John (“Babe”) Wallace appeared in Thanhouser films in 1913 and 1914.
“Babe” Wallace
A Thanhouser Company player, credited on 3 Thanhouser films. None is online, and no print of any is known to survive.
Biography
From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
Filmography
Thanhouser films
These have no online copy. Each page says what is known about where a print is held.
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The full biography
From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 117 words.
“Babe” Wallace, as John Wallace was known, a 350-pound man, was seen on the street by a Thanhouser director and was hired on the spot for the title role in Why Babe Left Home, released on May 18, 1913. He subsequently appeared in The Official Goat Protector and Percy’s First Holiday. The New Rochelle, April 26, 1913, carried this notice: “’Jack’ Wallace, who has lately become an actor for the movies, is booked as the legitimate successor of John Bunny.” Bunny, the well-known Vitagraph comedian and vaudeville star, was likewise of portly dimensions.
Note: John Wallace, a Thanhouser studio employee circa 1912, was a different person.
Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “WALLACE, “Babe” (John).” thanhouser.org/research/people/babe-wallace/