Francis McDonald
Acting • Born 1891-08-21 – Died 1968-09-18
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, 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
265 credits
Parole Racket
Movie • 1937
Nat Beldon
Dig That Uranium
Movie • 1955
The Indian Chief
Panhandle
Movie • 1948
Crump
Satan in Sables
Movie • 1925
Emile
The Gates of Doom
Movie • 1917
Jang Sattib
Mr. Dolan of New York
Movie • 1917
'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)
Voice in the Night
Movie • 1934
Henchman Jackson
The Sea Wolf
Movie • 1941
Svenson
The Woman Conquers
Movie • 1922
Lawatha, Indian Guide
The Call of the North
Movie • 1921
Achille Picard
Rancho Notorious
Movie • 1952
Harbin
Terror Trail
Movie • 1933
Tad McPherson
The Courageous Coward
Movie • 1919
Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
Love's Prisoner
Movie • 1919
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Buster
Movie • 1923
Swing
The Golden Snare
Movie • 1921
Pierre Thoreau
Mary of the Movies
Movie • 1923
James Seiler
The Hunted Woman
Movie • 1925
Joe De Bar
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Movie • 1927
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Movie • 1934
Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]
The Kansan
Movie • 1943
Gil Hatton
Trooper O'Neill
Movie • 1922
Pierre
Texas Masquerade
Movie • 1944
Sam Nolan
Mystery Man
Movie • 1944
Bert Rogan
Lumberjack
Movie • 1944
Clyde Fenwick
Battling Butler
Movie • 1926
Alfred 'Battling' Butler
Roll on Texas Moon
Movie • 1946
Steve Anders
North West Mounted Police
Movie • 1940
Louis Riel
The Nevadan
Movie • 1950
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Thunder Over Arizona
Movie • 1956
Pliny Warren
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie • 1936
John Wilkes Booth
Fort Massacre
Movie • 1958
Piute Man
The Catman of Paris
Movie • 1946
Devereaux
Monte Cristo
Movie • 1922
Benedetto
The Bandits of Corsica
Movie • 1953
Grisha
The Voice on the Wire
Movie • 1917
'Red' Warren
Criminal Lawyer
Movie • 1937
Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
Go Straight!
Movie • 1925
The Dove
Perils of the Secret Service
Movie • 1917
(Episode #3)
The Naked Dawn
Movie • 1955
Railroad guard
If I Were King
Movie • 1938
Casin Cholet
Buckskin Frontier
Movie • 1943
Duval
Tangier
Movie • 1946
Sanchez
Zorro's Black Whip
Movie • 1944
Dan Hammond
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Movie • 1934
Ray Ridpath - Henchman
Duel at Apache Wells
Movie • 1957
Joe Dunn
The Light That Failed
Movie • 1939
George
The Temptress
Movie • 1926
Timoteo
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Movie • 1953
Frank
The Legion of the Condemned
Movie • 1928
Gonzolo Vasquez
The Lawyer's Secret
Movie • 1931
The Weasel
Bad Lands
Movie • 1939
Manuel Lopez
Mystery of the Riverboat
Movie • 1944
Batiste
Dangerous Paradise
Movie • 1930
Ricardo
Abandoned
Movie • 1949
Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Gen. Dodge
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Movie • 1932
Karkuff
Ten Wanted Men
Movie • 1955
Straightaway
Movie • 1933
Rogan
Woman-Wise
Movie • 1937
Charley (uncredited)
The Runaway Bride
Movie • 1930
Barney Black
Burning Up
Movie • 1930
'Bullet' McGhan
Broadway Bad
Movie • 1933
Charley Davis
Rose of the Yukon
Movie • 1949
Alaskan
The Carnation Kid
Movie • 1929
The Carnation Kid
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie • 1964
Old Man at Robbo's Club
Samson and Delilah
Movie • 1949
Story Teller
Trailing the Killer
Movie • 1932
Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
Red Morning
Movie • 1934
Sakki
The Raiders
Movie • 1952
Mr. John Cummings
Wild West Days
Movie • 1937
Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7
Blood and Sand
Movie • 1941
Manolo's Friend (uncredited)
Puppets
Movie • 1926
Bruno
Daughter of the Jungle
Movie • 1949
Montu
The Devil's Pipeline
Movie • 1940
Gaddi Sang
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Movie • 1933
Henchman (as Frances McDonald)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Movie • 1936
Pedro
Safety in Numbers
Movie • 1930
Phil Kemptom
The Plainsman
Movie • 1936
A River Gambler
The Devil's in Love
Movie • 1933
Officer Reading Verdict
Captain Fly-by-Night
Movie • 1922
Second Stranger
Mummy's Boys
Movie • 1936
Rasheed Bey
West Point of the Air
Movie • 1935
Civilian Pilot
Devil's Playground
Movie • 1937
Romano
Black Orchids
Movie • 1917
George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
Mississippi
Movie • 1935
Gambler (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Flight Captain
White Fang
Movie • 1936
Suds
Beau Geste
Movie • 1939
Arab Scout (uncredited)
The Valley of Hell
