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
Credits
Ringside (1949)
Director
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon (1952)
Director
Isle of Fury (1936)
Director
Yukon Gold (1952)
Director
Yellow Fin (1951)
Director
Song of Arizona (1946)
Director
Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
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Snow Dog (1950)
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Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
Director
Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
Director
Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
Director
Thunder Pass (1954)
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Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994)
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Marshals in Disguise (1954)
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
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Timber Country Trouble (1955)
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Son of Belle Starr (1953)
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Mara of the Wilderness (1965)
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The Underwater City (1962)
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The Big Tip Off (1955)
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Smart Blonde (1937)
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Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
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Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
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Border City Rustlers (1953)
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Gambler's Choice (1944)
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My Pal Trigger (1946)
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French Leave (1948)
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Death Goes North (1939)
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Over the Wall (1938)
Director
Shepherd of the Ozarks (1942)
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Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
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Raymie (1960)
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Scared Stiff (1945)
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Texans Never Cry (1951)
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Sea Tiger (1952)
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High Explosive (1943)
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No Hands on the Clock (1941)
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O, My Darling Clementine (1943)
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Timber Queen (1944)
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Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
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The Chicago Kid (1945)
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Broadway Hostess (1935)
Director
Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
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The Traitor Within (1942)
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Mr. Reckless (1948)
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Midnight Court (1937)
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Gun Smugglers (1948)
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They Asked For It (1939)
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Fly Away Baby (1937)
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Submarine Alert (1943)
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Sierra Passage (1950)
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Country Fair (1941)
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Flying Blind (1941)
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Under Nevada Skies (1946)
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Alaska Highway (1943)
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Village Barn Dance (1940)
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Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
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The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
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Grand Ole Opry (1940)
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Man from Oklahoma (1945)
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Wildcat (1942)
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The Matchmaking Marshal (1955)
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The Big Sombrero (1949)
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The Purple Gang (1959)
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Boulder Dam (1936)
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Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
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Reckless Living (1938)
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The Big Noise (1936)
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Take It Big (1944)
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When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)
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The Tilted Tenderfoot (1955)
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Arkansas Judge (1941)
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Swing Your Partner (1943)
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The Old Homestead (1942)
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Gaucho Serenade (1940)
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Apache Chief (1949)
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Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)
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Call of the Klondike (1950)
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One Body Too Many (1944)
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Bells of Rosarita (1945)
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Outlaw's Son (1954)
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Blondes at Work (1938)
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Phantom Trails (1955)
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Northwest Territory (1951)
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Carolina Moon (1940)
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Two Gun Marshal (1953)
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Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
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Sioux City Sue (1946)
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Mountain Rhythm (1943)
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Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
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Flirting with Fate (1938)
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Yukon Manhunt (1951)
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Tell It to a Star (1945)
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Hoosier Holiday (1943)
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Wrecking Crew (1942)
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Trouble on the Trail (1954)
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In Old Missouri (1940)
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Father Takes the Air (1951)
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The Two Gun Teacher (1954)
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The Yellow Haired Kid (1952)
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13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
Director
Tuxedo Junction (1941)
Director
Barnyard Follies (1940)
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Six Gun Decision (1953)
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Rancho Grande (1940)
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
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Under Fiesta Stars (1941)
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Linda, Be Good (1947)
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Freshman Year (1938)
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Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
Director
Jeepers Creepers (1939)
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Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944)
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Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria (1958)
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Mantelli e spade insanguinate (1959)
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First Offenders (1939)
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The Song of a Nation (1936)
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