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 (uncredited)

1962

The Virginian as Saul Weintraub

1959

1958

Lawman
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Juan Hernandez
Bat Masterson as Winkler
The Texan
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
Last Stagecoach West as Old Man Colter
The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
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
Rancho Notorious as Harbin
Son of Ali Baba as Palace Official (uncredited)
The Raiders as Mr. John Cummings
Fort Osage as Osage Chief

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

The Perils of Pauline as Western Saloon Set Heavy
Saddle Pals as Sheriff
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)
Roll on Texas Moon as Steve Anders
My Pal Trigger as Storekeeper
Tangier as Sanchez
The Catman of Paris as Devereaux
The Invisible Informer as Jules Ravelle
Night Train to Memphis as Doctor
The Devil's Playground as Roberts

1945

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

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)
Texas Masquerade as Sam Nolan
Lumberjack as Clyde Fenwick
Bordertown Trail as Matthews
Cheyenne Wildcat as Jim Douglas
Zorro's Black Whip as Dan Hammond
Mystery Man as Bert Rogan

1943

The Kansan as Gil Hatton
Bar 20 as Quirt Rankin
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
Men of the Timberland as Jean Collet
The Kid from Kansas as Cesar

1940

The Sea Hawk as Kroner
North West Mounted Police as Louis Riel
Green Hell as Gracco
Strange Cargo as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics as Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
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
The Light That Failed as George
Range War as Morgan
Bad Lands as Manuel Lopez

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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
Brothers as Tony

1929

The Carnation Kid as The Carnation Kid
Girl Overboard as Francisco

1928

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

1927

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

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

1921

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

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

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

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

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