Acting
Wallace MacDonald
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.
Filmography
A Street of Memory
Film · 1937
Their Big Moment
Film · 1934
The Vanishing Frontier
Film · 1933
The Mayor of Hell
Film · 1933
I Loved a Woman
Film · 1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Film · 1933
King of the Wild Horses
Film · 1933
Night Flight
Film · 1933
The World Changes
Film · 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
Film · 1933
Hello Trouble
Film · 1932
Between Fighting Men
Film · 1932
Two-Fisted Law
Film · 1932
Texas Cyclone
Film · 1932
High Speed
Film · 1932
The Riding Tornado
Film · 1932
Daring Danger
Film · 1932
The Arm of the Law
Film · 1932
Tex Takes a Holiday
Film · 1932
Branded
Film · 1931
The Range Feud
Film · 1931
The Pagan Lady
Film · 1931
The Drums of Jeopardy
Film · 1931
The Last Flight
Film · 1931
Fifty Fathoms Deep
Film · 1931
Millie
Film · 1931
Fighting Thru
Film · 1930
The Rogue Song
Film · 1930
Madam Satan
Film · 1930
Zampa
Film · 1930
Darkened Rooms
Film · 1929
Sweetie
Film · 1929
Fancy Baggage
Film · 1929
Hit the Deck
Film · 1929
Dark Skies
Film · 1929
Blockade
Film · 1928
Tropical Nights
Film · 1928
Tumbling River
Film · 1927
Drums of the Desert
Film · 1927
Red Signals
Film · 1927
Your Wife and Mine
Film · 1927
Two Can Play
Film · 1926
The Checkered Flag
Film · 1926
Hell's Four Hundred
Film · 1926
Faithful Wives
Film · 1926
The Bar-C Mystery
Film · 1926
Casey of the Coast Guard
Film · 1926
Fighting with Buffalo Bill
Film · 1926
The Primrose Path
Film · 1925
Lightnin'
Film · 1925
The Lady
Film · 1925
The Charmer
Film · 1925
Wandering Fires
Film · 1925
Learning to Love
Film · 1925
New Lives for Old
Film · 1925
The Sea Hawk
Film · 1924
Roaring Rails
Film · 1924
Curlytop
Film · 1924
Love and Glory
Film · 1924
Thy Name Is Woman
Film · 1924
The Heart Bandit
Film · 1924
Maytime
Film · 1923
The Day of Faith
Film · 1923
The Spoilers
Film · 1923
A Fool There Was
Film · 1922
The Understudy
Film · 1922
Caught Bluffing
Film · 1922
Youth Must Have Love
Film · 1922
A Poor Relation
Film · 1921
The Sage Hen
Film · 1921
Breaking Through
Film · 1921
Rouge and Riches
Film · 1920
The Fighting Shepherdess
Film · 1920
Are All Men Alike?
Film · 1920
Trumpet Island
Film · 1920
Moon Madness
Film · 1920
Cinderella's Twin
Film · 1920
Leave It to Susan
Film · 1919
The Little Boss
Film · 1919
Cupid Forecloses
Film · 1919
The Follies Girl
Film · 1919
A Girl Named Mary
Film · 1919
Spotlight Sadie
Film · 1919
Brothers Divided
Film · 1919
Marked Cards
Film · 1918
Madame Sphinx
Film · 1918
The Shoes That Danced
Film · 1918
The Princess of Park Row
Film · 1917
Youth's Endearing Charm
Film · 1916
Purity
Film · 1916
Nanette of the Wilds
Film · 1916
Their Last Haul
Film · 1915
Dough and Dynamite
Film · 1914
Caught in a Cabaret
Film · 1914
Zip, the Dodger
Film · 1914
Mabel's Married Life
Film · 1914
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Film · 1914
The Rounders
Film · 1914
Love and Bullets
Film · 1914
Fatty Again
Film · 1914
The Star Boarder
Film · 1914
Those Love Pangs
Film · 1914
The Knockout
Film · 1914
Mabel's Busy Day
Film · 1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Film · 1914
Mabel's Blunder
Film · 1914