Wallace Beery
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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.
Known For
Filmography
Away with Words
2026
as Wallace Beery
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Terry (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
1960
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MGM Parade
1955
as Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
Big Jack
1949
as Big Jack Horner
A Date with Judy
1948
as Melvin R. Foster
Alias a Gentleman
1948
as Jim Breedin
The Mighty McGurk
1947
as Roy 'Slag' McGurk
Bad Bascomb
1946
as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
This Man's Navy
1945
as Ned Trumpet
Rationing
1944
as Ben Barton
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Honest Plush Brannon
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Salute to the Marines
1943
as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
The Bugle Sounds
1942
as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
Jackass Mail
1942
as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
Barnacle Bill
1941
as Bill Johansen
The Bad Man
1941
as Pancho Lopez
The Man from Dakota
1940
as "Bar" Barstow
20 Mule Team
1940
as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
Wyoming
1940
as 'Reb' Harkness
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
Thunder Afloat
1939
as John Thorson
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Captain Boss Starkey
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Sgt. Shaun Madden
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
Port of Seven Seas
1938
as Cesar
Stablemates
1938
as Thomas Terry
Slave Ship
1937
as Jack Thompson
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
as 'Trigger' Bill
The Good Old Soak
1937
as Clem Hawley
A Message to Garcia
1936
as Sgt. Dory
Old Hutch
1936
as "Hutch" Hutchins
China Seas
1935
as Jamesy MacArdle
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
as Uncle Sid
West Point of the Air
1935
as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
as Michael O'Shaughnessy
Viva Villa!
1934
as Pancho Villa
Treasure Island
1934
as Long John Silver
The Mighty Barnum
1934
as Phineas T. Barnum
Dinner at Eight
1933
as Dan Packard
Tugboat Annie
1933
as Terry (Husband)
The Bowery
1933
as Chuck Connors
Going Hollywood
1933
as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Grand Hotel
1932
as General Director Preysing
Flesh
1932
as Polakai
Hell Divers
1932
as "Windy" Riker
The Secret Six
1931
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
The Champ
1931
as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Police Sergeant
The Christmas Party
1931
as Himself (uncredited)
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self (uncredited)
The Big House
1930
as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
Min and Bill
1930
as Bill
Billy the Kid
1930
as Pat Garrett
Way for a Sailor
1930
as Tripod
A Lady's Morals
1930
as P.T. Barnum
Chinatown Nights
1929
as Chuck Riley
The River of Romance
1929
as General Orlando Jackson
Stairs of Sand
1929
as Lacey
Wife Savers
1928
as Louis Hozenozzle
Beggars of Life
1928
as Oklahoma Red
Partners in Crime
1928
as Mike Doolan, The Detective
The Big Killing
1928
as Powderhorn Pete
Fireman, Save My Child
1927
as Elmer
Two Flaming Youths
1927
as Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
Casey at the Bat
1927
as Casey
Now We're in the Air
1927
as Wally
We're in the Navy Now
1926
as 'Knockout' Hansen
Behind the Front
1926
as Riff Swanson
Old Ironsides
1926
as Bos'n
Volcano
1926
as Quembo
The Lost World
1925
as Prof. Challenger
Let Women Alone
1925
as Cap Bullwinkle
The Devil's Cargo
1925
as Ben
Coming Through
1925
as Joe Lawler
In the Name of Love
1925
as Glavis
Rugged Water
1925
as Capt. Bartlett
Adventure
1925
as Morgan
The Pony Express
1925
as Rhode Island Red
The Night Club
1925
as José
The Wanderer
1925
as Pharis
The Great Divide
1925
as Dutch
Unseen Hands
1924
as Jean Scholast
Another Man's Wife
1924
as Captain Wolf
The Sea Hawk
1924
as Capt. Jasper Leigh
The Red Lily
1924
as Bo-Bo
The Signal Tower
1924
as Joe Standish
So Big
1924
as Klaus Poole
Madonna of the Streets
1924
as Bill Smythe
Dynamite Smith
1924
as 'Slugger' Rourke
Three Ages
1923
as The Villain
The Flame of Life
1923
as Don Lowrie
Bavu
1923
as Felix Bavu
The Spanish Dancer
1923
as King Philip IV
White Tiger
1923
as Count Donelli / Hawkes
Ashes of Vengeance
1923
as Duc de Tours
Stormswept
1923
as William McCabe
The Drums of Jeopardy
1923
as Gregor Karlov
Drifting
1923
as Jules Repin
The Eternal Struggle
1923
as Barode Dukane
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
as King Richard
Wild Honey
1922
as Buck Roper
I Am the Law
1922
as Fu Chang
Only a Shop Girl
1922
as Jim Brennan
My Wife's Relations
1922
as Photographer (uncredited)
A Blind Bargain
1922
as Beast Man (uncredited)
The Man from Hell's River
1922
as Gaspard, The Wolf
Robin Hood
1922
as Richard the Lion-Hearted
The Sagebrush Trail
1922
as José Fagaro
Trouble
1922
as Ed Lee, the Plumber
Hurricane's Gal
1922
as Chris Borg
The Rosary
1922
as Kenwood Wright
Alias Julius Caesar
1922
The Last Trail
1921
as William Kirk
Patsy
1921
as Gustave Ludermann
The Policeman and the Baby
1921
as The Crook
The Ne'er to Return Road
1921
as Convict #12896
Sleeping Acres
1921
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
as Ling Jo
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
The White Mouse
1921
as Dr. Lawler
The Golden Snare
1921
as Bram Johnson
The Northern Trail
1921
as Otto Franke
813
1920
as Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
The Rookie's Return
1920
as François Dupont
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
as Magua
The Mollycoddle
1920
as Henry von Holkar
The Round-Up
1920
as Buck McKee
The Virgin of Stamboul
1920
as Sheik Achmet Hamid
Only a Janitor
1919
A Beach Nut
1919
The Love Burglar
1919
as Coast-to-Coast Taylor
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as Mendoza
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
1919
as Undetermined role (uncredited)
Victory
1919
as August Schomberg
Behind the Door
1919
as Lt. Brandt
The Unpardonable Sin
1919
as Col. Klemm
The Life Line
1919
as Bos
Johanna Enlists
1918
as Col. Fanner
Bombs and Banknotes
1917
as Janitor
Maggie's First False Step
1917
as The Villain
Cactus Nell
1917
as A Polished Gent
A Bedroom Blunder
1917
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Are Waitresses Safe?
