Wallace Douglas Explained

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. https://web.archive.org/web/20090115073508/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/206995 BFI.org
  2. Web site: Wallace Douglas. IMDb.
  3. Web site: Robert Douglas Finlayson. geni_family_tree.
  4. News: 1940-06-07 . Actor Reported Missing . 2024-03-04 . The Citizen . 7.
  5. News: 1940-06-20 . Missing Actor Safe . 2024-03-04 . Evening Standard . 4.