Wallace Beery
Actor · Director · WriterFrom 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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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR263
Away with Words
2026
Wallace Beery
The Image Book
2018
(archive footage)
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story
1994
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
(archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Terry (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
1960
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Big Jack
1949
Big Jack Horner
A Date with Judy
1948
Melvin R. Foster
Alias a Gentleman
1948
Jim Breedin
The Mighty McGurk
1947
Roy 'Slag' McGurk
Bad Bascomb
1946
Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
This Man's Navy
1945
Ned Trumpet
Rationing
1944
Ben Barton
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
Honest Plush Brannon
Twenty Years After
1944
(archive footage)
Salute to the Marines
1943
Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
The Bugle Sounds
1942
Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
Jackass Mail
1942
Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
Barnacle Bill
1941
Bill Johansen
The Bad Man
1941
Pancho Lopez
The Man from Dakota
1940
"Bar" Barstow
20 Mule Team
1940
Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
Wyoming
1940
'Reb' Harkness
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
Self
Thunder Afloat
1939
John Thorson
Stand Up and Fight
1939
Captain Boss Starkey
Sergeant Madden
1939
Sgt. Shaun Madden
Land of Liberty
1939
(archive footage)
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
Self
Port of Seven Seas
1938
Cesar
Stablemates
1938
Thomas Terry
Slave Ship
1937
Jack Thompson
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
'Trigger' Bill
The Good Old Soak
1937
Clem Hawley
A Message to Garcia
1936
Sgt. Dory
Old Hutch
1936
"Hutch" Hutchins
China Seas
1935
Jamesy MacArdle
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
Uncle Sid
West Point of the Air
1935
Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
Michael O'Shaughnessy
Treasure Island
1934
Long John Silver
Viva Villa!
1934
Pancho Villa
The Mighty Barnum
1934
Phineas T. Barnum
Dinner at Eight
1933
Dan Packard
Tugboat Annie
1933
Terry (Husband)
The Bowery
1933
Chuck Connors
Going Hollywood
1933
Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Grand Hotel
1932
General Director Preysing
Flesh
1932
Polakai
Hell Divers
1932
"Windy" Riker
The Secret Six
1931
Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
The Champ
1931
Andy 'Champ' Purcell
The Stolen Jools
1931
Police Sergeant
The Christmas Party
1931
Himself (uncredited)
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
Self (uncredited)
The Big House
1930
Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
Min and Bill
1930
Bill
Billy the Kid
1930
Pat Garrett
Way for a Sailor
1930
Tripod
A Lady's Morals
1930
P.T. Barnum
Chinatown Nights
1929
Chuck Riley
The River of Romance
1929
General Orlando Jackson
Stairs of Sand
1929
Lacey
Wife Savers
1928
Louis Hozenozzle
Beggars of Life
1928
Oklahoma Red
Partners in Crime
1928
Mike Doolan, The Detective
The Big Killing
1928
Powderhorn Pete
Fireman, Save My Child
1927
Elmer
Two Flaming Youths
1927
Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
Casey at the Bat
1927
Casey
Now We're in the Air
1927
Wally
Behind the Front
1926
Riff Swanson
We're in the Navy Now
1926
'Knockout' Hansen
Old Ironsides
1926
Bos'n
Volcano
1926
Quembo
The Lost World
1925
Prof. Challenger
Coming Through
1925
Joe Lawler
The Devil's Cargo
1925
Ben
Let Women Alone
1925
Cap Bullwinkle
In the Name of Love
1925
