Ian MacDonald
Born: 1914-06-28 in Great Falls, Montana, USA
Died: 1978-04-11
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ian MacDonald (born Ulva W. Pippy, June 28, 1914 – April 11, 1978) was an American actor and producer during the 1940s and 1950s. He is perhaps best known as villain Frank Miller in High Noon (1952). Military service MacDonald served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. He entered on July 13, 1942, and was discharged on April 15, 1946, reaching the rank of captain. On June 17, 1967, in Santa Monica, California, MacDonald married Shirley Kannegaard, a nurse whom he met when he was a patient at Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital. They remained wed until his death. On April 11, 1978, MacDonald died at his home in Bozeman, Montana, at age 63. CLR Selected filmography Stick to Your Guns (1941) - Henchman Elbows Secret of the Wastelands (1941) - Hollister They Died with Their Boots On (1941) - Soldier (uncredited) Swamp Woman (1941) - Det. Lt. Rance The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) - 'Butch' Raglan North of the Rockies (1942) - Lazare The Strange Woman (1946) - Boat Captain (uncredited) Ramrod (1947) - Walt Shipley Pursued (1947) - A Callum (uncredited) Deep Valley (1947) - Blast Foreman (uncredited) Dark Passage (1947) - Cop in Bus Depot (uncredited) My Girl Tisa (1948) - Guard (uncredited) The Woman from Tangier (1948) - Paul Moreles Mr. Reckless (1948) - Jim Halsey Port Said (1948) - Jakoll Speed to Spare (1948) - Pusher Wilkes Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1948) - Nick A Southern Yankee (1948) - Hospital Orderly (uncredited) The Man from Colorado (1948) - Jack Rawson (uncredited) Road House (1948) - Police Captain Song of India (1949) - Prince's Officer (uncredited) Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949) - Mike Streets of San Francisco (1949) - Luke Fraser Come to the Stable (1949) - Mr. Matthews (uncredited) White Heat (1949) - Bo Creel (uncredited) Battleground (1949) - Army Colonel (uncredited) Malaya (1949) - Carlos Tassuma Montana (1950) - Slim Reeves Whirlpool (1950) - Hogan - Store Detective (uncredited) Comanche Territory (1950) - Walshy Colt .45 (1950) - Miller The Lawless (1950) - Al Peters Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) - Detective Casey (uncredited) The Desert Hawk (1950) - Yussef Thunder in God's Country (1951) - Smitty New Mexico (1951) - Pvt. Daniels The Texas Rangers (1951) - The Sundance Kid Show Boat (1951) - Drunken Sport (uncredited) Ten Tall Men (1951) - Lustig The Barefoot Mailman (1951) - Theron Henchman (uncredited) This Woman Is Dangerous (1952) - Joe Grossland, Private Eye Flaming Feather (1952) - Tombstone Jack High Noon[2] (1952) - Frank Miller The Brigand (1952) - Maj. Schrock The Savage (1952) - Chief Yellow Eagle Toughest Man in Arizona (1952) - Steve Girard Hiawatha (1952) - Chief Megissogwon The Silver Whip (1953) - Hank A Perilous Journey (1953) - Sprague Blowing Wild (1953) - Jackson Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) - Geronimo Johnny Guitar (1954) - Pete Apache (1954) - Clagg The Egyptian (1954) - Ship's Captain (uncredited) They Were So Young (1954) - General Rodriguez Garcia (uncredited) Timberjack (1955) - Pauquette Son of Sinbad (1955) - Murad The Lonesome Trail (1955) - Gonaga Two-Gun Lady (1955) - Jud Ivers Accused of Murder (1956) - Trumbull Stagecoach to Fury (1956) - Sheriff Ross Duel at Apache Wells (1957) - Marcus Wolf Money, Women and Guns (1958) - Nibbs
Filmography
1958
- Money, Women and Guns as Nibbs
1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Trackdown as Jed Burroughs
- The Court of Last Resort
- O. Henry Playhouse as Lafe Kilbane
- Duel at Apache Wells as Marcus Wolf
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Ed Loomis
- Accused of Murder as Trumbull
- Stagecoach To Fury as Sheriff Ross
1955
- Gunsmoke as Mr. Troyman
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Mike Dukovnik
- Timberjack as Pauquette
- The Lonesome Trail as Gonaga
- Two-Gun Lady as Jud Ivers
- The Silver Star ... (Screenplay)
1954
- The Egyptian as Ship's Captain
- Johnny Guitar as Pete
- Apache as Clagg
- Taza, Son of Cochise as Geronimo
1953
- City Detective
- Blowing Wild as Jackson
- The Silver Whip as Hank
- A Perilous Journey as Sprague
1952
- High Noon as Frank Miller
- Biff Baker U.S.A. as Hank
- The Savage as Yellow Eagle
- The Brigand as Maj. Schrock
- Flaming Feather as Tombstone Jack
- Hiawatha as Chief Megissogwon
- Toughest Man in Arizona as Steve Girard
- This Woman Is Dangerous as Joe Crossland
1951
- Racket Squad
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Eric
- Ten Tall Men as Lustig
- New Mexico as Pvt. Daniels
- The Texas Rangers as The Sundance Kid
- Thunder in God's Country as Smitty
1950
- Where the Sidewalk Ends as Detective Casey (uncredited)
- The Lawless as Al Peters
- Whirlpool as Hogan - Store Detective (uncredited)
- Colt .45 as Miller
- The Desert Hawk as Yussef
- Comanche Territory as Walsh
- Montana as Slim Reeves
1949
- White Heat as Creel
- Malaya as Carlos Tassuma
- Come to the Stable as Mr. Matthews (uncredited)
- Streets of San Francisco as Luke Fraser
- Joe Palooka in the Big Fight as Mike
1948
- The Man from Colorado as Jack Rawson (uncredited)
- Road House as Police captain
- My Girl Tisa as Guard (uncredited)
- Mr. Reckless as Jim Halsey
- 16 Fathoms Deep as Nick
- Speed to Spare as Pusher Wilkes
- Port Said as Jakoll
- The Woman from Tangier as Paul Moreles
1947
- Dark Passage as Cop in Bus Depot (uncredited)
- Pursued as A Callum (uncredited)
- Deep Valley as Blast Foreman
- Ramrod as Walt Shipley
1946
- The Strange Woman as Boat Captain (uncredited)
1942
- The Adventures of Martin Eden as 'Butch' Raglan
- North of the Rockies as Henchman Lazare
1941
- They Died with Their Boots On as Soldier (uncredited)
- Swamp Woman as Det. Lt. Rance
- Stick to Your Guns as Henchman "Elbows"
- Secret of the Wastelands as Hollister
1931
- Madame Guillotine as Jacques