Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns.

After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally Wales.

Born Floyd Taliaferro Alderson in 1895 in Sheridan, Wyoming,[1][2] he was raised on his family's ranch, near Birney in Rosebud County, Montana.

In 1917 during the Great War, Alderson joined the army and served in the American Expeditionary Forces in France.

But gradually his star faded, and he began appearing in much smaller roles, usually as Hal Taliaferro.