Wallace Beery
Born in Clay County, Missouri, USA — Mar 31 1885• Died Apr 15 1949
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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.
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MGM Parade
Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
Grand Hotel
General Director Preysing
A Lady's Morals
P.T. Barnum
Dinner at Eight
Dan Packard
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
China Seas
Jamesy MacArdle
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Robin Hood
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Treasure Island
Long John Silver
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
The Lost World
Prof. Challenger
The Big Parade of Comedy
Terry (archive footage)
The Champ
Andy 'Champ' Purcell
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
Stand Up and Fight
Captain Boss Starkey
Big Jack
Big Jack Horner
The Stolen Jools
Police Sergeant
The Bowery
Chuck Connors
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Drifting
Jules Repin
Flesh
Polakai
Ah, Wilderness!
Uncle Sid
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
The Bad Man
Pancho Lopez
Three Ages
The Villain
Port of Seven Seas
Cesar
The Bad Man of Brimstone
'Trigger' Bill
Bad Bascomb
Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
Salute to the Marines
Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
The Big Killing
Powderhorn Pete
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)
The Image Book
(archive footage)
Sergeant Madden
Sgt. Shaun Madden
So Big
Klaus Poole
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
Wyoming
'Reb' Harkness
The Man from Dakota
"Bar" Barstow
Beggars of Life
Oklahoma Red
A Date with Judy
Melvin R. Foster
The Spanish Dancer
King Philip IV
Stablemates
Thomas Terry
Slave Ship
Jack Thompson
Barbary Coast Gent
Honest Plush Brannon
Tugboat Annie
Terry (Husband)
The Secret Six
Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
The River of Romance
General Orlando Jackson
The Bugle Sounds
Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
The Round-Up
Buck McKee
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
The Red Lily
Bo-Bo
Rationing
Ben Barton
Hell Divers
"Windy" Riker
Madonna of the Streets
Bill Smythe
The Big House
Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
Min and Bill
Bill
White Tiger
Count Donelli / Hawkes
Patria
Pancho Villa
Volcano
Quembo
Ashes of Vengeance
Duc de Tours
Viva Villa!
Pancho Villa
A Blind Bargain
Beast Man (uncredited)
The Epidemic
Texas Tommy
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Barnacle Bill
Bill Johansen
Trouble
Ed Lee, the Plumber
West Point of the Air
Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
Wife Savers
Louis Hosenozzle
Rugged Water
Capt. Bartlett
The Life Line
Bos
The Little American
German Soldier (uncredited)
Bavu
Felix Bavu
Stairs of Sand
Lacey
The Night Club
José
Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
I Am the Law
Fu Chang
Victory
August Schomberg
The Our Gang Story
Self (archive footage)
Sleeping Acres
The Last of the Mohicans
Magua
Old Ironsides
Bos'n
Wild Honey
Buck Roper
The Mighty McGurk
Roy 'Slag' McGurk
The Mollycoddle
Henry von Holkar
Sweedie's Hero
Sweedie
Teddy at the Throttle
Henry Black
The Rosary
Kenwood Wright
A Message to Garcia
Sgt. Dory
Old Hutch
"Hutch" Hutchins
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
John Thorson
Johanna Enlists
Col. Fanner
The Last Trail
William Kirk
The Janitor
John - the Hotel Janitor
Behind the Front
Riff Swanson
The Christmas Party
Himself (uncredited)
Way for a Sailor
Tripod
Dynamite Smith
'Slugger' Rourke
Oh, Doctor
The Deaf Minister
My Wife's Relations
Photographer (uncredited)
Love and Soda
The Plumber
Another Man's Wife
Captain Wolf
This Man's Navy
Ned Trumpet
The Pony Express
Rhode Island Red
One-to-Three
Willie Brace
Cactus Nell
A Polished Gent
Two Flaming Youths
Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Worlds
Ling Jo
Patsy
Gustave Ludermann
The Laundress
Sweedie - the Laundress
A Maid of War
Sweedie
The White Mouse
Dr. Lawler
20 Mule Team
Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
The Victor
Mr. Justwed
Partners in Crime
Detective Mike Doolan
The Unpardonable Sin
Col. Klemm
A Beach Nut
813
Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
Jackass Mail
Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
Unseen Hands
Jean Scholast
In and Out
Hans
Bombs and Banknotes
Janitor
The Winner
Fritz Noodle
The Signal Tower
Joe Standish
Going Hollywood
Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
The Mighty Barnum
Phineas T. Barnum
Hello, Trouble
Adventure
Morgan
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Michael O'Shaughnessy
Money Talks
The Cook
Behind the Door
Lt. Brandt
A Clever Dummy
Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
The Devil's Cargo
Ben
Chinatown Nights
Chuck Riley
The Plum Tree
The Great Divide
Dutch
Coming Through
Joe Lawler
Soldiers of Fortune
Mendoza
Jane
The Doctor
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
Sweedie
Now We're in the Air
Wally
The Love Burglar
Coast-to-Coast Taylor
The Man from Hell's River
Gaspard, The Wolf
Alias a Gentleman
Jim Breedin
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
A Bedroom Blunder
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
The Usual Way
The Dentist
That Night
The Cafe Proprietor
Only a Janitor
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
In the Name of Love
Glavis
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
Sweedie
Stormswept
William McCabe
We're in the Navy Now
'Knockout' Hansen
Sweet Revenge
Phil Culture
The Good Old Soak
Clem Hawley
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
The Football Hero
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie
Sweedie
Richard the Lion-Hearted
King Richard
Hurricane's Gal
Chris Borg
The Ne'er to Return Road
Convict #12896
Sweedie Goes to College
Sweedie
The Bouquet
Sweedie
Into Society and Out
First Tramp
A Dash of Courage
The Police Chief
Are Waitresses Safe?
