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English-American actor (–)

"Sam Grundy" redirects here. For the character, see Love on the Dole.

Wallace Ford (born Samuel Grundy Jones; 12 February – 11 June ) was an English-born naturalized American vaudevillian, stage performer and screen actor.

Usually playing wise-cracking characters, he combined a tough but friendly-faced demeanor with a small but powerful, stocky physique.

Early life

He was born Samuel Grundy Jones^[1] in Bolton, Lancashire, England, into a working-class family of limited means.

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Attractive, amiable character actor who specialized in charming ne'er-do-well's.

At the age of three, he was placed by his uncle and aunt, in whose care he had been, into a Barnardo's orphanage home, since they were unable to maintain his upkeep along with their own several children. When he was seven, he and other children from similar backgrounds were shipped to Canada to be found new homes with farming foster families as a part of the British Empire's ongoing programme to populate the territory.

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