Wallace Beery

Mar 31, 1885 - Apr 15, 1949 (64 years old) in Clay County, Missouri, USA

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.

Known For

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Grand Hotel

General Director Preysing

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MGM Parade

Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)

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The Champ

Andy 'Champ' Purcell

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China Seas

Jamesy MacArdle

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That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited)

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Treasure Island

Long John Silver

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Dinner at Eight

Dan Packard

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The Lost World

Prof. Challenger

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Three Ages

The Villain

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The Little American

German Soldier (uncredited)

Credits

The Image Book 2018

(archive footage)

★ 6.4
Judy Garland: By Myself 2004

Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)

★ 7.5
Checking Out: Grand Hotel 2004

Self / Various roles (archive footage)

★ 7
Complicated Women 2003

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7
The Our Gang Story 1994

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Going Hollywood: The '30s 1984

(archive footage)

★ 10
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.7
That's Entertainment! 1974

(archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor 1973

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964

Terry (archive footage)

★ 6.3
Hollywood: The Selznick Years 1961

Pancho Villa (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 3.3
When Comedy Was King 1960

edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)

★ 6.7
MGM Parade 1955

Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)

★ NR
Big Jack 1949

Big Jack Horner

★ 6
A Date with Judy 1948

Melvin R. Foster

★ 6
Alias a Gentleman 1948

Jim Breedin

★ 6.5
The Mighty McGurk 1947

Roy 'Slag' McGurk

★ 6.4
Bad Bascomb 1946

Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith

★ 6.2
This Man's Navy 1945

Ned Trumpet

★ 6.4
Barbary Coast Gent 1944

Honest Plush Brannon

★ 4.6
Rationing 1944

Ben Barton

★ 3
Twenty Years After 1944

(archive footage)

★ 6
Salute to the Marines 1943

Sgt. Maj. William Bailey

★ 6.8
Jackass Mail 1942

Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot

★ 7
The Bugle Sounds 1942

Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan

★ 6
Barnacle Bill 1941

Bill Johansen

★ 7.7
The Bad Man 1941

Pancho Lopez

★ 5.4
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound 1940

Self

★ 6.7
Wyoming 1940

'Reb' Harkness

★ 5.9
Hollywood: Style Center of the World 1940

Self

★ 5.5
20 Mule Team 1940

Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy

★ 6
The Man from Dakota 1940

"Bar" Barstow

★ 5.3
Thunder Afloat 1939

John Thorson

★ 5.9
Land of Liberty 1939

(archive footage)

★ NR
From the Ends of the Earth 1939

Self

★ NR
Sergeant Madden 1939

Sgt. Shaun Madden

★ 6
Stand Up and Fight 1939

Captain Boss Starkey

★ 5.8
Stablemates 1938

Thomas Terry

★ 4.5
Port of Seven Seas 1938

Cesar

★ NR
The Bad Man of Brimstone 1937

'Trigger' Bill

★ 6
Slave Ship 1937

Jack Thompson

★ 4.8
The Good Old Soak 1937

Clem Hawley

★ NR
Old Hutch 1936

"Hutch" Hutchins

★ NR
A Message to Garcia 1936

Sgt. Dory

★ 5
Ah, Wilderness! 1935

Uncle Sid

★ 6.3
O'Shaughnessy's Boy 1935

Michael O'Shaughnessy

★ 6
China Seas 1935

Jamesy MacArdle

★ 6.3
West Point of the Air 1935

Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone

★ 6
The Mighty Barnum 1934

Phineas T. Barnum

★ 0.5
Treasure Island 1934

Long John Silver

★ 6.5
Viva Villa! 1934

Pancho Villa

★ 6.3
Dinner at Eight 1933

Dan Packard

★ 6.7
Going Hollywood 1933

Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)

★ 5.5
The Bowery 1933

Chuck Connors

★ 5.1
Tugboat Annie 1933

Terry (Husband)

★ 7
Flesh 1932

Polakai

★ 5.6
Grand Hotel 1932

General Director Preysing

★ 6.9
Hell Divers 1932

"Windy" Riker

★ 6.4
The Christmas Party 1931

Himself (uncredited)

★ 4.9
The Champ 1931

Andy 'Champ' Purcell

★ 7.1
We're switching to Hollywood 1931

Self (uncredited)

★ 4.8
The Secret Six 1931

Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio

★ 5.8
The Stolen Jools 1931

Police Sergeant

★ 5.6
Min and Bill 1930

Bill

★ 6.3
A Lady's Morals 1930

P.T. Barnum

★ 4.2
Way for a Sailor 1930

Tripod

★ 4.4
Billy the Kid 1930

Pat Garrett

★ 4.2
The Big House 1930

Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

★ 6.7
The River of Romance 1929

General Orlando Jackson

★ NR
Stairs of Sand 1929

Lacey

★ NR
Chinatown Nights 1929

Chuck Riley

★ 4.2
Beggars of Life 1928

Oklahoma Red

★ 7.1
The Big Killing 1928

Powderhorn Pete

★ NR
Partners in Crime 1928

Detective Mike Doolan

★ 2
Wife Savers 1928

Louis Hosenozzle

★ NR
Two Flaming Youths 1927

Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)

