Place of Birth: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Francis McDonald
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).
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Parole Racket | Nat Beldon | 1937 |
Dig That Uranium | The Indian Chief | 1955 |
Panhandle | Crump | 1948 |
Satan in Sables | Emile | 1925 |
The Gates of Doom | Jang Sattib | 1917 |
Mr. Dolan of New York | 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald) | 1917 |
Voice in the Night | Henchman Jackson | 1934 |
The Sea Wolf | Svenson | 1941 |
The Woman Conquers | Lawatha, Indian Guide | 1922 |
The Call of the North | Achille Picard | 1921 |
Rancho Notorious | Harbin | 1952 |
Terror Trail | Tad McPherson | 1933 |
The Courageous Coward | Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald) | 1919 |
Love's Prisoner | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1919 |
The Buster | Swing | 1923 |
The Golden Snare | Pierre Thoreau | 1921 |
Mary of the Movies | James Seiler | 1923 |
The Hunted Woman | Joe De Bar | 1925 |
Life in Hollywood No. 4 | 1927 | |
Burn 'Em Up Barnes | Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6] | 1934 |
The Kansan | Gil Hatton | 1943 |
Trooper O'Neill | Pierre | 1922 |
Mystery Man | Bert Rogan | 1944 |
Texas Masquerade | Sam Nolan | 1944 |
Lumberjack | Clyde Fenwick | 1944 |
Battling Butler | Alfred 'Battling' Butler | 1926 |
Roll on Texas Moon | Steve Anders | 1946 |
North West Mounted Police | Louis Riel | 1940 |
The Nevadan | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 1950 |
Thunder Over Arizona | Pliny Warren | 1956 |
The Prisoner of Shark Island | John Wilkes Booth | 1936 |
Fort Massacre | Piute Man | 1958 |
The Catman of Paris | Devereaux | 1946 |
Monte Cristo | Benedetto | 1922 |
The Bandits of Corsica | Grisha | 1953 |
The Voice on the Wire | 'Red' Warren | 1917 |
Criminal Lawyer | Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited) | 1937 |
Go Straight! | The Dove | 1925 |
Perils of the Secret Service | (Episode #3) | 1917 |
The Naked Dawn | Railroad guard | 1955 |
If I Were King | Casin Cholet | 1938 |
Buckskin Frontier | Duval | 1943 |
Tangier | Sanchez | 1946 |
Zorro's Black Whip | Dan Hammond | 1944 |
Burn 'Em Up Barnes | Ray Ridpath - Henchman | 1934 |
Duel at Apache Wells | Joe Dunn | 1957 |
The Light That Failed | George | 1939 |
The Temptress | Timoteo | 1926 |
The Stranger Wore a Gun | Frank | 1953 |
The Legion of the Condemned | Gonzolo Vasquez | 1928 |
The Lawyer's Secret | The Weasel | 1931 |
Bad Lands | Manuel Lopez | 1939 |
Mystery of the Riverboat | Batiste | 1944 |
Dangerous Paradise | Ricardo | 1930 |
Abandoned | Winey - Pool Player (uncredited) | 1949 |
Union Pacific | Gen. Dodge | 1939 |
The Woman from Monte Carlo | Karkuff | 1932 |
Ten Wanted Men | 1955 | |
Straightaway | Rogan | 1933 |
Woman-Wise | Charley (uncredited) | 1937 |
The Runaway Bride | Barney Black | 1930 |
Burning Up | 'Bullet' McGhan | 1930 |
Broadway Bad | Charley Davis | 1933 |
Rose of the Yukon | Alaskan | 1949 |
The Carnation Kid | The Carnation Kid | 1929 |
Robin and the 7 Hoods | Old Man at Robbo's Club | 1964 |
Samson and Delilah | Story Teller | 1949 |
Trailing the Killer | Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald) | 1932 |
Red Morning | Sakki | 1934 |
The Raiders | Mr. John Cummings | 1952 |
Wild West Days | Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7 | 1937 |
Blood and Sand | Manolo's Friend (uncredited) | 1941 |
Puppets | Bruno | 1926 |
Daughter of the Jungle | Montu | 1949 |
The Devil's Pipeline | Gaddi Sang | 1940 |
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles | Henchman (as Frances McDonald) | 1933 |
