George Wallace
Biography
Date of Birth 8 June 1917, New York City, New York, USA Date of Death 22 July 2005, Los Angeles, California, USA (complications from a fall) Birth Name George Dewey Wallace George Wallace was born in New York and, at age 13, moved with his mom and her new husband to McMechen, West Virginia, a coal mining town where the boy began working in the mines. He joined the Navy in 1936, got out in 1940, and then went right back in again when World War II started. A chief boatswain's mate, he ended up in Los Angeles after a total of eight years in the service. Wallace supported himself with an array of odd jobs, from working for a meat packer ("knockin' steers in the head") to lumber-jacking in the High Sierras. A stint as a singing bartender attracted the attention of Hollywood columnist Jimmy Fidler, who helped him get his show-biz start. Wallace enrolled in drama school in the late 1940s, while earning his living tending the greens at MGM. He soon began landing jobs in films and TV, most notably as Commando Cody in the Republic serial Radar Men from the Moon (1952). He later made his Broadway debut in Richard Rodgers' "Pipe Dreams," replaced John Raitt in "The Pajama Game" and was nominated for a Tony for his leading role in "New Girl in Town" with Gwen Verdon. Other stage roles have included "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" opposite Ginger Rogers, "Jennie" with Mary Martin, "Most Happy Fella" (during production, he met his present wife, actress Jane A. Johnston), "Camelot" (as King Arthur), "Man of La Mancha," "Company," and more. In 1960, his career was stalled when a horse fell on him and broke his back during the making of an episode of TV's "Disneyland" (1954)'s "Swamp Fox." His painful recovery took seven months. He sometimes billed himself George D. H. Wallace, to avoid confusion with comic George Wallace.
Think Like a Man Too
Randy The Dealer
Multiplicity
Man in Restaurant
Radar Men From the Moon
Commando Cody
Kansas City Confidential
Olson (uncredited)
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Himself - Governor of Alabama
Santa Jr.
Norm Potter
The Last Laugh
Johnny Sunshine
The Haunted
John (as George D. Wallace)
Let George Do It
Joe Blake
The Roast of Kevin Hart
Self
The Roast of Kevin Hart
Self
James the Second
Del McMurphy
Kevin Hart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Self
Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy
Self - Governor of Alabama (archive footage)
Robert De Niro, l'arme du Silence
Self (archive footage)
Self
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Self (archive footage)
MLK/FBI
Self - Former Governor of Alabama (archive footage)
Hubie Halloween
Mayor Benson
The Last Laugh
Johnny Sunshine
Nappily Ever After
Driver
Just Getting Started
Larry
Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special
Self
Grow House
Mark White
I Am Battle Comic
Self - Interviewee
Think Like a Man Too
Randy The Dealer
20 Feet from Stardom
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Funny People
Himself
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Himself - Assassination Attempt (archive footage)
Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular
Wiseman
Heckler
Himself
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Himself
Brother Sam - A Tribute to Sam Kinison
Himself
The Ladykillers
Sheriff Wyner
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Himself
Santa Jr.
Norm Potter
Comedian
Comedian
Mr. Deeds
NAACP Administrator
The Wash
Mr. Washington
Nurse Betty
Grandfather (as George D. Wallace)
3 Strikes
Pops Douglas
Little Nicky
Mayor Randolph
Deal of a Lifetime
Coach Millhaven
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
James
Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Forces of Nature
Max (as George D. Wallace)
Jerry Seinfeld: "I'm Telling You for the Last Time" - Live on Broadway
Himself ('The Funeral' sequence)
4 Little Girls
Himself (also archive footage)
Meet Wally Sparks
Bartender
Multiplicity
Man in Restaurant
Batman Forever
The Mayor
Piggy (segment 'Space Traders')
Schemes
Sam
Forrest Gump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Almost Dead
Caretaker
My Girl 2
Gnarly Old Man
Malcolm X
Self - Opposing Integration of University of Alabama (archive footage) (uncredited)
Diggstown
Bob Ferris
Bebe's Kids
Card Player #4 (voice)
Picket Fences: Season One
Father Joe Lyons (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
Def Comedy Jam Classics: Martin Lawrence
Himself - Comedian (unknown episodes, 1997)
A Rage in Harlem
Grave Digger
Defending Your Life
Daniel's judge (as George D. Wallace)
The Doors
Self - Being Shot by Arthur Bremer (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Haunted
John (as George D. Wallace)
Postcards From the Edge
Carl
The Final Days
Archibald Cox
Singende Kumpel haben's schwer
Bartender
Punchline
Man with Arm in Cast
Hot To Trot
Orson
Hostile Witness
Shoop (as George D. Wallace)
Prison
Joe Reese (as George D. Wallace)
Native Son
Judge
Just Between Friends
Bob Chapwick
Protocol
T.V. Commentator
Things Are Tough All Over
The Champ
The Killing of America
Self (archive footage)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Senator Joseph McCarthy (as George D. Wallace)
Billy Jack: Billy Jack Goes to Washington
(as George D. Wallace)
Lifeguard
Mr. Carlson
The Towering Inferno
Chief Officer
The Swinging Cheerleaders
Mr. Putnam
The Six Million Dollar Man
General
The Harvey Wallinger Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Skin Game
Auctioneer
In Search Of America
Clarence
Caprice
Policeman (uncredited)
Texas across the River
Willet
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Himself - Governor of Alabama
FBI Code 98
Plant Guard (uncredited)
Star in the Dust
Joe (uncredited)
Great Day in the Morning
Jack Lawford (uncredited)
Slightly Scarlet
Thug (uncredited)
Soldier of Fortune
Gunner (uncredited)
Strange Lady in Town
Curley (uncredited)
Rage at Dawn
Sheriff Mosley (uncredited)
Man Without A Star
Tom Carter
Destry
Curly
La Linea Francesa
Cowboy (uncredited)
Francis Covers the Big Town
Mounted Traffic Cop (uncredited)
The Lawless Breed
Brady (uncredited)
Million Dollar Mermaid
Bud Williams - Stunt Pilot (uncredited)
The Big Sky
Thug in General Store (uncredited)
Radar Men From the Moon
Commando Cody
Hopalong Cassidy
Brad Mason / ... (4 episodes, 1952-1954)
Kansas City Confidential
Olson (uncredited)
Zu allem entschlossen
Patrolman (uncredited)
Man in the Saddle
Rider (uncredited)
Submarine Command
Chief Herb Bixby
Wherever She Goes
Stage Manager
The Fat Man
Carl (uncredited)
The sun Sets at Dawn
Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Rats of Tobruk
Barber of Tobruk
Let George Do It
Joe Blake
Hopalong Cassidy TV Collection #1
Brad Mason / ... (4 episodes, 1952-1954)
