Francis McDonald

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-08-21 (77 years old)

Deathday

1968-09-18

Place of Birth

Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

Francis McDonald

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...

Acting

1937

Parole Racket

as Nat Beldon

1955

Dig That Uranium

as The Indian Chief

1948

Panhandle

as Crump

1925

1917

The Gates of Doom

as Jang Sattib

1917

Mr. Dolan of New York

as 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)

1934

Voice in the Night

as Henchman Jackson

1941

The Sea Wolf

as Svenson

1922

The Woman Conquers

as Lawatha, Indian Guide

1921

The Call of the North

as Achille Picard

1952

1933

Terror Trail

as Tad McPherson

1919

The Courageous Coward

as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)

1919

Love's Prisoner

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1923

The Buster

as Swing

1921

The Golden Snare

as Pierre Thoreau

1923

Mary of the Movies

as James Seiler

1925

The Hunted Woman

as Joe De Bar

1934

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

as Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]

1943

The Kansan

as Gil Hatton

1922

1944

Mystery Man

as Bert Rogan

1944

Texas Masquerade

as Sam Nolan

1944

Lumberjack

as Clyde Fenwick

1926

Battling Butler

as Alfred 'Battling' Butler

1946

Roll on Texas Moon

as Steve Anders

1940

1950

The Nevadan

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1956

Thunder Over Arizona

as Pliny Warren

1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

as John Wilkes Booth

1958

Fort Massacre

as Piute Man

1946

1922

Monte Cristo

as Benedetto

1917

The Voice on the Wire

as 'Red' Warren

1937

Criminal Lawyer

as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)

1925

Go Straight!

as The Dove

1917

1955

The Naked Dawn

as Railroad guard

1938

If I Were King

as Casin Cholet

1943

1946

Tangier

as Sanchez

1944

Zorro's Black Whip

as Dan Hammond

1934

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

as Ray Ridpath - Henchman

1957

1926

The Temptress

as Timoteo

1928

The Legion of the Condemned

as Gonzolo Vasquez

1931

The Lawyer's Secret

as The Weasel

1939

Bad Lands

as Manuel Lopez

1930

1949

Abandoned

as Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific

as Gen. Dodge

1933

Straightaway

as Rogan

1937

Woman-Wise

as Charley (uncredited)

1930

The Runaway Bride

as Barney Black

1930

Burning Up

as 'Bullet' McGhan

1933

Broadway Bad

as Charley Davis

1949

1929

The Carnation Kid

as The Carnation Kid

1964

Robin and the 7 Hoods

as Old Man at Robbo's Club

1949

Samson and Delilah

as Story Teller

1932

Trailing the Killer

as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)

1934

Red Morning

as Sakki

1952

The Raiders

as Mr. John Cummings

1937

Wild West Days

as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7

1941

Blood and Sand

as Manolo's Friend (uncredited)

1926

Puppets

as Bruno

1940

1933

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

as Henchman (as Frances McDonald)

1930

Safety in Numbers

as Phil Kemptom

1936

The Plainsman

as A River Gambler

1933

The Devil's in Love

as Officer Reading Verdict

1922

Captain Fly-by-Night

as Second Stranger

1936

Mummy's Boys

as Rasheed Bey

1935

West Point of the Air

as Civilian Pilot

1937

1917

Black Orchids

as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin

1935

Mississippi

as Gambler (uncredited)

1939

Idiot's Delight

as Flight Captain

1936

White Fang

as Suds

1939

Beau Geste

as Arab Scout (uncredited)

1928

The Valley of Hell

as Creighton Steele

1917

The Love Doctor

as Hildreth

1925

1926

The Palace of Pleasure

as Captain Fernandez

1940

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

as Santos the Portuguese

1953

Two Gun Marshal

as Blake Cody

1944

Belle of the Yukon

as Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)

1934

Girl in Danger

as Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)

1928

A Girl in Every Port

as Circus Manager

1950

Woman in Hiding

as North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)

1940

Green Hell

as Gracco

1930

Morocco

as Sergeant Tatoche

1955

Bad Day at Black Rock

as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)

