Chris Wallace

Chris Wallace is an American-Australian television producer and entertainer.

Career Wallace was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1956, majoring in radio-TV-theater. He joined the Army and performed in plays while stationed in Germany, and produced programs for public television in Ohio after returning home. He had previously written "Tide Comes In" which was recorded by Valentine Pringle. Wallace followed this with an album of children's stories titled Uncle Wiggily and his Friends, released in 1970.

His television career began as an announcer at WOSU-TV, and later WBNS-TV. In 1968 he produced the Harlem Cultural Festival TV-series for WNEW-TV. and made appearances in The Incredible Hulk and Trapper John, M.D., before starring in his first major motion picture role in 1980 as Lieutenant Ed Clayton in New Year's Evil. He became an Australian citizen the following year, and Huckleberry: A Musical Adventure (2018).