Movie • 1928
Creighton Steele
The Love Doctor
Movie • 1917
Hildreth
My Lady of Whims
Movie • 1925
Rolf
The Palace of Pleasure
Movie • 1926
Captain Fernandez
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Movie • 1940
Santos the Portuguese
Two Gun Marshal
Movie • 1953
Blake Cody
Belle of the Yukon
Movie • 1944
Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)
Girl in Danger
Movie • 1934
Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)
A Girl in Every Port
Movie • 1928
Circus Manager
Woman in Hiding
Movie • 1950
North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)
Green Hell
Movie • 1940
Gracco
Morocco
Movie • 1930
Sergeant Tatoche
Bad Day at Black Rock
Movie • 1955
Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
Notorious
Movie • 1946
Man (uncredited)
The Kid from Kansas
Movie • 1941
Cesar
Wyoming
Movie • 1940
Dawson - Henchman
The Carson City Kid
Movie • 1940
Laramie
The Northern Code
Movie • 1925
Raoul La Fane
Range War
Movie • 1939
Morgan
Bordertown Trail
Movie • 1944
Matthews
Strange Gamble
Movie • 1948
Henchman Longhorn
Powder River Rustlers
Movie • 1949
Shears Williams
The Dead Don't Dream
Movie • 1948
Bart Lansing
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie • 1916
Extra (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1948
The Sea Hawk
Movie • 1940
Kroner
Strange Cargo
Movie • 1940
Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
Dangerous Venture
Movie • 1947
Kane
One Night in the Tropics
Movie • 1940
Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
Captain Caution
Movie • 1940
French Seaman in Pub
Look Your Best
Movie • 1923
Alberto Cabotto
Brothers in the Saddle
Movie • 1949
Hoyt Parker
California Passage
Movie • 1950
County Recorder Joe Kane
The Invisible Informer
Movie • 1946
Jules Ravelle
Night Train to Memphis
Movie • 1946
Doctor
Diamond Jim
Movie • 1935
Gambler
Gene Autry and the Mounties
Movie • 1951
Batiste
The She-Devil
Movie • 1916
Albert Alwain
Cheyenne Wildcat
Movie • 1944
Jim Douglas
Great Stagecoach Robbery
Movie • 1945
Con Hollister
Fort Osage
Movie • 1952
Osage Chief
My Pal Trigger
Movie • 1946
Storekeeper
Saddle Pals
Movie • 1947
Sheriff
The Ten Commandments
Movie • 1956
Simon
Bad Men of the Border
Movie • 1945
Captain Jose Garcia
Corpus Christi Bandits
Movie • 1945
Dad Christie
South of the Rio Grande
Movie • 1945
Torres
The Bold Frontiersman
Movie • 1948
Adam Post
Son of God’s Country
Movie • 1948
Tom Ford
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie • 1942
Kidnapper
Valley of the Sun
Movie • 1942
Governor's Interpreter (uncredited)
Rim of the Canyon
Movie • 1949
Charlie Lewis
Gun Law
Movie • 1938
Henchman Nevada
Son of a Badman
Movie • 1949
Joe Christ
Bar 20
Movie • 1943
Quirt Rankin
Pawnee
Movie • 1957
Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
The Gun Woman
Movie • 1918
The Gent
Texas Buddies
Movie • 1932
Blake
The Confession
Movie • 1920
Tom Bartlett
The Soldier and the Lady
Movie • 1937
Chieftain (Uncredited)
The Gay Bride
Movie • 1934
Detroit gangster (uncredited)
Girl Overboard
Movie • 1929
Francisco
Bobbed Hair
Movie • 1925
Pooch
Going Up
Movie • 1923
Jules Gaillard
The Buccaneer
Movie • 1938
Camden Blount
The Paleface
Movie • 1948
Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
The Big Fisherman
Movie • 1959
Scribe Spokesman
Outlaws of Red River
Movie • 1927
Ben Tanner
The Arizona Express
Movie • 1924
Victor Johnson
The Gang Buster
Movie • 1931
Pete Caltek
Night Flight
Movie • 1933
Radioman (uncredited)
River Gang
Movie • 1945
Indignant Man
Nomads of the North
Movie • 1920
Buck McDougall
The Ghost Flower
Movie • 1918
Operator 13
Movie • 1934
Denton (uncredited)
The Desert's Toll
Movie • 1926
Frank Darwin
Men of the Timberland
Movie • 1941
Jean Collet
The Notorious Lady
Movie • 1927
Manuela Silvera
The Girl from Alaska
Movie • 1942
Pelly
70,000 Witnesses
Movie • 1932
Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
Trilby
Movie • 1923
Geko
Puppets of Fate
Movie • 1921
Gabriel Palombra
Magnificent Doll
Movie • 1946
Jenks (uncredited)
Strange Confession
Movie • 1945
Hernandez
The Devil's Playground
Movie • 1946
Roberts
Walk the Proud Land
Movie • 1956
The Shaman (uncredited)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Movie • 1957
Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
Last Stagecoach West
Movie • 1957
Old Man Colter
In Spite of Danger
Movie • 1935
Race Driver
The Yankee Señor
Movie • 1926
Juan Gutiérrez
The Drag Net
Movie • 1928
Sniper Dawson
The Devil at His Elbow
Movie • 1916
Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)
Duel in the Sun
Movie • 1946
Gambler (uncredited)
Apache Chief
Movie • 1949
Mohaska
So This Is Marriage?
