Cast

Wallace Beery

1885 – 1949

Active years (films on this site)

1923–2018

Genres

DramaComedyAdventureFamilyDocumentary

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodFrench New WaveVisual Comedy

Directors worked with

Buster Keaton1 filmGeorge Cukor1 filmVictor Fleming1 filmJean-Luc Godard1 film

Biography

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 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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

• Academy Award for Best Actor 1932
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor 1934

National / local

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

4 films on this site

1. The Three Ages 1923 · Buster Keaton · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
2. Dinner at Eight 1933 · George Cukor · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
3. Treasure Island 1934 · Victor Fleming · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
4. The Image Book 2018 · Jean-Luc Godard · IMDb 6.2 · Cast