Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Active - 1911 - 2018  |   Birth - Apr 1, 1885  |   Death - Apr 15, 1949  |   Genres - Drama, Silent Film, Comedy, Romance, Action-Adventure | Subgenres - Silent Film, Silent Feature, Western Film, Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy

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Wallace Fitzgerald Beery 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 Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934), as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa! (1934), and his titular 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 1930s. He was the brother of actor Noah Beery Sr. and uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr.

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