Francis McDonald

Born: 1891-08-21 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

Died: 1968-09-18

Known For: Acting

Biography

Francis McDonald (August 22, 1891 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor whose career spanned 52 years. McDonald's started acting professionally in stock theater with the Forepaugh Stock Company in Cincinnati. Following eight months with it, he worked one season with a stock company in Seattle, after which he performed for three seasons with a troupe in San Diego and Honolulu. He concluded his tenure in stock theater as juvenile leading man with the American Stock Company in Spokane, Washington. By 1913 McDonald began to perform in the rapidly expanding film industry, initially working for Marion Leonard's Monopole Company in Hollywood. He was cast in over 280 films between 1913 and 1965, including The Temptress in 1926 with Greta Garbo. After he was designated "Hollywood's Prettiest Man," McDonald sought a tougher image by shaving his mustache and seeking roles of villains. McDonald was one of Cecil B. DeMille's favorite character actors.[citation needed] DeMille gave him credited supporting roles in six of his films: The Plainsman (1936), The Buccaneer (1938), Union Pacific (1939), North West Mounted Police (1940), Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Ten Commandments (1956).

Filmography

1965

The Great Race as Russian (uncredited)

1964

Robin and the 7 Hoods as Old Man at Robbo's Club

1962

The Virginian as Saul Weintraub

1959

1958

Bat Masterson as Winkler
Lawman
The Texan
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Juan Hernandez
Bronco
Fort Massacre as Piute Man

1957

Perry Mason as Capt. Noble
Maverick
Have Gun, Will Travel as Gotch (as Francis MacDonald)
Sugarfoot as Pete Stone
Trackdown
The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
Last Stagecoach West as Old Man Colter
Pawnee as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
Duel at Apache Wells as Joe Dunn

1952

Adventures of Superman
Cavalcade of America as Calaveras Kid
Son of Ali Baba as Palace Official (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious as Harbin
Fort Osage as Osage Chief
The Raiders as Mr. John Cummings

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Adventures of Kit Carson
The Roy Rogers Show
Red Mountain as Marshal Roberts
Gene Autry and the Mounties as Batiste

1950

The Gene Autry Show
The Cisco Kid as Gen. Lawrence
Woman in Hiding as North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)
The Nevadan as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
California Passage as County Recorder Joe Kane

1949

The Lone Ranger as Wade Tanner
Samson and Delilah as Story Teller
Brothers in the Saddle as Hoyt Parker
Apache Chief as Mohaska
Abandoned as Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
Powder River Rustlers as Shears Williams
Rose of the Yukon as Alaskan
Daughter of the Jungle as Montu
Son of a Badman as Joe Christ
Rim of the Canyon as Charlie Lewis

1948

The Three Musketeers
The Paleface as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
Panhandle as Crump
Son of God’s Country as Tom Ford
Strange Gamble as Henchman Longhorn
The Bold Frontiersman as Adam Post
The Dead Don't Dream as Bart Lansing

1947

Saddle Pals as Sheriff
The Perils of Pauline as Western Saloon Set Heavy
Dangerous Venture as Kane

1946

Notorious as Man (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun as Gambler (uncredited)
Canyon Passage as Cobb (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll as Jenks (uncredited)
Tangier as Sanchez
The Catman of Paris as Devereaux
Roll on Texas Moon as Steve Anders
Night Train to Memphis as Doctor
My Pal Trigger as Storekeeper
The Devil's Playground as Roberts
The Invisible Informer as Jules Ravelle

1945

Strange Confession as Hernandez
Bad Men of the Border as Captain Jose Garcia
River Gang as Indignant Man
Corpus Christi Bandits as Dad Christie
Great Stagecoach Robbery as Con Hollister
South of the Rio Grande as Torres

1944

Mystery of the Riverboat as Batiste
Belle of the Yukon as Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)
Till We Meet Again as Cart Driver (uncredited)
Lumberjack as Clyde Fenwick
Zorro's Black Whip as Dan Hammond
Cheyenne Wildcat as Jim Douglas
Mystery Man as Bert Rogan
Texas Masquerade as Sam Nolan
Bordertown Trail as Matthews

1943

The Kansan as Gil Hatton
Bar 20 as Quirt Rankin
Buckskin Frontier as Duval

1942

Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Kidnapper
Valley of the Sun as Governor's Interpreter (uncredited)
The Girl from Alaska as Pelly

1941

Blood and Sand as Manolo's Friend (uncredited)
The Sea Wolf as Svenson
Men of the Timberland as Jean Collet
The Kid from Kansas as Cesar

1940

The Sea Hawk as Kroner
Strange Cargo as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
Green Hell as Gracco
One Night in the Tropics as Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police as Louis Riel
Captain Caution as French Seaman in Pub
Wyoming as Dawson - Henchman
The Carson City Kid as Laramie
The Devil's Pipeline as Gaddi Sang
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Santos the Portuguese