1946

Notorious

as Man (uncredited)

1940

Wyoming

as Dawson - Henchman

1940

1925

The Northern Code

as Raoul La Fane

1939

Range War

as Morgan

1944

Bordertown Trail

as Matthews

1948

Strange Gamble

as Henchman Longhorn

1949

Powder River Rustlers

as Shears Williams

1948

The Dead Don't Dream

as Bart Lansing

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Kroner

1940

Strange Cargo

as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)

1940

One Night in the Tropics

as Escobar's Aide (uncredited)

1940

Captain Caution

as French Seaman in Pub

1923

Look Your Best

as Alberto Cabotto

1949

1950

California Passage

as County Recorder Joe Kane

1946

The Invisible Informer

as Jules Ravelle

1935

Diamond Jim

as Gambler

1916

The She-Devil

as Albert Alwain

1944

Cheyenne Wildcat

as Jim Douglas

1945

Great Stagecoach Robbery

as Con Hollister

1952

Fort Osage

as Osage Chief

1946

My Pal Trigger

as Storekeeper

1947

Saddle Pals

as Sheriff

1945

Bad Men of the Border

as Captain Jose Garcia

1945

Corpus Christi Bandits

as Dad Christie

1948

1948

1942

1942

Valley of the Sun

as Governor's Interpreter

1949

Rim of the Canyon

as Charlie Lewis

1938

Gun Law

as Henchman Nevada

1949

Son of a Badman

as Joe Christ

1943

Bar 20

as Quirt Rankin

1957

Pawnee

as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)

1918

The Gun Woman

as The Gent

1932

1920

The Confession

as Tom Bartlett

1937

The Soldier and the Lady

as Chieftain (Uncredited)

1934

The Gay Bride

as Detroit gangster (uncredited)

1929

Girl Overboard

as Francisco

1925

Bobbed Hair

as Pooch

1923

Going Up

as Jules Gaillard

1938

The Buccaneer

as Camden Blount

1948

The Paleface

as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)

1959

The Big Fisherman

as Scribe Spokesman

1927

1924

The Arizona Express

as Victor Johnson

1931

The Gang Buster

as Pete Caltek

1933

Night Flight

as Radioman (uncredited)

1945

River Gang

as Indignant Man

1920

Nomads of the North

as Buck McDougall

1934

Operator 13

as Denton (uncredited)

1926

The Desert's Toll

as Frank Darwin

1941

Men of the Timberland

as Jean Collet

1927

The Notorious Lady

as Manuela Silvera

1932

70,000 Witnesses

as Dominic Silvera (uncredited)

1923

Trilby

as Geko

1921

Puppets of Fate

as Gabriel Palombra

1946

1945

Strange Confession

as Hernandez

1956

Walk the Proud Land

as The Shaman (uncredited)

1957

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

as Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)

1957

Last Stagecoach West

as Old Man Colter

1935

In Spite of Danger

as Race Driver

1926

The Yankee Señor

as Juan Gutiérrez

1928

The Drag Net

as Sniper Dawson

1916

The Devil at His Elbow

as Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)

1946

Duel in the Sun

as Gambler (uncredited)

1949

Apache Chief

as Mohaska

1913

Carmen

as Don Jose

1936

Big Brown Eyes

as Malley (Uncredited)

1947

The Perils of Pauline

as Western Saloon Set Heavy

1951

Red Mountain

as Marshal Roberts

1919

Toton

as Pierre

1919

Prudence on Broadway

as Grayson Mills

1932

Hidden Valley

as Frank Gavin

1931

In Line of Duty

as Jacques Dupres

1932

Honor of the Mounted

as Jean La Train

1934

A Successful Failure

as Radical Speaker

1930

Brothers

as Tony

1946

Canyon Passage

as Cobb (uncredited)

1918

The Light Within

as Dr. Green

1934

Sadie McKee

as Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)

1915

The Express Messenger

as Dave Snowden

1937

The Last Train from Madrid

as Mora (uncredited)

1932

The Devil Is Driving

as Ticker (uncredited)

1928

The Viking

as Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)

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