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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 21, 1891
Died
September 18, 1968
Place of Birth
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
- Francis James McDonald
- Francis J. MacDonald
- Francis MacDonald
- Francis J. McDonald
- Frank McDonald
- J. Francis McDonald
Francis McDonald
0.5 Popularity
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).
Known For
7.1
Russian (uncredited)
The Great Race
1965
6.1
Old Man at Robbo's Club
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
6.4
Saul Weintraub
The Virginian
1962
6.4
Storekeeper
The Virginian
1962
6.4
Mr. Lucky
1959
6.0
Watkins
Law of the Plainsman
1959
4.2
Wichita Town
1959
6.2
The Deputy
1959
4.6
Scribe Spokesman
The Big Fisherman
1959
6.1
Winkler
Bat Masterson
1958
Credits
The Great Race
as Russian (uncredited)
1965
7.1
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Old Man at Robbo's Club
1964
6.1
The Virginian
as Saul Weintraub
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Storekeeper
1962
6.4
Mr. Lucky
1959
6.4
Law of the Plainsman
as Watkins
1959
6.0
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
The Deputy
1959
6.2
The Big Fisherman
as Scribe Spokesman
1959
4.6
Bat Masterson
as Winkler
1958
6.1
Lawman
1958
5.6
The Texan
1958
5.5
Bronco
1958
5.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Juan Hernandez
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Liveryman
1958
6.8
Fort Massacre
as Piute Man
1958
6.1
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Maverick
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Capt. Noble
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Walter 'Salty' Sims
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Peg-Leg Jasper
1957
7.7
Sugarfoot
as Pete Stone
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Jericho Dooley
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Gotch (as Francis MacDonald)
1957
7.3
Pawnee
as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
1957
6.3
Last Stagecoach West
as Old Man Colter
1957
4.3
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
1957
6.3
Duel at Apache Wells
as Joe Dunn
1957
4.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Yancey Hatton
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as William Wethered
1956
6.0
The Ten Commandments
as Simon
1956
7.8
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
Walk the Proud Land
as The Shaman (uncredited)
1956
6.1
Thunder Over Arizona
as Pliny Warren
1956
6.0
Dig That Uranium
as The Indian Chief
1955
2.7
The Naked Dawn
as Railroad guard
1955
6.1
Highway Patrol
as Charlie Barrett
1955
5.8
My Friend Flicka
1955
5.7
The Adventures of Champion
as Will Calhoun
1955
5.3
The Adventures of Champion
as Grubstake Smith
1955
5.3
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
6.2
Ten Wanted Men
1955
5.8
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
1955
7.3
Lassie
1954
6.1
Stories of the Century
as Sheriff
1954
6.8
Two Gun Marshal
as Blake Cody
1953
0.0
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Frank
1953
5.4
The Bandits of Corsica
as Grisha
1953
5.8
General Electric Theater
as Pecos Kid
1953
6.4
The Raiders
as Mr. John Cummings
1952
5.7
Cavalcade of America
as Calaveras Kid
1952
3.5
Adventures of Superman
1952
6.6
Son of Ali Baba
as Palace Official (uncredited)
1952
5.4
Rancho Notorious
as Harbin
1952
6.5
Fort Osage
as Osage Chief
1952
6.0
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
6.4
Red Mountain
as Marshal Roberts
1951
6.4
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Gene Autry and the Mounties
as Batiste
1951
6.0
California Passage
as County Recorder Joe Kane
1950
4.0
🎬
The Cisco Kid
as Gen. Lawrence
1950
5.9
The Gene Autry Show
1950
4.2
The Nevadan
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1950
5.8
Woman in Hiding
as North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)
1950
6.2
Samson and Delilah
as Story Teller
1949
6.5
Powder River Rustlers
as Shears Williams
1949
0.0
Apache Chief
as Mohaska
1949
3.7
Abandoned
as Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
1949
6.2
The Lone Ranger
as Wade Tanner
1949
6.8
Rim of the Canyon
as Charlie Lewis
1949
4.4
Son of a Badman
as Joe Christ
1949
0.0
Brothers in the Saddle
as Hoyt Parker
1949
5.0
Daughter of the Jungle
as Montu
1949
4.0
Rose of the Yukon
as Alaskan
1949
0.0
The Paleface
as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
1948
6.0
The Three Musketeers
1948
6.7
Strange Gamble
as Henchman Longhorn
1948
4.0
Son of God’s Country
as Tom Ford
1948
0.0
The Dead Don't Dream
as Bart Lansing
1948
4.0
The Bold Frontiersman
as Adam Post
1948
0.0
Panhandle
as Crump
1948
5.7
The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Heavy
1947
6.2
Saddle Pals
as Sheriff
1947
5.0
Dangerous Venture
as Kane
1947
4.0
Duel in the Sun
as Gambler (uncredited)
1946
6.3
Magnificent Doll
as Jenks (uncredited)
1946
5.9
The Devil's Playground
as Roberts
1946
5.0
Roll on Texas Moon
as Steve Anders
1946
6.0
Notorious
as Man (uncredited)
1946
7.7
The Invisible Informer
as Jules Ravelle
1946
6.0
Canyon Passage
as Cobb (uncredited)
1946
6.6
Night Train to Memphis
as Doctor
1946
0.0
My Pal Trigger
as Storekeeper
1946
5.4
Tangier
as Sanchez
1946
6.2
The Catman of Paris
as Devereaux
1946
5.4
Strange Confession
as Hernandez
1945
6.8
River Gang
as Indignant Man
1945
0.0
South of the Rio Grande
as Torres
1945
5.0
Bad Men of the Border
as Captain Jose Garcia
1945
5.0
Corpus Christi Bandits
as Dad Christie
1945
0.0
Great Stagecoach Robbery
as Con Hollister
1945
0.0
Belle of the Yukon
as Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)
1944
5.4
Zorro's Black Whip
as Dan Hammond
1944
5.2
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Batiste
1944
6.0
Cheyenne Wildcat
as Jim Douglas
1944
4.0
Till We Meet Again
as Cart Driver (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Bordertown Trail
as Matthews
1944
0.0
Mystery Man
as Bert Rogan
1944
3.5
Lumberjack
as Clyde Fenwick
1944
5.4
Texas Masquerade
as Sam Nolan
1944
3.0
Bar 20
as Quirt Rankin
1943
3.9
The Kansan
as Gil Hatton
1943
5.4
Buckskin Frontier
as Duval
1943
6.0
The Girl from Alaska
as Pelly
1942
6.0
Valley of the Sun
as Governor's Interpreter (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Kidnapper
1942
4.7
The Kid from Kansas
as Cesar
1941
0.0
Blood and Sand
as Manolo's Friend (uncredited)
1941
6.5
Men of the Timberland
as Jean Collet
1941
0.0
The Sea Wolf
as Svenson
1941
7.2
One Night in the Tropics
as Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
1940
5.6
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Santos the Portuguese
1940
5.9
The Devil's Pipeline
as Gaddi Sang
1940
6.0
North West Mounted Police
as Louis Riel
1940
6.4
Wyoming
as Dawson - Henchman
1940
5.9
The Sea Hawk
as Kroner
1940
7.2
Captain Caution
as French Seaman in Pub
1940
5.6
The Carson City Kid
as Laramie
1940
5.5
Strange Cargo
as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
1940
7.0
Green Hell
as Gracco
1940
3.9
The Light That Failed
as George
1939
6.0
Range War
as Morgan
1939
4.0
Bad Lands
as Manuel Lopez
1939
3.7
Beau Geste
as Arab Scout (uncredited)
1939
6.9
Union Pacific
as Gen. Dodge
1939
6.6
Idiot's Delight
as Flight Captain
1939
6.1
If I Were King
as Casin Cholet
1938
6.8
Gun Law
as Henchman Nevada
1938
4.5
The Buccaneer
as Camden Blount
1938
6.4
Wild West Days
as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7
1937
0.0
The Last Train from Madrid
as Mora (uncredited)
1937
4.3
The Soldier and the Lady
as Chieftain (Uncredited)
1937
6.5
Parole Racket
as Nat Beldon
1937
0.0
Criminal Lawyer
as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
1937
5.9
Devil's Playground
as Romano
1937
5.8
Woman-Wise
as Charley (uncredited)
1937
0.0
The Plainsman
as A River Gambler
1936
6.3
Mummy's Boys
as Rasheed Bey
1936
4.7
White Fang
as Suds
1936
6.0
Big Brown Eyes
as Malley (Uncredited)
1936
6.3
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Pedro
1936
4.2
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as John Wilkes Booth
1936
6.8
Diamond Jim
as Gambler
1935
6.0
West Point of the Air
as Civilian Pilot
1935
6.0
Mississippi
as Gambler (uncredited)
1935
6.7
In Spite of Danger
as Race Driver
1935
1.0
The Gay Bride
as Detroit gangster (uncredited)
1934
5.8
Red Morning
as Sakki
1934
5.0
A Successful Failure
as Radical Speaker
1934
2.5
Girl in Danger
as Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]
1934
5.2
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as Ray Ridpath - Henchman
1934
5.2
Operator 13
as Denton (uncredited)
1934
5.8
Sadie McKee
as Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
1934
6.9
The Trumpet Blows
as Vega
1934
5.0
Voice in the Night
as Henchman Jackson
1934
0.0
Straightaway
as Rogan
1933
0.0
Night Flight
as Radioman (uncredited)
1933
5.6
🎬
Kickin' the Crown Around
as Disputin
1933
6.5
The Devil's in Love
as Officer Reading Verdict
1933
5.0
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as Henchman (as Frances McDonald)
1933
1.0
Broadway Bad
as Charley Davis
1933
4.6
Terror Trail
as Tad McPherson
1933
0.0
The Devil Is Driving
as Ticker (uncredited)
1932
4.9
Texas Buddies
as Blake
1932
6.0
Trailing the Killer
as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
1932
4.0
Hidden Valley
as Frank Gavin
1932
6.0
70,000 Witnesses
as Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
1932
5.0
Honor of the Mounted
as Jean La Train
1932
0.0
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Karkuff
1932
5.0
In Line of Duty
as Jacques Dupres
1931
0.0
The Lawyer's Secret
as The Weasel
1931
5.8
The Gang Buster
as Pete Caltek
1931
5.8
Morocco
as Sergeant Tatoche
1930
6.3
Brothers
as Tony
1930
0.0
Safety in Numbers
as Phil Kemptom
1930
5.0
The Runaway Bride
as Barney Black
1930
5.0
Dangerous Paradise
as Ricardo
1930
3.4
Burning Up
as 'Bullet' McGhan
1930
3.5
Girl Overboard
as Francisco
1929
0.0
The Carnation Kid
as The Carnation Kid
1929
0.0
The Viking
as Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
1928
6.4
Forgotten Faces
1928
0.0
The Drag Net
as Sniper Dawson
1928
6.0
The Legion of the Condemned
as Gonzolo Vasquez
1928
0.0
A Girl in Every Port
as Circus Manager
1928
6.1
The Valley of Hell
as Creighton Steele
1928
0.0
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
0.0
Outlaws of Red River
as Ben Tanner
1927
0.0
The Notorious Lady
as Manuela Silvera
1927
7.0
The Wreck
1927
0.0
The Desert's Toll
as Frank Darwin
1926
0.0
The Temptress
as Timoteo
1926
6.5
Battling Butler
as Alfred 'Battling' Butler
1926
6.8
🎬
Puppets
as Bruno
1926
0.0
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
0.0
The Palace of Pleasure
as Captain Fernandez
1926
0.0
The Yankee Señor
as Juan Gutiérrez
1926
0.0
My Lady of Whims
as Rolf
1925
4.9
Bobbed Hair
as Pooch
1925
0.0
Satan in Sables
as Emile
1925
0.0
The Northern Code
as Raoul La Fane
1925
0.0
Go Straight!
as The Dove
1925
0.0
🎬
The Hunted Woman
as Joe De Bar
1925
0.0
So This Is Marriage?
as Smith
1924
0.0
East of Broadway
as Professor Mario
1924
0.0
The Arizona Express
as Victor Johnson
1924
5.6
🎬
Screen Tests for Faust
1923
0.0
Going Up
as Jules Gaillard
1923
0.0
Trilby
as Geko
1923
0.0
Mary of the Movies
as James Seiler
1923
0.0
Look Your Best
as Alberto Cabotto
1923
0.0
The Buster
as Swing
1923
0.0
Captain Fly-by-Night
as Second Stranger
1922
5.8
The Woman Conquers
as Lawatha, Indian Guide
1922
0.0
Monte Cristo
as Benedetto
1922
6.2
Trooper O'Neill
as Pierre
1922
0.0
🎬
The Call of the North
as Achille Picard
1921
0.0
The Golden Snare
as Pierre Thoreau
1921
0.0
🎬
Puppets of Fate
as Gabriel Palombra
1921
0.0
The Kentucky Colonel
as Philip Burwood
1920
0.0
Nomads of the North
as Buck McDougall
1920
5.5
The Confession
as Tom Bartlett
1920
5.0
Prudence on Broadway
as Grayson Mills
1919
0.0
Pretty Smooth
as Jimmy Hartigan
1919
0.0
Love's Prisoner
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1919
5.7
His Debt
as Blair Whitcomb
1919
0.0
The Final Close-Up
as Jimmie Norton
1919
0.0
The Courageous Coward
as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
1919
0.0
Toton
as Pierre
1919
0.0
The Ghost Flower
1918
0.0
The Answer
as Guido Garcia
1918
0.0
Real Folks
as Jimmie Dugan
1918
0.0
The Light Within
as Dr. Green
1918
0.0
The Gun Woman
as The Gent
1918
0.0
The Love Doctor
as Hildreth
1917
0.0
The Gray Ghost
as Williams
1917
0.0
Mr. Dolan of New York
as 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)
1917
0.0
The Voice on the Wire
as 'Red' Warren
1917
6.0
Perils of the Secret Service
as (Episode #3)
1917
0.0
The Gates of Doom
as Jang Sattib
1917
0.0
Black Orchids
as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
1917
1.0
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
1916
7.1
The Devil at His Elbow
as Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)
1916
0.0
🎬
The She-Devil
as Albert Alwain
1916
0.0
🎬
The Express Messenger
as Dave Snowden
1915
0.0
St. Elmo
as Murray Hammond
1914
0.0
Carmen
as Don Jose
1913
0.0