Francis McDonald

Actor Aug 21 (died age 77) Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA 1913–1965 (52 year career)

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Biography

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, Washi…

Known For

Film

The Ten Commandments

Simon

Film

Notorious

Man (uncredited)

Film

Bad Day at Black Rock

Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)

Film

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Extra (uncredited)

Film

The Great Race

Russian (uncredited)

Film

Samson and Delilah

Story Teller

Film

The Sea Hawk

Kroner

Film

The Three Musketeers

6.7 1948

Filmography

Acting (255)

Movies (222)

The Great Race

1965

as Russian (uncredited)

7.1

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964

as Old Man at Robbo's Club

The Big Fisherman

as Scribe Spokesman

Fort Massacre

as Piute Man

Last Stagecoach West

as Old Man Colter

Pawnee

as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)

6.3

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957

as Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)

Duel at Apache Wells

as Joe Dunn

The Ten Commandments

as Simon

Thunder Over Arizona

as Pliny Warren

Walk the Proud Land

as The Shaman (uncredited)

6.1

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955

as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)

Ten Wanted Men

The Naked Dawn

as Railroad guard

Dig That Uranium

as The Indian Chief

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953

as Frank

5.4

Two Gun Marshal

1953

as Blake Cody

The Bandits of Corsica

as Grisha

Rancho Notorious

as Harbin

Son of Ali Baba

as Palace Official (uncredited)

Fort Osage

as Osage Chief

The Raiders

as Mr. John Cummings

Red Mountain

as Marshal Roberts

Gene Autry and the Mounties

1951

as Batiste

6.0

Woman in Hiding

1950

as North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)

6.2

The Nevadan

1950

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

5.8

California Passage

1950

as County Recorder Joe Kane

4.0

Rose of the Yukon

1949

as Alaskan

Son of a Badman

1949

as Joe Christ

Powder River Rustlers

1949

as Shears Williams

Samson and Delilah

1949

as Story Teller

6.6

Daughter of the Jungle

1949

as Montu

4.0

Abandoned

1949

as Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)

6.2

Brothers in the Saddle

as Hoyt Parker

Apache Chief

as Mohaska

Rim of the Canyon

as Charlie Lewis

Son of God’s Country

as Tom Ford

The Paleface

1948

as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)

The Three Musketeers

Strange Gamble

as Henchman Longhorn

Panhandle

as Crump

The Bold Frontiersman

1948

as Adam Post

The Dead Don't Dream

as Bart Lansing

Saddle Pals

as Sheriff

Dangerous Venture

as Kane

The Perils of Pauline

1947

as Western Saloon Set Heavy

Notorious

as Man (uncredited)

Duel in the Sun

as Gambler (uncredited)

Canyon Passage

as Cobb (uncredited)

Tangier

as Sanchez

Magnificent Doll

as Jenks (uncredited)

5.9

The Invisible Informer

as Jules Ravelle

The Catman of Paris

as Devereaux

Roll on Texas Moon

as Steve Anders

My Pal Trigger

as Storekeeper

The Devil's Playground

1946

as Roberts

5.0

Night Train to Memphis

1946

as Doctor

River Gang

1945

as Indignant Man

Strange Confession

1945

as Hernandez

6.8

Corpus Christi Bandits

1945

as Dad Christie

Great Stagecoach Robbery

1945

as Con Hollister

South of the Rio Grande

1945

as Torres

5.0

Bad Men of the Border

1945

as Captain Jose Garcia

5.0

Till We Meet Again

1944

as Cart Driver (uncredited)

6.0

Texas Masquerade

1944

as Sam Nolan

3.0

Mystery of the Riverboat

as Batiste

Mystery Man

as Bert Rogan

Lumberjack

as Clyde Fenwick

Cheyenne Wildcat

as Jim Douglas

Zorro's Black Whip

as Dan Hammond

Belle of the Yukon

as Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)

5.4

Bordertown Trail

1944

as Matthews

The Kansan

as Gil Hatton

Buckskin Frontier

as Duval

Bar 20

as Quirt Rankin

The Girl from Alaska

as Pelly

Valley of the Sun

as Governor's Interpreter (uncredited)

