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Wallace Beery is a Actor and Director American born on 31 march 1885 at Kansas City (USA)

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery participated to 134 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 4 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

Grand Hotel, 1h52
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Roles General Director Preysing
Rating72% 3.647433.647433.647433.647433.64743
Doctor Otternschlag (Lewis Stone), a disfigured veteran of World War I and a permanent resident of the Grand Hotel in Berlin, wryly observes, "People come and go. Nothing ever happens", after which a great deal transpires. Baron Felix von Geigern (John Barrymore), who squandered his fortune and supports himself as a card player and occasional jewel thief, befriends Otto Kringelein (Lionel Barrymore), a meek accountant who, having discovered he is dying, has decided to spend his remaining days in the lap of luxury. Kringelein's former employer, industrialist General Director Preysing (Wallace Beery), is at the hotel to close an important deal, and he hires stenographer Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford) to assist him. She aspires to be an actress and shows Preysing some magazine photos for which she posed, implying she is willing to offer him more than typing if he is willing to help advance her career.
Min and Bill, 1h6
Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, DeWitt Jennings, Don Dillaway
Roles Bill
Rating66% 3.3462153.3462153.3462153.3462153.346215
Min Divot (Marie Dressler) runs a dockside inn. She has been raising Nancy Smith (Dorothy Jordan) as her own since her prostitute mother, Bella (Majorie Rambeau) left her at the inn as an infant. Min frequently argues with fisherman Bill (Wallace Beery). Despite Bill's near constant drinking, he and Min care for each other. She and Bill are the only ones who know the real identity of Nancy's real, still living, mother.
The Champ
The Champ (1931)
, 1h25
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy, Marcia Mae Jones
Roles Andy 'Champ' Purcell
Rating72% 3.645353.645353.645353.645353.64535
Andy "Champ" Purcell (Wallace Beery) is the former world heavyweight champion, now down on his luck and living in squalid conditions with his eight-year-old son "Dink" in Tijuana, Mexico. Champ attempts to train and to convince promoters to set up a fight for him, but his efforts are consistently stymied by his alcoholism. Dink is repeatedly disappointed and let down by his father's irresponsible actions and frequent broken promises to quit drinking, but his utter devotion to his father nonetheless never wavers.
The Big House, 1h27
Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Robert Montgomery, Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, George F. Marion
Roles Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
Rating70% 3.5436353.5436353.5436353.5436353.543635
Kent (Robert Montgomery), a young law-abiding man kills someone while driving drunk, is sentenced to ten years for manslaughter. In an overcrowded prison designed for 1800 and actually holding 3000, he is placed in a cell with Butch (Wallace Beery) and Morgan (Chester Morris), the two leaders of the inmates. Butch is alternately menacing and friendly, while Morgan tries to help out the frightened, inexperienced youngster, but Kent rebuffs his overtures.