Francis McDonald
Acting
- Born:
- 1891-08-21
- Died:
- 1968-09-18
- Place of birth:
- Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
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
The Great Race
Robin and the 7 Hoods
The Virginian
Mr. Lucky
Law of the Plainsman
Wichita Town
The Deputy
The Big Fisherman
Bat Masterson
Lawman
The Texan
Bronco
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Fort Massacre
Trackdown
Maverick
Perry Mason
Sugarfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
Pawnee
Last Stagecoach West
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Duel at Apache Wells
The Ten Commandments
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Walk the Proud Land
Thunder Over Arizona
Dig That Uranium
The Naked Dawn
Highway Patrol
My Friend Flicka
The Adventures of Champion
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Science Fiction Theatre
Ten Wanted Men
Bad Day at Black Rock
Lassie
Stories of the Century
Two Gun Marshal
The Stranger Wore a Gun
The Bandits of Corsica
General Electric Theater
The Raiders
Cavalcade of America
Adventures of Superman
Son of Ali Baba
Rancho Notorious
Fort Osage
The Roy Rogers Show
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Red Mountain
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Gene Autry and the Mounties
California Passage
The Cisco Kid
The Gene Autry Show
The Nevadan
Woman in Hiding
Samson and Delilah
Powder River Rustlers
Apache Chief
Abandoned
The Lone Ranger
Rim of the Canyon
Son of a Badman
Daughter of the Jungle
Brothers in the Saddle
Rose of the Yukon
The Paleface
The Three Musketeers
Strange Gamble
Son of God’s Country
The Dead Don't Dream
The Bold Frontiersman
Panhandle
The Perils of Pauline
Saddle Pals
Dangerous Venture
Duel in the Sun
Magnificent Doll
The Devil's Playground
Roll on Texas Moon
Notorious
The Invisible Informer
Canyon Passage
Night Train to Memphis
My Pal Trigger
Tangier
The Catman of Paris
Strange Confession
River Gang
South of the Rio Grande
Bad Men of the Border
Corpus Christi Bandits
Great Stagecoach Robbery
Belle of the Yukon
Zorro's Black Whip
Mystery of the Riverboat
Cheyenne Wildcat
Till We Meet Again
Bordertown Trail
Mystery Man
Lumberjack
Texas Masquerade
Bar 20
The Kansan
Buckskin Frontier
The Girl from Alaska
Valley of the Sun
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
The Kid from Kansas
Blood and Sand
Men of the Timberland
The Sea Wolf
One Night in the Tropics
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
The Devil's Pipeline
North West Mounted Police
Wyoming
The Sea Hawk
Captain Caution
The Carson City Kid
Strange Cargo
Green Hell
The Light That Failed
Range War
Bad Lands
Beau Geste
Union Pacific
Idiot's Delight
If I Were King
Gun Law
The Buccaneer
Wild West Days
The Last Train from Madrid
The Soldier and the Lady
Parole Racket
Criminal Lawyer
Devil's Playground
Woman-Wise
The Plainsman
Mummy's Boys
White Fang
Big Brown Eyes
Robin Hood of El Dorado
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Diamond Jim
West Point of the Air
Mississippi
In Spite of Danger
The Marriage Bargain
Red Morning
The Gay Bride
A Successful Failure
Girl in Danger
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Operator 13
Sadie McKee
The Line-Up
The Trumpet Blows
Voice in the Night
Straightaway
Night Flight
Kickin' the Crown Around
The Devil's in Love
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Broadway Bad
Terror Trail
The Devil Is Driving
Texas Buddies
Trailing the Killer
Hidden Valley
70,000 Witnesses
Honor of the Mounted
The Woman from Monte Carlo
In Line of Duty
The Lawyer's Secret
The Gang Buster
Morocco
Brothers
Safety in Numbers
The Runaway Bride
Dangerous Paradise
Burning Up
Girl Overboard
The Carnation Kid
The Viking
Forgotten Faces
The Drag Net
The Legion of the Condemned
A Girl in Every Port
The Valley of Hell
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Outlaws of Red River
The Notorious Lady
The Wreck
The Desert's Toll
The Temptress
Battling Butler
Puppets
The Bar-C Mystery
The Palace of Pleasure
The Yankee Señor
My Lady of Whims
Bobbed Hair
Satan in Sables
The Northern Code
Go Straight!
The Hunted Woman
So This Is Marriage?
East of Broadway
The Arizona Express
Faust and Marguerite Test Footage
Going Up
Trilby
Mary of the Movies
The Buster
Look Your Best
Captain Fly-by-Night
The Woman Conquers
Monte Cristo
Trooper O'Neill
The Call of the North
The Golden Snare
Puppets of Fate
The Kentucky Colonel
Nomads of the North
The Confession
Prudence on Broadway
Pretty Smooth
Love's Prisoner
His Debt
The Final Close-Up
The Courageous Coward
Toton
Tony America
The Ghost Flower
The Hand at the Window
The Answer
Real Folks
The Light Within
The Gun Woman
The Love Doctor
The Gray Ghost
Mr. Dolan of New York
The Voice on the Wire
Perils of the Secret Service
The Gates of Doom
Black Orchids
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Devil at His Elbow
The She-Devil
The Express Messenger
St. Elmo
Carmen