Wallace Beery

Known for: Acting

Born: 1885-03-31 – 1949-04-15 (aged 64)

From: Clay County, Missouri, USA

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.

Filmography (264)

MOVIE
Away with Words
2026
as Wallace Beery
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
The Our Gang Story
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
MOVIE
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Terry (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
When Comedy Was King
1960
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV★ 7.5
MGM Parade
1955
as Champ in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Big Jack
1949
as Big Jack Horner
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Date with Judy
1948
as Melvin R. Foster
MOVIE★ 6.8
Alias a Gentleman
1948
as Jim Breedin
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Mighty McGurk
1947
as Roy 'Slag' McGurk
MOVIE★ 7.3
Bad Bascomb
1946
as Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
MOVIE★ 6.7
This Man's Navy
1945
as Ned Trumpet
MOVIE★ 5.5
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Honest Plush Brannon
MOVIE★ 4.0
Rationing
1944
as Ben Barton
MOVIE★ 8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Salute to the Marines
1943
as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
MOVIE★ 7.5
Jackass Mail
1942
as Marmaduke 'Just' Baggot
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Bugle Sounds
1942
as Sgt. Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
MOVIE★ 7.8
Barnacle Bill
1941
as Bill Johansen
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Bad Man
1941
as Pancho Lopez
MOVIE★ 6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Wyoming
1940
as 'Reb' Harkness
MOVIE★ 5.8
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
20 Mule Team
1940
as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Man from Dakota
1940
as "Bar" Barstow
MOVIE★ 6.1
Thunder Afloat
1939
as John Thorson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.0
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Sgt. Shaun Madden
MOVIE★ 6.0
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Captain Boss Starkey
MOVIE★ 6.3
Stablemates
1938
as Thomas Terry
MOVIE★ 10.0
Port of Seven Seas
1938
as Cesar
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
as 'Trigger' Bill
MOVIE★ 5.1
Slave Ship
1937
as Jack Thompson
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Good Old Soak
1937
as Clem Hawley
MOVIE★ 10.0
Old Hutch
1936
as "Hutch" Hutchins
MOVIE★ 5.0
A Message to Garcia
1936
as Sgt. Dory
MOVIE★ 6.6
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
as Uncle Sid
MOVIE★ 6.2
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
as Michael O'Shaughnessy
MOVIE★ 6.2
China Seas
1935
as Jamesy MacArdle
MOVIE★ 7.0
West Point of the Air
1935
as Sgt. 'Big Mike' Stone
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Mighty Barnum
1934
as Phineas T. Barnum
MOVIE★ 6.5
Treasure Island
1934
as Long John Silver
MOVIE★ 6.3
Viva Villa!
1934
as Pancho Villa
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dinner at Eight
1933
as Dan Packard
MOVIE★ 5.5
Going Hollywood
1933
as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Bowery
1933
as Chuck Connors
MOVIE★ 7.3
Tugboat Annie
1933
as Terry (Husband)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Flesh
1932
as Polakai
MOVIE★ 7.0
Grand Hotel
1932
as General Director Preysing
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hell Divers
1932
as "Windy" Riker
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Christmas Party
1931
as Himself (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Champ
1931
as Andy 'Champ' Purcell
MOVIE★ 5.2
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Secret Six
1931
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Police Sergeant
MOVIE★ 6.2
Min and Bill
1930
as Bill
MOVIE★ 5.0
A Lady's Morals
1930
as P.T. Barnum
MOVIE★ 5.3
Way for a Sailor
1930
as Tripod
MOVIE★ 4.6
Billy the Kid
1930
as Pat Garrett
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Big House
1930
as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
MOVIE★ 5.7
The River of Romance
1929
as General Orlando Jackson
MOVIE
Stairs of Sand
1929
as Lacey
MOVIE★ 4.4
Chinatown Nights
1929
as Chuck Riley
MOVIE★ 7.1
Beggars of Life
1928
as Oklahoma Red
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Big Killing
1928
as Powderhorn Pete
MOVIE★ 6.0
Partners in Crime
1928
as Mike Doolan, The Detective
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wife Savers
1928
as Louis Hozenozzle
MOVIE
Two Flaming Youths
1927
as Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Now We're in the Air
1927
as Wally
MOVIE★ 8.0
Fireman, Save My Child
1927
as Elmer
MOVIE★ 8.0
Casey at the Bat
1927
as Casey
MOVIE★ 6.4
Old Ironsides
1926
as Bos'n
MOVIE★ 6.3
We're in the Navy Now
1926
as 'Knockout' Hansen
MOVIE★ 10.0
Volcano
1926
as Quembo
MOVIE★ 6.2
Behind the Front
1926
as Riff Swanson
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Pony Express
1925
as Rhode Island Red
MOVIE★ 3.0
The Wanderer
1925
as Pharis
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rugged Water
1925
as Capt. Bartlett
MOVIE★ 10.0
In the Name of Love
1925
as Glavis
MOVIE★ 9.0
Adventure
1925
as Morgan
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Night Club
1925
as José
MOVIE★ 9.0
Coming Through
1925
as Joe Lawler
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Great Divide
1925
as Dutch
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Lost World
1925
as Prof. Challenger
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Devil's Cargo
1925
as Ben
MOVIE★ 8.0
