Francis McDonald
Acting
1891-08-21 · Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
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).
Filmography
The Great Race
1965 · Movie
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · Movie
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Mr. Lucky
1959 · Series
Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Series
Wichita Town
1959 · Series
The Deputy
1959 · Series
The Big Fisherman
1959 · Movie
Bat Masterson
1958 · Series
Lawman
1958 · Series
The Texan
1958 · Series
Bronco
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
Fort Massacre
1958 · Movie
Trackdown
1957 · Series
Maverick
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Pawnee
1957 · Movie
Last Stagecoach West
1957 · Movie
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · Movie
Duel at Apache Wells
1957 · Movie
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
Walk the Proud Land
1956 · Movie
Thunder Over Arizona
1956 · Movie
Dig That Uranium
1955 · Movie
The Naked Dawn
1955 · Movie
Highway Patrol
1955 · Series
My Friend Flicka
1955 · Series
The Adventures of Champion
1955 · Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Series
Science Fiction Theatre
1955 · Series
Ten Wanted Men
1955 · Movie
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955 · Movie
Lassie
1954 · Series
Stories of the Century
1954 · Series
Two Gun Marshal
1953 · Movie
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953 · Movie
The Bandits of Corsica
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
The Raiders
1952 · Movie
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Series
Son of Ali Baba
1952 · Movie
Rancho Notorious
1952 · Movie
Fort Osage
1952 · Movie
The Roy Rogers Show
1951 · Series
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 · Series
Red Mountain
1951 · Movie
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Series
Gene Autry and the Mounties
1951 · Movie
California Passage
1950 · Movie
The Cisco Kid
1950 · Series
The Gene Autry Show
1950 · Series
The Nevadan
1950 · Movie
Woman in Hiding
1950 · Movie
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Movie
Powder River Rustlers
1949 · Movie
Apache Chief
1949 · Movie
Abandoned
1949 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Series
Rim of the Canyon
1949 · Movie
Son of a Badman
1949 · Movie
Daughter of the Jungle
1949 · Movie
Brothers in the Saddle
1949 · Movie
Rose of the Yukon
1949 · Movie
The Paleface
1948 · Movie
The Three Musketeers
1948 · Movie
Strange Gamble
1948 · Movie
Son of God’s Country
1948 · Movie
The Dead Don't Dream
1948 · Movie
The Bold Frontiersman
1948 · Movie
Panhandle
1948 · Movie
The Perils of Pauline
1947 · Movie
Saddle Pals
1947 · Movie
Dangerous Venture
1947 · Movie
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Movie
Magnificent Doll
1946 · Movie
The Devil's Playground
1946 · Movie
Roll on Texas Moon
1946 · Movie
Notorious
1946 · Movie
The Invisible Informer
1946 · Movie
Canyon Passage
1946 · Movie
Night Train to Memphis
1946 · Movie
My Pal Trigger
1946 · Movie
Tangier
1946 · Movie
The Catman of Paris
1946 · Movie
Strange Confession
1945 · Movie
River Gang
1945 · Movie
South of the Rio Grande
1945 · Movie
Bad Men of the Border
1945 · Movie
Corpus Christi Bandits
1945 · Movie
Great Stagecoach Robbery
1945 · Movie
Belle of the Yukon
1944 · Movie
Zorro's Black Whip
1944 · Movie
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944 · Movie
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944 · Movie
Till We Meet Again
1944 · Movie
Bordertown Trail
1944 · Movie
Mystery Man
1944 · Movie
Lumberjack
1944 · Movie
Texas Masquerade
1944 · Movie
Bar 20
1943 · Movie
The Kansan
1943 · Movie
Buckskin Frontier
1943 · Movie
The Girl from Alaska
1942 · Movie
Valley of the Sun
1942 · Movie
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Movie
The Kid from Kansas
1941 · Movie
Blood and Sand
1941 · Movie
Men of the Timberland
1941 · Movie
The Sea Wolf
1941 · Movie
One Night in the Tropics
1940 · Movie
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940 · Movie
The Devil's Pipeline
1940 · Movie
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Movie
Wyoming
1940 · Movie
The Sea Hawk
1940 · Movie
Captain Caution
