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
- Third Finger, Left Hand as Judge Holman (uncredited)
- Boom Town as Deacon
- 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
- The Girl of the Golden West as Pete - Gambler
- Strange Glory as Abraham Lincoln
- The Lone Ranger as Abraham Lincoln
- Joaquin Murrieta as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1937
- Broadway Melody of 1938 as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
- Parnell as Pat Hogan
- Sing and Be Happy as Sheriff
- Wells Fargo as Lincoln
- The Great Barrier as Sir John Macdonald
- Western Gold as Abraham Lincoln
- Sudden Bill Dorn as Cap Jinks
1936
- The Prisoner of Shark Island as Abraham Lincoln
- The Plainsman as Abraham Lincoln
- The Last of the Mohicans as Gamut
- King of the Royal Mounted as Henry Dundas
- These Three as Judge (uncredited)
- For the Service as Jim, a Scout
- Career Woman as Sheriff Duncan
- North of Nome as U. S. Marshal
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
- Lost in the Stratosphere as Colonel Worthington
- Massacre as Missionary
- Are We Civilized? as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
- Search for Beauty as Rev. Rankin
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
- The Secret Six as Judge
- Huckleberry Finn as Second teacher (uncredited)
- 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
- Why America Will Win as John F. Pershing
- The Accidental Honeymoon as Farmer Perkins
- The Caillaux Case as Emperor William of Germany
- Rough and Ready as The Siwash
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)
1915
- Vanity Fair as Captain William Dobbin
- The Truth About Helen ... (Director)
- Across the Great Divide as The Bandit
- Through Turbulent Waters as Bill Ford
- The Life of Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
1913
- The Bells as Leo Noakes
- Who Will Marry Mary?
- By Fire and Water
- Alexia's Strategy as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)