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Wallace Beery

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Also known as Wallace Fitzgerald Beery

American actor (1885-1949)

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Wallace Beery is indexed among the 87 entries in Vinony's Best Actor collection. It also appears in Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Within Vinony's link graph, Wallace Beery is referenced by 725 other articles, and connects out to Arthur Conan Doyle, Beverly Hills and P. T. Barnum.

It sits within the topics 1885 births, 1949 deaths and 20th-century American male actors.

Its subject is documented across 49 Wikipedia language editions.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1885-04-01
Active to
1949-04-15

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Total plays
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Born
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery , ( 1885-04-01 ) April 1, 1885, Clay County, Missouri , U.S.
Died
April 15, 1949 (1949-04-15) (aged 64), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Glendale, California , U.S.
Occupations
Actor film director
Years active
1904–1949
Spouses
Gloria Swanson ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1916 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1918 ) ​ Rita Gilman ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1939 ) ​
Relatives
Noah Beery Sr. (brother) Noah Beery Jr. (nephew)

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Wallace Beery
date of birth
1885-04-01
date of death
1949-04-15
start of work period
1913-00-00
end of work period
1949-00-00
birth name
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery
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Encyclopedic overview

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in Grand Hotel (1932), as the pirate Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934), as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa! (1934) for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and his title role in The Champ (1931), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 films during a 36-year career. His contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stipulated in 1932 that he would be paid $1 more than any other contract player at the studio. This made Beery the highest-paid film actor in the world during the early 1930s. He was the brother of actor Noah Beery and uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr.

For his contributions to the film industry, Beery was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

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