Francis McDonald
Known for: Acting
Born: August 21, 1891
Died: September 18, 1968
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
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7.1
The Great Race
1965
6.2
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
6.5
The Virginian
1962
6.7
Mr. Lucky
1959
7.3
Law of the Plainsman
1959
4.9
Wichita Town
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
5.1
The Big Fisherman
1959
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
6.0
The Texan
1958
6.0
Bronco
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.2
Fort Massacre
1958
6.9
Trackdown
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.2
Pawnee
1957
5.5
Last Stagecoach West
1957
6.3
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957
6.0
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
7.8
The Ten Commandments
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.9
Walk the Proud Land
1956
6.3
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
4.3
Dig That Uranium
1955
6.2
The Naked Dawn
1955
6.2
Highway Patrol
1955
6.2
My Friend Flicka
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Champion
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.3
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
5.9
Ten Wanted Men
1955
7.3
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
6.3
Lassie
1954
7.2
Stories of the Century
1954
9.0
Two Gun Marshal
1953
5.5
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
6.4
The Bandits of Corsica
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.3
The Raiders
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
1952
5.6
Son of Ali Baba
1952
6.5
Rancho Notorious
1952
6.5
Fort Osage
1952
6.8
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
6.7
Red Mountain
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
8.0
Gene Autry and the Mounties
1951
6.0
California Passage
1950
6.2
The Cisco Kid
1950
4.7
The Gene Autry Show
1950
5.9
The Nevadan
1950
6.3
Woman in Hiding
1950
6.6
Samson and Delilah
1949
9.0
Powder River Rustlers
1949
4.8
Apache Chief
1949
6.2
Abandoned
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949
5.2
Rim of the Canyon
1949
9.0
Son of a Badman
1949
5.0
Daughter of the Jungle
1949
5.8
Brothers in the Saddle
1949
7.0
Rose of the Yukon
1949
6.1
The Paleface
1948
6.8
The Three Musketeers
1948
6.5
Strange Gamble
1948
9.0
Son of God’s Country
1948
6.0
The Dead Don't Dream
1948
7.0
The Bold Frontiersman
1948
5.8
Panhandle
1948
6.7
The Perils of Pauline
1947
6.5
Saddle Pals
1947
6.3
Dangerous Venture
1947
6.4
Duel in the Sun
1946
6.1
Magnificent Doll
1946
6.3
The Devil's Playground
1946
6.2
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
7.7
Notorious
1946
8.0
The Invisible Informer
1946
6.7
Canyon Passage
1946
9.0
Night Train to Memphis
1946
5.5
My Pal Trigger
1946
6.5
Tangier
1946
5.6
The Catman of Paris
1946
6.8
Strange Confession
1945
9.0
River Gang
1945
7.0
South of the Rio Grande
1945
5.5
Bad Men of the Border
1945
9.0
Corpus Christi Bandits
1945
7.0
Great Stagecoach Robbery
1945
5.8
Belle of the Yukon
1944
5.9
Zorro's Black Whip
1944
6.5
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
6.0
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944
7.0
Till We Meet Again
1944
9.0
Bordertown Trail
1944
5.3
Mystery Man
1944
5.8
Lumberjack
1944
6.5
Texas Masquerade
1944
4.9
Bar 20
1943
6.0
The Kansan
1943
7.0
Buckskin Frontier
1943
8.0
The Girl from Alaska
1942
6.3
Valley of the Sun
1942
5.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
8.0
The Kid from Kansas
1941
6.5
Blood and Sand
1941
8.0
Men of the Timberland
1941
7.2
The Sea Wolf
1941
5.8
One Night in the Tropics
1940
6.2
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
7.0
The Devil's Pipeline
1940
6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
