"Ladies and gentlemen, Commando Cody is now leaving the set."
— Steven Spielberg after George Wallace has finished filming his scene on Minority Report.
George Dewey Wallace (June 8, 1917 - June 22, 2005) was an American actor best known for Forbidden Planet (1956), Radar Men from the Moon (1952), and Minority Report (2002).
He was married to Jane A. Johnston.
Wallace died in 2005 at the age of 88 from complications from a fall.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1950: The Sun Sets At Dawn as Prison Guard (Uncredited Role)
- 1951: Up Front as MP (uncredited)
- 1951: The Fat Man as Carl (uncredited)
- 1951: Inside The Walls Of Folsom Prison as Cellblock Convict (uncredited)
- 1951: Submarine Command as Chief Herb Bixby
- 1951: Man In The Saddle as Skull Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- 1951: The Lady Says No as Police Officer (uncredited)
- 1952: Radar Men from the Moon as Commando Cody
- 1952: Japanese War Bride as Woody Blacker
- 1952: Meet Danny Wilson as Patrolman (uncredited)
- 1952: Were Not Married as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
- 1952: Sally And Saint Anne as Jimmy Mulvaney (uncredited)
- 1952: The Big Sky as Thug in General Store (uncredited)
- 1952: Back At The Front as Military Policeman (uncredited)
- 1952: Kansas City Confidential as Olson (uncredited)
- 1952: Million Dollar Mermaid as Bud Williams (uncredited)
- 1952: The Lawless Breed as Brady (uncredited)
- 1953: Star Of Texas as Clampett
- 1953: The Homesteaders as Meade
- 1953: The Lone Hand as Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
- 1953: Francis Covers The Big Town as Mounted Traffic Cop (uncredited)
- 1953: Arena as Buster Cole
- 1953: The Great Adventures Of Captain Kidd as Buller
- 1953: Vigilante Terror as Brewer
- 1953: The French Line as Cowboy (uncredited)
- 1954: Border River as Fletcher
- 1954: Drums Across The River as Les Walker
- 1954: The Human Jungle as Det. O'Neill
- 1954: Destry as Curly
- 1955: Man Without A Star as Tom Carter
- 1955: Rage At Dawn as Sheriff Mosley (uncredited)
- 1955: Strange Lady In Town as Curley (uncredited)
- 1955: Soldier Of Fortune as Gunner (uncredited)
- 1955: The Second Greatest Sex as Simon Clegghorn
- 1956: Slightly Scarlet as Thug (uncredited)
- 1956: Forbidden Planet as Bosun
- 1956: Great Day In The Morning as Jack Lawford (uncredited)
- 1956: Star In The Dust as Joe (uncredited)
- 1962: Six Black Horses as Will Boone
- 1963: FBI Code 98 as Plant Guard (uncredited)
- 1966: Dead Heat On A Merry Go Round as Capt. Yates (uncredited)
- 1966: Texas Across The River as Willet
- 1967: Caprice as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1971: In Search Of America as Clarence
- 1971: Skin Game as Auctioneer
- 1973: The Six Million Dollar Man as General
- 1974: The Swinging Cheerleaders as Mr. Putnam
- 1974: The Towering Inferno as Chief Officer
- 1976: Lifeguard as Mr. Carlson
- 1977: Billy Jack Goes To Washington as Sen. Burton
- 1977: The Private Files Of J Edgar Hoover as Sen. Joseph McCarthy
- 1978: Deadmans Curve as Bill Berry
- 1980: The Stunt Man as Father
- 1984: Love Leads The Way A True Story as Blind Institute Doctor
- 1984: Protocol as TV Commentator
- 1986: Just Between Friends as Bob Chadwick
- 1986: Native Son as Judge
- 1987: Prison as Joe Reese
- 1987: Terrorist On Trial The United States Vs Salim Ajami as Shoop
- 1988: Hot to Trot as Orson
- 1988: Punchline as Dr. Wishniak
- 1989: The Final Days as Archibald Cox
- 1989: The Last Plane From Coramaya as Prof. Douglas