1917
as Party Guest (uncredited)
That Night
1917
as The Cafe Proprietor
Teddy at the Throttle
1917
as Henry Black
A Clever Dummy
1917
as Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
The Little American
1917
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Patria
1917
as Pancho Villa
The Janitor
1916
as John - the Hotel Janitor
Just a Few Little Things
1916
as Fred
Sweedie, the Janitor
1916
as Sweedie - the Janitor
A Capable Lady Cook
1916
as Sweedie
A Dash of Courage
1916
as The Police Chief
Hearts and Sparks
1916
as Minor Role
Sweedie's Hero
1915
as Sweedie
The New Teacher
1915
as Sweedie - the New Teacher
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
1915
as Sweedie
Sweedie's Suicide
1915
as Sweedie
Sweedie and Her Dog
1915
as Sweedie
The Victor
1915
as Mr. Justwed
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
1915
as Fred
A Pound for a Pound
1915
as Buck Gibson
Ain't It the Truth?
1915
as Harold Wallington
Sweedie's Hopeless Love
1915
as Sweedie
Father's New Maid
1915
as Jack / Sweedie
Love and Trouble
1915
as Sweedie
Sweedie Learns to Ride
1915
as Sweedie
The Bouquet
1915
as Sweedie
Done in Wax
1915
as The Hobo
Sweedie in Vaudeville
1915
as Sweedie
The Slim Princess
1915
as Popova
Sweedie's Finish
1915
as Sweedie
The Fable of the Roistering Blades
1915
as Milt
Sweedie Goes to College
1915
as Sweedie
The Broken Pledge
1915
as Percy
The Hour and the Man
1914
as A Juror
Looking for Trouble
1914
One-to-Three
1914
as Willie Brace
Mrs. Manly's Baby
1914
as Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar
1914
as The Cop
Grass County Goes Dry
1914
as The Constable
A Queer Quarantine
1914
The Bargain Hunters
1914
as Mr. Hunter
And He Came Back
1914
as Horatio Algernon Botts
The Winner
1914
as Fritz Noodle
Wrong All Around
1914
as The Plumber
Curing a Husband
1914
as Robert - the Husband
Making Him Over -- For Minnie
1914
Three Little Powders
1914
as Wallace Williams
Actor Finney's Finish
1914
as Actor James Finney
Jane
1914
as The Doctor
Oh, Doctor
1914
as The Deaf Minister
This Is the Life
1914
as Hiram Stebbins
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
1914
as Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
The Epidemic
1914
as Texas Tommy
Sweedie the Swatter
1914
as Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
1914
as Prof. Bunkum
Countess Sweedie
1914
as Sweedie
Sweedie Collects for Charity
1914
as Sweedie
The Fickleness of Sweedie
1914
as Sweedie
Sweedie at the Fair
1914
as Sweedie
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
1914
as Sweedie
Their Cheap Vacation
1914
as Mr. Newlywed
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
1914
as Homer Splivins
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
1914
as Sweedie
Madame Double X
1914
as Madame Double X
Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind
1914
as The Lover
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
1914
as The Football Hero
Sweedie and the Lord
1914
as Sweedie
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
1914
as The Coming Champion
In and Out
1914
as Hans
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
1914
Topsy-Turvy Sweedie
1914
as Sweedie
The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
1914
as Attorney for Suggs
Sweedie and the Double Exposure
1914
as Sweedie
Sweedie Springs a Surprise
1914
as Sweedie
Love and Soda
1914
as The Plumber
When Knights Were Bold
1914
as The Earl
The Plum Tree
1914
Sweedie's Skate
1914
as Sweedie
Sweedie's Clean-Up
1914
as Sweedie
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie
1914
as Sweedie
She Landed a Big One
1914
as Sweedie
Rivalry and War
1914
as Krautmeyer
Three Boiled Down Fables
1914
as Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
The Prevailing Craze
1914
as Wally
A Maid of War
1914
as Sweedie
The Ups and Downs
1914
Cheering a Husband
1914
A Foot of Romance
1914
as Jim Foley
Into Society and Out
1914
as First Tramp
Money Talks
1914
as The Cook
Sweedie Learns to Swim
1914
as Sweedie
The Laundress
1914
as Sweedie - the Laundress
Sweet Revenge
1913
as Phil Culture
The Right of Way
1913
Love Incognito
1913
as Secondary Role
A Successful Failure
1913
as The Uncle
Dad's Insanity
1913
Day by Day
1913
as Bill the Iceman
Their Wives' Indiscretion
1913
as Mr. Jones
The Usual Way
1913
as The Dentist
Kitty's Knight
1913
as Mike McManus
Smithy's Grandma Party
1913
as Prof. Smithy
Hello, Trouble
1913
At the Old Maid's Call
1913
as Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
His Athletic Wife
1913
as Mr. Strong
Mr. Dippy Dipped
1913
as Undetermined Role