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Grand Ole Opry
1940
Director
Frank McDonald
Directing
Born:November 9, 1899
Died:March 8, 1980(aged 80)
Birthplace:Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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CommunityBiography
A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director -Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.
Filmography (116 movies)
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Call of the Klondike
1950
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6.5
6.5
Texans Never Cry
1951
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6.5
6.5
Flirting with Fate
1938
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6.3
6.3
The Purple Gang
1959
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6.2
6.2
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
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6.2
6.2
Fly Away Baby
1937
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6.1
6.1
Blondes at Work
1938
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6.1
6.1
Smart Blonde
1937
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6.0
6.0
Thunder Pass
1954
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6.0
6.0
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
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6.0
6.0
13 Lead Soldiers
1948
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6.0
6.0
Love Begins at Twenty
1936
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6.0
6.0
Gaucho Serenade
1940
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6.0
6.0
Sierra Passage
1950
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5.8
5.8
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1947
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5.8
5.8
Gambler's Choice
1944
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5.8
5.8
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963
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5.7
5.7
Timber Queen
1944
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5.7
5.7
High Explosive
1943
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5.6
5.6
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
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5.5
5.5
The Big Tip Off
1955
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5.5
5.5
In Old Missouri
1940
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5.5
5.5
Wrecking Crew
1942
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5.4
5.4
My Pal Trigger
1946
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5.4
5.4
Bells of Rosarita
1945
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5.3
5.3
Broadway Hostess
1935
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5.3
5.3
Isle of Fury
1936
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5.2
5.2
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944
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5.0
5.0
The Big Noise
1936
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5.0
5.0
Alaska Highway
1943
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5.0
5.0
Carolina Moon
1940
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5.0
5.0
Father Takes the Air
1951
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5.0
5.0
Under Nevada Skies
1946
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5.0
5.0
Boulder Dam
1936
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5.0
5.0
One Body Too Many
1944
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5.0
5.0
Snow Dog
1950
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5.0
5.0
Over the Wall
1938
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5.0
5.0
Barnyard Follies
1940
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5.0
5.0
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
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5.0
5.0
Northwest Territory
1951
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5.0
5.0
Sea Tiger
1952
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5.0
5.0
The Big Sombrero
1949
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5.0
5.0
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
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4.9
4.9
No Hands on the Clock
1941
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4.7
4.7
The Underwater City
1962
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4.5
4.5
Mr. Reckless
1948
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4.4
4.4
Midnight Court
1937
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4.3
4.3
Song of Arizona
1946
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4.2
4.2
Ringside
1949
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4.2
4.2
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
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4.2
4.2
Submarine Alert
1943
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4.0
4.0
Man from Oklahoma
1945
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4.0
4.0
Rancho Grande
1940
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4.0
4.0
Yukon Gold
1952
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4.0
4.0
Scared Stiff
1945
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4.0
4.0
Treasure of Ruby Hills
1955
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4.0
4.0
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
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4.0
4.0
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
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4.0
4.0
The Song of a Nation
1936
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4.0
4.0
Yellow Fin
1951
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3.8
3.8
Jeepers Creepers
1939
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3.7
3.7
Apache Chief
1949
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3.5
3.5
Wildcat
1942
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3.0
3.0
Yukon Manhunt
1951
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3.0
3.0
They Asked For It
1939
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3.0
3.0
Murder by an Aristocrat
1936
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2.7
2.7
Flying Blind
1941
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2.1
2.1
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947
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2.0
2.0
Mara of the Wilderness
1965
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1.0
1.0
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
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Village Barn Dance
1940
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Country Fair
1941
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Sing, Neighbor, Sing
1944
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First Offenders
1939
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O, My Darling Clementine
1943
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Shepherd of the Ozarks
1942
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Tuxedo Junction
1941
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French Leave
1948
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Under Fiesta Stars
1941
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The Traitor Within
1942
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Freshman Year
1938
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Take It Big
1944
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Gun Smugglers
1948
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Along the Navajo Trail
1945
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Reckless Living
1938
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Two Gun Marshal
1953
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Tell It to a Star
1945
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The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
1952
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The Two Gun Teacher
1954
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Son of Belle Starr
1953
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Timber Country Trouble
1955
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Phantom Trails
1955
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Raymie
1960
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Swing Your Partner
1943
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The Chicago Kid
1945
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Border City Rustlers
1953
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Mountain Rhythm
1943
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The Old Homestead
1942
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Outlaw's Son
1954
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Hit Parade of 1947
1947
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Death Goes North
1939
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Mantelli e spade insanguinate
1959
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Marshals in Disguise
1954
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The Matchmaking Marshal
1955
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Hoosier Holiday
1943
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Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria
1958
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Sioux City Sue
1946
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Arkansas Judge
1941
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Linda, Be Good
1947
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The Tilted Tenderfoot
1955
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The Yellow Haired Kid
1952
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When a Girl's Beautiful
1947
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Trouble on the Trail
1954
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Six Gun Decision
1953
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Secret of Outlaw Flats
1953
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