
Frank McGlynn Sr.
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Bells (1913)
as Leo Noakes

Captain Blood (1935)
as Reverend Ogle

Sergeant York (1941)
as Mountaineer (uncredited)

Parnell (1937)
as Pat Hogan

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Abraham Lincoln

Hello, Everybody! (1933)
as Jonathan Reed

The Great Barrier (1937)
as Sir John Macdonald

Sing and Be Happy (1937)
as Sheriff

The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
as Gamut

The Wet Parade (1932)
as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)

Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
as Joseph

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
as Amos Winterslip

King of the Royal Mounted (1936)
as Henry Dundas

Little Miss Marker (1934)
as Doc Chesley

Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

In Old California (1942)
as Undetermined Minor Role

The Honeymoon's Over (1939)
as Thin Man

Boom Town (1940)
as Deacon

The Plainsman (1936)
as Abraham Lincoln

Love Affair (1939)
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)

Strange Glory (1938)
as Abraham Lincoln

Trail Street (1947)
as Tim McKeon (uncredited)

Vanity Fair (1915)
as Captain William Dobbin

Wells Fargo (1937)
as Lincoln

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
as Panky Pankington

The Littlest Rebel (1935)
as Abraham Lincoln
Who Will Marry Mary? (1913)
Actor

These Three (1936)
as Judge (uncredited)

Are We Civilized? (1934)
as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner

The Argyle Case (1917)
as John Argyle

The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
as Pete - Gambler

Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
as Abraham Lincoln

Rogues' Gallery (1944)
as Blake

Frisco Jenny (1933)
as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)

Second Fiddle (1939)
as Lincolnesque Actor

The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
as The Plumber

Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln (1924)
as Abraham Lincoln

Hollywood Barn Dance (1947)
as Hiram Tubb

Rough and Ready (1918)
as The Siwash

Syncopation (1942)
Actor

The Roaring West (1935)
as Jinglebob Morgan

It's A Small World (1935)
as Snake Brown Jr.

Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
as Colonel Worthington

Lincoln in the White House (1939)
as Abraham Lincoln

For the Service (1936)
as Jim, a Scout

Unknown Valley (1933)
as Head Elder

Through Turbulent Waters (1915)
as Bill Ford

The Accidental Honeymoon (1918)
as Farmer Perkins

The Caillaux Case (1918)
as Emperor William of Germany

Western Gold (1937)
as Abraham Lincoln

The Secret Six (1931)
as Judge

Huckleberry Finn (1931)
as Second teacher (uncredited)

Career Woman (1936)
as Sheriff Duncan
Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941)
as Hoffman

Min and Bill (1930)
as Mr. Southard
Across the Great Divide (1915)
as The Bandit

North of Nome (1936)
as U. S. Marshal
Two Men (1912)
Actor

The Lone Ranger (1938)
as Abraham Lincoln

Good News (1930)
as Professor Kenyon

Outlawed Guns (1935)
as Jingle

Why America Will Win (1918)
as John F. Pershing

Delinquent Daughters (1944)
as Judge Craig

March On, America! (1942)
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Mad Empress (1939)
as President Abraham Lincoln

Sudden Bill Dorn (1937)
as Cap Jinks

Massacre (1934)
as Missionary

The Jazz Cinderella (1930)
as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)

The ABC of Love (1919)
as The Innkeeper
The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1915)
as Abraham Lincoln
The Silent Partner (1931)
Actor
By Fire and Water (1913)
Actor

Gloria's Romance (1916)
as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)

Alexia's Strategy (1913)
as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)

Joaquin Murrieta (1938)
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Search for Beauty (1934)
as Rev. Rankin




