J. Farrell MacDonald
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1875-06-05 (77 years old)
Deathday
1952-08-02
Place of Birth
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Also known As
Joseph Farrell MacDonald
John Farrell MacDonald
Farrell Macdonald
J. Farrell McDonald
J.F. McDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a 41-year career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917. MacDonald was the principal director of L. Frank Baum's Oz Film Manufacturing Company, and he can frequently be seen in the films of Frank Capra, Preston Sturges and, especially, John Ford. Early in his career, MacDonald was a singer in minstrel shows, and he toured the United States extensively for two years with stage production...
Acting
1927
as The Photographer
1946
as Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)
1946
as Mac the barman
1947
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1937
as Policeman
1935
as Trinidad Dorn
1921
as Neuces River
1933
as Waco
1942
as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
1948
as Doc Cooper
1926
as Mike Costigan
1942
as Dr. Neville (from Churchtown)
1932
as Jerry O'Day
1947
as Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)
1921
as Bobtail McGuire
1931
as Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
1950
as Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain
1942
as Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson
1932
as "Dickie" Collins
1945
as Capt. Angel
1920
as Jim Boone
1922
as Peter Galbraith
1951
as Pop Shannon
1918
as Norcross
1947
as McPherson - Innkeeper
1943
as Captain O'Brien
1923
as Murphy
1932
as Hogan
1923
as Col. Patterson
1923
as Silas Martin
1942
as Capt. Mitchell
1951
as Mr. Kroeger
1942
as Port Captain
1925
as Commodore John Gordon
1926
as Benjamin Strong
1938
as Warden
1934
as Kemp
1921
as Sheriff Pat Garrity
1950
as Mr. Lane (uncredited)
1941
as Jim Kerrigan
1935
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
1925
as Corporal Casey
1931
as Policeman
1926
as Sloan
1948
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1921
1943
as Frank (uncredited)
1949
as Doorman (uncredited)
1932
as Captain Ryan
1933
as Henry 'Hank' Davis
1933
as Mulligan
1932
as D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
1932
as Pop Evans
1936
as 'Brains'
1922
as (uncredited)
1941
as Tim Casey
1939
as Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1933
as Shuster
1927
as Peter Roberts
1929
as Joe Hickey
1922
as Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)
1939
as Judge
1940
as Jim Hadley
1949
as Pop Lockhart
1948
as Pops Murphy (uncredited)
1931
as Ben Murdock
1938
as Colonel Forbes
1935
as Umpire
1932
as Adam Naab
1932
as Detective Martin
1942
as Police Captain
1932
as Treadway
1932
as Sommers
1933
as Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell
1924
as Hickey
1932
as Tom O'Hara
1936
as Michael Devlin
1933
as Police Capt. Ed Kyne
1935
as Applejack
1927
as Pug Malone
1935
as Harry Cromwell
1935
as Inspector Sullivan
1925
as Lemuel Townsend
1928
as The Clown
1931
as Big Bill
1935
as Capt. O'Brien
1930
as Colonel Graham
1935
as Murphy
1928
as James 'Aloysius' Riley
1927
as George Martin
1931
as Dan Lewis
1932
as Chief Scott
1932
as George Holman
1940
as Insp. Tim Ryan
1935
as Captain--Harbor Patrol
1934
as Michael
1937
as Sgt. O'Hara
1937
as Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin
1924
as Pete
1931
as MacGuire
1947
as Postmaster
1938
as CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
1931
as Peg-Leg
1930
as O'Toole
1933
as Prison Warden
1938
as Dr. Thompson
1946
as Jim, the Cook
1944
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1942
as Gen. Rosewater
1927
as McGuire
1935
as Judge Hale
1934
as Pop Malloy
1938
as Chief Reardon
1935
as Mr. Keefer
1938
as Father Patrick Ryan
1926
as Con O'Shea
1930
as Costello
1931
as Jeff Cameron