Robin Hood of El Dorado | Pedro | 1936 |
Safety in Numbers | Phil Kemptom | 1930 |
The Plainsman | A River Gambler | 1936 |
The Devil's in Love | Officer Reading Verdict | 1933 |
Captain Fly-by-Night | Second Stranger | 1922 |
Mummy's Boys | Rasheed Bey | 1936 |
West Point of the Air | Civilian Pilot | 1935 |
Devil's Playground | Romano | 1937 |
Black Orchids | George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin | 1917 |
Mississippi | Gambler (uncredited) | 1935 |
Idiot's Delight | Flight Captain | 1939 |
White Fang | Suds | 1936 |
Beau Geste | Arab Scout (uncredited) | 1939 |
The Valley of Hell | Creighton Steele | 1928 |
The Love Doctor | Hildreth | 1917 |
My Lady of Whims | Rolf | 1925 |
The Palace of Pleasure | Captain Fernandez | 1926 |
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Santos the Portuguese | 1940 |
Two Gun Marshal | Blake Cody | 1953 |
Belle of the Yukon | Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited) | 1944 |
Girl in Danger | Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited) | 1934 |
A Girl in Every Port | Circus Manager | 1928 |
Woman in Hiding | North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited) | 1950 |
Green Hell | Gracco | 1940 |
Morocco | Sergeant Tatoche | 1930 |
Bad Day at Black Rock | Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited) | 1955 |
Notorious | Man (uncredited) | 1946 |
The Kid from Kansas | Cesar | 1941 |
Wyoming | Dawson - Henchman | 1940 |
The Carson City Kid | Laramie | 1940 |
The Northern Code | Raoul La Fane | 1925 |
Range War | Morgan | 1939 |
Bordertown Trail | Matthews | 1944 |
Strange Gamble | Henchman Longhorn | 1948 |
Powder River Rustlers | Shears Williams | 1949 |
The Dead Don't Dream | Bart Lansing | 1948 |
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Extra (uncredited) | 1916 |
The Three Musketeers | 1948 | |
The Sea Hawk | Kroner | 1940 |
Strange Cargo | Moussenq - Convict (uncredited) | 1940 |
Dangerous Venture | Kane | 1947 |
One Night in the Tropics | Escobar's Aide (uncredited) | 1940 |
Captain Caution | French Seaman in Pub | 1940 |
Look Your Best | Alberto Cabotto | 1923 |
Brothers in the Saddle | Hoyt Parker | 1949 |
California Passage | County Recorder Joe Kane | 1950 |
The Invisible Informer | Jules Ravelle | 1946 |
Night Train to Memphis | Doctor | 1946 |
Diamond Jim | Gambler | 1935 |
Gene Autry and the Mounties | Batiste | 1951 |
The She-Devil | Albert Alwain | 1916 |
Cheyenne Wildcat | Jim Douglas | 1944 |
Great Stagecoach Robbery | Con Hollister | 1945 |
Fort Osage | Osage Chief | 1952 |
My Pal Trigger | Storekeeper | 1946 |
Saddle Pals | Sheriff | 1947 |
The Ten Commandments | Simon | 1956 |
Bad Men of the Border | Captain Jose Garcia | 1945 |
Corpus Christi Bandits | Dad Christie | 1945 |
South of the Rio Grande | Torres | 1945 |
The Bold Frontiersman | Adam Post | 1948 |
Son of God’s Country | Tom Ford | 1948 |
Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Kidnapper | 1942 |
Valley of the Sun | Governor's Interpreter | 1942 |
Rim of the Canyon | Charlie Lewis | 1949 |
Gun Law | Henchman Nevada | 1938 |
Son of a Badman | Joe Christ | 1949 |
Bar 20 | Quirt Rankin | 1943 |
Pawnee | Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald) | 1957 |
The Gun Woman | The Gent | 1918 |
Texas Buddies | Blake | 1932 |
The Confession | Tom Bartlett | 1920 |
The Soldier and the Lady | Chieftain (Uncredited) | 1937 |
The Gay Bride | Detroit gangster (uncredited) | 1934 |
Girl Overboard | Francisco | 1929 |
Bobbed Hair | Pooch | 1925 |
Going Up | Jules Gaillard | 1923 |