★ NR
Now We're in the Air 1927

Wally

★ 6.2
Fireman, Save My Child 1927

Elmer

★ NR
Casey at the Bat 1927

Casey

★ 6
Old Ironsides 1926

Bos'n

★ 6.2
We're in the Navy Now 1926

'Knockout' Hansen

★ 5.6
Volcano 1926

Quembo

★ NR
Behind the Front 1926

Riff Swanson

★ 6
The Pony Express 1925

Rhode Island Red

★ 5.9
The Wanderer 1925

Pharis

★ 1
Rugged Water 1925

Capt. Bartlett

★ NR
In the Name of Love 1925

Glavis

★ NR
Adventure 1925

Morgan

★ NR
The Night Club 1925

José

★ NR
Coming Through 1925

Joe Lawler

★ NR
The Great Divide 1925

Dutch

★ NR
The Lost World 1925

Prof. Challenger

★ 6.7
The Devil's Cargo 1925

Ben

★ NR
Let Women Alone 1925

Cap Bullwinkle

★ NR
So Big 1924

Klaus Poole

★ NR
Madonna of the Streets 1924

Bill Smythe

★ NR
Dynamite Smith 1924

'Slugger' Rourke

★ NR
The Red Lily 1924

Bo-Bo

★ 6.5
Another Man's Wife 1924

Captain Wolf

★ NR
The Signal Tower 1924

Joe Standish

★ 5.2
The Sea Hawk 1924

Capt. Jasper Leigh

★ 6.5
Unseen Hands 1924

Jean Scholast

★ NR
White Tiger 1923

Count Donelli / Hawkes

★ 5.5
The Drums of Jeopardy 1923

Gregor Karlov

★ NR
Richard the Lion-Hearted 1923

King Richard

★ NR
The Eternal Struggle 1923

Barode Dukane

★ NR
The Spanish Dancer 1923

King Philip IV

★ 4
Three Ages 1923

The Villain

★ 6.8
Drifting 1923

Jules Repin

★ 6.2
Ashes of Vengeance 1923

Duc de Tours

★ 5.7
Bavu 1923

Felix Bavu

★ NR
Stormswept 1923

William McCabe

★ 1
The Flame of Life 1923

Don Lowrie

★ NR
Only a Shop Girl 1922

Jim Brennan

★ NR
A Blind Bargain 1922

Beast Man (uncredited)

★ 6
Robin Hood 1922

Richard the Lion-Hearted

★ 6.4
Trouble 1922

Ed Lee, the Plumber

★ NR
Hurricane's Gal 1922

Chris Borg

★ NR
I Am the Law 1922

Fu Chang

★ NR
My Wife's Relations 1922

Photographer (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Man from Hell's River 1922

Gaspard, The Wolf

★ NR
The Sagebrush Trail 1922

José Fagaro

★ NR
Wild Honey 1922

Buck Roper

★ NR
The Rosary 1922

Kenwood Wright

★ NR
The White Mouse 1921

Dr. Lawler

★ NR
The Last Trail 1921

William Kirk

★ NR
The Ne'er to Return Road 1921

Convict #12896

★ NR
The Policeman and the Baby 1921

The Crook

★ NR
The Golden Snare 1921

Bram Johnson

★ NR
The Northern Trail 1921

Otto Franke

★ NR
A Tale of Two Worlds 1921

Ling Jo

★ 5.5
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921

Lieut. Col. von Richthosen

★ 6.6
Patsy 1921

Gustave Ludermann

★ NR
Sleeping Acres 1921

★ NR
The Rookie's Return 1920

François Dupont

★ NR
The Last of the Mohicans 1920

Magua

★ 6.4
813 1920

Maj. Parbury / Ribeira

★ NR
The Round-Up 1920

Buck McKee

★ 6
The Mollycoddle 1920

Henry von Holkar

★ 5.6
The Virgin of Stamboul 1920

Sheik Achmet Hamid

★ 5.8
The Lone Wolf's Daughter 1919

Undetermined role (uncredited)

★ NR
Behind the Door 1919

Lt. Brandt

★ 6.9
Victory 1919

August Schomberg

★ 5.8
Soldiers of Fortune 1919

Mendoza

★ NR
The Life Line 1919

Bos

★ NR
The Love Burglar 1919

Coast-to-Coast Taylor

★ NR
The Unpardonable Sin 1919

Col. Klemm

★ NR
A Beach Nut 1919

★ NR
Only a Janitor 1919

★ NR
Johanna Enlists 1918

Col. Fanner

★ 5.8
That Night 1917

The Cafe Proprietor

★ NR
Are Waitresses Safe? 1917

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 5
A Bedroom Blunder 1917

Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

★ 5
A Clever Dummy 1917

Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager

★ 5
The Little American 1917

German Soldier (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Cactus Nell 1917