Glavis
Rugged Water
1925
Capt. Bartlett
Adventure
1925
Morgan
The Pony Express
1925
Rhode Island Red
The Night Club
1925
José
The Wanderer
1925
Pharis
The Great Divide
1925
Dutch
Unseen Hands
1924
Jean Scholast
Another Man's Wife
1924
Captain Wolf
The Sea Hawk
1924
Capt. Jasper Leigh
The Red Lily
1924
Bo-Bo
The Signal Tower
1924
Joe Standish
So Big
1924
Klaus Poole
Madonna of the Streets
1924
Bill Smythe
Dynamite Smith
1924
'Slugger' Rourke
Three Ages
1923
The Villain
The Flame of Life
1923
Don Lowrie
Bavu
1923
Felix Bavu
The Spanish Dancer
1923
King Philip IV
White Tiger
1923
Count Donelli / Hawkes
Ashes of Vengeance
1923
Duc de Tours
Stormswept
1923
William McCabe
The Drums of Jeopardy
1923
Gregor Karlov
Drifting
1923
Jules Repin
The Eternal Struggle
1923
Barode Dukane
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
King Richard
Wild Honey
1922
Buck Roper
I Am the Law
1922
Fu Chang
Only a Shop Girl
1922
Jim Brennan
My Wife's Relations
1922
Photographer (uncredited)
A Blind Bargain
1922
Beast Man (uncredited)
The Man from Hell's River
1922
Gaspard, The Wolf
Robin Hood
1922
Richard the Lion-Hearted
The Sagebrush Trail
1922
José Fagaro
Trouble
1922
Ed Lee, the Plumber
Hurricane's Gal
1922
Chris Borg
The Rosary
1922
Kenwood Wright
Alias Julius Caesar
1922
The Last Trail
1921
William Kirk
- Patsy
Patsy
1921
Gustave Ludermann
- Sleeping Acres
Sleeping Acres
1921
The Ne'er to Return Road
1921
Convict #12896
The Policeman and the Baby
1921
The Crook
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
Ling Jo
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
The White Mouse
1921
Dr. Lawler
The Golden Snare
1921
Bram Johnson
The Northern Trail
1921
Otto Franke
The Rookie's Return
1920
François Dupont
813
1920
Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
Magua
The Mollycoddle
1920
Henry von Holkar
The Round-Up
1920
Buck McKee
The Virgin of Stamboul
1920
Sheik Achmet Hamid
- Only a Janitor
Only a Janitor
1919
The Love Burglar
1919
Coast-to-Coast Taylor
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
1919
Undetermined role (uncredited)
- A Beach Nut
A Beach Nut
1919
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
Mendoza
Victory
1919
August Schomberg
Behind the Door
1919
Lt. Brandt
The Unpardonable Sin
1919
Col. Klemm
The Life Line
1919
Bos
Johanna Enlists
1918
Col. Fanner
Maggie's First False Step
1917
The Villain
A Bedroom Blunder
1917
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Cactus Nell
1917
A Polished Gent
- Bombs and Banknotes
Bombs and Banknotes
1917
Janitor
Are Waitresses Safe?
1917
Party Guest (uncredited)
That Night
1917
The Cafe Proprietor
Teddy at the Throttle
1917
Henry Black
A Clever Dummy
1917
Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
The Little American
1917
German Soldier (uncredited)
Patria
1917
Pancho Villa
- Just a Few Little Things
Just a Few Little Things
1916
Fred
- A Capable Lady Cook
A Capable Lady Cook
1916
Sweedie
- Sweedie, the Janitor
Sweedie, the Janitor
1916
Sweedie - the Janitor
- The Janitor
The Janitor
1916
John - the Hotel Janitor
- A Dash of Courage
A Dash of Courage
1916
The Police Chief
- Hearts and Sparks
Hearts and Sparks
1916
Minor Role
Sweedie's Hero
1915
Sweedie
The New Teacher
1915
Sweedie - the New Teacher
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
1915
Sweedie
The Victor
1915
Mr. Justwed
Sweedie and Her Dog
1915
Sweedie
Sweedie's Suicide
1915
Sweedie
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
1915
Fred
- A Pound for a Pound
A Pound for a Pound
1915
Buck Gibson
- Done in Wax
Done in Wax
1915
The Hobo
- Sweedie Learns to Ride
Sweedie Learns to Ride
1915
Sweedie
- Ain't It the Truth?
Ain't It the Truth?
