Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

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: Acting

Born: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, 1891-08-21

Died: 1968-09-18

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Lone Ranger	Wade Tanner	67
2	1950	The Gene Autry Show		42
3	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
4	1951	The Adventures of Kit Carson		53
5	1951	The Roy Rogers Show		64
6	1952	Adventures of Superman		67
7	1952	Cavalcade of America	Calaveras Kid	35
8	1953	General Electric Theater	Pecos Kid	63
9	1954	Stories of the Century	Sheriff	57
10	1954	Lassie		61
11	1955	Science Fiction Theatre		62
12	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		68
13	1955	The Adventures of Champion	Will Calhoun	53
14	1955	The Adventures of Champion	Grubstake Smith	53
15	1955	My Friend Flicka		57
16	1955	Highway Patrol	Charlie Barrett	58
17	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		45
18	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Yancey Hatton	55
19	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Gotch (as Francis MacDonald)	74
20	1957	Sugarfoot	Pete Stone	48
21	1957	Sugarfoot	Jericho Dooley	48
22	1957	Perry Mason	Capt. Noble	77
23	1957	Perry Mason	Walter 'Salty' Sims	77
24	1957	Perry Mason	Peg-Leg Jasper	77
25	1957	Maverick		68
26	1957	Trackdown		64
27	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Juan Hernandez	69
28	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Liveryman	69
29	1958	Bronco		52
30	1958	The Texan		55
31	1958	Lawman		56
32	1958	Bat Masterson	Winkler	61
33	1959	The Deputy		62
34	1959	Wichita Town		42
35	1959	Law of the Plainsman	Watkins	60
36	1959	Mr. Lucky		64
37	1962	The Virginian	Saul Weintraub	65
38	1962	The Virginian	Storekeeper	65

