List of Famous people with last name Beery

Wallace Beery

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery
First Name Wallace
Last Name Beery
Born on April 1, 1885
Died on April 15, 1949 (aged 64)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

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 Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934), as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa! (1934), and his titular 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 Sr. and uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.016901016235352s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.010589122772217s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.010553121566772s
router_page: 1x 0.005730152130127s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0050170421600342s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0049920082092285s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0032989978790283s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.003262996673584s
headline: 2x 0.0020897388458252s
qids: 2x 0.0015480518341064s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00024890899658203s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00020599365234375s
head-facts: 1x 0.00018692016601562s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.7881393432617E-5s
related: 1x 4.0531158447266E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-06-02 03:59:06)  -----