List of the best Wallace Beery movies: The Champ(1931), The Big House(1930), Old Hutch(1936), Stablemates(1938), The Mighty Barnum(1934), The Last of the Mohicans(1920), A Date With Judy(1948), The Stolen Jools(1931), 20 Mule Team(1940), Viva Villa!(1934), The Stolen Jools(1931), The Bad Man of Brimstone(1937) ... ...
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Champ
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1936
80 Minutes
`'Hutch'` Hutchins
Old Hutch, a penniless ne'er-do-well who has not worked a single day since he married his wife twenty years ago, has a brood of children to support, but would rather while away the hours ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
89 Minutes
Wallace Beery Mickey Rooney Arthur Hohl Margaret Hamilton Minor Watson Marjorie Gateson Oscar O'Shea Frank Hagney Cliff Nazarro Johnnie Morris
A washed up, alcoholic Vet and a dreamer stable boy help nurse a sick race horse back to health.
Biography
USA
1934
87 Minutes
The comic exploits of confidence trickster and showman P.T. Barnum from his early days through to the creation of The Greatest Show on Earth.
Adventure
USA
1920
90 Minutes
Magua
Wallace Beery Clarence Brown Barbara Bedford Albert Roscoe Lillian Hall Henry Woodward James Gordon George Hackathorne Nelson McDowell Harry Lorraine Theodore Lorch
sister captain colonel native american traitor wise man thrilling emotional powerful fort wilderness cave indian village new york state adirondack mountains native americans cross-cultural romance prejudice massacre french and indian war
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Melvin R. Foster
Wallace Beery Jane Powell Elizabeth Taylor Carmen Miranda Robert Stack Selena Royle Scotty Beckett Leon Ames George Cleveland Lloyd Corrigan Clinton Sundberg
teen girl best friend sweetheart father dance instructor brother lighthearted amusing school dance santa barbara, calif. high school friendship teen romance dance suspicion love triangle discovery growing up 1940s
Hyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett).
Comedy
USA
1931
20 Minutes
Police Sergeant
Wallace Beery William McGann Buster Keaton George E. Stone Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
Members of a family witness two murders, but the gang uses threats, violence and kidnapping to try to keep the members from testifying.
Western
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Skinner Bill Bragg
Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Marjorie Rambeau Anne Baxter Douglas Fowley Noah Beery Jr. Berton Churchill Arthur Hohl Clem Bevans Charles Halton Minor Watson
mule-team driver saloon owner daughter clerk prospector friend engaging rousing death valley saloon bank desert rooming house office fugitives blackmail mining murder prospecting failing business
In California's Death Valley, in 1892, Borax ore miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing the location of high-grade Borax ore surfaces, sending prospectors and crooks alike into a gold-rush-like frenzy.
Drama, History
USA
1934
115 Minutes
Pancho Villa
Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Fay Wray Stuart Erwin Donald Cook George E. Stone Joseph Schildkraut Henry B. Walthall Katherine DeMille David Durand Frank Puglia
bandit overseer reporter politician revolutionary sister brutal disheartening mexico mexico city hillside farm fort el paso, texas pancho villa murder betrayal mexican revolution assassination exile
After enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy.
Comedy
USA
1931
20 Minutes
Police Sergeant
Wallace Beery William McGann Buster Keaton George E. Stone Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
Members of a family witness two murders, but the gang uses threats, violence and kidnapping to try to keep the members from testifying.
Western
USA
1937
89 Minutes
"Trigger" Bill
Wallace Beery Virginia Bruce Dennis O'Keefe Joseph Calleia Lewis Stone Guy Kibbee Bruce Cabot Cliff Edwards
An outlaw re-unites with his long-lost son, steers him away from a boxing career and sends him to law school. When his son returns, a lot has changed.
Drama
USA
1929
83 Minutes
Chuck Riley
Wallace Beery Florence Vidor Warner Oland Jack McHugh Jack Oakie
Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1931
113 Minutes
CPO H.W. `'Windy'` Riker
Wallace Beery Clark Gable Conrad Nagel Dorothy Jordan Marjorie Rambeau Marie Prevost Cliff Edwards
Story of rivalry between 2 Navy aircrewmen on and off duty.
Comedy
USA
1926
62 Minutes
Riff Swanson
During World War I a young man joins the army and winds up befriending another young recruit, not knowing that it's the same pickpocket who stole his watch. After finishing basic training, ... See full summary »
War
USA
1943
101 Minutes
Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
Wallace Beery Fay Bainter Reginald Owen Keye Luke Ray Collins Marilyn Maxwell William Lundigan Donald Curtis Noah Beery Dick Curtis Russell Gleason
Wallace Beery stars in this patriotic World War II drama about a tough retired Marine who is caught in the middle of the Philippines campaign, experiencing action, heroics, and tragedy. ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Louis 'Louie' Scorpio
Wallace Beery Lewis Stone Jean Harlow Johnny Mack Brown Marjorie Rambeau Paul Hurst Clark Gable Ralph Bellamy John Miljan DeWitt Jennings Murray Kinnell
After rising bootlegger Slaughterhouse Scorpio eliminates his gangland competition, two reporters and a cabal of six businessmen work to expose him.
Drama
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Cesar
Madelon and Marius intend to marry but he finds the call of the ocean irresistible and leaves her and his father behind.
Western
USA
1944
87 Minutes
Honest Plush Brannon
Wallace Beery Binnie Barnes John Carradine Chill Wills Frances Rafferty Bruce Kellogg Henry O'Neill Ray Collins
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications.
Comedy, Western
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Big Jack Horner
Wallace Beery Richard Conte Marjorie Main Edward Arnold Vanessa Brown Clinton Sundberg Charles Dingle Clem Bevans Jack Lambert Will Wright
An outlaw finds a place in his gang for a grave-robbing doctor.
Drama
USA
1939
82 Minutes
Sgt. Shaun Madden
Wallace Beery Tom Brown Alan Curtis Laraine Day Fay Holden Marc Lawrence Marion Martin David Gorcey Donald Haines Ben Welden Etta McDaniel
A highly respected Irish cop is pleased when his son follows him onto the force. Unfortunately, the son is more interested in rewards than in upholding the law. When he shoots a child ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Clem Hawley
A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
Adventure
USA
1936
77 Minutes
guide lieutenant rebel general president deserter intense wild suspenseful cuba jungle hut ship deception war military espionage international conflict politics discovery
Based on the actual event of Rowan's carrying a message from President McKinley to Garcia in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The parts of Dory and Raphalita are added.
Western
USA
1941
70 Minutes
Pancho Lopez
Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Ronald Reagan Henry Travers Chris-Pin Martin Tom Conway Chill Wills Nydia Westman Charles Stevens
rancher uncle bandit banker old flame husband positive frenetic striking mexico ranch old west theft oil foreclosure redemption kidnapping transformation love 19th century
Lopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil's ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia has come back from New York and Gil is happy until he meets her husband, Morgan. Saying ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1935
100 Minutes
Sgt. `'Big Mike'` Stone
Wallace Beery Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan Rosalind Russell
sergeant son veteran girl next door divorcée pilot patriotic melodramatic positive fiery west point, n.y. aviation training school air field airplane barracks aviation u.s. army father/son relationship training military life
A father and son aviation drama, in which a gruff sergeant wants to make a man and a flyer out of his young son.
Western
1939
105 Minutes
Captain Boss Starkey
Wallace Beery Robert Taylor Florence Rice Helen Broderick Charles Bickford Barton MacLane Charley Grapewin John Qualen Clinton Rosemond Jonathan Hale Claudia Morgan
railroad tycoon stagecoach driver slave trader slave plantation owner stagecoach owner suspenseful fiery rousing american west stagecoach town slave trade abolitionism underground railroad conspiracy rivalry rescue 19th century
A Maryland planter (Robert Taylor) turns railroader and tangles with the boss (Wallace Beery) of a woman's (Florence Rice) stagecoach line.
Drama
1932
95 Minutes
Wallace Beery Karen Morley Ricardo Cortez Jean Hersholt John Miljan Vince Barnett Herman Bing Greta Meyer Edward Brophy Ward Bond Nat Pendleton
wrestler criminal wife old flame manager promoter brooding thrilling tense gutsy wrestling ring germany beer garden new york city gym prison wrestling love triangle deception infidelity
A simple German wrestler (Wallace Beery) comes to America with his bride (Karen Morley), pregnant by another man (Ricardo Cortez).
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Terry Brennan
Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan Willard Robertson Tammany Young Frankie Darro Jack Pennick Paul Hurst Oscar Apfel Robert McWade
ship captain drunk son fiancée boss mother rousing madcap emotional pacific northwest washington state boat boats sea mother/son relationship alcoholism redemption storm wretched excess rise
Annie the tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1930
66 Minutes
Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Dorothy Jordan Marjorie Rambeau Don Dillaway DeWitt Jennings Russell Hopton Frank McGlynn Greta Gould Jack Pennick Hank Bell
hotel manager sweetheart daughter mother principal boyfriend bleak melodramatic intense hotel waterfront house boarding school ship adoption poverty mother/child relationship business murder jealousy
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.
