What is Wallace Beery?
{{Infobox person | name = Wallace Beery | image = Wallace Beery-publicity.JPG | imagesize = | caption = Wallace Beery circa 1930 | birth_date = {{birth date|1885|04|01}} | birth_place = [[Clay County, Missouri]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1949|04|15|1885|04|01}} | death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] | burial_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale]] | birth_name = Wallace Fitzgerald Beery | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1913–1949 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Gloria Swanson]]|1916|1918|end=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|Rita Gilman|1924|1939|end=divorced}} | children = 1 <small>(adopted)</small> }} '''Wallace Fitzgerald Beery''' (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor.<ref>Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'', April 20, 1949.</ref> He is best known for his roles of Bill in ''[[Min and Bill]]'' (1930), as [[Long John Silver]] in ''[[Treasure Island (1934 movie)|Treasure Island]]'' (1934), as [[Pancho Villa]] in ''[[Viva Villa!]]'' (1934), and as Andy Purcell in ''[[The Champ (1931 movie)|The Champ]]'' (1931), for which he won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beery, Wallace}} [[Category:American Academy Award winning actors]] [[Category:1885 births]] [[Category:1949 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:American silent movie actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from Missouri]] {{actor-stub}}