ACTOR

Wallace Ford

1898 - 1966

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Wallace Ford (born Samuel Grundy Jones; 12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English-born naturalized American vaudevillian, stage performer and screen actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wallace Ford has received more than 774,411 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wallace Ford is the 5,014th most popular actor (down from 4,855th in 2019), the 3,801st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,774th in 2019) and the 578th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wallace Ford ranks 5,014 out of 13,578. Before him are Amy Smart, Rafaela Aparicio, Sara Ramirez, Elizabeth Spriggs, Olivia Harrison, and Madalena Iglésias. After him are Nancy Walker, Patrick St. Esprit, Nana Patekar, Pavel Kadochnikov, Jeffrey Combs, and John Hawkes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Wallace Ford ranks 223. Before him are William Jordan, Georg Kulenkampff, Riichi Yokomitsu, Luis Muñoz Marín, John Grierson, and Johan Richthoff. After him are Ernst Ahl, Arnold Chikobava, Eero Lehtonen, María Corda, David Toro, and Oscar Homolka. Among people deceased in 1966, Wallace Ford ranks 170. Before him are Hilde Schrader, Julia Faye, Robert Charpentier, Margery Allingham, Frank O'Hara, and Herbert Marshall. After him are Bernard Schmetz, Paula Strasberg, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Verna Felton, and Alma Cogan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wallace Ford ranks 3,801 out of 8,785. Before him are John Polkinghorne (1930), Chris Irwin (1942), Elizabeth Spriggs (1929), Paul Kossoff (1950), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), and Allan Clarke (1942). After him are William McGregor (1846), May Sutton (1886), Craig Armstrong (1959), John Higgins (1975), Ron Harris (1944), and Cecil Griffiths (1900).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Wallace Ford ranks 578. Before him are Rupert Friend (1981), Pauline Collins (1940), Michael Rennie (1909), Ron Moody (1924), Ann Todd (1907), and Elizabeth Spriggs (1929). After him are Katherine Waterston (1980), Michael Hurst (1957), Carol Cleveland (1942), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), Freddie Jones (1927), and Ben Chaplin (1969).

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Television and Movie Roles

Freaks
Phroso
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Jan 1o 19327.8 / 10
Shadow of a Doubt
Fred Saunders
Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakley, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, Charlotte’s admiration turns into suspicion.
Jan 15o 19437.5 / 10
Harvey
The Taxi Driver
The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.
Dec 4o 19507.7 / 10