Wallace Beery (1885 - 1949)

American actor, winner of an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Champ (1931), nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor in 1930.

* April 1, 1885 Kansas City, Missouri
 as Wallace Fitzgerald Beery
 April 15, 1949 Beverly Hills, California



Vintage magazines

Picture Play Magazine, March 1923
Mon Ciné, nr. 147, 11 December 1924
Mon Ciné, nr. 171, 28 May 1925

Photoplay, January 1928
Photoplay, April 1928
Photoplay, September 1928

Photoplay, September 1928
Photoplay, October 1928
Photoplay, November 1928


Books with substantial mentioning of Wallace Beery

Danny Peary Alternate Oscars Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

George A. Katchmer Eighty silent film stars George A. Katchmer
Eighty silent film stars, Biographies and filmographies of the obscure to the well known
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish with Gregory W. Mank
The Hollywood Reliables
Westport, Connecticut, 1980

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931 Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor)
Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world
London, [1931]

Books with an entry on Wallace Beery

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Erster Band. A-C
Berlin, 2001

Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy Glenn Mitchell
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion
London, 1998

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

 Motion Picture Studio Directory
Motion Picture Studio Directory, Trade Manual 1921
New York, 1921

Books with photograph(s) of Wallace Beery

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Films

1914
The Epidemic

1915
Father's New Maid
The Broken Pledge
Sweedie Goes to College
The Slim Princess

1916
A Dash of Courage
Hearts and Sparks

1917
The Little American
Patria
Teddy at the Throttle

1918
Johanna Enlists

1919
Behind the Door
A Beach Nut
Victory

1920
The Mollycoddle
The Rookie's Return
The Last of the Mohicans
The Round-Up

1921
The Golden Snare
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Last Trail
A Tale of Two Worlds
Patsy

1922
I Am the Law
A Blind Bargain
Robin Hood
Hurricane's Gal
The Rosary
My Wife's Relations
Alias Julius Caesar
Only a Shop Girl
Trouble
Wild Honey

1923
Drifting
Bavu
Three Ages
The Spanish Dancer
White Tiger
Ashes of Vengeance
The Eternal Struggle
Stormswept

1924
So Big
The Sea Hawk
Unseen Hands
The Red Lily
Another Man's Wife
The Signal Tower

1925
Adventure
The Lost World
The Pony Express
The Devil's Cargo
In the Name of Love
The Night Club
Rugged Water

1926
Behind the Front
Old Ironsides
We're in the Navy Now
Volcano

1927
Now We're in the Air
Two Flaming Youths
Casey at the Bat
Fireman, Save My Child

1928
Beggars of Life
The Big Killing
Partners in Crime
Wife Savers

1929
Chinatown Nights
River of Romance
Stairs of Sand

1930
The Big House
A Lady's Morals
Way for a Sailor
Billy the Kid
Min and Bill

1931
The Stolen Jools
The Secret Six
Hell Divers
The Champ
Wir schalten um auf Hollywood

1932
Flesh
Grand Hotel

1933
Dinner at Eight
Going Hollywood
The Bowery
Tugboat Annie

1934
Treasure Island
Viva Villa!
The Mighty Barnum

1935
China Seas
West Point of the Air
Ah, Wilderness!
O'Shaughnessy's Boy

1936
A Message to Garcia
Old Hutch

1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Slave Ship
The Good Old Soak

1938
Port of Seven Seas
Stablemates

1939
Sergeant Madden
Thunder Afloat
Stand Up and Fight
Land of Liberty

1940
20 Mule Team
Wyoming
The Man from Dakota

1941
The Bad Man
Barnacle Bill

1942
The Bugle Sounds
Jackass Mail

1943
Salute to the Marines

1944
Barbary Coast Gent
Rationing

1945
This Man's Navy

1946
Bad Bascomb

1947
The Mighty McGurk

1948
A Date with Judy
Alias a Gentleman

1949
Big Jack

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

2003
Complicated Women

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