Francis McDonald

Film

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1913	Carmen	Don Jose	0
2	1915	The Express Messenger	Dave Snowden	0
3	1916	The She-Devil	Albert Alwain	0
4	1916	The Devil at His Elbow	Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)	0
5	1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages	Extra (uncredited)	71
6	1917	Black Orchids	George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin	10
7	1917	The Gates of Doom	Jang Sattib	0
8	1917	Perils of the Secret Service	(Episode #3)	0
9	1917	The Voice on the Wire	'Red' Warren	60
10	1917	Mr. Dolan of New York	'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)	0
11	1917	The Love Doctor	Hildreth	0
12	1918	The Gun Woman	The Gent	0
13	1918	The Light Within	Dr. Green	0
14	1918	The Ghost Flower		0
15	1919	Toton	Pierre	0
16	1919	The Courageous Coward	Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)	0
17	1919	Love's Prisoner	Party Guest (uncredited)	57
18	1919	Prudence on Broadway	Grayson Mills	0
19	1920	The Confession	Tom Bartlett	50
20	1920	Nomads of the North	Buck McDougall	55
21	1921	Puppets of Fate	Gabriel Palombra	0
22	1921	The Golden Snare	Pierre Thoreau	0
23	1921	The Call of the North	Achille Picard	0
24	1922	Trooper O'Neill	Pierre	0
25	1922	Monte Cristo	Benedetto	64
26	1922	The Woman Conquers	Lawatha, Indian Guide	0
27	1922	Captain Fly-by-Night	Second Stranger	45
28	1923	The Buster	Swing	0
29	1923	Look Your Best	Alberto Cabotto	0
30	1923	Mary of the Movies	James Seiler	0
31	1923	Trilby	Geko	0
32	1923	Going Up	Jules Gaillard	0
33	1923	Screen Tests for Faust		0
34	1924	The Arizona Express	Victor Johnson	56
35	1924	So This Is Marriage?	Smith	0
36	1925	The Hunted Woman	Joe De Bar	0
37	1925	Go Straight!	The Dove	0
38	1925	The Northern Code	Raoul La Fane	0
39	1925	Satan in Sables	Emile	0
40	1925	Bobbed Hair	Pooch	0
41	1925	My Lady of Whims	Rolf	51
42	1926	The Palace of Pleasure	Captain Fernandez	0
43	1926	The Yankee Señor	Juan Gutiérrez	0
44	1926	Puppets	Bruno	0
45	1926	Battling Butler	Alfred 'Battling' Butler	68
46	1926	The Temptress	Timoteo	65
47	1926	The Desert's Toll	Frank Darwin	0
48	1927	The Notorious Lady	Manuela Silvera	70
49	1927	Outlaws of Red River	Ben Tanner	0
50	1927	Life in Hollywood No. 4		0
51	1928	The Valley of Hell	Creighton Steele	0
52	1928	A Girl in Every Port	Circus Manager	64
53	1928	The Legion of the Condemned	Gonzolo Vasquez	0
54	1928	The Drag Net	Sniper Dawson	60
55	1929	The Carnation Kid	The Carnation Kid	0
56	1929	Girl Overboard	Francisco	0
57	1930	Burning Up	'Bullet' McGhan	35
58	1930	Dangerous Paradise	Ricardo	36
59	1930	The Runaway Bride	Barney Black	50
60	1930	Safety in Numbers	Phil Kemptom	50
61	1930	Brothers	Tony	0
62	1930	Morocco	Sergeant Tatoche	63
63	1931	The Gang Buster	Pete Caltek	58
64	1931	The Lawyer's Secret	The Weasel	58
65	1931	In Line of Duty	Jacques Dupres	0
66	1932	The Woman from Monte Carlo	Karkuff	50
67	1932	Honor of the Mounted	Jean La Train	0
68	1932	70,000 Witnesses	Dominic Silvera (uncredited)	48
69	1932	Hidden Valley	Frank Gavin	60
70	1932	Trailing the Killer	Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)	40
71	1932	Texas Buddies	Blake	60
72	1932	The Devil Is Driving	Ticker (uncredited)	53
73	1933	Terror Trail	Tad McPherson	0
74	1933	Broadway Bad	Charley Davis	50
75	1933	Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles	Henchman (as Frances McDonald)	10
76	1933	The Devil's in Love	Officer Reading Verdict	50
77	1933	Kickin' the Crown Around	Disputin	65
78	1933	Night Flight	Radioman (uncredited)	58
79	1933	Straightaway	Rogan	0
80	1934	Voice in the Night	Henchman Jackson	0
81	1934	The Trumpet Blows	Vega	50
82	1934	Sadie McKee	Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)	70
83	1934	Operator 13	Denton (uncredited)	57
84	1934	Burn 'Em Up Barnes	Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]	52
85	1934	Burn 'Em Up Barnes	Ray Ridpath - Henchman	52
86	1934	Girl in Danger	Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)	60
87	1934	A Successful Failure	Radical Speaker	25
88	1934	Red Morning	Sakki	50
89	1934	The Gay Bride	Detroit gangster (uncredited)	58
90	1935	In Spite of Danger	Race Driver	10
91	1935	Mississippi	Gambler (uncredited)	67
92	1935	West Point of the Air	Civilian Pilot	60
93	1935	Diamond Jim	Gambler	60
94	1936	The Prisoner of Shark Island	John Wilkes Booth	68
95	1936	Robin Hood of El Dorado	Pedro	40
96	1936	Big Brown Eyes	Malley (Uncredited)	63
97	1936	White Fang	Suds	60
98	1936	Mummy's Boys	Rasheed Bey	47
99	1936	The Plainsman	A River Gambler	63
100	1937	Woman-Wise	Charley (uncredited)	0
101	1937	Devil's Playground	Romano	58
102	1937	Criminal Lawyer	Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)	59
