
From Wikipedia
Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada - 30 October 1978, Santa Barbara, California) was a Canadian silent film actor, also a film producer.
MacDonald started as a messenger boy with the Dominion Steel Company in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He later worked up to teller with the Royal Bank in Sydney before the bank transferred him to Vancouver, British Columbia. From there, he moved to California, where he acted on the stage before making inroads into Hollywood.
MacDonald initially began as an actor in films in 1914 and appeared in almost 120 motion pictures between then and 1932. He had notable roles in such films as Youth's Endearing Charm in 1916 working with Mary Miles Minter and Harry von Meter.
Late in World War I he returned briefly to Nova Scotia to enlist in the 10th Canadian Siege Battery where he assisted in recruiting for the Canadian Army. With the advent of sound, MacDonald's acting career diminished, and most of his roles between 1927 and 1932 went uncredited. He retired from acting in 1932 to concentrate on script writing. However, by 1937 he had recognized the potential of film production. It is in his role of producer that MacDonald is now probably best remembered. He produced well over 100 films between 1937 and 1959.
He died in 1978. Sometimes he is mistaken as a brother of actor Francis McDonald. Though both resembled one another and were born in 1891, they were born three months apart and spelled their surnames differently.

Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · as Stage Manager (uncredited)

The Lady
1925 · as Leonard St. Aubyns

Dark Skies
1929 · as Captain Pedro Real

Trumpet Island
1920 · as Richard Bedell

The Mayor of Hell
1933 · as Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)

Roaring Rails
1924 · as Malcolm Gregory

Spotlight Sadie
1919 · as Dick Carrington

Hello Trouble
1932 · as LaTange

Madam Satan
1930 · as First Mate

Wandering Fires
1925 · as Norman Yuell

The Range Feud
1931 · as Hank

The World Changes
1933 · as Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)

The Knockout
1914 · as Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)

Blockade
1928 · as Vincent

Breaking Through
1921 · as Willard Ward

Brothers Divided
1919 · as Max King

Night Flight
1933 · as Mechanic (uncredited)

Madame Sphinx
1918 · as Andre Du Bois