finally fills in the blanks - using Judy's personal recordings to tell the story in her own words.
That's Entertainment!
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
The Champ
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Beggars of Life
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.
Grand Hotel
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
Tugboat Annie
Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her conscientious son, Alec. Annie continually loses business because of Terry's drunken mistakes. Alec wants to quit school to work on the tug full time, but Annie will not sacrifice her son's education. A grown Alec has followed in his mother's footsteps and becomes a mariner, but a more upscale one as the captain of a luxury liner. Alec returns home with his fiancée, Pat - the boss' daughter - with a grand plan to save Annie from the life that drunkard Terry has provided her. But ultimately, it's Annie and Terry that need to be Alec's savior, and by their move show him the meaning of true commitment.
Jackass Mail
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
Behind the Door
Oscar Krug is looked upon with suspicion by his neighbors because of his German name. When the US is drawn into the war with Germany, he enlists and travels the seas with his wife, Alice Morse. During a submarine attack Alice is snatched from Krug's side by a German officer. Krug now lives to have his revenge, and when the opportunity presents itself, he will have it.
Filmography
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as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
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as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Terry (archive footage)
as edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)
as Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
as Big Jack Horner
as Melvin R. Foster
as Jim Breedin
as Roy 'Slag' McGurk
as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
as Ned Trumpet
as Honest Plush Brannon
as Ben Barton
as (archive footage)
as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
as Bill Johansen
as Pancho Lopez
as 'Reb' Harkness
as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
as "Bar" Barstow
as John Thorson
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Sgt. Shaun Madden
as Captain Boss Starkey
as Thomas Terry
as Cesar
as 'Trigger' Bill
as Jack Thompson
as Clem Hawley
as "Hutch" Hutchins
as Sgt. Dory
as Uncle Sid
as Michael O'Shaughnessy
as Jamesy MacArdle
as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
as Phineas T. Barnum
as Long John Silver
as Pancho Villa
as Dan Packard
as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
as Chuck Connors
as Terry (Husband)
as Polakai
as General Director Preysing
as "Windy" Riker
as Himself (uncredited)
as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
as Self (uncredited)
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
as Police Sergeant
as Bill
as P.T. Barnum
as Tripod
as Pat Garrett
as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
as General Orlando Jackson
as Lacey
as Chuck Riley
as Oklahoma Red
as Powderhorn Pete
as Detective Mike Doolan
as Louis Hosenozzle
as Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
as Wally
as Elmer
as Casey
as Bos'n
as 'Knockout' Hansen
as Quembo
as Riff Swanson
as Rhode Island Red
as Pharis
as Capt. Bartlett
as Glavis
as Morgan
as José
as Joe Lawler
as Dutch
as Prof. Challenger
as Ben
as Cap Bullwinkle
as Klaus Poole
as Bill Smythe
as 'Slugger' Rourke
as Bo-Bo
as Captain Wolf
as Joe Standish
as Capt. Jasper Leigh
as Jean Scholast
as Count Donelli / Hawkes
as Gregor Karlov
as King Richard
as Barode Dukane
as King Philip IV
as The Villain
as Jules Repin
as Duc de Tours
as Felix Bavu
as William McCabe
as Don Lowrie
as Jim Brennan
as Beast Man (uncredited)
as Richard the Lion-Hearted
as Ed Lee, the Plumber
as Chris Borg
as Fu Chang
as Photographer (uncredited)
as Gaspard, The Wolf
as José Fagaro
as Buck Roper
as Kenwood Wright
as Dr. Lawler
as William Kirk
as Convict #12896
as The Crook
as Bram Johnson
as Otto Franke
as Ling Jo
as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
as François Dupont
as Magua
as Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
as Buck McKee
as Henry von Holkar
as Sheik Achmet Hamid
as Undetermined role (uncredited)
as Lt. Brandt
as August Schomberg
as Mendoza
as Bos
as Coast-to-Coast Taylor
as Col. Klemm
as Col. Fanner
as The Cafe Proprietor
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
as Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
as German Soldier (uncredited)
as A Polished Gent
as Henry Black
as The Villain
as Pancho Villa
as Sweedie
as Popova
as Sweedie
as Mr. Justwed
as Sweedie
as Sweedie - the New Teacher
as Fred
as Sweedie
as Sweedie
as Sweedie
as The Lover
as Sweedie
as Mr. Newlywed
as Madame Double X
as Homer Splivins
as Sweedie
as Sweedie
as Sweedie
as Sweedie
as Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
as Sweedie
as Sweedie - the Laundress
as Krautmeyer
as Sweedie
as Sweedie
as Sweedie
as Sweedie
as Sweedie
as The Cook
as Prof. Bunkum
as Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
as Texas Tommy
as Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
as Hiram Stebbins
as The Doctor
as Robert - the Husband
as The Plumber
as The Cop
as Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
as First Tramp
as A Juror
as Jim Foley
as Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
as Prof. Smithy
as Mike McManus
as The Dentist
as Mr. Jones
as Bill the Iceman