Actor
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, Washi ...

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