The Buccaneer | Camden Blount | 1938 |
The Paleface | Lance (as Francis J. McDonald) | 1948 |
The Big Fisherman | Scribe Spokesman | 1959 |
Outlaws of Red River | Ben Tanner | 1927 |
The Arizona Express | Victor Johnson | 1924 |
The Gang Buster | Pete Caltek | 1931 |
Night Flight | Radioman (uncredited) | 1933 |
River Gang | Indignant Man | 1945 |
Nomads of the North | Buck McDougall | 1920 |
The Ghost Flower | 1918 | |
Operator 13 | Denton (uncredited) | 1934 |
The Desert's Toll | Frank Darwin | 1926 |
Men of the Timberland | Jean Collet | 1941 |
The Notorious Lady | Manuela Silvera | 1927 |
The Girl from Alaska | Pelly | 1942 |
70,000 Witnesses | Dominic Silvera (uncredited) | 1932 |
Trilby | Geko | 1923 |
Puppets of Fate | Gabriel Palombra | 1921 |
Magnificent Doll | Jenks | 1946 |
Strange Confession | Hernandez | 1945 |
The Devil's Playground | Roberts | 1946 |
Walk the Proud Land | The Shaman (uncredited) | 1956 |
The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited) | 1957 |
Last Stagecoach West | Old Man Colter | 1957 |
In Spite of Danger | Race Driver | 1935 |
The Yankee Señor | Juan Gutiérrez | 1926 |
The Drag Net | Sniper Dawson | 1928 |
The Devil at His Elbow | Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald) | 1916 |
Duel in the Sun | Gambler (uncredited) | 1946 |
Apache Chief | Mohaska | 1949 |
So This Is Marriage? | Smith | 1924 |
The Trumpet Blows | Vega | 1934 |
Carmen | Don Jose | 1913 |
Big Brown Eyes | Malley (Uncredited) | 1936 |
The Perils of Pauline | Western Saloon Set Heavy | 1947 |
Red Mountain | Marshal Roberts | 1951 |
Prudence on Broadway | Grayson Mills | 1919 |
Toton | Pierre | 1919 |
Hidden Valley | Frank Gavin | 1932 |
In Line of Duty | Jacques Dupres | 1931 |
A Successful Failure | Radical Speaker | 1934 |
Honor of the Mounted | Jean La Train | 1932 |
Brothers | Tony | 1930 |
Canyon Passage | Cobb (uncredited) | 1946 |
Screen Tests for Faust | 1923 | |
Kickin' the Crown Around | Disputin | 1933 |
The Light Within | Dr. Green | 1918 |
Sadie McKee | Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited) | 1934 |
The Express Messenger | Dave Snowden | 1915 | Series | Cast | Year |
Trackdown | 1957 | |
Science Fiction Theatre | 1955 | |
Mr. Lucky | 1959 | |
Perry Mason | Capt. Noble | 1957 |
General Electric Theater | Pecos Kid | 1953 |
Lassie | 1954 | |
The Adventures of Champion | Will Calhoun | 1955 |
Have Gun, Will Travel | Gotch (as Francis MacDonald) | 1957 |
The Adventures of Champion | Grubstake Smith | 1955 |
The Virginian | Saul Weintraub | 1962 |
The Gene Autry Show | 1950 | |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955 | |
Adventures of Superman | 1952 | |
Bronco | 1958 | |
The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1956 | |
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 1951 | |
The Deputy | 1959 | |
Wanted: Dead or Alive | Juan Hernandez | 1958 |
Sugarfoot | Pete Stone | 1957 |
Lawman | 1958 | |
Bat Masterson | Winkler | 1958 |
Law of the Plainsman | Watkins | 1959 |
The Texan | 1958 | |
Wichita Town | 1959 | |
Cavalcade of America | Calaveras Kid | 1952 |
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Yancey Hatton | 1956 |
The Roy Rogers Show | 1951 | |
The Lone Ranger | Wade Tanner | 1949 |
The Adventures of Kit Carson | 1951 | |
My Friend Flicka | 1955 | |
Maverick | 1957 | |
Sugarfoot | Jericho Dooley | 1957 |
The Virginian | Storekeeper | 1962 |
Wanted: Dead or Alive | Liveryman | 1958 |
Perry Mason | Walter 'Salty' Sims | 1957 |
Perry Mason | Peg-Leg Jasper | 1957 |
Highway Patrol | Charlie Barrett | 1955 |
Stories of the Century | Sheriff | 1954 |