
J. Farrell MacDonald
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a 41-year career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917. MacDonald was the principal director of L. Frank Baum's Oz Film Manufacturing Company, and he can frequently be seen in the films of Frank Capra, Preston Sturges and, especially, John…
Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Photographer
My Darling Clementine
Mac the barman
Meet John Doe
'Sourpuss'
The Palm Beach Story
Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)
Topper
Policeman
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Filmography
Acting (275)
Movies (275)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997as Self (archive footage)
Superman and the Mole Men
1951as Pop Shannon
Here Comes the Groom
1951as Husband on Airplane (uncredited)
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951as Mr. Kroeger
Woman on the Run
1950as Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950as Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)
Hostile Country
1950as Mr. Lane (uncredited)
The Daltons' Women
1950as Alvin
Dakota Lil
1950as Ellis
Streets of San Francisco
1949as Pop Lockhart
You're My Everything
1949as Doorman (uncredited)
The Dalton Gang
1949as Judge Price
If You Knew Susie
1948as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
1948as Cop (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
1948as Bill Baggs
Shep Comes Home
1948as Sheriff Cap Weatherby
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948as Pops Murphy (uncredited)
Panhandle
1948as Doc Cooper
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948as Doc Benson
The Walls of Jericho
1948as Bailiff (uncredited)
Trouble Preferred
1948as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
Thunder in the Valley
1947as McPherson - Innkeeper
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947as Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Christmas Eve
1947as Policeman (uncredited)
Keeper of the Bees
1947as Postmaster
Web of Danger
1947as Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver
It's a Wonderful Life
1946as Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
1946as Mac the barman
Smoky
1946as Jim, the Cook
Goodbye, Weeds
1946as Gardener
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946as Long-Count Bowman
Fallen Angel
1945as Bank Guard (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945as Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)
Hangover Square
1945as Street Vendor (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
1945as Capt. Angel
Pillow of Death
1945
Circumstantial Evidence
1945as Jury Foreman
Texas Masquerade
1944as John Martindale
Greenwich Village
1944as O'Shea, policeman
The Great Moment
1944as The Priest
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944as Sheriff (uncredited)
Tiger Fangs
1943as Geoffrey MacCardle
True to Life
1943as Man (uncredited)
The Ape Man
1943as Captain O'Brien
Harrigan's Kid
1943as Frank (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
1942as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
Phantom Killer
1942as Police Captain
Reap the Wild Wind
1942as Port Captain
Captains of the Clouds
1942as Dr. Neville
Bowery at Midnight
1942as Capt. Mitchell
The Living Ghost
1942as Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson
Private Snuffy Smith
1942as Gen. Rosewater
One Thrilling Night
1942as Police Sergeant Haggerty
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942as Henry Hathaway
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942as Cop
Riders of the Timberline
1941as Jim Kerrigan
Meet John Doe
1941as 'Sourpuss'
In Old Cheyenne
1941as Tim Casey
The Great Lie
1941as Dr. Ferguson
Broadway Limited
1941as Mulcahey
Law of the Timber
1941as Adams
Stagecoach War
1940as Jeff Chapman
I Take This Oath
1940as Insp. Tim Ryan
Dark Command
1940as Dave
Untamed
1940as Dr. Billar
The Light of Western Stars
1940as Bill Stillwell
Pony Express Days
1940as Nevada Jim
The Last Alarm
1940as Jim Hadley
Knights of the Range
1940as Cappy
Friendly Neighbors
1940as Sheiff Potts
Prairie Law
1940as Sheriff Jim Austin
The Gentleman from Arizona
1939as Wild Bill Coburn
Susannah of the Mounties
1939as Pat O'Hannegan
Zenobia
1939as Judge
