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Wallace Douglas

Wallace Douglas

Canadian actor

For the American jurist and politician, see Wallace B. Douglas.

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

References

  1. [1]
    BFI.org
  2. [2]
    "Wallace Douglas". IMDb.
  3. [3]
    "Robert Douglas Finlayson". geni_family_tree.
  4. [4]
    "Actor Reported Missing". The Citizen. 7 June 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Missing Actor Safe". Evening Standard. 20 June 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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