Francis McDonald
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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
Credits
The Ten Commandments (1956)
as Simon
Notorious (1946)
as Man (uncredited)
The Great Race (1965)
as Russian (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
as Old Man at Robbo's Club (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
as Story Teller
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Actor
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
as Gambler (uncredited)
Morocco (1930)
as Sergeant Tatoche
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as Extra (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Kroner
Canyon Passage (1946)
as Cobb (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
as Harbin
Blood and Sand (1941)
as Manolo's Friend (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
as Louis Riel
Union Pacific (1939)
as Gen. Dodge
Beau Geste (1939)
as Arab Scout (uncredited)
St. Elmo (1914)
as Murray Hammond
Son of Ali Baba (1952)
as Palace Official (uncredited)
The Paleface (1948)
as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
The Sea Wolf (1941)
as Svenson
The Plainsman (1936)
as A River Gambler
Woman-Wise (1937)
as Charley (uncredited)
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
as Frank
Tony America (1918)
as Tony America
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
Actor
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as John Wilkes Booth
The Wreck (1927)
Actor
Last Stagecoach West (1957)
as Old Man Colter
Trilby (1923)
as Geko
Green Hell (1940)
as Gracco
Night Flight (1933)
as Radioman (uncredited)
The Buccaneer (1938)
as Camden Blount
The Buster (1923)
as Swing
Strange Cargo (1940)
as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
as Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
as Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
Red Mountain (1951)
as Marshal Roberts
Go Straight! (1925)
as The Dove
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Flight Captain
The Answer (1918)
as Guido Garcia
Real Folks (1918)
as Jimmie Dugan
The Naked Dawn (1955)
as Railroad guard
Saddle Pals (1947)
as Sheriff
Fort Massacre (1958)
as Piute Man
The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
as Mora (uncredited)
Panhandle (1948)
as Crump
The Big Fisherman (1959)
as Scribe Spokesman
Sadie McKee (1934)
as Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
Pretty Smooth (1919)
as Jimmy Hartigan
Captain Caution (1940)
as French Seaman in Pub
Abandoned (1949)
as Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
Operator 13 (1934)
as Denton (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll (1946)
as Jenks (uncredited)
Girl in Danger (1934)
as Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
as Malley (Uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Western Saloon Set Heavy
Puppets (1926)
as Bruno
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as The Shaman (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding (1950)
as North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)
Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
as Pliny Warren
If I Were King (1938)
as Casin Cholet
The Raiders (1952)
as Mr. John Cummings
The Gay Bride (1934)
as Detroit gangster (uncredited)
Fort Osage (1952)
as Osage Chief
Battling Butler (1926)
as Alfred 'Battling' Butler
California Passage (1950)
as County Recorder Joe Kane
Tangier (1946)
as Sanchez
The Kentucky Colonel (1920)
as Philip Burwood
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Kidnapper
Bobbed Hair (1925)
as Pooch
The Ghost Flower (1918)
Actor
Mississippi (1935)
as Gambler (uncredited)
Wyoming (1940)
as Dawson - Henchman
The Bar-C Mystery (1926)
Actor
The Gray Ghost (1917)
as Williams
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Chieftain (Uncredited)
The Light That Failed (1939)
as George
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
as Circus Manager
Valley of the Sun (1942)
as Governor's Interpreter (uncredited)
The Marriage Bargain (1935)
as Ben Ainsley
Mystery of the Riverboat (1944)
as Batiste
Mummy's Boys (1936)
as Rasheed Bey
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
Captain Fly-by-Night (1922)
as Second Stranger
Pawnee (1957)
as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
The Kansan (1943)
as Gil Hatton
Monte Cristo (1922)
as Benedetto
Texas Buddies (1932)
as Blake
His Debt (1919)
as Blair Whitcomb
The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)
as Karkuff
Burning Up (1930)
as 'Bullet' McGhan
The Nevadan (1950)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Son of God’s Country (1948)
as Tom Ford
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Gambler
Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
as Pedro
The Hand at the Window (1918)
as Tony Brachieri
Bordertown Trail (1944)
as Matthews
Belle of the Yukon (1944)
as Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)
Dig That Uranium (1955)
as The Indian Chief
The Devil's in Love (1933)
as Officer Reading Verdict
West Point of the Air (1935)
as Civilian Pilot
The Carson City Kid (1940)
as Laramie
White Fang (1936)
as Suds
The Catman of Paris (1946)
as Devereaux
Wild West Days (1937)
as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7