6.7
Wyoming
1940
7.2
The Sea Hawk
1940
5.7
Captain Caution
1940
6.2
The Carson City Kid
1940
7.0
Strange Cargo
1940
4.5
Green Hell
1940
5.8
The Light That Failed
1939
6.5
Range War
1939
5.3
Bad Lands
1939
7.0
Beau Geste
1939
6.7
Union Pacific
1939
6.1
Idiot's Delight
1939
7.1
If I Were King
1938
6.3
Gun Law
1938
6.4
The Buccaneer
1938
8.0
Wild West Days
1937
4.8
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
7.3
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
7.0
Parole Racket
1937
6.5
Criminal Lawyer
1937
6.6
Devil's Playground
1937
9.0
Woman-Wise
1937
6.5
The Plainsman
1936
5.0
Mummy's Boys
1936
7.0
White Fang
1936
6.2
Big Brown Eyes
1936
5.2
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
6.9
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
6.5
Diamond Jim
1935
7.0
West Point of the Air
1935
6.8
Mississippi
1935
5.5
In Spite of Danger
19358.0
The Marriage Bargain
1935
5.7
Red Morning
1934
6.0
The Gay Bride
1934
4.3
A Successful Failure
1934
8.0
Girl in Danger
1934
5.6
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1934
5.9
Operator 13
1934
7.0
Sadie McKee
1934
3.5
The Line-Up
1934
6.0
The Trumpet Blows
1934
7.0
Voice in the Night
1934
8.0
Straightaway
1933
5.6
Night Flight
19338.3
Kickin' the Crown Around
1933
6.0
The Devil's in Love
1933
1.0
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933
5.3
Broadway Bad
1933
7.0
Terror Trail
1933
5.3
The Devil Is Driving
1932
7.0
Texas Buddies
1932
7.0
Trailing the Killer
1932
7.5
Hidden Valley
1932
5.7
70,000 Witnesses
1932
7.0
Honor of the Mounted
1932
6.3
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932
7.0
In Line of Duty
1931
6.2
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
6.1
The Gang Buster
1931
6.4
Morocco
1930
9.0
Brothers
1930
5.5
Safety in Numbers
1930
6.2
The Runaway Bride
1930
4.3
Dangerous Paradise
1930
5.3
Burning Up
1930
9.0
Girl Overboard
1929
10.0
The Carnation Kid
1929
6.8
The Viking
1928
7.0
Forgotten Faces
1928
6.5
The Drag Net
1928
10.0
The Legion of the Condemned
1928
6.0
A Girl in Every Port
1928
8.0
The Valley of Hell
1928
10.0
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
10.0
Outlaws of Red River
1927
7.5
The Notorious Lady
1927
8.0
The Wreck
1927
7.0
The Desert's Toll
1926
6.7
The Temptress
1926
6.7
Battling Butler
19267.0
Puppets
1926
8.0
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
7.0
The Palace of Pleasure
1926
10.0
The Yankee Señor
1926
5.4
My Lady of Whims
1925
10.0
Bobbed Hair
1925
10.0
Satan in Sables
1925
8.0
The Northern Code
1925
7.0
Go Straight!
19258.0
The Hunted Woman
1925
7.0
So This Is Marriage?
1924
9.0
East of Broadway
1924
6.2
The Arizona Express
1924
NR
Faust and Marguerite Test Footage
1923
9.0
Going Up
1923
10.0
Trilby
1923
8.0
Mary of the Movies
1923
8.0
The Buster
1923
9.0
Look Your Best
1923
6.8
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922
10.0
The Woman Conquers
1922
6.5
Monte Cristo
1922
9.0
Trooper O'Neill
19229.0
The Call of the North
1921
7.0
The Golden Snare
19218.0
Puppets of Fate
1921
8.0
The Kentucky Colonel
1920
5.7
Nomads of the North
1920
6.7
The Confession
1920
10.0
Prudence on Broadway
1919
7.0
Pretty Smooth
1919
5.9
Love's Prisoner
1919
9.0
His Debt
1919
9.0
The Final Close-Up
1919
8.0
The Courageous Coward
1919
8.0
Toton
1919
NR
Tony America
1918
NR
The Ghost Flower
1918NR
The Hand at the Window
1918
NR
The Answer
1918
NR
Real Folks
1918
NR
The Light Within
1918
NR
The Gun Woman
1918
NR
The Love Doctor
1917
NR
The Gray Ghost
1917
NR
Mr. Dolan of New York
1917
6.0
The Voice on the Wire
1917
9.0
Perils of the Secret Service
1917
NR
The Gates of Doom
1917
1.0
Black Orchids
1917
7.1
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
NR
The Devil at His Elbow
1916NR
The She-Devil
19168.0
The Express Messenger
1915
NR
St. Elmo
1914
8.0
Carmen
1913