Let Women Alone
1925
as Cap Bullwinkle
MOVIE★ 9.0
So Big
1924
as Klaus Poole
MOVIE★ 9.0
Madonna of the Streets
1924
as Bill Smythe
MOVIE★ 10.0
Dynamite Smith
1924
as 'Slugger' Rourke
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Red Lily
1924
as Bo-Bo
MOVIE★ 7.0
Another Man's Wife
1924
as Captain Wolf
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Signal Tower
1924
as Joe Standish
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Sea Hawk
1924
as Capt. Jasper Leigh
MOVIE★ 10.0
Unseen Hands
1924
as Jean Scholast
MOVIE★ 5.3
White Tiger
1923
as Count Donelli / Hawkes
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Drums of Jeopardy
1923
as Gregor Karlov
MOVIE
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
as King Richard
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Eternal Struggle
1923
as Barode Dukane
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Spanish Dancer
1923
as King Philip IV
MOVIE★ 6.8
Three Ages
1923
as The Villain
MOVIE★ 7.0
Drifting
1923
as Jules Repin
MOVIE★ 6.0
Ashes of Vengeance
1923
as Duc de Tours
MOVIE★ 8.0
Bavu
1923
as Felix Bavu
MOVIE★ 4.0
Stormswept
1923
as William McCabe
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Flame of Life
1923
as Don Lowrie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Only a Shop Girl
1922
as Jim Brennan
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Blind Bargain
1922
as Beast Man (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Robin Hood
1922
as Richard the Lion-Hearted
MOVIE★ 7.0
Trouble
1922
as Ed Lee, the Plumber
MOVIE★ 7.0
Alias Julius Caesar
1922
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hurricane's Gal
1922
as Chris Borg
MOVIE★ 10.0
I Am the Law
1922
as Fu Chang
MOVIE★ 6.2
My Wife's Relations
1922
as Photographer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Man from Hell's River
1922
as Gaspard, The Wolf
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Sagebrush Trail
1922
as José Fagaro
MOVIE★ 10.0
Wild Honey
1922
as Buck Roper
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Rosary
1922
as Kenwood Wright
MOVIE★ 8.0
The White Mouse
1921
as Dr. Lawler
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Trail
1921
as William Kirk
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Ne'er to Return Road
1921
as Convict #12896
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Policeman and the Baby
1921
as The Crook
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Golden Snare
1921
as Bram Johnson
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Northern Trail
1921
as Otto Franke
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
as Ling Jo
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen
MOVIE★ 10.0
Patsy
1921
as Gustave Ludermann
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sleeping Acres
1921
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Rookie's Return
1920
as François Dupont
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
as Magua
MOVIE★ 9.0
813
1920
as Maj. Parbury / Ribeira
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Round-Up
1920
as Buck McKee
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Mollycoddle
1920
as Henry von Holkar
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Virgin of Stamboul
1920
as Sheik Achmet Hamid
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
1919
as Undetermined role (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Behind the Door
1919
as Lt. Brandt
MOVIE★ 6.2
Victory
1919
as August Schomberg
MOVIE★ 7.0
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as Mendoza
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Life Line
1919
as Bos
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Love Burglar
1919
as Coast-to-Coast Taylor
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Unpardonable Sin
1919
as Col. Klemm
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Beach Nut
1919
MOVIE★ 10.0
Only a Janitor
1919
MOVIE★ 5.9
Johanna Enlists
1918
as Col. Fanner
MOVIE
That Night
1917
as The Cafe Proprietor
MOVIE★ 5.0
Are Waitresses Safe?
1917
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
A Bedroom Blunder
1917
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
A Clever Dummy
1917
as Patrick Cohen - a Vaudeville Manager
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Little American
1917
as German Soldier (uncredited)
MOVIE
Cactus Nell
1917
as A Polished Gent
MOVIE★ 6.2
Teddy at the Throttle
1917
as Henry Black
MOVIE
Maggie's First False Step
1917
as The Villain
MOVIE★ 6.5
Patria
1917
as Pancho Villa
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bombs and Banknotes
1917
as Janitor
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Capable Lady Cook
1916
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sweedie, the Janitor
1916
as Sweedie - the Janitor
MOVIE★ 10.0
Just a Few Little Things
1916
as Fred
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Janitor
1916
as John - the Hotel Janitor
MOVIE
Hearts and Sparks
1916
as Minor Role
MOVIE
A Dash of Courage
1916
as The Police Chief
MOVIE
The Fable of the Roistering Blades
1915
as Milt
MOVIE
The Broken Pledge
1915
as Percy
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sweedie's Finish
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE
The Slim Princess
1915
as Popova
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sweedie's Hero
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE
Sweedie in Vaudeville
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Done in Wax
1915
as The Hobo
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Bouquet
