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

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
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
Duel at Apache Wells as Joe Dunn
Pawnee as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)

1952

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

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 Cisco Kid as Gen. Lawrence
The Gene Autry Show
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
Rim of the Canyon as Charlie Lewis
Daughter of the Jungle as Montu
Brothers in the Saddle as Hoyt Parker
Rose of the Yukon as Alaskan
Son of a Badman as Joe Christ
Powder River Rustlers as Shears Williams
Abandoned as Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
Apache Chief as Mohaska

1948

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

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)
The Catman of Paris as Devereaux
Roll on Texas Moon as Steve Anders
Night Train to Memphis as Doctor
Magnificent Doll as Jenks (uncredited)
The Devil's Playground as Roberts
Tangier as Sanchez
The Invisible Informer as Jules Ravelle
My Pal Trigger as Storekeeper

1945

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

1944

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
Texas Masquerade as Sam Nolan
Lumberjack as Clyde Fenwick
Mystery Man as Bert Rogan
Cheyenne Wildcat as Jim Douglas
Bordertown Trail as Matthews

1943

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

1942

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

1941

The Sea Wolf as Svenson
Blood and Sand as Manolo's Friend (uncredited)
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
One Night in the Tropics as Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
Green Hell as Gracco
Strange Cargo as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
The Carson City Kid as Laramie
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Santos the Portuguese
Captain Caution as French Seaman in Pub
The Devil's Pipeline as Gaddi Sang
Wyoming as Dawson - Henchman

1939

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

1938

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

1937

The Soldier and the Lady as Chieftain (Uncredited)
The Last Train from Madrid as Mora (uncredited)
Woman-Wise as Charley (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (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
Robin Hood of El Dorado as Pedro
Big Brown Eyes as Malley (Uncredited)
Mummy's Boys as Rasheed Bey
White Fang as Suds

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

The Devil Is Driving as Ticker (uncredited)
The Woman from Monte Carlo as Karkuff
Texas Buddies as Blake
70,000 Witnesses as Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
Honor of the Mounted as Jean La Train
Hidden Valley as Frank Gavin
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
The Runaway Bride as Barney Black
Dangerous Paradise as Ricardo
Burning Up as 'Bullet' McGhan
Safety in Numbers as Phil Kemptom
Brothers as Tony

1929

The Carnation Kid as The Carnation Kid
Girl Overboard as Francisco

1928

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

1927

1926

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

1925

Bobbed Hair as Pooch
My Lady of Whims as Rolf
Go Straight! as The Dove
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
East of Broadway as Professor Mario
The Arizona Express as Victor Johnson

1923

Faust and Marguerite Test Footage
Mary of the Movies as James Seiler
Trilby as Geko
The Buster as Swing
Going Up as Jules Gaillard
Look Your Best as Alberto Cabotto

1922

Monte Cristo as Benedetto
Captain Fly-by-Night as Second Stranger
The Woman Conquers as Lawatha, Indian Guide
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

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

1919

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

1918

Real Folks as Jimmie Dugan
Tony America as Tony America
The Answer as Guido Garcia
The Hand at the Window as Tony Brachieri
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 Voice on the Wire as 'Red' Warren
Perils of the Secret Service as (Episode #3)
The Love Doctor as Hildreth
The Gray Ghost as Williams
Black Orchids as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
The Gates of Doom as Jang Sattib

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