1915
Harold Wallington
- Sweedie's Hopeless Love
Sweedie's Hopeless Love
1915
Sweedie
- Love and Trouble
Love and Trouble
1915
Sweedie
- Father's New Maid
Father's New Maid
1915
Jack / Sweedie
- The Bouquet
The Bouquet
1915
Sweedie
- Sweedie in Vaudeville
Sweedie in Vaudeville
1915
Sweedie
The Slim Princess
1915
Popova
- The Fable of the Roistering Blades
The Fable of the Roistering Blades
1915
Milt
Sweedie's Finish
1915
Sweedie
- The Broken Pledge
The Broken Pledge
1915
Percy
Sweedie Goes to College
1915
Sweedie
The Hour and the Man
1914
A Juror
Looking for Trouble
1914
The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar
1914
The Cop
- One-to-Three
One-to-Three
1914
Willie Brace
- And He Came Back
And He Came Back
1914
Horatio Algernon Botts
- The Bargain Hunters
The Bargain Hunters
1914
Mr. Hunter
Mrs. Manly's Baby
1914
Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
- The Winner
The Winner
1914
Fritz Noodle
- Grass County Goes Dry
Grass County Goes Dry
1914
The Constable
- Making Him Over -- For Minnie
Making Him Over -- For Minnie
1914
Wrong All Around
1914
The Plumber
- A Queer Quarantine
A Queer Quarantine
1914
- Three Little Powders
Three Little Powders
1914
Wallace Williams
Curing a Husband
1914
Robert - the Husband
Jane
1914
The Doctor
- Oh, Doctor
Oh, Doctor
1914
The Deaf Minister
- Actor Finney's Finish
Actor Finney's Finish
1914
Actor James Finney
This Is the Life
1914
Hiram Stebbins
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
1914
Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
Sweedie the Swatter
1914
Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
The Epidemic
1914
Texas Tommy
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
1914
Prof. Bunkum
Countess Sweedie
1914
Sweedie
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
1914
Sweedie
The Fickleness of Sweedie
1914
Sweedie
Sweedie at the Fair
1914
Sweedie
Sweedie Collects for Charity
1914
Sweedie
Their Cheap Vacation
1914
Mr. Newlywed
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
1914
Homer Splivins
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
1914
Sweedie
Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind
1914
The Lover
Madame Double X
1914
Madame Double X
- The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
1914
The Coming Champion
- Love and Soda
Love and Soda
1914
The Plumber
- The Plum Tree
The Plum Tree
1914
Three Boiled Down Fables
1914
Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
- The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
1914
Attorney for Suggs
- The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
1914
- When Knights Were Bold
When Knights Were Bold
1914
The Earl
Sweedie's Clean-Up
1914
Sweedie
- The Prevailing Craze
The Prevailing Craze
1914
Wally
- Sweedie Springs a Surprise
Sweedie Springs a Surprise
1914
Sweedie
- Topsy-Turvy Sweedie
Topsy-Turvy Sweedie
1914
Sweedie
- In and Out
In and Out
1914
Hans
- Sweedie and the Lord
Sweedie and the Lord
1914
Sweedie
Rivalry and War
1914
Krautmeyer
- The Ups and Downs
The Ups and Downs
1914
- Sweedie and the Double Exposure
Sweedie and the Double Exposure
1914
Sweedie
She Landed a Big One
1914
Sweedie
Sweedie's Skate
1914
Sweedie
- Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie
1914
Sweedie
- Cheering a Husband
Cheering a Husband
1914
- The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
1914
The Football Hero
A Maid of War
1914
Sweedie
A Foot of Romance
1914
Jim Foley
Into Society and Out
1914
First Tramp
Money Talks
1914
The Cook
Sweedie Learns to Swim
1914
Sweedie
The Laundress
1914
Sweedie - the Laundress
- Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge
1913
Phil Culture
- Love Incognito
Love Incognito
1913
Secondary Role
- A Successful Failure
A Successful Failure
1913
The Uncle
- Dad's Insanity
Dad's Insanity
1913
Day by Day
1913
Bill the Iceman
- The Right of Way
The Right of Way
1913
Their Wives' Indiscretion
1913
Mr. Jones
The Usual Way
1913
The Dentist
Hello, Trouble
1913
Kitty's Knight
1913
Mike McManus
At the Old Maid's Call
1913
Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
Smithy's Grandma Party
1913
Prof. Smithy
- Mr. Dippy Dipped
Mr. Dippy Dipped
1913
Undetermined Role
- His Athletic Wife
His Athletic Wife
1913
Mr. Strong
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- Only a Janitor
Only a Janitor
1919
Director
- A Beach Nut
A Beach Nut
1919
Director
- Bombs and Banknotes
Bombs and Banknotes
1917
Director
- Just a Few Little Things
Just a Few Little Things
1916
Director
- A Capable Lady Cook
A Capable Lady Cook
1916
Director
- Sweedie, the Janitor
Sweedie, the Janitor
1916
Director
- The Janitor
The Janitor
1916
Director
- Snakeville’s Champion
Snakeville’s Champion
1915
Director
Rivalry and War
1914
Director
She Landed a Big One
1914
Director
Kitty's Knight
1913
Director
