Frank McGlynn Sr.

Born: 1866-10-26 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 1951-05-18

Known For: Acting

Biography

Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Filmography

1947

Trail Street as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
Hollywood Barn Dance as Hiram Tubb

1944

Rogues' Gallery as Blake
Delinquent Daughters as Judge Craig

1942

In Old California as Undetermined Minor Role
Syncopation
March On, America! as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941

Sergeant York as Mountaineer (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Panky Pankington
Marry the Boss's Daughter as Hoffman

1940

Boom Town as Deacon
Third Finger, Left Hand as Judge Holman (uncredited)
Hi-Yo Silver as Abraham Lincoln

1939

Love Affair as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Second Fiddle as Lincolnesque Actor
The Honeymoon's Over as Thin Man
Lincoln in the White House as Abraham Lincoln
The Mad Empress as President Abraham Lincoln

1938

Strange Glory as Abraham Lincoln
The Girl of the Golden West as Pete - Gambler
The Lone Ranger as Abraham Lincoln
Joaquin Murrieta as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

1937

Wells Fargo as Lincoln
Parnell as Pat Hogan
Sing and Be Happy as Sheriff
Broadway Melody of 1938 as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
The Great Barrier as Sir John Macdonald
Western Gold as Abraham Lincoln
Sudden Bill Dorn as Cap Jinks

1936

The Last of the Mohicans as Gamut
The Prisoner of Shark Island as Abraham Lincoln
The Plainsman as Abraham Lincoln
These Three as Judge (uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted as Henry Dundas
North of Nome as U. S. Marshal
Career Woman as Sheriff Duncan
For the Service as Jim, a Scout

1935

Captain Blood as Reverend Ogle
The Littlest Rebel as Abraham Lincoln
Folies Bergère de Paris as Joseph
It's A Small World as Snake Brown Jr.
The Roaring West as Jinglebob Morgan
Outlawed Guns as Jingle

1934

Little Miss Marker as Doc Chesley
Massacre as Missionary
Lost in the Stratosphere as Colonel Worthington
Search for Beauty as Rev. Rankin
Are We Civilized? as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner

1933

Hello, Everybody! as Jonathan Reed
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case as Amos Winterslip
Frisco Jenny as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
Unknown Valley as Head Elder

1932

The Wet Parade as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)

1931

Huckleberry Finn as Second teacher (uncredited)
The Secret Six as Judge
The Silent Partner

1930

Min and Bill as Mr. Southard
Good News as Professor Kenyon
The Jazz Cinderella as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)

1924

Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln

1919

The ABC of Love as The Innkeeper

1918

Rough and Ready as The Siwash
The Accidental Honeymoon as Farmer Perkins
The Caillaux Case as Emperor William of Germany
Why America Will Win as John F. Pershing

1917

The Poor Little Rich Girl as The Plumber
The Argyle Case as John Argyle

1916

Gloria's Romance as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)