Frank McGlynn Sr.
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1866-10-26 (85 years old)
Deathday
1951-05-18
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known As
Frank McGlynn
Franklyn McGlynn
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Biography
Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Acting
1936
as Gamut
1931
as Judge
1916
as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
1930
as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
1934
as Doc Chesley
1938
as Pete - Gambler
1937
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
1935
as President Abraham Lincoln
1936
as Henry Dundas
1935
as Reverend Ogle
1934
as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
1940
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
1937
as Cap Jinks
1936
as Abraham Lincoln
1941
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
1915
as Bill Ford
1918
as The Siwash
1918
as John F. Pershing
1915
as Abraham Lincoln
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
1937
as Abraham Lincoln
1936
as Sheriff Duncan
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
1933
as Jonathan Reed
1944
as Blake
1930
as Professor Kenyon
1934
as Rev. Rankin
1934
as Missionary
1918
as Emperor William of Germany
1917
as The Plumber
1935
as Joseph
1936
as Abraham Lincoln
1933
as Head Elder
1915
as Captain William Dobbin
1935
as Jingle
1937
as Lincoln
1941
as Hoffman
1912
1930
as Mr. Southard
1935
as Snake Brown Jr.
1939
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1939
as Lincolnesque Actor
1939
as Abraham Lincoln
1915
as The Bandit
1931
as Second teacher (uncredited)
1917
as John Argyle
1936
as Jim, a Scout
1947
as Hiram Tubb
1937
as Sheriff
1942
1940
as Deacon
1941
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
1941
as Panky Pankington
1940
as Abraham Lincoln
1942
as Undetermined Minor Role
1936
as U. S. Marshal
1933
as Amos Winterslip
1936
as Judge (uncredited)
1942
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
1919
as The Innkeeper
1932
as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
1939
as President Abraham Lincoln
1938
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1935
as Jinglebob Morgan
1944
as Judge Craig
1913
as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
1937
as Sir John Macdonald
1934
as Colonel Worthington
1913
as Leo Noakes
1937
as Pat Hogan
1933
as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
1924
as Abraham Lincoln
Production
1915
as Director
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