Name	Wallace Beery
Height	6' 1"  (185 cm)
Build	Large
Date of Birth	April 1, 1885
Star Sign	Aries
Died	April 15, 1949 (Aged 64)
Location of Death	Beverly Hills, California
Cause of Death	heart attack
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Actor
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Claim to Fame	The Champ
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Quotes

"I never let anyone sucker me, not even for a nickel."

"Like my dear old friend Marie Dressler, my ugly mug has been my fortune."

Trivia

Almost played the title role in MGM`s The Wizard of Oz (1939) but due to other film roles at MGM, he was forced to turn down the role. The part of The Wizard/Prof. Marvel was given to MGM`s resident character actor, Frank Morgan.

At MGM, Wallace Beery`s public image was carefully crafted by Howard Strickling as that of a big lovable slob with a heart of gold. In reality, Beery was anything but. Co-star Jackie Cooper said he treated him like an unwanted dog the second the cameras stopped.

At the time of his death, he was involved in a paternity suit. Actress Gloria Schumm claimed that he had fathered her then 13-month old son.

Between 1925, when he took up flying, and 1941, he had accumulated 14,000 hours of flight time as a pilot. While making Treasure Island (1934) on Santa Catalina Island, he commuted daily by plane from his Beverly Hills home.

Brother of actor William Beery and Noah Beery. Uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr.. Reports that Wallace and Noah were half-brothers are false; all three brothers were born to Noah W. Beery and Marguerite Fitzgerald Beery, according to U.S. census records.

Ex-wife Rita Gilman, their daughter Carol Ann, his nephew Noah Beery Jr., and brother William Beery were all with him at the time of his death.

For thirty-five years Beery held the world`s record for the largest black sea bass, which he caught off the Catalina Island in 1916.

In the summer of 1941, he was billed by MGM as the "champion movie location commuter," the studio estimating that he had journeyed more than 100,000 miles to make pictures. According to studio records, Beery covered 15,000 miles in Mexico alone while filming Viva Villa! (1934).

Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the Vale of Memory section, lot #2157-9808.

Reportedly extremely difficult to get along with and completely lacking in any sort of manners or refinement. Beery`s ex-wife, Gloria Swanson, once remarked that he had been invited to every fashionable home in Beverly Hills - once!.

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