Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 21, 1891
Place of Birth:
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
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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. He was cast in over 280 films between 1913 and 1965, including The Temptress in 1926 with Greta Garbo. After he was designated "Hollywood's Prettiest Man," McDonald sought a tougher image by shaving his mustache and seeking roles of villains.
McDonald was one of Cecil B. DeMille's favorite character actors.[citation needed] DeMille gave him credited supporting roles in six of his films: The Plainsman (1936), The Buccaneer (1938), Union Pacific (1939), North West Mounted Police (1940), Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Ten Commandments (1956).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Old Man at Robbo's Club |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | Scribe Spokesman |
| 1958 | Fort Massacre | Piute Man |
| 1957 | Duel at Apache Wells | Joe Dunn |
| 1957 | Pawnee | Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald) |
| 1957 | The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Last Stagecoach West | Old Man Colter |
| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona | Pliny Warren |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Simon |
| 1956 | Walk the Proud Land | The Shaman (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Dig That Uranium | The Indian Chief |
| 1955 | The Naked Dawn | Railroad guard |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | |
| 1955 | Bad Day at Black Rock | Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Bandits of Corsica | Grisha |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Frank |
| 1953 | Two Gun Marshal | Blake Cody |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Harbin |
| 1952 | The Raiders | Mr. John Cummings |
| 1952 | Fort Osage | Osage Chief |
| 1951 | Gene Autry and the Mounties | Batiste |
| 1951 | Red Mountain | Marshal Roberts |
| 1950 | The Nevadan | Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Woman in Hiding | North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited) |
| 1950 | California Passage | County Recorder Joe Kane |
| 1949 | Abandoned | Winey - Pool Player (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Rose of the Yukon | Alaskan |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Story Teller |
| 1949 | Daughter of the Jungle | Montu |
| 1949 | Powder River Rustlers | Shears Williams |
| 1949 | Brothers in the Saddle | Hoyt Parker |
| 1949 | Rim of the Canyon | Charlie Lewis |
| 1949 | Son of a Badman | Joe Christ |
| 1949 | Apache Chief | Mohaska |
| 1948 | Panhandle | Crump |
| 1948 | Strange Gamble | Henchman Longhorn |
| 1948 | The Dead Don't Dream | Bart Lansing |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers | |
| 1948 | The Bold Frontiersman | Adam Post |
| 1948 | Son of God’s Country | Tom Ford |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Lance (as Francis J. McDonald) |
| 1947 | Dangerous Venture | Kane |
| 1947 | Saddle Pals | Sheriff |
| 1947 | The Perils of Pauline | Western Saloon Set Heavy |
| 1946 | Roll on Texas Moon | Steve Anders |
| 1946 | The Catman of Paris | Devereaux |
| 1946 | Tangier | Sanchez |
| 1946 | Notorious | Man (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Invisible Informer | Jules Ravelle |
| 1946 | Night Train to Memphis | Doctor |
| 1946 | My Pal Trigger | Storekeeper |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Jenks |
| 1946 | The Devil's Playground | Roberts |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Canyon Passage | Cobb (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Great Stagecoach Robbery | Con Hollister |
| 1945 | Bad Men of the Border | Captain Jose Garcia |
| 1945 | Corpus Christi Bandits | Dad Christie |
| 1945 | South of the Rio Grande | Torres |
| 1945 | River Gang | Indignant Man |
| 1945 | Strange Confession | Hernandez |
| 1944 | Mystery Man | Bert Rogan |
| 1944 | Texas Masquerade | Sam Nolan |
| 1944 | Lumberjack | Clyde Fenwick |
| 1944 | Zorro's Black Whip | Dan Hammond |
| 1944 | Mystery of the Riverboat | Batiste |
| 1944 | Belle of the Yukon | Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Bordertown Trail | Matthews |
| 1944 | Cheyenne Wildcat | Jim Douglas |
| 1943 | The Kansan | Gil Hatton |
| 1943 | Buckskin Frontier | Duval |
| 1943 | Bar 20 | Quirt Rankin |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Kidnapper |
| 1942 | Valley of the Sun | Governor's Interpreter |
| 1942 | The Girl from Alaska | Pelly |
| 1941 | The Sea Wolf | Svenson |
| 1941 | Blood and Sand | Manolo's Friend (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Kid from Kansas | Cesar |
| 1941 | Men of the Timberland | Jean Collet |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Louis Riel |
| 1940 | The Devil's Pipeline | Gaddi Sang |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Santos the Portuguese |
| 1940 | Green Hell | Gracco |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Dawson - Henchman |
| 1940 | The Carson City Kid | Laramie |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Kroner |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Moussenq - Convict (uncredited) |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Escobar's Aide (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Captain Caution | French Seaman in Pub |
| 1939 | The Light That Failed | George |
| 1939 | Bad Lands | Manuel Lopez |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Gen. Dodge |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Flight Captain |
