Wallace Stuart Finlayson (15 August 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – 8 August 1990 Coldwaltham, West Sussex, England), known as Wallace Douglas, was a Canadian producer, director and actor.[1][2]
The son of Robert Barnett Finlayson and Emiline Marcia Bird, his brother, actor Robert Douglas Finlayson, also used the stage name Douglas.[3]
He married four times, to Pamela Frost, Anne Crawford, Phillippa Avril Kennedy and Peggy Chester.
Douglas was a second lieutenant in the 60th Rifles during the Second World War and was declared missing in action at Calais in 1940.[4] He was later reported to be a prisoner.[5]
Selected filmography
edit- The Love Wager (1933)
- Music Hath Charms (1935)
- Mother, Don't Rush Me (1936)
- The Last Adventurers (1937)
- The Chinese Bungalow (1940)
- Spies of the Air (1940)
References
edit- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Wallace Douglas". IMDb.
- ^ "Robert Douglas Finlayson". geni_family_tree.
- ^ "Actor Reported Missing". The Citizen. 7 June 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Missing Actor Safe". Evening Standard. 20 June 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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