Full Confession
1939as Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
1939as Doorman (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
1939as Police Chief (uncredited)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939as Captain
Coast Guard
1939as Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
Mickey the Kid
1939as Sheriff J.J. Willoughby
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939as Craig Dolan
Conspiracy
1939as Captain of the Falcon
Extortion
1938as Coach Pearson
The Crowd Roars
1938as Father Patrick Ryan
The Last Express
1938as William Barton (Detective Agency Head)
Come On, Rangers
1938as Colonel Forbes
Submarine Patrol
1938as CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
Numbered Woman
1938as Capt. Mike Ryan
White Banners
1938as Dr. Thompson
Barefoot Boy
1938as Warden
Gang Bullets
1938as Chief Reardon
There Goes My Heart
1938as Officer
State Police
1938as Charlie Wheeler
Little Orphan Annie
1938as 'Pop' Corrigan
My Old Kentucky Home
1938as Mayor Jim Hopkins
The Game That Kills
1937as Joe Holland
The Great Barrier
1937as Major Rogers
Parnell
1937as Irish Laborer (uncredited)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937as 'Doc' Howe
Topper
1937as Policeman
Flying Fists
1937as Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin
Slim
1937as Pop
County Fair
1937as Calvin Williams
Courage of the West
1937as Buck Saunders
Roaring Timber
1937as Andrew MacKinley
Maid of Salem
1937as Captain of Ship
Slave Ship
1937as Proprietor
The Hit Parade
1937as Sgt. O'Hara
Riffraff
1936as 'Brains'
Show Boat
1936as Windy MacLaine
Florida Special
1936as Harrigan
Exclusive Story
1936as Michael Devlin
Mysterious Crossing
1936as Police Chief Bullock
Shadows of the Orient
1935as Inspector Sullivan
The Irish in Us
1935as Capt. Jackson
Maybe It's Love
1935as The Cop
Front Page Woman
1935as Hallohan
Romance in Manhattan
1935as Murphy
Waterfront Lady
1935as Capt. O'Brien
Swellhead
1935as Umpire
Star of Midnight
1935as Inspector Doremus
The Whole Town's Talking
1935as Prison Warden (uncredited)
Our Little Girl
1935as Hobo
Stormy
1935as Trinidad Dorn
Fighting Youth
1935as Coach Parker
Square Shooter
1935as Sheriff
The Healer
1935as Applejack
The Arizonian
1935as Marshal Andy Jordan
Hitch Hike Lady
1935as Judge Hale
Let 'em Have It
1935as Mr. Keefer
Northern Frontier
1935as Inspector
The Best Man Wins
1935as Captain--Harbor Patrol
Danger Ahead
1935as Harry Cromwell
The Crosby Case
1934as The Doorman--Mike Costello
The Crime Doctor
1934as Kemp
Once to Every Woman
1934as Flannigan
Man of Two Worlds
1934as Michael
Beggar's Holiday
1934as Pop Malloy
The Vanishing Frontier
1933as Waco
Murder on the Campus
1933as Police Capt. Ed Kyne
The Iron Master
1933as J.C. Stillman
Laughing at Life
1933as Prison Warden
I Loved a Woman
1933as Shuster
Peg o' My Heart
1933as Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell
The Working Man
1933as Henry 'Hank' Davis
The Power and the Glory
1933as Mulligan
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933as Himself
Under Secret Orders
1933as John Burke
Myrt and Marge
1933as Grady
Madame Racketeer
1932as John Adams
Me and My Gal
1932as Pop Riley
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932as Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)
Discarded Lovers
1932as Sommers
70,000 Witnesses
1932as State Coach
Heritage of the Desert
1932as Adam Naab
No Man of Her Own
1932as "Dickie" Collins
Men Are Such Fools
1932as Prison Warden Randolph
The Thirteenth Guest
1932as Captain Ryan
The Racing Strain
1932as Mr. Martin
Under Eighteen
1932as Pop Evans
Probation
1932as George Holman
This Sporting Age
1932as Jerry O'Day
The Hurricane Express
1932as Jim Baker
Steady Company
1932as Hogan
Week-End Marriage
1932as Mr. Davis
Scandal for Sale
1932as Treadway
The Pride of the Legion
1932as Chief Scott
Hotel Continental
1932as Detective Martin
Hearts of Humanity
1932as Tom O'Hara
The Phantom Express
1932as D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931as The Coach
Sporting Blood
1931as MacGuire
Woman Hungry
1931as Buzzard
The Millionaire
1931as Dan Lewis
Other Men's Women
1931as Peg-Leg
The Maltese Falcon
1931as Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
The Squaw Man
1931as Big Bill
Touchdown!
