Wallace MacDonald

Known for ActingBorn 1891-05-04Died 1978-10-30Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada

From Wikipedia Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada - 30 October 1978, Santa Barbara, California) was a Canadian silent film actor, also a film producer. MacDonald started as a messenger boy with the Dominion Steel Company in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He later worked up to teller with the Royal Bank in Sydney before the bank transferred him to Vancouver, British Columbia. From there, he moved to California, where he acted on the stage before making inroads into Hollywood. MacDonald initially began as an actor in films in 1914 and appeared in almost 120 motion pictures between then and 1932. He had notable roles in such films as Youth's Endearing Charm in 1916 working with Mary Miles Minter and Harry von Meter. Late in World War I he returned briefly to Nova Scotia to enlist in the 10th Canadian Siege Battery where he assisted in recruiting for the Canadian Army. With the advent of sound, MacDonald's acting career diminished, and most of his roles between 1927 and 1932 went uncredited. He retired from acting in 1932 to concentrate on script writing. However, by 1937 he had recognized the potential of film production. It is in his role of producer that MacDonald is now probably best remembered. He produced well over 100 films between 1937 and 1959. He died in 1978. Sometimes he is mistaken as a brother of actor Francis McDonald. Though both resembled one another and were born in 1891, they were born three months apart and spelled their surnames differently.Read more

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The Son of Rusty

Personality Kid

Behind Prison Gates

A Street of Memory

Daring Danger

Fancy Baggage

Blockade

Faithful Wives

Wandering Fires

Curlytop

Love and Glory

A Fool There Was

The Understudy

Caught Bluffing

The Sage Hen

The Fighting Shepherdess

The Little Boss

Their Last Haul

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal

Lucky Legs

Highway Patrol

Red Signals

Your Wife and Mine

Two Can Play

Hell's Four Hundred

Learning to Love

New Lives for Old

The Spoilers

Youth Must Have Love

The Sea Raiders

Breaking Through

Cinderella's Twin

Leave It to Susan

Cupid Forecloses

A Girl Named Mary

Spotlight Sadie

My Dog Rusty

Hello, Annapolis

Hit the Deck

Corky of Gasoline Alley

Rusty Leads the Way

When a Girl's Beautiful

The Man Who Returned to Life

Doughnuts and Society

The Vanishing Frontier

King of the Wild Horses

Tex Takes a Holiday

Dark Skies