The Runaway Bride (1930)
as Barney Black
The Line-Up (1934)
as Trigger - Henchman
Straightaway (1933)
as Rogan
My Pal Trigger (1946)
as Storekeeper
The Love Doctor (1917)
as Hildreth
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
as Dan Hammond
Carmen (1913)
as Don Jose
Voice in the Night (1934)
as Henchman Jackson
So This Is Marriage? (1924)
as Smith
The Temptress (1926)
as Timoteo
The Light Within (1918)
as Dr. Green
The Viking (1928)
as Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
Duel at Apache Wells (1957)
as Joe Dunn
A Successful Failure (1934)
as Radical Speaker
East of Broadway (1924)
as Professor Mario
Devil's Playground (1937)
as Romano
The Devil Is Driving (1932)
as Ticker (uncredited)
Forgotten Faces (1928)
Actor
Daughter of the Jungle (1949)
as Montu
Texas Masquerade (1944)
as Sam Nolan
Till We Meet Again (1944)
as Cart Driver (uncredited)
Mr. Dolan of New York (1917)
as 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)
Bad Lands (1939)
as Manuel Lopez
Rim of the Canyon (1949)
as Charlie Lewis
70,000 Witnesses (1932)
as Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
Men of the Timberland (1941)
as Jean Collet
Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945)
as Con Hollister
The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
as The Weasel
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940)
as Santos the Portuguese
Strange Confession (1945)
as Hernandez
The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
as Grisha
Buckskin Frontier (1943)
as Duval
Dangerous Paradise (1930)
as Ricardo
Range War (1939)
as Morgan
Screen Tests for Faust (1923)
Actor
Satan in Sables (1925)
as Emile
The Devil's Pipeline (1940)
as Gaddi Sang
The Arizona Express (1924)
as Victor Johnson
South of the Rio Grande (1945)
as Torres
Red Morning (1934)
as Sakki
The Final Close-Up (1919)
as Jimmie Norton
Gene Autry and the Mounties (1951)
as Batiste
Bad Men of the Border (1945)
as Captain Jose Garcia
The Yankee Señor (1926)
as Juan Gutiérrez
Roll on Texas Moon (1946)
as Steve Anders
The Call of the North (1921)
as Achille Picard
Terror Trail (1933)
as Tad McPherson
The She-Devil (1916)
as Albert Alwain
The Kid from Kansas (1941)
as Cesar
The Drag Net (1928)
as Sniper Dawson
The Palace of Pleasure (1926)
as Captain Fernandez
Mystery Man (1944)
as Bert Rogan
The Invisible Informer (1946)
as Jules Ravelle
Apache Chief (1949)
as Mohaska
My Lady of Whims (1925)
as Rolf
The Golden Snare (1921)
as Pierre Thoreau
The Devil at His Elbow (1916)
as Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)
Cheyenne Wildcat (1944)
as Jim Douglas
Son of a Badman (1949)
as Joe Christ
Mary of the Movies (1923)
as James Seiler
The Trumpet Blows (1934)
as Vega
The Dead Don't Dream (1948)
as Bart Lansing
Two Gun Marshal (1953)
as Blake Cody
In Line of Duty (1931)
as Jacques Dupres
Night Train to Memphis (1946)
as Doctor
Dangerous Venture (1947)
as Kane
The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
as Gonzolo Vasquez
River Gang (1945)
as Indignant Man
Nomads of the North (1920)
as Buck McDougall
Puppets of Fate (1921)
as Gabriel Palombra
Broadway Bad (1933)
as Charley Davis
The Carnation Kid (1929)
as The Carnation Kid
Black Orchids (1917)
as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
Powder River Rustlers (1949)
as Shears Williams
Corpus Christi Bandits (1945)
as Dad Christie
The Woman Conquers (1922)
as Lawatha, Indian Guide
The Gang Buster (1931)
as Pete Caltek
The Girl from Alaska (1942)
as Pelly
In Spite of Danger (1935)
as Race Driver
Going Up (1923)
as Jules Gaillard
Brothers in the Saddle (1949)
as Hoyt Parker
Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934)
as Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]
Girl Overboard (1929)
as Francisco
Rose of the Yukon (1949)
as Alaskan
The Hunted Woman (1925)
as Joe De Bar
The Voice on the Wire (1917)
as 'Red' Warren
Strange Gamble (1948)
as Henchman Longhorn
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933)
as Henchman (as Frances McDonald)
Bar 20 (1943)
as Quirt Rankin
The Courageous Coward (1919)
as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
Trooper O'Neill (1922)
as Pierre
The Bold Frontiersman (1948)
as Adam Post
The Gun Woman (1918)
as The Gent
Safety in Numbers (1930)
as Phil Kemptom
Love's Prisoner (1919)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lumberjack (1944)
as Clyde Fenwick
Brothers (1930)
as Tony
The Devil's Playground (1946)
as Roberts
Outlaws of Red River (1927)
as Ben Tanner
Parole Racket (1937)
as Nat Beldon
The Confession (1920)
as Tom Bartlett
The Notorious Lady (1927)
as Manuela Silvera
Gun Law (1938)
as Henchman Nevada
Toton (1919)
as Pierre
The Desert's Toll (1926)
as Frank Darwin
The Express Messenger (1915)
as Dave Snowden
Hidden Valley (1932)
as Frank Gavin
The Northern Code (1925)
as Raoul La Fane
Prudence on Broadway (1919)
as Grayson Mills
Look Your Best (1923)
as Alberto Cabotto
Kickin' the Crown Around (1933)
as Disputin
Perils of the Secret Service (1917)
as (Episode #3)
Trailing the Killer (1932)
as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927)
Actor
The Valley of Hell (1928)
as Creighton Steele
Honor of the Mounted (1932)
as Jean La Train
The Gates of Doom (1917)
as Jang Sattib