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
Capt. Jasper Leigh
The Rookie's Return
François Dupont
Casey at the Bat
Casey
Sweedie the Swatter
Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
The Drums of Jeopardy
Gregor Karlov
The Northern Trail
Otto Franke
Sweedie's Suicide
Sweedie
Sweedie's Clean-Up
Sweedie
A Capable Lady Cook
Sweedie
Dad's Insanity
Actor Finney's Finish
Actor James Finney
Done in Wax
The Hobo
The Golden Snare
Bram Johnson
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
Prof. Bunkum
Topsy-Turvy Sweedie
Sweedie
Sweedie at the Fair
Sweedie
The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar
The Cop
Kitty's Knight
Mike McManus
The Virgin of Stamboul
Sheik Achmet Hamid
Madame Double X
Madame Double X
Only a Shop Girl
Jim Brennan
Wrong All Around
The Plumber
The Broken Pledge
Percy
The Fable of the Roistering Blades
Milt
The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
Attorney for Suggs
The New Teacher
Sweedie - the New Teacher
Grass County Goes Dry
The Constable
Day by Day
Bill the Iceman
The Wanderer
Pharis
Sweedie's Finish
Sweedie
Mr. Dippy Dipped
Undetermined Role
The Eternal Struggle
Barode Dukane
The Slim Princess
Popova
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
Undetermined role (uncredited)
She Landed a Big One
Sweedie
Sweedie and Her Dog
Sweedie
Hearts and Sparks
Minor Role
The Policeman and the Baby
The Crook
The Sagebrush Trail
José Fagaro
Love Incognito
Secondary Role
Mrs. Manly's Baby
Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
The Right of Way
The Prevailing Craze
Wally
Making Him Over -- For Minnie
Fireman, Save My Child
Elmer
The Hour and the Man
A Juror
The Fickleness of Sweedie
Sweedie
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
Sweedie
Let Women Alone
Cap Bullwinkle
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
Homer Splivins
Sweedie's Skate
Sweedie
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
Fred
Their Wives' Indiscretion
Mr. Jones
Sweedie and the Double Exposure
Sweedie
Sweedie in Vaudeville
Sweedie
The Ups and Downs
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
Three Boiled Down Fables
Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind
The Lover
Father's New Maid
Jack / Sweedie
Maggie's First False Step
The Villain
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
Sweedie and the Lord
Sweedie
Looking for Trouble
The Bargain Hunters
Mr. Hunter
Countess Sweedie
Sweedie
Sweedie Collects for Charity
Sweedie
A Pound for a Pound
Buck Gibson
Snakeville’s Champion
Directing
Rivalry and War
Krautmeyer
When Knights Were Bold
The Earl
The Flame of Life
Don Lowrie
Alias Julius Caesar
Sweedie Springs a Surprise
Sweedie
Sweedie Learns to Swim
Sweedie
A Successful Failure
The Uncle
His Athletic Wife
Mr. Strong
At the Old Maid's Call
Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
Curing a Husband
Robert - the Husband
Sweedie Learns to Ride
Sweedie
Ain't It the Truth?
Harold Wallington
Sweedie's Hopeless Love
Sweedie
Just a Few Little Things
Fred
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
The Coming Champion
Their Cheap Vacation
Mr. Newlywed
A Foot of Romance
Jim Foley
Love and Trouble
Sweedie
Sweedie, the Janitor
Sweedie - the Janitor
Three Little Powders
Wallace Williams
And He Came Back
Horatio Algernon Botts
A Queer Quarantine
Smithy's Grandma Party
Prof. Smithy
Cheering a Husband
This Is the Life
Hiram Stebbins