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