From Wikipedia Wallace Archibald MacDonald 5 May 1891 Mulgrave Nova Scotia Canada 30 October 1978 Santa Barbara California was a Canadian silent film actor also a film producer MacDonald started as a messenger boy with the Dominion Steel Company in Sydney Nova Scotia He later worked up to teller with the Royal Bank in Sydney before the bank transferred him to Vancouver British Columbia From there he moved to California where he acted on the stage before making inroads into Hollywood MacDonald initially began as an actor in films in 1914 and appeared in almost 120 motion pictures between then and 1932 He had notable roles in such films as Youths Endearing Charm in 1916 working with Mary Miles Minter and Harry von Meter Late in World War I he returned briefly to Nova Scotia to enlist in the 10th Canadian Siege Battery where he assisted in recruiting for the Canadian Army With the advent of sound MacDonalds acting career diminished and most of his roles between 1927 and 1932 went uncredited He retired from acting in 1932 to concentrate on script writing However by 1937 he had recognized the potential of film production It is in his role of producer that MacDonald is now probably best remembered He produced well over 100 films between 1937 and 1959 He died in 1978 Sometimes he is mistaken as a brother of actor Francis McDonald Though both resembled one another and were born in 1891 they were born three months apart and spelled their surnames differently
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