1939
as Captain of the Falcon
1933
as Grady
1932
as Prison Warden Randolph
1925
as Donavan
1936
as Police Chief Bullock
1942
as Police Sergeant Haggerty
1924
as Duc de Moing (Prologue)
1932
as Mr. Martin
1935
as Hobo
1937
as Proprietor
1926
as Mr. Barstow
1922
as Michael Morahan
1939
as Pat O'Hannegan
1928
as John Craig
1948
as Bill Baggs
1939
as Craig Dolan
1948
as Doc Benson
1938
as Officer
1937
as 'Doc' Howe
1932
as Mr. Davis
1937
as Calvin Williams
1944
as O'Shea, policeman
1935
as The Cop
1922
as Amhad Beg - Prime Minister
1935
as Inspector
1939
as Doorman (uncredited)
1939
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1948
as Cop (uncredited)
1939
as Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
1935
as Sheriff
1939
as Captain
1933
as John Burke
1924
as 'Chuck' Campbell
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1945
as Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)
1935
as Inspector Doremus
1933
as J.C. Stillman
1940
as Jeff Chapman
1947
as Policeman (uncredited)
1924
1950
as Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)
1940
as Dr. Billar
1938
as Mayor Jim Hopkins
1928
as Jiggs
1937
as Captain of Ship
1941
as Dr. Ferguson
1937
as Joe Holland
1935
as Hallohan
1950
as Alvin
1932
as Pop Riley
1938
as William Barton (Detective Agency Head)
1938
as Capt. Ryan
1939
as Wild Bill Coburn
1938
as 'Pop' Corrigan
1929
as Hackett
1941
as Adams
1943
as Geoffrey MacCardle
1940
as Bill Stillwell
1934
as Flannigan
1940
as Dave
1935
as Capt. Jackson
1921
as Joseph Piotto
1944
as John Martindale
1945
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
1951
as Husband on Airplane (uncredited)
1937
as Pop
1911
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
1948
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1935
as Marshal Andy Jordan
1931
as Timson, the butler
1940
as Cappy
1940
as Nevada Jim
1929
as Train Conductor
1940
as Sheiff Potts
1946
as Gardener
1941
as 'Sourpuss'
1919
as Butler
1926
as Jean Paul Fippany
1931
as Rev. Stump
1947
as Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver
1929
as Will Whitten
1932
as John Adams
1942
as Henry Hathaway
1929
as Angus McGregor
1925
as Andy
1925
as Jerry
1919
as The Priest
1919
as Buell
1949
as Judge Price
1919
as Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
1930
as Rafferty
1932
as Jim Baker
1911
as The Lighthouse Keeper
1915
as Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)
1911
as Farmer Howard
1912
as Louis Nordell
1936
as Harrigan
1937
as Andrew MacKinley
1925
as Mack
1930
as Sonora Slim
1922
as Sam Marcum
1934
as The Doorman--Mike Costello
1950
as Ellis
1933
as Himself
1937
as Irish Laborer (uncredited)
1919
as Tom Placer McGraw
1929
as Pa Hudler
1932
as Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)
1931
as Buzzard
1935
as Coach Parker
1932
as State Coach
1942
1937
as Buck Saunders
1921
as Mormon Peters
1945
as Jury Foreman
1943
as Man (uncredited)
1946
as Long-Count Bowman
1938
as Charlie Wheeler
1928
as Patrick Kelly
1928
as Patrick Murphy
1926
as Joe Heller
1931
as Scout
1945
as Street Vendor (uncredited)
1936
as Windy MacLaine
1931
as The Coach
1941
as Mulcahey
1922
as Captain Gaskell
1920
as Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald)
1940
as Sheriff Jim Austin
1928
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
1938
as Coach Pearson
1931
as Pop Stewart
1939
as Sheriff J.J. Willoughby
1937
as Major Rogers
1948
as Sheriff Cap Weatherby
1945
1944
as The Priest
1920
as Father
1948
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
1926
as Sgt. Cassidy
1923
as Dan Reagan
1937
as Irish Laborer
1910
as Office Worker
1922
as Joe Pelton
1919
as Softnose Smith
Production
1917
as Director
1914
as Director
1913
as Director
1914
as Director
1914
as Director
1914
as Director
1915
as Director
1914
as Director
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