| 1939 | Beau Geste | Arab Scout (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Range War | Morgan |
| 1938 | If I Were King | Casin Cholet |
| 1938 | Gun Law | Henchman Nevada |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | Camden Blount |
| 1937 | Parole Racket | Nat Beldon |
| 1937 | Criminal Lawyer | Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Woman-Wise | Charley (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Wild West Days | Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7 |
| 1937 | Devil's Playground | Romano |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Chieftain (Uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Last Train from Madrid | Mora (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | John Wilkes Booth |
| 1936 | Robin Hood of El Dorado | Pedro |
| 1936 | The Plainsman | A River Gambler |
| 1936 | Mummy's Boys | Rasheed Bey |
| 1936 | White Fang | Suds |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Malley (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | Civilian Pilot |
| 1935 | Mississippi | Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Gambler |
| 1935 | In Spite of Danger | Race Driver |
| 1934 | Voice in the Night | Henchman Jackson |
| 1934 | Burn 'Em Up Barnes | Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6] |
| 1934 | Burn 'Em Up Barnes | Ray Ridpath - Henchman |
| 1934 | Red Morning | Sakki |
| 1934 | Girl in Danger | Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Gay Bride | Detroit gangster (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Operator 13 | Denton (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Trumpet Blows | Vega |
| 1934 | A Successful Failure | Radical Speaker |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Terror Trail | Tad McPherson |
| 1933 | Straightaway | Rogan |
| 1933 | Broadway Bad | Charley Davis |
| 1933 | Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles | Henchman (as Frances McDonald) |
| 1933 | The Devil's in Love | Officer Reading Verdict |
| 1933 | Night Flight | Radioman (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Kickin' the Crown Around | Disputin |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Karkuff |
| 1932 | Trailing the Killer | Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald) |
| 1932 | Texas Buddies | Blake |
| 1932 | 70,000 Witnesses | Dominic Silvera (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Hidden Valley | Frank Gavin |
| 1932 | Honor of the Mounted | Jean La Train |
| 1931 | The Lawyer's Secret | The Weasel |
| 1931 | The Gang Buster | Pete Caltek |
| 1931 | In Line of Duty | Jacques Dupres |
| 1930 | Dangerous Paradise | Ricardo |
| 1930 | The Runaway Bride | Barney Black |
| 1930 | Burning Up | 'Bullet' McGhan |
| 1930 | Safety in Numbers | Phil Kemptom |
| 1930 | Morocco | Sergeant Tatoche |
| 1930 | Brothers | Tony |
| 1929 | The Carnation Kid | The Carnation Kid |
| 1929 | Girl Overboard | Francisco |
| 1928 | The Legion of the Condemned | Gonzolo Vasquez |
| 1928 | The Valley of Hell | Creighton Steele |
| 1928 | A Girl in Every Port | Circus Manager |
| 1928 | The Drag Net | Sniper Dawson |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood No. 4 | |
| 1927 | Outlaws of Red River | Ben Tanner |
| 1927 | The Notorious Lady | Manuela Silvera |
| 1926 | Battling Butler | Alfred 'Battling' Butler |
| 1926 | The Temptress | Timoteo |
| 1926 | Puppets | Bruno |
| 1926 | The Palace of Pleasure | Captain Fernandez |
| 1926 | The Desert's Toll | Frank Darwin |
| 1926 | The Yankee Señor | Juan Gutiérrez |
| 1925 | Satan in Sables | Emile |
| 1925 | The Hunted Woman | Joe De Bar |
| 1925 | Go Straight! | The Dove |
| 1925 | My Lady of Whims | Rolf |
| 1925 | The Northern Code | Raoul La Fane |
| 1925 | Bobbed Hair | Pooch |
| 1924 | The Arizona Express | Victor Johnson |
| 1924 | So This Is Marriage? | Smith |
| 1923 | The Buster | Swing |
| 1923 | Mary of the Movies | James Seiler |
| 1923 | Look Your Best | Alberto Cabotto |
| 1923 | Going Up | Jules Gaillard |
| 1923 | Trilby | Geko |
| 1923 | Screen Tests for Faust | |
| 1922 | The Woman Conquers | Lawatha, Indian Guide |
| 1922 | Trooper O'Neill | Pierre |
| 1922 | Monte Cristo | Benedetto |
| 1922 | Captain Fly-by-Night | Second Stranger |
| 1921 | The Call of the North | Achille Picard |
| 1921 | The Golden Snare | Pierre Thoreau |
| 1921 | Puppets of Fate | Gabriel Palombra |
| 1920 | The Confession | Tom Bartlett |
| 1920 | Nomads of the North | Buck McDougall |
| 1919 | The Courageous Coward | Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald) |
| 1919 | Love's Prisoner | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1919 | Toton | Pierre |
| 1919 | Prudence on Broadway | Grayson Mills |
| 1918 | The Gun Woman | The Gent |
| 1918 | The Ghost Flower | |
| 1918 | The Light Within | Dr. Green |
| 1917 | The Gates of Doom | Jang Sattib |
| 1917 | Mr. Dolan of New York | 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald) |
| 1917 | The Voice on the Wire | 'Red' Warren |
| 1917 | Perils of the Secret Service | (Episode #3) |
| 1917 | Black Orchids | George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin |
| 1917 | The Love Doctor | Hildreth |
| 1916 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Extra (uncredited) |
| 1916 | The She-Devil | Albert Alwain |
| 1916 | The Devil at His Elbow | Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald) |
| 1915 | The Express Messenger | Dave Snowden |
| 1913 | Carmen | Don Jose |