Frank McDonald
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A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director -Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.
Known for
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Mara of the Wilderness (1965)
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Ringside (1949)
Director
Texans Never Cry (1951)
Director
Snow Dog (1950)
Director
Son of Belle Starr (1953)
Director
Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
Director
Yukon Gold (1952)
Director
Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
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The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon (1952)
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Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994)
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Song of Arizona (1946)
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O, My Darling Clementine (1943)
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Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
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Shepherd of the Ozarks (1942)
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Isle of Fury (1936)
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One Body Too Many (1944)
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Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
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Tell It to a Star (1945)
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Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
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Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
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The Big Tip Off (1955)
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Marshals in Disguise (1954)
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Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
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The Traitor Within (1942)
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Alaska Highway (1943)
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Yellow Fin (1951)
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Bells of Rosarita (1945)
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Scared Stiff (1945)
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Village Barn Dance (1940)
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When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)
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The Big Noise (1936)
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Mountain Rhythm (1943)
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Call of the Klondike (1950)
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Timber Country Trouble (1955)
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Fly Away Baby (1937)
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Gambler's Choice (1944)
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No Hands on the Clock (1941)
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Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
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Smart Blonde (1937)
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Trouble on the Trail (1954)
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In Old Missouri (1940)
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The Yellow Haired Kid (1952)
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The Matchmaking Marshal (1955)
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Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
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Border City Rustlers (1953)
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Thunder Pass (1954)
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The Purple Gang (1959)
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High Explosive (1943)
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Father Takes the Air (1951)
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Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
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Sioux City Sue (1946)
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The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
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My Pal Trigger (1946)
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The Tilted Tenderfoot (1955)
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Boulder Dam (1936)
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
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Death Goes North (1939)
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Swing Your Partner (1943)
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Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
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They Asked For It (1939)
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Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
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13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
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Broadway Hostess (1935)
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Sea Tiger (1952)
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Gaucho Serenade (1940)
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The Underwater City (1962)
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Timber Queen (1944)
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Under Fiesta Stars (1941)
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Sierra Passage (1950)
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Gun Smugglers (1948)
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Under Nevada Skies (1946)
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Blondes at Work (1938)
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Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
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The Two Gun Teacher (1954)
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The Big Sombrero (1949)
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Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
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Reckless Living (1938)
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The Chicago Kid (1945)
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Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
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Northwest Territory (1951)
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Mantelli e spade insanguinate (1959)
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Carolina Moon (1940)
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Take It Big (1944)
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Submarine Alert (1943)
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Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944)
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Phantom Trails (1955)
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Rancho Grande (1940)
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Tuxedo Junction (1941)
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Grand Ole Opry (1940)
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Flying Blind (1941)
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Freshman Year (1938)
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Wildcat (1942)
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Flirting with Fate (1938)
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Man from Oklahoma (1945)
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Barnyard Follies (1940)
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Wrecking Crew (1942)
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Midnight Court (1937)
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Country Fair (1941)
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Raymie (1960)
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Apache Chief (1949)
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Yukon Manhunt (1951)
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French Leave (1948)
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Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria (1958)
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Over the Wall (1938)
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Mr. Reckless (1948)
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The Song of a Nation (1936)
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The Old Homestead (1942)
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Outlaw's Son (1954)
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Linda, Be Good (1947)
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Two Gun Marshal (1953)
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Hoosier Holiday (1943)
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Six Gun Decision (1953)
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First Offenders (1939)
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Arkansas Judge (1941)
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Jeepers Creepers (1939)
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