A Polished Gent

★ NR
Teddy at the Throttle 1917

Henry Black

★ 6.1
Maggie's First False Step 1917

The Villain

★ NR
Patria 1917

Pancho Villa

★ 6.5
Bombs and Banknotes 1917

Janitor

★ NR
A Capable Lady Cook 1916

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie, the Janitor 1916

Sweedie - the Janitor

★ NR
Just a Few Little Things 1916

Fred

★ NR
The Janitor 1916

John - the Hotel Janitor

★ NR
Hearts and Sparks 1916

Minor Role

★ NR
A Dash of Courage 1916

The Police Chief

★ NR
The Fable of the Roistering Blades 1915

Milt

★ NR
The Broken Pledge 1915

Percy

★ NR
Sweedie's Finish 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
The Slim Princess 1915

Popova

★ NR
Sweedie's Hero 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie in Vaudeville 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
Done in Wax 1915

The Hobo

★ NR
The Bouquet 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie Learns to Ride 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
Love and Trouble 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
Father's New Maid 1915

Jack / Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie's Hopeless Love 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
Ain't It the Truth? 1915

Harold Wallington

★ NR
A Pound for a Pound 1915

Buck Gibson

★ NR
The Victor 1915

Mr. Justwed

★ NR
Sweedie Goes to College 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
The New Teacher 1915

Sweedie - the New Teacher

★ NR
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten 1915

Fred

★ NR
Sweedie and Her Dog 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie's Suicide 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present 1915

Sweedie

★ NR
Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind 1914

The Lover

★ NR
Sweedie Collects for Charity 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
Their Cheap Vacation 1914

Mr. Newlywed

★ NR
Madame Double X 1914

Madame Double X

★ NR
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify 1914

Homer Splivins

★ NR
Sweedie and the Hypnotist 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
A Maid of War 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie at the Fair 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
Countess Sweedie 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
Three Boiled Down Fables 1914

Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze

★ NR
The Prevailing Craze 1914

Wally

★ NR
Sweedie the Trouble Maker 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
The Laundress 1914

Sweedie - the Laundress

★ 5
Rivalry and War 1914

Krautmeyer

★ NR
She Landed a Big One 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie Learns to Swim 1914

Sweedie

★ 5
The Fickleness of Sweedie 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie's Clean-Up 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie's Skate 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
The Plum Tree 1914

★ NR
When Knights Were Bold 1914

The Earl

★ NR
Love and Soda 1914

The Plumber

★ NR
Sweedie Springs a Surprise 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
Sweedie and the Double Exposure 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth 1914

Attorney for Suggs

★ NR
Topsy-Turvy Sweedie 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in 1914

★ NR
In and Out 1914

Hans

★ NR
Money Talks 1914

The Cook

★ NR
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps 1914

Prof. Bunkum

★ NR
Sweedie the Swatter 1914

Sweedie (a Swedish maid)

★ NR
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed 1914

The Coming Champion

★ NR
Sweedie and the Lord 1914

Sweedie

★ NR
The Epidemic 1914

Texas Tommy

★ NR
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man 1914

The Football Hero

★ NR
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine 1914

Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer

★ NR
This Is the Life 1914

Hiram Stebbins

★ NR
Jane 1914

The Doctor

★ NR
Actor Finney's Finish 1914

Actor James Finney

★ NR
Three Little Powders 1914

Wallace Williams

★ NR
Making Him Over -- For Minnie 1914

★ NR
Curing a Husband 1914

Robert - the Husband

★ NR
Wrong All Around 1914

The Plumber

★ NR
The Winner 1914

Fritz Noodle

★ NR
And He Came Back 1914

Horatio Algernon Botts

★ NR
The Bargain Hunters 1914

Mr. Hunter

★ NR
A Queer Quarantine 1914

★ NR
Oh, Doctor 1914

The Deaf Minister

★ NR
Grass County Goes Dry 1914

The Constable

★ NR
The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar 1914

The Cop

★ NR
Mrs. Manly's Baby 1914

Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League

★ NR
One-to-Three 1914

Willie Brace

★ NR
Into Society and Out 1914

First Tramp

★ NR
Looking for Trouble 1914

★ NR
The Hour and the Man 1914

A Juror

★ NR
A Foot of Romance 1914

Jim Foley

★ NR
The Ups and Downs 1914

★ NR
Cheering a Husband 1914

★ NR
At the Old Maid's Call 1913

Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid

★ NR
Hello, Trouble 1913

★ NR
Smithy's Grandma Party 1913

Prof. Smithy

★ NR
Kitty's Knight 1913

Mike McManus

★ NR
The Usual Way 1913

The Dentist

★ NR
Their Wives' Indiscretion 1913

Mr. Jones

★ NR
Day by Day 1913

Bill the Iceman

★ NR
Dad's Insanity 1913

★ NR
A Successful Failure 1913

The Uncle

★ NR
Love Incognito 1913

Secondary Role

★ NR
The Right of Way 1913

★ NR
Sweet Revenge 1913

Phil Culture

★ NR
Mr. Dippy Dipped 1913

Undetermined Role

★ NR
His Athletic Wife 1913

Mr. Strong

★ NR

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