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sweedie Learns to Ride
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Love and Trouble
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Father's New Maid
1915
as Jack / Sweedie
MOVIE
Sweedie's Hopeless Love
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 10.0
Ain't It the Truth?
1915
as Harold Wallington
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Pound for a Pound
1915
as Buck Gibson
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Victor
1915
as Mr. Justwed
MOVIE
Sweedie Goes to College
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 10.0
The New Teacher
1915
as Sweedie - the New Teacher
MOVIE★ 7.0
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
1915
as Fred
MOVIE
Sweedie and Her Dog
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE
Sweedie's Suicide
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
1915
as Sweedie
MOVIE
Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind
1914
as The Lover
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sweedie Collects for Charity
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 10.0
Their Cheap Vacation
1914
as Mr. Newlywed
MOVIE★ 9.0
Madame Double X
1914
as Madame Double X
MOVIE
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
1914
as Homer Splivins
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Maid of War
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE
Sweedie at the Fair
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Countess Sweedie
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Three Boiled Down Fables
1914
as Speeding Driver, Episode #3, The Prevailing Craze
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Prevailing Craze
1914
as Wally
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Laundress
1914
as Sweedie - the Laundress
MOVIE★ 10.0
Rivalry and War
1914
as Krautmeyer
MOVIE★ 10.0
She Landed a Big One
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 5.0
Sweedie Learns to Swim
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Fickleness of Sweedie
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sweedie's Clean-Up
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sweedie's Skate
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE
The Plum Tree
1914
MOVIE
When Knights Were Bold
1914
as The Earl
MOVIE★ 9.0
Love and Soda
1914
as The Plumber
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sweedie Springs a Surprise
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sweedie and the Double Exposure
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE
The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
1914
as Attorney for Suggs
MOVIE★ 7.0
Topsy-Turvy Sweedie
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
1914
MOVIE★ 9.0
In and Out
1914
as Hans
MOVIE
Money Talks
1914
as The Cook
MOVIE
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
1914
as Prof. Bunkum
MOVIE
Sweedie the Swatter
1914
as Sweedie (a Swedish maid)
MOVIE
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
1914
as The Coming Champion
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sweedie and the Lord
1914
as Sweedie
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Epidemic
1914
as Texas Tommy
MOVIE
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
1914
as The Football Hero
MOVIE
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
1914
as Gabby Gus - the Brash Drummer
MOVIE★ 9.0
This Is the Life
1914
as Hiram Stebbins
MOVIE
Jane
1914
as The Doctor
MOVIE★ 8.0
Actor Finney's Finish
1914
as Actor James Finney
MOVIE★ 9.0
Three Little Powders
1914
as Wallace Williams
MOVIE★ 8.0
Making Him Over -- For Minnie
1914
MOVIE★ 10.0
Curing a Husband
1914
as Robert - the Husband
MOVIE
Wrong All Around
1914
as The Plumber
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Winner
1914
as Fritz Noodle
MOVIE
And He Came Back
1914
as Horatio Algernon Botts
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Bargain Hunters
1914
as Mr. Hunter
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Queer Quarantine
1914
MOVIE★ 9.0
Oh, Doctor
1914
as The Deaf Minister
MOVIE★ 8.0
Grass County Goes Dry
1914
as The Constable
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar
1914
as The Cop
MOVIE★ 9.0
Mrs. Manly's Baby
1914
as Mrs G. Howe Wise, Pres. Suffrage League
MOVIE★ 8.0
One-to-Three
1914
as Willie Brace
MOVIE
Into Society and Out
1914
as First Tramp
MOVIE★ 10.0
Looking for Trouble
1914
MOVIE
The Hour and the Man
1914
as A Juror
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Foot of Romance
1914
as Jim Foley
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Ups and Downs
1914
MOVIE★ 9.0
Cheering a Husband
1914
MOVIE★ 9.0
At the Old Maid's Call
1913
as Miss Muchmoney - the Old Maid
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hello, Trouble
1913
MOVIE★ 8.0
Smithy's Grandma Party
1913
as Prof. Smithy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Kitty's Knight
1913
as Mike McManus
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Usual Way
1913
as The Dentist
MOVIE★ 8.0
Their Wives' Indiscretion
1913
as Mr. Jones
MOVIE★ 10.0
Day by Day
1913
as Bill the Iceman
MOVIE★ 10.0
Dad's Insanity
1913
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Successful Failure
1913
as The Uncle
MOVIE★ 7.0
Love Incognito
1913
as Secondary Role
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Right of Way
1913
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sweet Revenge
1913
as Phil Culture
MOVIE★ 10.0
Mr. Dippy Dipped
1913
as Undetermined Role
MOVIE★ 7.0
His Athletic Wife
1913
as Mr. Strong