
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Biography
Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Known For
Captain Blood
Reverend Ogle
Sergeant York
Mountaineer (uncredited)
Love Affair
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Boom Town
Deacon
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Abraham Lincoln
These Three
Judge (uncredited)
The Last of the Mohicans
Gamut
The Plainsman
Abraham Lincoln
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Filmography
Acting (78)
Movies (78)
Trail Street
1947as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
Hollywood Barn Dance
1947as Hiram Tubb
Delinquent Daughters
1944as Judge Craig
Rogues' Gallery
1944as Blake
March On, America!
1942as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
Syncopation
1942
In Old California
1942as Undetermined Minor Role
Sergeant York
1941as Mountaineer (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
1941as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941as Hoffman
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941as Panky Pankington
Boom Town
1940as Deacon
Hi-Yo Silver
1940as Abraham Lincoln
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940as Judge Holman (uncredited)
Love Affair
1939as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Lincoln in the White House
1939as Abraham Lincoln
Second Fiddle
1939as Lincolnesque Actor
The Mad Empress
1939as President Abraham Lincoln
The Honeymoon's Over
1939as Thin Man
Joaquin Murrieta
1938as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Strange Glory
1938as Abraham Lincoln
The Lone Ranger
1938as Abraham Lincoln
The Girl of the Golden West
1938as Pete - Gambler
The Great Barrier
1937as Sir John Macdonald
Parnell
1937as Pat Hogan
Western Gold
1937as Abraham Lincoln
Wells Fargo
1937as Lincoln
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Sing and Be Happy
1937as Sheriff
Sudden Bill Dorn
1937as Cap Jinks
For the Service
1936as Jim, a Scout
The Last of the Mohicans
1936as Gamut
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936as Abraham Lincoln
The Plainsman
1936as Abraham Lincoln
These Three
1936as Judge (uncredited)
North of Nome
1936as U. S. Marshal
King of the Royal Mounted
1936as Henry Dundas
Career Woman
1936as Sheriff Duncan
It's A Small World
1935as Snake Brown Jr.
The Roaring West
1935as Jinglebob Morgan
Captain Blood
1935as Reverend Ogle
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935as Joseph
The Littlest Rebel
1935as President Abraham Lincoln
Outlawed Guns
1935as Jingle
Are We Civilized?
1934as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934as Colonel Worthington
Massacre
1934as Missionary
Little Miss Marker
1934as Doc Chesley
Search for Beauty
1934as Rev. Rankin
Hello, Everybody!
1933as Jonathan Reed
Unknown Valley
1933as Head Elder
Frisco Jenny
1933as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933as Amos Winterslip
The Wet Parade
1932as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
The Secret Six
1931as Judge
Huckleberry Finn
1931as Second teacher (uncredited)
The Silent Partner
1931
The Jazz Cinderella
1930as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
Good News
1930as Professor Kenyon
Min and Bill
1930as Mr. Southard
Abraham Lincoln
1924as Abraham Lincoln
The ABC of Love
1919as The Innkeeper
Why America Will Win
1918as John F. Pershing
The Caillaux Case
1918as Emperor William of Germany
Rough and Ready
1918as The Siwash
The Accidental Honeymoon
1918as Farmer Perkins
The Argyle Case
1917as John Argyle
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917as The Plumber
Gloria's Romance
1916as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
Vanity Fair
1915as Captain William Dobbin
Through Turbulent Waters
1915as Bill Ford
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
1915as Abraham Lincoln
Across the Great Divide
1915as The Bandit
By Fire and Water
1913
Alexia's Strategy
1913as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913The Bells
1913as Leo Noakes
Two Men
1912Crew (1)
Movies (1)
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