1939

Union Pacific as Gen. Dodge
Beau Geste as Arab Scout (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight as Flight Captain
Range War as Morgan
The Light That Failed as George
Bad Lands as Manuel Lopez

1938

The Buccaneer as Camden Blount
If I Were King as Casin Cholet
Gun Law as Henchman Nevada

1937

Woman-Wise as Charley (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
The Last Train from Madrid as Mora (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady as Chieftain (Uncredited)
Parole Racket as Nat Beldon
Wild West Days as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7
Devil's Playground as Romano

1936

The Plainsman as A River Gambler
Big Brown Eyes as Malley (Uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island as John Wilkes Booth
Mummy's Boys as Rasheed Bey
Robin Hood of El Dorado as Pedro
White Fang as Suds

1935

Diamond Jim as Gambler
Mississippi as Gambler (uncredited)
The Marriage Bargain as Ben Ainsley
In Spite of Danger as Race Driver
West Point of the Air as Civilian Pilot

1934

Operator 13 as Denton (uncredited)
The Gay Bride as Detroit gangster (uncredited)
Girl in Danger as Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)
A Successful Failure as Radical Speaker
Sadie McKee as Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Line-Up as Trigger - Henchman
Voice in the Night as Henchman Jackson
Burn 'Em Up Barnes as Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]
Red Morning as Sakki
The Trumpet Blows as Vega

1933

Night Flight as Radioman (uncredited)
Straightaway as Rogan
The Devil's in Love as Officer Reading Verdict
Kickin' the Crown Around as Disputin
Broadway Bad as Charley Davis
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles as Henchman (as Frances McDonald)
Terror Trail as Tad McPherson

1932

The Woman from Monte Carlo as Karkuff
Honor of the Mounted as Jean La Train
Texas Buddies as Blake
The Devil Is Driving as Ticker (uncredited)
Hidden Valley as Frank Gavin
70,000 Witnesses as Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
Trailing the Killer as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)

1931

The Lawyer's Secret as The Weasel
In Line of Duty as Jacques Dupres
The Gang Buster as Pete Caltek

1930

Morocco as Sergeant Tatoche
Safety in Numbers as Phil Kemptom
Dangerous Paradise as Ricardo
The Runaway Bride as Barney Black
Brothers as Tony
Burning Up as 'Bullet' McGhan

1929

Girl Overboard as Francisco
The Carnation Kid as The Carnation Kid

1928

The Viking as Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
A Girl in Every Port as Circus Manager
The Valley of Hell as Creighton Steele
Forgotten Faces
The Drag Net as Sniper Dawson
The Legion of the Condemned as Gonzolo Vasquez

1927

1926

Battling Butler as Alfred 'Battling' Butler
The Bar-C Mystery
Puppets as Bruno
The Temptress as Timoteo
The Palace of Pleasure as Captain Fernandez
The Yankee Señor as Juan Gutiérrez
The Desert's Toll as Frank Darwin

1925

Bobbed Hair as Pooch
Go Straight! as The Dove
My Lady of Whims as Rolf
Satan in Sables as Emile
The Northern Code as Raoul La Fane
The Hunted Woman as Joe De Bar

1924

So This Is Marriage? as Smith
East of Broadway as Professor Mario
The Arizona Express as Victor Johnson

1923

Trilby as Geko
The Buster as Swing
Screen Tests for Faust
Mary of the Movies as James Seiler
Going Up as Jules Gaillard
Look Your Best as Alberto Cabotto

1922

Captain Fly-by-Night as Second Stranger
Monte Cristo as Benedetto
The Woman Conquers as Lawatha, Indian Guide
Trooper O'Neill as Pierre

1921

The Golden Snare as Pierre Thoreau
The Call of the North as Achille Picard
Puppets of Fate as Gabriel Palombra

1920

The Kentucky Colonel as Philip Burwood
The Confession as Tom Bartlett
Nomads of the North as Buck McDougall

1919

Pretty Smooth as Jimmy Hartigan
His Debt as Blair Whitcomb
The Final Close-Up as Jimmie Norton
Love's Prisoner as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Courageous Coward as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
Toton as Pierre
Prudence on Broadway as Grayson Mills

1918

Real Folks as Jimmie Dugan
Tony America as Tony America
The Answer as Guido Garcia
The Ghost Flower
The Light Within as Dr. Green
The Gun Woman as The Gent

1917

The Love Doctor as Hildreth
The Gray Ghost as Williams
Mr. Dolan of New York as 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)
The Voice on the Wire as 'Red' Warren
The Gates of Doom as Jang Sattib
Perils of the Secret Service as (Episode #3)
Black Orchids as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin

1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Extra (uncredited)
The Devil at His Elbow as Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)
The She-Devil as Albert Alwain

1915

The Express Messenger as Dave Snowden

1914

St. Elmo as Murray Hammond

1913

Carmen as Don Jose