Frank McDonald
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-11-09 (81 years old)
Deathday
1980-03-08
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known As
Frank MacDonald
Bill Raynor
Frank McDonald
Biography
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 th...
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