American actor (died 1949)

Wallace Beery

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in Grand Hotel (1932), as the pirate Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934), as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa! (1934) for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and his title role in The Champ (1931), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 films during a 36-year career.

Born

1885

April 1

Died

1949

Era

1880s

Country

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1885 Born
1949 Died

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285 Roman emperor Diocletian names Maximian his co-emperor ("Augustus").
527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
1081 Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.
1572 In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.

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The world in 1949

When Wallace departed

april 1 Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
april 1 The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
april 18 The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
april 20 Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Anamaria Marinca 1978– Romanian-English actress Asa Butterfield 1997– English actor Beth Tweddle 1985– English gymnast Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model David Gower 1957– English cricketer and sportscaster Ferenc Puskás 1927–2006 Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2006) Gil Scott-Heron 1949–2011 American singer-songwriter and author (died 2011) Hazem El Masri 1976– Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator James Fisk 1834– American businessman (died 1872)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1885

Alice Paul 1885–1977 American activist and suffragist (died 1977) Clare Sheridan 1885–1970 English sculptor and author (born 1885) D. H. Lawrence 1885–1930 English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1885) Erich von Stroheim 1885–1957 Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1885) Frank Patrick 1885–1960 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960) Giacomo Matteotti 1885–1924 Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885) Grace Hutchins 1885–1969 American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969) Gunnar Asplund 1885–1940 Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (born 1885) John Curtin 1885–1945 Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945)

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