5.8

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

1942

as Kidnapper

4.7

Blood and Sand

1941

as Manolo's Friend (uncredited)

6.5

The Kid from Kansas

1941

as Cesar

The Sea Wolf

1941

as Svenson

7.2

Men of the Timberland

1941

as Jean Collet

The Devil's Pipeline

as Gaddi Sang

Green Hell

as Gracco

The Sea Hawk

as Kroner

One Night in the Tropics

1940

as Escobar's Aide (uncredited)

5.6

Wyoming

1940

as Dawson - Henchman

5.9

North West Mounted Police

1940

as Louis Riel

6.4

Strange Cargo

1940

as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)

7.0

Captain Caution

1940

as French Seaman in Pub

5.6

The Carson City Kid

1940

as Laramie

5.5

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

1940

as Santos the Portuguese

5.9

The Light That Failed

as George

Union Pacific

as Gen. Dodge

Idiot's Delight

as Flight Captain

Beau Geste

as Arab Scout (uncredited)

Bad Lands

as Manuel Lopez

Range War

as Morgan

The Buccaneer

as Camden Blount

If I Were King

as Casin Cholet

Gun Law

as Henchman Nevada

Wild West Days

as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7

Woman-Wise

1937

as Charley (uncredited)

Criminal Lawyer

1937

as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)

5.9

The Soldier and the Lady

1937

as Chieftain (Uncredited)

6.5

The Last Train from Madrid

as Mora (uncredited)

Devil's Playground

as Romano

Parole Racket

as Nat Beldon

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

as John Wilkes Booth

6.8

Big Brown Eyes

1936

as Malley (Uncredited)

The Plainsman

as A River Gambler

Mummy's Boys

as Rasheed Bey

Robin Hood of El Dorado

as Pedro

White Fang

as Suds

Diamond Jim

as Gambler

Mississippi

as Gambler (uncredited)

6.7

In Spite of Danger

1935

as Race Driver

1.0

West Point of the Air

1935

as Civilian Pilot

6.0

The Marriage Bargain

1935

as Ben Ainsley

The Trumpet Blows

as Vega

A Successful Failure

as Radical Speaker

Red Morning

as Sakki

Sadie McKee

as Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)

6.9

Voice in the Night

1934

as Henchman Jackson

The Gay Bride

1934

as Detroit gangster (uncredited)

5.7

Girl in Danger

1934

as Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)

6.0

Operator 13

1934

as Denton (uncredited)

5.8

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

1934

as Ray Ridpath - Henchman

5.2

The Line-Up

1934

as Trigger - Henchman

2.3

The Devil's in Love

1933

as Officer Reading Verdict

5.0

Terror Trail

1933

as Tad McPherson

Straightaway

1933

as Rogan

Night Flight

1933

as Radioman (uncredited)

5.6

Kickin' the Crown Around

as Disputin

Broadway Bad

as Charley Davis

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

1933

as Henchman (as Frances McDonald)

1.0

The Woman from Monte Carlo

as Karkuff

Hidden Valley

as Frank Gavin

70,000 Witnesses

as Dominic Silvera (uncredited)

5.0

Trailing the Killer

1932

as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)

Texas Buddies

as Blake

The Devil Is Driving

as Ticker (uncredited)

4.9

Honor of the Mounted

1932

as Jean La Train

The Gang Buster

1931

as Pete Caltek

5.8

In Line of Duty

1931

as Jacques Dupres

The Lawyer's Secret

as The Weasel

The Runaway Bride

as Barney Black

Morocco

as Sergeant Tatoche

Brothers

as Tony

Dangerous Paradise

as Ricardo

Burning Up

as 'Bullet' McGhan

Safety in Numbers

as Phil Kemptom

The Carnation Kid

as The Carnation Kid

Girl Overboard

1929

as Francisco

The Viking

1928

as Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)

