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George D. Wallace

Actor

George D. Wallace

Born June 8, 1917 in New York City, New York, USADied July 22, 200563 films

George Dewey Wallace (June 8, 1917 – July 22, 2005) was an American stage and screen actor. Wallace co-starred with Mary Martin in the Broadway musical Jennie and was nominated for a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for playing the male lead in New Girl in Town opposite Gwen Verdon. He is also remembered for playing Commando Cody in the movie serial Radar Men from the Moon.

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Minority Report posterFirst watchMinority Report20027.4as Chief Justice PollardJohn Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed.View film

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Filmography

63 films as actor
  1. 2002Minority ReportChief Justice Pollard
  2. 2000Deal of a LifetimeCoach Millhaven
  3. 2000Nurse BettyGrandfather
  4. 1999Bicentennial ManMale President
  5. 1999Forces of NatureMax
  6. 1996MultiplicityMan in Restaurant
  7. 1994SchemesSam
  8. 1994Almost DeadCaretaker
  9. 1994My Girl 2Gnarly Old Man
  10. 1992Child of RageHenry
  11. 1992DiggstownBob Ferris
  12. 1991The HauntedJohn
  13. 1991The BoysRay
  14. 1991Defending Your LifeDaniel's Judge
  15. 1990Working Tra$hBig Dan
  16. 1990Postcards from the EdgeCarl
  17. 1990People Like UsMax Luby
  18. 1989The Final DaysArchibald Cox
  19. 1988Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim AjamiShoop
  20. 1988PunchlineDoctor Wishniak (as George D. Wallace)
  21. 1988Hot to TrotOrson (as George Wallace)
  22. 1986Native SonJudge
  23. 1984ProtocolT. V. Commentator
  24. 1984Love Leads the Way: A True StoryBlind Institute Director
  25. 1980The Stunt ManFather
  26. 1978Colorado C.I.George Hopkins
  27. 1978Deadman's CurveBill Berry
  28. 1977The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverSenator Joseph McCarthy
  29. 1976LifeguardMr. Carlson
  30. 1976Return to Earth
  31. 1974The Towering InfernoChief Officer
  32. 1974The Swinging CheerleadersMr. Putnam
  33. 1973The Six Million Dollar ManGeneral
  34. 1971Skin GameAuctioneer
  35. 1971In Search of AmericaClarence
  36. 1966Texas Across the RiverWillet
  37. 1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-RoundCaptain Yates (uncredited)
  38. 1962Six Black HorsesWill Boone
  39. 1956Great Day in the MorningJack Lawford (uncredited)
  40. 1956Forbidden PlanetBosun
  41. 1956Slightly Scarlet
  42. 1955Strange Lady in TownCurley (uncredited)
  43. 1955Man Without a StarTom Carter
  44. 1954DestryCurly
  45. 1954The Human JungleDetective O'Neill
  46. 1954Drums Across the RiverLes Walker
  47. 1954Border RiverFletcher
  48. 1954The French LineCowboy (uncredited)
  49. 1953Vigilante TerrorBrewer
  50. 1953The Great Adventures of Captain KiddBuller
  51. 1953ArenaBuster Cole
  52. 1953The HomesteadersMeade
  53. 1953Pardon My WrenchRaymond
  54. 1953Star of TexasClampett
  55. 1952Kansas City ConfidentialOlson (uncredited)
  56. 1952We're Not Married!Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
  57. 1952Sally and Saint AnneJimmy Mulvaney
  58. 1952Ghost BusterBigelow
  59. 1952Japanese War BrideWoody Blacker
  60. 1952Radar Men from the MoonCommando Cody
  61. 1951Man in the Saddle
  62. 1951Submarine CommandChief Herb Bixby
  63. 1951Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison