7.3
7.3
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
Francis McDonald
Acting
Born:August 21, 1891
Died:September 18, 1968(aged 77)
Birthplace:Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Xavier University
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CommunityBiography
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 (171 movies)
7.2
7.2
The Sea Wolf
1941
as Svenson
7.1
7.1
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Kroner
7.0
7.0
The Notorious Lady
1927
as Manuela Silvera
6.8
6.8
Strange Confession
1945
as Hernandez
6.8
6.8
Battling Butler
1926
as Alfred 'Battling' Butler
6.8
6.8
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as John Wilkes Booth
6.6
6.6
Union Pacific
1939
as Gen. Dodge
6.5
6.5
The Temptress
1926
as Timoteo
6.5
6.5
Kickin' the Crown Around
1933
as Disputin
6.5
6.5
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Story Teller
6.5
6.5
Rancho Notorious
1952
as Harbin
6.4
6.4
Red Mountain
1951
as Marshal Roberts
6.4
6.4
The Viking
1928
as Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Louis Riel
6.3
6.3
Morocco
1930
as Sergeant Tatoche
6.3
6.3
Pawnee
1957
as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
6.2
6.2
Tangier
1946
as Sanchez
6.2
6.2
Monte Cristo
1922
as Benedetto
6.2
6.2
The Perils of Pauline
1947
as Western Saloon Set Heavy
6.1
6.1
A Girl in Every Port
1928
as Circus Manager
6.1
6.1
Fort Massacre
1958
as Piute Man
6.1
6.1
The Naked Dawn
1955
as Railroad guard
6.0
6.0
The Paleface
1948
as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
6.0
6.0
The Devil's Pipeline
1940
as Gaddi Sang
6.0
6.0
The Light That Failed
1939
as George
6.0
6.0
The Girl from Alaska
1942
as Pelly
6.0
6.0
The Invisible Informer
1946
as Jules Ravelle
6.0
6.0
The Drag Net
1928
as Sniper Dawson
6.0
6.0
Gene Autry and the Mounties
1951
as Batiste
6.0
6.0
Fort Osage
1952
as Osage Chief
6.0
6.0
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
as Steve Anders
6.0
6.0
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Batiste
6.0
6.0
The Voice on the Wire
1917
as 'Red' Warren
6.0
6.0
Hidden Valley
1932
as Frank Gavin
6.0
6.0
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Pliny Warren
6.0
6.0
Texas Buddies
1932
as Blake
6.0
6.0
Buckskin Frontier
1943
as Duval
5.9
5.9
Criminal Lawyer
1937
as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
as Santos the Portuguese
5.8
5.8
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922
as Second Stranger
5.8
5.8
The Bandits of Corsica
1953
as Grisha
5.8
5.8
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
as The Weasel
5.8
5.8
Devil's Playground
1937
as Romano
5.8
5.8
The Gang Buster
1931
as Pete Caltek
5.7
5.7
The Raiders
1952
as Mr. John Cummings
5.7
5.7
Panhandle
1948
as Crump
5.7
5.7
Love's Prisoner
1919
as Party Guest (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
The Arizona Express
1924
as Victor Johnson
5.5
5.5
Nomads of the North
1920
as Buck McDougall
5.5
5.5
The Carson City Kid
1940
as Laramie
5.4
5.4
Lumberjack
1944
as Clyde Fenwick
5.4
5.4
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Frank
5.4
5.4
The Catman of Paris
1946
as Devereaux
5.4
5.4
The Kansan
1943
as Gil Hatton
5.4
5.4
My Pal Trigger
1946
as Storekeeper
5.2
5.2
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1934
as Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]
5.2
5.2
Zorro's Black Whip
1944
as Dan Hammond
5.0
5.0
The Trumpet Blows
1934
as Vega
5.0
5.0
The Devil's in Love
1933
as Officer Reading Verdict
5.0
5.0
The Devil's Playground
1946
as Roberts
5.0
5.0
Saddle Pals
1947
as Sheriff
5.0
5.0
The Confession
1920
as Tom Bartlett
5.0
5.0
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932
as Karkuff
5.0
5.0
South of the Rio Grande
1945
as Torres
5.0
5.0
Bad Men of the Border
1945
as Captain Jose Garcia
5.0
5.0
70,000 Witnesses
1932
as Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Brothers in the Saddle
1949
as Hoyt Parker
5.0
5.0
Safety in Numbers
1930
as Phil Kemptom
5.0
5.0
Red Morning
1934
as Sakki
5.0
5.0
The Runaway Bride
1930
as Barney Black
4.9
4.9
The Devil Is Driving
1932
as Ticker (uncredited)
4.7
4.7
Mummy's Boys
1936
as Rasheed Bey
4.7
4.7
My Lady of Whims
1925
as Rolf
4.6
4.6
Broadway Bad
1933
as Charley Davis
4.5
4.5
Gun Law
1938
as Henchman Nevada
4.4
4.4
Rim of the Canyon
1949
as Charlie Lewis
4.3
4.3
Last Stagecoach West
1957
as Old Man Colter
4.2
4.2
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Pedro
4.0
4.0
Range War
1939
as Morgan
4.0
4.0
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944
as Jim Douglas
4.0
4.0
Dangerous Venture
1947
as Kane
4.0
4.0
Daughter of the Jungle
1949
as Montu
4.0
4.0
California Passage
1950
as County Recorder Joe Kane
4.0
4.0
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
as Joe Dunn
4.0
4.0
Trailing the Killer
1932
as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
4.0
4.0
Strange Gamble
1948
as Henchman Longhorn
4.0
4.0
The Dead Don't Dream
1948
as Bart Lansing
3.9
3.9
Green Hell
1940
as Gracco
3.9
3.9
Bar 20
1943
as Quirt Rankin
3.7
3.7
Apache Chief
1949
as Mohaska
3.7
3.7
Bad Lands
1939
as Manuel Lopez
3.5
3.5
Mystery Man
1944
as Bert Rogan
3.5
3.5
Burning Up
1930
as 'Bullet' McGhan
3.4
3.4
Dangerous Paradise
1930
as Ricardo
3.0
3.0
Texas Masquerade
1944
as Sam Nolan
2.7
2.7
Dig That Uranium
1955
as The Indian Chief
2.5
2.5
A Successful Failure
1934
as Radical Speaker
1.0
1.0
In Spite of Danger
1935
as Race Driver
1.0
1.0
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933
as Henchman (as Frances McDonald)
1.0
1.0
Black Orchids
1917
as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
The Buster
1923
as Swing
The Hunted Woman
1925
as Joe De Bar
Trooper O'Neill
1922
as Pierre
Go Straight!
1925
as The Dove
Perils of the Secret Service
1917
as (Episode #3)
Rose of the Yukon
1949
as Alaskan
The Carnation Kid
1929
as The Carnation Kid
Two Gun Marshal
1953
as Blake Cody
The Valley of Hell
1928
as Creighton Steele
The Palace of Pleasure
1926
as Captain Fernandez
The Northern Code
1925
as Raoul La Fane
Screen Tests for Faust
1923
The Light Within
1918
as Dr. Green
The Express Messenger
1915
as Dave Snowden
East of Broadway
1924
as Professor Mario
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
His Debt
1919
as Blair Whitcomb
Real Folks
1918
as Jimmie Dugan
Pretty Smooth
1919
as Jimmy Hartigan
The Gray Ghost
1917
as Williams
Woman-Wise
1937
as Charley (uncredited)
Powder River Rustlers
1949
as Shears Williams
The Ghost Flower
1918
Corpus Christi Bandits
1945
as Dad Christie
Prudence on Broadway
1919
as Grayson Mills
Toton
1919
as Pierre
The Legion of the Condemned
1928
as Gonzolo Vasquez
Forgotten Faces
1928
The Bold Frontiersman
1948
as Adam Post
Wild West Days
1937
as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7
Puppets
1926
as Bruno
Mr. Dolan of New York
1917
as 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)
The Gates of Doom
1917
as Jang Sattib
The Love Doctor
1917
as Hildreth
Bobbed Hair
1925
as Pooch
Terror Trail
1933
as Tad McPherson
The Courageous Coward
1919
as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
Son of God’s Country
1948
as Tom Ford
The Kid from Kansas
1941
as Cesar
Son of a Badman
1949
as Joe Christ
Bordertown Trail
1944
as Matthews
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
River Gang
1945
as Indignant Man
Great Stagecoach Robbery
1945
as Con Hollister
The Gun Woman
1918
as The Gent
Girl Overboard
1929
as Francisco
Going Up
1923
as Jules Gaillard
Outlaws of Red River
1927
as Ben Tanner
Night Train to Memphis
1946
as Doctor
Satan in Sables
1925
as Emile
Brothers
1930
as Tony
Straightaway
1933
as Rogan
Voice in the Night
1934
as Henchman Jackson
Parole Racket
1937
as Nat Beldon
The Desert's Toll
1926
as Frank Darwin
Men of the Timberland
1941
as Jean Collet
In Line of Duty
1931
as Jacques Dupres
Honor of the Mounted
1932
as Jean La Train
Trilby
1923
as Geko
Mary of the Movies
1923
as James Seiler
The Golden Snare
1921
as Pierre Thoreau
Puppets of Fate
1921
as Gabriel Palombra
The Yankee Señor
1926
as Juan Gutiérrez
The Devil at His Elbow
1916
as Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)
The She-Devil
1916
as Albert Alwain
Look Your Best
1923
as Alberto Cabotto
So This Is Marriage?
1924
as Smith
Carmen
1913
as Don Jose
The Woman Conquers
1922
as Lawatha, Indian Guide
The Call of the North
1921
as Achille Picard
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