- 1990: Postcards from the Edge as Carl
- 1990: Working Trash as Big Dan
- 1991: Defending Your Life as Daniel's Judge
- 1991: The Boys as Ray
- 1991: The Haunted as John
- 1992: Diggstown as Bob Ferris
- 1992: Child Of Rage as Henry
- 1993: Miracle Child as Grandpa
- 1994: My Girl 2 as Gnarly Old Man
- 1994: Almost Dead as Caretaker
- 1994: Schemes as Sam
- 1994: Last Days Of Russell as Uncle Rance
- 1996: Multiplicity as Man in Restaurant
- 1999: Forces of Nature as Maax
- 1999: Bicentennial Man as Male President
- 1999: Deal Of A Lifetime as Coach Millhaven
- 2000: Nurse Betty as Grandfather
- 2002: Minority Report as Chief Justice Pollard
Television Roles
- 1950-1955: Fireside Theatre as Various (11 episodes)
- 1952: Dangerous Assignment as Texas Ranger
- 1952-1954: Hopalong Cassidy as Various (4 episodes)
- 1953: My Little Margie as Lifeguard Bruce
- 1954: Lux Video Theatre as Whitey
- 1954: Stories Of The Century as Cole Younger
- 1954: General Electric Theater as Danny
- 1954: The Adventures Of Kit Carson as John Markham/Rafe (3 episodes)
- 1954: Treasury Men In Action as Ralph Kane
- 1954: Studio 57 as Hank Howell
- 1954: Four Star Playhouse as Sam
- 1954: Adventures Of The Falcon as Bat Morgan
- 1954: Police Call as George Beaudry
- 1954-1955: The Man Behind The Badge as Officer Leonard C. Crowther/Frank Reeds (2 episodes)
- 1954-1959: The Lineup as Dickens (2 episodes)
- 1955: Those Whiting Girls as Professor
- 1955-1961: Cheyenne as Blaney Hawker/Member of posse/Plank (3 episodes)
- 1956-1972: Gunsmoke as Sheriff Dave Henning/Tobin/Dolph Timble (3 episodes)
- 1957-1959: The Millionaire as Pete/Ted (2 episodes)
- 1957-1961: Zane Grey Theatre as Various (4 episodes)
- 1959: Bronco as Sheriff Purdom
- 1959: Markham as Carl Sanders
- 1959: Captain David Grief as Capt. Red Wolf
- 1959: The Alaskans as Bill Adams
- 1959-1961: Lawman as Clyde Morton/Nat Gruber (2 episodes)
- 1959-1962: Tales Of Wells Fargo as Cross/Bedell (2 episodes)
- 1959-1962: Armstrong Circle Theatre as Mallory (2 episodes)
- 1960: Black Saddle as James House
- 1960: Riverboat as Outlaw Paymaster
- 1960: Man With A Camera as Hank Fletcher
- 1960: Overland Trail as Matt Dooley
- 1960: Sugarfoot as John Crain
- 1960: The Rifleman as Andy Moon
- 1960: Bourbon Street Beat as Peter Justin
- 1960: Surfside 6 as Jim Elliot
- 1960: The Deputy as Dan Farrell
- 1960: The Tall Man as Jim Miles
- 1960-1961: The Magical World Of Disney as Moredcai Tompkins/Gus (5 episodes)
- 1960-1961: Maverick as Sheriff Joe Holly/Verne Scott (2 episodes)
- 1960-1961: Rawhide as Brady/Col. Somers/Jed Carst (3 episodes)
- 1960-1961: Shotgun Slade as Judd Bannister (2 episodes)
- 1960-1967: Death Valley Days as Titus Monk/Jack Ivey/Jake Handley (3 episodes)
- 1961: Checkmate as Frankie
- 1961: The Rebel as Aaron Wallace
- 1961: 77 Sunset Strip as Sheriff
- 1961: The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Johnson
- 1961: The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp as Frank McLowery
- 1961-1963: Series/{[Laramie}} as Sheriff Mason/Sloane/Marv Jackson/Alby/Gip (5 episodes)
- 1962: Route 66 as Harlow
- 1962: Adventures In Paradise as Eiseck
- 1962: My Three Sons as Fred Selby
- 1962: Going My Way as Truck Driver
- 1963-1966: The Virginian as Sheriff in Portersville/Dixon/Wilkie Carewe (3 episodes)
- 1964: The Defenders as Major Thompson
- 1966: Perry Mason as Stacey Fielding
- 1966: The Road West as Chad
- 1966: Daniel Boone as Philippe Gamet
- 1966-1971: The F.B.I. as George Ayers/Graham Lockwood (2 episodes)