1940 · Movie
The Carson City Kid
1940 · Movie
Strange Cargo
1940 · Movie
Green Hell
1940 · Movie
The Light That Failed
1939 · Movie
Range War
1939 · Movie
Bad Lands
1939 · Movie
Beau Geste
1939 · Movie
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
Idiot's Delight
1939 · Movie
If I Were King
1938 · Movie
Gun Law
1938 · Movie
The Buccaneer
1938 · Movie
Wild West Days
1937 · Movie
The Last Train from Madrid
1937 · Movie
The Soldier and the Lady
1937 · Movie
Parole Racket
1937 · Movie
Criminal Lawyer
1937 · Movie
Devil's Playground
1937 · Movie
Woman-Wise
1937 · Movie
The Plainsman
1936 · Movie
Mummy's Boys
1936 · Movie
White Fang
1936 · Movie
Big Brown Eyes
1936 · Movie
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936 · Movie
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Movie
Diamond Jim
1935 · Movie
West Point of the Air
1935 · Movie
Mississippi
1935 · Movie
In Spite of Danger
1935 · Movie
The Marriage Bargain
1935 · Movie
The Gay Bride
1934 · Movie
Red Morning
1934 · Movie
A Successful Failure
1934 · Movie
Girl in Danger
1934 · Movie
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1934 · Movie
Operator 13
1934 · Movie
Sadie McKee
1934 · Movie
The Line-Up
1934 · Movie
The Trumpet Blows
1934 · Movie
Voice in the Night
1934 · Movie
Straightaway
1933 · Movie
Night Flight
1933 · Movie
Kickin' the Crown Around
1933 · Movie
The Devil's in Love
1933 · Movie
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933 · Movie
Broadway Bad
1933 · Movie
Terror Trail
1933 · Movie
The Devil Is Driving
1932 · Movie
Texas Buddies
1932 · Movie
Trailing the Killer
1932 · Movie
Hidden Valley
1932 · Movie
70,000 Witnesses
1932 · Movie
Honor of the Mounted
1932 · Movie
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932 · Movie
In Line of Duty
1931 · Movie
The Lawyer's Secret
1931 · Movie
The Gang Buster
1931 · Movie
Morocco
1930 · Movie
Brothers
1930 · Movie
Safety in Numbers
1930 · Movie
The Runaway Bride
1930 · Movie
Dangerous Paradise
1930 · Movie
Burning Up
1930 · Movie
Girl Overboard
1929 · Movie
The Carnation Kid
1929 · Movie
The Viking
1928 · Movie
Forgotten Faces
1928 · Movie
The Drag Net
1928 · Movie
The Legion of the Condemned
1928 · Movie
A Girl in Every Port
1928 · Movie
The Valley of Hell
1928 · Movie
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927 · Movie
Outlaws of Red River
1927 · Movie
The Notorious Lady
1927 · Movie
The Wreck
1927 · Movie
The Desert's Toll
1926 · Movie
The Temptress
1926 · Movie
Battling Butler
1926 · Movie
Puppets
1926 · Movie
The Bar-C Mystery
1926 · Movie
The Palace of Pleasure
1926 · Movie
The Yankee Señor
1926 · Movie
My Lady of Whims
1925 · Movie
Bobbed Hair
1925 · Movie
Satan in Sables
1925 · Movie
The Northern Code
1925 · Movie
Go Straight!
1925 · Movie
The Hunted Woman
1925 · Movie
So This Is Marriage?
1924 · Movie
East of Broadway
1924 · Movie
The Arizona Express
1924 · Movie
Faust and Marguerite Test Footage
1923 · Movie
Going Up
1923 · Movie
Trilby
1923 · Movie
Mary of the Movies
1923 · Movie
The Buster
1923 · Movie
Look Your Best
1923 · Movie
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922 · Movie
The Woman Conquers
1922 · Movie
Monte Cristo
1922 · Movie
Trooper O'Neill
1922 · Movie
The Call of the North
1921 · Movie
The Golden Snare
1921 · Movie
Puppets of Fate
1921 · Movie
The Kentucky Colonel
1920 · Movie
Nomads of the North
1920 · Movie
The Confession
1920 · Movie
Prudence on Broadway
1919 · Movie
Pretty Smooth
1919 · Movie
Love's Prisoner
1919 · Movie
His Debt
1919 · Movie
The Final Close-Up
1919 · Movie
The Courageous Coward
1919 · Movie
Toton
1919 · Movie
Tony America
1918 · Movie
The Ghost Flower
1918 · Movie
The Hand at the Window
1918 · Movie
The Answer
1918 · Movie
Real Folks
1918 · Movie
The Light Within
1918 · Movie
The Gun Woman
1918 · Movie
The Love Doctor
1917 · Movie
The Gray Ghost
1917 · Movie
Mr. Dolan of New York
1917 · Movie
The Voice on the Wire
1917 · Movie
Perils of the Secret Service
1917 · Movie
The Gates of Doom
1917 · Movie
Black Orchids
1917 · Movie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Movie
The Devil at His Elbow
1916 · Movie
The She-Devil
1916 · Movie
The Express Messenger
1915 · Movie
St. Elmo
1914 · Movie
Carmen
1913 · Movie