Wallace Beery
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| Born |
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery April 1, 1885 Clay County, Missouri, United States |
| Died | April 15, 1949 (aged 64) Beverly Hills, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, director |
| Years active | 1913–1949 |
| Spouse(s) |
Gloria Swanson (m. 1916; div. 1919) Rita Gilman (m. 1924; div. 1939) |
| Children | 1 (adopted) |
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies 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, making him the highest paid actor in the world. He was the brother of actor Noah Beery Sr. and uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr.
For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Beery has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7001 Hollywood Boulevard which places him in a select group of fewer than a hundred male actors in Hollywood history to receive both an Academy Award and a Walk of Fame star.
Beery was born in Clay County, Missouri, near Smithville. The youngest of three sons born to Noah Webster Beery (January 11, 1856 Platte County, Missouri – May 19, 1937 Los Angeles County, California) and Frances Margaret Fitzgerald (1859 Ridgely, Missouri – April 9, 1931 Los Angeles County, California), he and his brothers William C. Beery and Noah Beery became Hollywood actors. The Beery family left the farm in the 1890s and moved to nearby Kansas City, Missouri, where the father was a police officer.
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