- 1967: The Big Valley as Deputy Otto McAdoo
- 1967: The Christophers as John
- 1968: Premiere as Charlie
- 1970: Bonanza as Doctor
- 1971: Ironside as Judge Amato
- 1972: Circle Of Fear as The Sheriff
- 1973: The Brady Bunch as Mr. Binkley
- 1973: The New Perry Mason as Sgt. Dean
- 1973: The Magician as Steve Yates
- 1973: Dusty's Trail as Sheriff Cody
- 1973-1975: The Streets of San Francisco as Harold Buxton/Airport Manager/Fred Barber (3 episodes)
- 1974: Emergency! as Sgt. Thomas
- 1974: Days of Our Lives as Miles Wentworth
- 1974: Planet of the Apes as Talbert
- 1975: The Manhunter as Martin Quinlan
- 1975: Police Story as Douglas
- 1975: Cannon as Matt Venner
- 1975: The Rookies as Bracken/Floyd Conroy (2 episodes)
- 1975: Kojak as Washburn
- 1975-1977: The Waltons as Dean Beck (2 episodes)
- 1976: The Bionic Woman as Rancher
- 1976: Delvecchio as Chairman
- 1976: Most Wanted as Coach Woody Kramer
- 1977: Family as Det. Steinmetz
- 1977: Barnaby Jones as Longwood/Deputy Gus Willison (2 episodes)
- 1978: How The West Was Won as Davey Wordley
- 1978: Fantasy Island as Harry Sand
- 1978: Little House on the Prairie as Perkins
- 1980: The Edge of Night as Dr. Leo Gault
- 1982-1986: Remington Steele as Jake Slater/Emery Arnok (2 episodes)
- 1983: Bare Essence as Dr. Barnett
- 1983: Dallas as J.R.'s Accountant
- 1983: Newhart as Ernest McKenna
- 1983: Hill Street Blues as Judge Milton Cole
- 1983-1987: Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Congressman Fremont (2 episodes)
- 1984: Night Court as Doctor
- 1984: Cagney & Lacey as Cottman
- 1985: A Death In California as Judge Roy Ballantyne
- 1985: Knots Landing as Judge Phelps
- 1985: St. Elsewhere as Nelson
- 1986: Hotel as Garrison Snow
- 1986: The Young and the Restless as Arthur Nicholls
- 1986: Dynasty as Walt Tyson
- 1986: Fresno as Judge Henry Bejajian
- 1987: Nutcracker Money Madness And Murder as Bernard Bradshaw
- 1988: Beverly Hills Buntz as Walter Parsons
- 1989: It's Garry Shandling's Show as Father Tom
- 1989: Gideon Oliver as Prof. Pete Douglas
- 1989: Moonlighting as Father
- 1989: Monsters as Robert Ross
- 1989: L.A. Law as Judge Peter Brosens
- 1990: People Like Us as Max Luby
- 1990: His And Hers as Mr. Bemmelman
- 1990: Capital News as Judge Bowker
- 1991: Sons And Daughters as Grandpa Hank Hammersmith
- 1991: Nurses as Grandpa
- 1991: True Colors as Mr. Henderson
- 1992: Star Trek: The Next Generation as Adm. Simons
- 1992: Delta as Mr. Warren Biddle
- 1992-1993: Picket Fences as Father Joe Lyons (2 episodes)
- 1993: Shaky Ground as Mr. Rappaport
- 1993: Good Advice as Col. Sunshine
- 1994: Walker, Texas Ranger as Sheriff Hugo LeBrun
- 1994: In the Heat of the Night as Tommy Ammons
- 1994: Mad About You as Projectionist
- 1995: The George Wendt Show as Father McRudy
- 1996: Seduced By Madness The Diane Borchardt Story as Tom
- 1996: Cybill as Father Buchanan
- 1997: JAG as Chief Petty Officer Walter Hume
- 1997: Alright Already as Gil
- 1998: Early Edition as Lou Sinclair
- 2000: Chicago Hope as Miles Harding
- 2000: The Practice as Judge Andrew Wood
- 2002: The X-Files as Bertram Mueller
- 2002: Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Old Man
- 2003: The King of Queens as Ben
- 2004: Joan of Arcadia as Old Man Walker God
- 2018: The Forsaken Westerns as James Anderson
Shorts
- 1952: Ghost Buster as Chuck Dixon (uncredited)
- 1952: Flight To The Future To The World Of Plastics as Harry
- 1953: Pardon My Wrench as Raymond
- 1976: The Cheerleaders as Mr. Snow
- 1978: Colorado CI as George Hopkins
