Wally Wales
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Wally Wales (13 November, 1895 – 10 February, 1980), was an American film actor. He appeared in over 220 films between 1921 and 1964.
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[edit] Biography[1]
Wally Wales was born Floyd Taliaferro Alderson. There is some question as to where he was born. Most biographies list Sheridan, Wyoming as his birthplace; however an obituary[2] states that he was born in Birney, Montana where he worked on his father's Ranch.
Young Floyd's first "outside" job was on a cattle drive for John B. Kendrick. He also drove a tourist stage for the Buffalo Bill Stage line before drifting west in 1915 ending up in Los Angeles where he went to work as a wrangler on Universal's Ranch.
In 1917 he joined the army and served in the American Expeditionary Forces in France.
From 1921 through 1928 he appeared in twenty-two silent films and in 1929 made the successful transition to sound in 1929.
He died in Sheridan, Wyoming from complications of a stroke and pneumonia.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Red River (1948)
- The Fighting Seabees (1944)
- Dark Command (1940)
- West of the Divide (1934)
- The Lucky Texan (1934)
- Sagebrush Trail (1933)