Adventure
USA
1926
112 Minutes
Bos'n
George Bancroft Wallace Beery William Conklin Nick De Ruiz Effie Ellsler Charles Farrell Eddie Fetherston George Godfrey Frank Jonasson Duke Kahanamoku Boris Karloff
young man sea captain crew member pirate lieutenant love interest madcap suspenseful gripping ship mediterranean sea tripoli piracy travel capture seafaring navy battle adventure rescue
An American fighting ship battles Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean in the 18th century.
Adventure
USA
1920
86 Minutes
Henry von Holkar
Douglas Fairbanks Wallace Beery Paul Burns Morris Hughes George Stewart Charles Stevens Lewis Hippe Albert MacQuarrie Ruth Renick Adele Farrington
An American who has lived much of his life outside the country returns to Arizona for the first time in years and encounters villainy.
Action
USA
1937
90 Minutes
Jack Thompson
captain fiancé first mate cabin boy slave trader melodramatic campy thrilling uneasy cargo ship plantation west african coast slave trade mutiny reform power struggle wretched excess adventure 1860s
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1924
65 Minutes
Bo-Bo
Enid Bennett Ramon Novarro Wallace Beery Frank Currier Rosemary Theby Mitchell Lewis Emily Fitzroy George Periolat Dick Sutherland George Nichols
frenchwoman mayor thief gangster son prostitute melodramatic powerful striking paris family home restaurant train city brittany, france poverty crime false accusations prejudice prostitution
Two young lovers escape their past lives to Paris until fate separates them.
Drama
USA
1920
70 Minutes
Sheik Achmet Hamid
Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Wallace Beery Clyde Benson E. Alyn Warren Nigel de Brulier Edmund Burns Eugenie Forde Ethel Ritchie
Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Throwing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl. However, a brave... See full summary »
Comedy
1917
24 Minutes
Henry Black, Her Rascally Guardian
Bobby Vernon Gloria Swanson Wallace Beery May Emory Blanche Phillips
Comedy
1923
60 Minutes
The Villain
Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Margaret Leahy Wallace Beery Joe Roberts Lillian Lawrence H.A. Morgan Oliver Hardy Blanche Payson
hero girl villain father mother roman hilarious cheery playful city cave rome racetrack car romantic dilemma courtship family time competition modernity
A boy (Buster Keaton) loves a girl (Margaret Leahy) in parallel stories set in the Stone Age, ancient Rome and modern times.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
1919
62 Minutes
August Schomberg
Jack Holt Seena Owen Wallace Beery Ben Deeley Lon Chaney Bull Montana
Musical
1930
86 Minutes
P.T. Barnum
Grace Moore Reginald Denny Wallace Beery Jobyna Howland Gus Shy Gilbert Emery Paul Porcasi Giovanni Martino
A lovestruck composer (Reginald Denny) loses his sight following Swedish diva Jenny Lind (Grace Moore), who loses her voice.
Comedy
USA
1933
113 Minutes
Dan Packard
Marie Dressler Jean Harlow John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lee Tracy Edmund Lowe Billie Burke Madge Evans Jean Hersholt Karen Morley
businessperson socialite husband wife actor doctor engaging melodramatic playful household new york city social standing marriage social event quest wretched excess 1930s
Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
Drama
USA
1932
115 Minutes
Preysing
Greta Garbo Joan Crawford John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt Ferdinand Gottschalk Tully Marshall Mary Carlisle
thief businessperson ballerina accountant secretary melodramatic passionate hotel berlin restaurant corruption romance ambition illness fall underdog transformation 1930s
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
Drama
USA
1924
70 Minutes
Joe Standish
Virginia Valli Rockliffe Fellowes Frankie Darro Wallace Beery James O. Barrows J. Farrell MacDonald Dot Farley Clarence Brown
A railroad worker accepts a colleague's offer to stay in his home, but when his friend is called out one night to stop a runaway train, he makes a play for the man's wife.
Western
USA
1925
110 Minutes
Rhode Island Red
Betty Compson Ricardo Cortez Ernest Torrence Wallace Beery George Bancroft Frank Lackteen Johnny Fox William H. Turner Al Hart Charles Gerson
Traitorous California Senator tries to use the newly founded Pony Express to further his plans for a California Republic, but Unionist Frisco Jack will try to stop him.
Drama
USA
1924
90 Minutes
Klaus Poole
Colleen Moore Joseph De Grasse John Bowers Ben Lyon Wallace Beery Gladys Brockwell Jean Hersholt Charlotte Merriam Dot Farley Ford Sterling Frankie Darro
mother farmer son husband married woman teacher melodramatic emotional illinois farm high school mother/son relationship farming struggle affair determination poverty rise sacrifice transformation