Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 26, 1866
Place of Birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Hollywood Barn Dance | Hiram Tubb |
| 1944 | Rogues' Gallery | Blake |
| 1944 | Delinquent Daughters | Judge Craig |
| 1942 | Syncopation | |
| 1942 | In Old California | Undetermined Minor Role |
| 1942 | March On, America! | Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town | Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician |
| 1941 | Marry the Boss's Daughter | Hoffman |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Mountaineer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Panky Pankington |
| 1940 | Third Finger, Left Hand | Judge Holman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Boom Town | Deacon |
| 1940 | Hi-Yo Silver | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1939 | Love Affair | Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Second Fiddle | Lincolnesque Actor |
| 1939 | Lincoln in the White House | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1939 | The Mad Empress | President Abraham Lincoln |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Pete - Gambler |
| 1938 | Strange Glory | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1938 | The Lone Ranger | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1938 | Joaquin Murrieta | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Boarding House Resident (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Sudden Bill Dorn | Cap Jinks |
| 1937 | Western Gold | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | Lincoln |
| 1937 | Sing and Be Happy | Sheriff |
| 1937 | The Great Barrier | Sir John Macdonald |
| 1937 | Parnell | Pat Hogan |
| 1936 | The Last of the Mohicans | Gamut |
| 1936 | King of the Royal Mounted | Henry Dundas |
| 1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1936 | Career Woman | Sheriff Duncan |
| 1936 | The Plainsman | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1936 | For the Service | Jim, a Scout |
| 1936 | North of Nome | U. S. Marshal |
| 1936 | These Three | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Littlest Rebel | President Abraham Lincoln |
| 1935 | Captain Blood | Reverend Ogle |
| 1935 | Folies Bergère | Joseph |
| 1935 | Outlawed Guns | Jingle |
| 1935 | It's A Small World | Snake Brown Jr. |
| 1935 | The Roaring West | Jinglebob Morgan |
| 1934 | Little Miss Marker | Doc Chesley |
| 1934 | Are We Civilized? | Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner |
| 1934 | Search for Beauty | Rev. Rankin |
| 1934 | Massacre | Missionary |
| 1934 | Lost in the Stratosphere | Colonel Worthington |
| 1933 | Hello, Everybody! | Jonathan Reed |
| 1933 | Unknown Valley | Head Elder |
| 1933 | Charlie Chan's Greatest Case | Amos Winterslip |
| 1933 | Frisco Jenny | Good Book Charlie (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Food Control Speaker (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Secret Six | Judge |
| 1931 | Huckleberry Finn | Second teacher (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Silent Partner | |
| 1930 | The Jazz Cinderella | Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn) |
| 1930 | Good News | Professor Kenyon |
| 1930 | Min and Bill | Mr. Southard |
| 1919 | The ABC of Love | The Innkeeper |
| 1918 | Rough and Ready | The Siwash |
| 1918 | Why America Will Win | John F. Pershing |
| 1918 | The Caillaux Case | Emperor William of Germany |
| 1917 | The Poor Little Rich Girl | The Plumber |
| 1917 | The Argyle Case | John Argyle |
| 1916 | Gloria's Romance | Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn) |
| 1915 | Through Turbulent Waters | Bill Ford |
| 1915 | The Life of Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1915 | Vanity Fair | Captain William Dobbin |
| 1915 | Across the Great Divide | The Bandit |
| 1913 | By Fire and Water | |
| 1913 | Alexia's Strategy | Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn) |
| 1913 | Who Will Marry Mary? | |
| 1913 | The Bells | Leo Noakes |
| 1912 | Two Men |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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