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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

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

1957

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

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Yancey Hatton
The Ten Commandments as Simon
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Walk the Proud Land as The Shaman (uncredited)
Thunder Over Arizona as Pliny Warren

1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Highway Patrol as Charlie Barrett
Science Fiction Theatre
Ten Wanted Men
Bad Day at Black Rock as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
My Friend Flicka
Dig That Uranium as The Indian Chief
The Naked Dawn as Railroad guard
The Adventures of Champion as Will Calhoun

1954

Lassie
Stories of the Century as Sheriff

1953

The Stranger Wore a Gun as Frank
Two Gun Marshal as Blake Cody
General Electric Theater as Pecos Kid
The Bandits of Corsica as Grisha

1952

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

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

Girl Overboard as Francisco
The Carnation Kid as The Carnation Kid

1928

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

1927

The Notorious Lady as Manuela Silvera
Outlaws of Red River as Ben Tanner
Life in Hollywood No. 4

1926

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

1925

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

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

1922

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

1921

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

1920

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

1919

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

1918

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

1917

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

1916

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

1915

The Express Messenger as Dave Snowden

1913

Carmen as Don Jose