6.4

The Valley of Hell

1928

as Creighton Steele

The Legion of the Condemned

1928

as Gonzolo Vasquez

A Girl in Every Port

as Circus Manager

Forgotten Faces

The Drag Net

as Sniper Dawson

Outlaws of Red River

as Ben Tanner

The Notorious Lady

1927

as Manuela Silvera

7.0

Life in Hollywood No. 4

1927

The Wreck

1927

The Yankee Señor

1926

as Juan Gutiérrez

The Palace of Pleasure

1926

as Captain Fernandez

The Bar-C Mystery

1926

Battling Butler

1926

as Alfred 'Battling' Butler

6.8

The Desert's Toll

1926

as Frank Darwin

Puppets

1926

as Bruno

The Temptress

1926

as Timoteo

6.5

The Hunted Woman

1925

as Joe De Bar

Bobbed Hair

1925

as Pooch

Go Straight!

1925

as The Dove

Satan in Sables

1925

as Emile

My Lady of Whims

1925

as Rolf

4.9

The Northern Code

1925

as Raoul La Fane

So This Is Marriage?

1924

as Smith

East of Broadway

1924

as Professor Mario

The Arizona Express

1924

as Victor Johnson

5.6

Mary of the Movies

1923

as James Seiler

Screen Tests for Faust

1923

Trilby

1923

as Geko

Going Up

1923

as Jules Gaillard

The Buster

1923

as Swing

Look Your Best

1923

as Alberto Cabotto

The Woman Conquers

1922

as Lawatha, Indian Guide

Captain Fly-by-Night

as Second Stranger

Monte Cristo

as Benedetto

Trooper O'Neill

as Pierre

The Call of the North

1921

as Achille Picard

The Golden Snare

1921

as Pierre Thoreau

Puppets of Fate

1921

as Gabriel Palombra

The Kentucky Colonel

1920

as Philip Burwood

The Confession

as Tom Bartlett

Nomads of the North

as Buck McDougall

The Courageous Coward

1919

as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)

His Debt

1919

as Blair Whitcomb

The Final Close-Up

1919

as Jimmie Norton

Love's Prisoner

1919

as Party Guest (uncredited)

5.7

Toton

1919

as Pierre

Pretty Smooth

1919

as Jimmy Hartigan

Prudence on Broadway

1919

as Grayson Mills

The Gun Woman

1918

as The Gent

The Light Within

1918

as Dr. Green

Real Folks

1918

as Jimmie Dugan

The Ghost Flower

1918

The Answer

1918

as Guido Garcia

Tony America

1918

as Tony America

Perils of the Secret Service

1917

as (Episode #3)

Black Orchids

1917

as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin

1.0

The Gates of Doom

1917

as Jang Sattib

Mr. Dolan of New York

1917

as 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)

The Love Doctor

1917

as Hildreth

The Gray Ghost

1917

as Williams

The Voice on the Wire

1917

as 'Red' Warren

6.0

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

as Extra (uncredited)

7.1

The Devil at His Elbow

1916

as Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)

The She-Devil

1916

as Albert Alwain

The Express Messenger

1915

as Dave Snowden

St. Elmo

1914

as Murray Hammond

Carmen

1913

as Don Jose

Television (33)

The Virginian

as Saul Weintraub

Mr. Lucky

The Deputy

Law of the Plainsman

as Watkins

Wichita Town

Bat Masterson

as Winkler

Lawman

Bronco

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Juan Hernandez

The Texan

as Sheriff

Perry Mason

as Capt. Noble

Maverick

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

as Gotch (as Francis MacDonald)

Trackdown

Sugarfoot

as Pete Stone

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Yancey Hatton

6.0

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.0

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Highway Patrol

as Charlie Barrett

Science Fiction Theatre

My Friend Flicka

The Adventures of Champion

as Will Calhoun

Lassie

Stories of the Century

1954

as Sheriff

6.8

General Electric Theater

1953

as Pecos Kid

6.4

Adventures of Superman

Cavalcade of America

as Calaveras Kid

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

5.3

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Roy Rogers Show

The Cisco Kid

as Gen. Lawrence

The Gene Autry Show

The Lone Ranger

as Wade Tanner