1931as Pop Stewart
The Brat
1931as Timson, the butler
The Stolen Jools
1931as Policeman
Stranger in Town
1931as Scout
The Painted Desert
1931as Jeff Cameron
The Easiest Way
1931as Ben Murdock
Too Young to Marry
1931as Rev. Stump
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
1931
The Girl of the Golden West
1930as Sonora Slim
Men without Women
1930as Costello
Song o' My Heart
1930as Rafferty
The Truth About Youth
1930as Colonel Graham
River's End
1930as O'Toole
Masquerade
1929as Joe Hickey
Happy Days
1929as Train Conductor
Masked Emotions
1929as Will Whitten
South Sea Rose
1929as Hackett
Strong Boy
1929as Angus McGregor
The Painted Angel
1929as Pa Hudler
None But the Brave
1928as John Craig
In Old Arizona
1928as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
4 Devils
1928as The Clown
Abie's Irish Rose
1928as Patrick Murphy
Riley the Cop
1928as James 'Aloysius' Riley
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
1928as Patrick Kelly
Bringing Up Father
1928as Jiggs
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927as The Photographer
Ankles Preferred
1927as McGuire
Cradle Snatchers
1927as George Martin
Paid to Love
1927as Peter Roberts
East Side, West Side
1927as Pug Malone
The Family Upstairs
1926as Joe Heller
The Last Frontier
1926as Wild Bill Hickok
The First Year
1926as Mr. Barstow
3 Bad Men
1926as Mike Costigan
The Shamrock Handicap
1926as Con O'Shea
The Country Beyond
1926as Sgt. Cassidy
The Dixie Merchant
1926as Jean Paul Fippany
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926as Sloan
A Trip to Chinatown
1926as Benjamin Strong
The Fighting Heart
1925as Jerry
Thank You
1925as Andy
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925as Mack
Lightnin'
1925as Lemuel Townsend
The Iron Horse
1925as Corporal Casey
Kentucky Pride
1925as Donavan
Let Women Alone
1925as Commodore John Gordon
Those Who Dare
1924The Signal Tower
1924as Pete
The Brass Bowl
1924as Hickey
Gerald Cranston's Lady
1924as Rennie
Western Luck
1924as 'Chuck' Campbell
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924as Duc de Moing (Prologue)
The Storm Daughter
1924as Con Mullaney
While Paris Sleeps
1923
Drifting
1923as Murphy
Fashionable Fakers
1923as Pat O'Donnell
The Age of Desire
1923as Dan Reagan
Racing Hearts
1923as Silas Martin
Quicksands
1923as Col. Patterson
The Bonded Woman
1922as Captain Gaskell
The Young Rajah
1922as Amhad Beg - Prime Minister
Over the Border
1922as Peter Galbraith
Manslaughter
1922as (uncredited)
Come on Over
1922as Michael Morahan
The Bachelor Daddy
1922as Joe Pelton
Sky High
1922as Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)
The Ghost Breaker
1922as Sam Marcum
Tracks
1922as Jack Bess
Riding with Death
1921as Sheriff Pat Garrity
The Freeze-Out
1921as Bobtail McGuire
Desperate Youth
1921
Action
1921as Mormon Peters
Trailin'
1921as Joseph Piotto
The Wallop
1921as Neuces River
Hitchin' Posts
1920as Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald)
The Path She Chose
1920as Father
Bullet Proof
1920as Jim Boone
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
Roped
1919as Butler
Riders of Vengeance
1919as Buell
Marked Men
1919as Tom Placer McGraw
A Sporting Chance
1919as Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
This Hero Stuff
1919as Softnose Smith
Trixie from Broadway
1919as Slim Hayes
A Fight For Love
1919as The Priest
Molly of the Follies
1919as Swannick
$5,000 Reward
1918as Norcross
Fair Enough
1918as Chief of Police Morgan
Rags
1915as Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)
The Calling of Louis Mona
1913
A Timely Repentance
1912as Louis Nordell
The Dream
1911as Secondary Role (uncredited)
'Tween Two Loves
1911as Farmer Howard
The Scarlet Letter
1911The Lighthouse Keeper
1911as The Lighthouse Keeper
The Time-Lock Safe
1910as Office Worker
Crew (8)
Movies (8)
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