Movie • 1924
Smith
The Trumpet Blows
Movie • 1934
Vega
Carmen
Movie • 1913
Don Jose
Big Brown Eyes
Movie • 1936
Malley (Uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline
Movie • 1947
Western Saloon Set Heavy
Red Mountain
Movie • 1951
Marshal Roberts
Toton
Movie • 1919
Pierre
Prudence on Broadway
Movie • 1919
Grayson Mills
Hidden Valley
Movie • 1932
Frank Gavin
In Line of Duty
Movie • 1931
Jacques Dupres
A Successful Failure
Movie • 1934
Radical Speaker
Honor of the Mounted
Movie • 1932
Jean La Train
Brothers
Movie • 1930
Tony
Canyon Passage
Movie • 1946
Cobb (uncredited)
Screen Tests for Faust
Movie • 1923
Kickin' the Crown Around
Movie • 1933
Disputin
The Light Within
Movie • 1918
Dr. Green
Sadie McKee
Movie • 1934
Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Express Messenger
Movie • 1915
Dave Snowden
The Last Train from Madrid
Movie • 1937
Mora (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
Movie • 1932
Ticker (uncredited)
The Viking
Movie • 1928
Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
Forgotten Faces
Movie • 1928
East of Broadway
Movie • 1924
Professor Mario
The Great Race
Movie • 1965
Russian (uncredited)
The Bar-C Mystery
Movie • 1926
His Debt
Movie • 1919
Blair Whitcomb
Son of Ali Baba
Movie • 1952
Palace Official (uncredited)
Pretty Smooth
Movie • 1919
Jimmy Hartigan
The Gray Ghost
Movie • 1917
Williams
Real Folks
Movie • 1918
Jimmie Dugan
The Answer
Movie • 1918
Guido Garcia
The Kentucky Colonel
Movie • 1920
Philip Burwood
Till We Meet Again
Movie • 1944
Cart Driver (uncredited)
The Final Close-Up
Movie • 1919
Jimmie Norton
The Wreck
Movie • 1927
St. Elmo
Movie • 1914
Murray Hammond
The Marriage Bargain
Movie • 1935
Ben Ainsley
The Line-Up
Movie • 1934
Trigger - Henchman
Tony America
Movie • 1918
Tony America
Trackdown
TV • 1957
Science Fiction Theatre
TV • 1955
Mr. Lucky
TV • 1959
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Capt. Noble
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Pecos Kid
Lassie
TV • 1954
The Adventures of Champion
TV • 1955
Will Calhoun
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Gotch (as Francis MacDonald)
The Adventures of Champion
TV • 1955
Grubstake Smith
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Saul Weintraub
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
The Gene Autry Show
TV • 1950
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Bronco
TV • 1958
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
The Deputy
TV • 1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Juan Hernandez
Lawman
TV • 1958
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Pete Stone
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Winkler
Law of the Plainsman
TV • 1959
Watkins
The Texan
TV • 1958
Wichita Town
TV • 1959
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Calaveras Kid
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Yancey Hatton
The Roy Rogers Show
TV • 1951
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Wade Tanner
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
My Friend Flicka
TV • 1955
Maverick
TV • 1957
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Jericho Dooley
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Storekeeper
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Liveryman
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Walter 'Salty' Sims
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Peg-Leg Jasper
Highway Patrol
TV • 1955
Charlie Barrett
Stories of the Century
TV • 1954
Sheriff
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
William Wethered
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Gen. Lawrence
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Chief Gray Horse
The Texan
TV • 1958
Sheriff