Hamilton MacFadden

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-04-26 (76 years old)

Deathday

1977-01-01

Place of Birth

Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Hamilton MacFadden

Biography

Hamilton MacFadden (April 26, 1901 – January 1, 1977) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. MacFadden's parents were Rev. Robert A. MacFadden and Edith Hamilton MacFadden. His father died in 1909, leaving his mother to support herself and four children. In 1928, she became the first woman to file papers to run for governor of Massachusetts. MacFadden was a 1925 graduate of Harvard University. Soon after graduating, he became producer of the American Theatre Company, which presented plays for 10 weeks in the Boston area. The project was backed by Michael Strange, a writer who made her professional stage debut in the producti...

Acting

1941

The Reluctant Dragon

as Hamilton MacFadden

1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

as Night Clerk

1941

Charlie Chan in Rio

as Bill Kellogg

1939

The Jones Family in Hollywood

as Townsend - Director

1940

Shooting High

as J. Wallace Rutledge

1938

Sharpshooters

as Bowman

1938

While New York Sleeps

as Pete - Reporter

1931

The Black Camel

as Val Martino (uncredited)

1938

Tarnished Angel

as Reverend Summers

1939

1940

The Lady in Question

as Guard (uncredited)

1941

Dressed to Kill

as Reporter

1942

Young America

as Jim Benson

2004

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

as Hamilton MacFadden (archive footage)

Production

1935

1934

She Was a Lady

as Director

1931

The Black Camel

as Director

1942

Inside the Law

as Director

1937

Sea Racketeers

as Director

1937

Escape by Night

as Director

1930

Crazy That Way

as Director

1930

1933

1933

Trick for Trick

as Director

1937

1934

As Husbands Go

as Director

1931

Their Mad Moment

as Director

1934

Hold That Girl

as Director

1930

Harmony at Home

as Director

1934

1937

1932

1932

Cheaters at Play

as Director

1930

Oh, for a Man!

as Associate Producer

1930

Oh, for a Man!

as Director

1942

The Power of God

as Director

1934

Elinor Norton

as Director

1935

Fighting Youth

as Screenplay

1935

Fighting Youth

as Director

1930

Are You There?

as Director

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