103	1937	Parole Racket	Nat Beldon	0
104	1937	The Soldier and the Lady	Chieftain (Uncredited)	65
105	1937	The Last Train from Madrid	Mora (uncredited)	47
106	1937	Wild West Days	Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7	0
107	1938	The Buccaneer	Camden Blount	64
108	1938	Gun Law	Henchman Nevada	45
109	1938	If I Were King	Casin Cholet	68
110	1939	Idiot's Delight	Flight Captain	61
111	1939	Union Pacific	Gen. Dodge	65
112	1939	Beau Geste	Arab Scout (uncredited)	70
113	1939	Bad Lands	Manuel Lopez	37
114	1939	Range War	Morgan	0
115	1939	The Light That Failed	George	60
116	1940	Green Hell	Gracco	40
117	1940	Strange Cargo	Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)	70
118	1940	The Carson City Kid	Laramie	55
119	1940	Captain Caution	French Seaman in Pub	56
120	1940	The Sea Hawk	Kroner	71
121	1940	Wyoming	Dawson - Henchman	59
122	1940	North West Mounted Police	Louis Riel	63
123	1940	The Devil's Pipeline	Gaddi Sang	60
124	1940	The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date	Santos the Portuguese	59
125	1940	One Night in the Tropics	Escobar's Aide (uncredited)	56
126	1941	The Sea Wolf	Svenson	71
127	1941	Men of the Timberland	Jean Collet	0
128	1941	Blood and Sand	Manolo's Friend (uncredited)	64
129	1941	The Kid from Kansas	Cesar	0
130	1942	Wild Bill Hickok Rides	Kidnapper	47
131	1942	Valley of the Sun	Governor's Interpreter	58
132	1942	The Girl from Alaska	Pelly	60
133	1943	Buckskin Frontier	Duval	60
134	1943	The Kansan	Gil Hatton	53
135	1943	Bar 20	Quirt Rankin	38
136	1944	Texas Masquerade	Sam Nolan	0
137	1944	Lumberjack	Clyde Fenwick	60
138	1944	Mystery Man	Bert Rogan	40
139	1944	Bordertown Trail	Matthews	0
140	1944	Cheyenne Wildcat	Jim Douglas	40
141	1944	Mystery of the Riverboat	Batiste	60
142	1944	Zorro's Black Whip	Dan Hammond	52
143	1944	Belle of the Yukon	Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)	47
144	1945	Great Stagecoach Robbery	Con Hollister	0
145	1945	Corpus Christi Bandits	Dad Christie	0
146	1945	Bad Men of the Border	Captain Jose Garcia	50
147	1945	South of the Rio Grande	Torres	0
148	1945	River Gang	Indignant Man	0
149	1945	Strange Confession	Hernandez	68
150	1946	The Catman of Paris	Devereaux	54
151	1946	Tangier	Sanchez	62
152	1946	My Pal Trigger	Storekeeper	54
153	1946	Night Train to Memphis	Doctor	0
154	1946	Canyon Passage	Cobb (uncredited)	66
155	1946	The Invisible Informer	Jules Ravelle	60
156	1946	Notorious	Man (uncredited)	77
157	1946	Roll on Texas Moon	Steve Anders	60
158	1946	The Devil's Playground	Roberts	70
159	1946	Magnificent Doll	Jenks	59
160	1946	Duel in the Sun	Gambler (uncredited)	63
161	1947	Dangerous Venture	Kane	0
162	1947	Saddle Pals	Sheriff	50
163	1947	The Perils of Pauline	Western Saloon Set Heavy	62
164	1948	Panhandle	Crump	58
165	1948	The Bold Frontiersman	Adam Post	0
166	1948	The Dead Don't Dream	Bart Lansing	0
167	1948	Son of God’s Country	Tom Ford	0
168	1948	Strange Gamble	Henchman Longhorn	0
169	1948	The Three Musketeers		67
170	1948	The Paleface	Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)	61
171	1949	Rose of the Yukon	Alaskan	0
172	1949	Daughter of the Jungle	Montu	43
173	1949	Brothers in the Saddle	Hoyt Parker	50
174	1949	Son of a Badman	Joe Christ	0
175	1949	Rim of the Canyon	Charlie Lewis	44
176	1949	Abandoned	Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)	62
177	1949	Apache Chief	Mohaska	37
178	1949	Powder River Rustlers	Shears Williams	0
179	1949	Samson and Delilah	Story Teller	65
180	1950	Woman in Hiding	North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)	62
181	1950	The Nevadan	Hotel Guest (uncredited)	58
182	1950	California Passage	County Recorder Joe Kane	40
183	1951	Gene Autry and the Mounties	Batiste	60
184	1951	Red Mountain	Marshal Roberts	64
185	1952	Fort Osage	Osage Chief	60
186	1952	Rancho Notorious	Harbin	65
187	1952	The Raiders	Mr. John Cummings	62
188	1953	The Bandits of Corsica	Grisha	58
189	1953	The Stranger Wore a Gun	Frank	54
190	1953	Two Gun Marshal	Blake Cody	0
191	1955	Bad Day at Black Rock	Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)	73
192	1955	Ten Wanted Men		58
193	1955	The Naked Dawn	Railroad guard	61
194	1955	Dig That Uranium	The Indian Chief	27
195	1956	Thunder Over Arizona	Pliny Warren	60
196	1956	Walk the Proud Land	The Shaman (uncredited)	61
197	1956	The Ten Commandments	Simon	78
198	1957	Duel at Apache Wells	Joe Dunn	40
199	1957	The Guns of Fort Petticoat	Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)	63
200	1957	Last Stagecoach West	Old Man Colter	43
201	1957	Pawnee	Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)	63
202	1958	Fort Massacre	Piute Man	60
203	1959	The Big Fisherman	Scribe Spokesman	46
204	1964	Robin and the 7 Hoods	Old Man at Robbo's Club	61