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