Frank McGlynn Sr.
Acting • Born 1866-10-26 – Died 1951-05-18
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.
Filmography
78 credits
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie • 1936
Gamut
The Secret Six
Movie • 1931
Judge
Gloria's Romance
Movie • 1916
Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
The Jazz Cinderella
Movie • 1930
Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
Little Miss Marker
Movie • 1934
Doc Chesley
The Girl of the Golden West
Movie • 1938
Pete - Gambler
Broadway Melody of 1938
Movie • 1937
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
The Littlest Rebel
Movie • 1935
President Abraham Lincoln
King of the Royal Mounted
Movie • 1936
Henry Dundas
Captain Blood
Movie • 1935
Reverend Ogle
Are We Civilized?
Movie • 1934
Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
Third Finger, Left Hand
Movie • 1940
Judge Holman (uncredited)
Sudden Bill Dorn
Movie • 1937
Cap Jinks
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie • 1936
Abraham Lincoln
Three Girls About Town
Movie • 1941
Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Through Turbulent Waters
Movie • 1915
Bill Ford
Rough and Ready
Movie • 1918
The Siwash
Why America Will Win
Movie • 1918
John F. Pershing
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Movie • 1915
Abraham Lincoln
Strange Glory
Movie • 1938
Abraham Lincoln
Western Gold
Movie • 1937
Abraham Lincoln
Career Woman
Movie • 1936
Sheriff Duncan
The Lone Ranger
Movie • 1938
Abraham Lincoln
Hello, Everybody!
Movie • 1933
Jonathan Reed
Rogues' Gallery
Movie • 1944
Blake
Good News
Movie • 1930
Professor Kenyon
Search for Beauty
Movie • 1934
Rev. Rankin
Massacre
Movie • 1934
Missionary
The Caillaux Case
Movie • 1918
Emperor William of Germany
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Movie • 1917
The Plumber
Folies Bergère de Paris
Movie • 1935
Joseph
The Plainsman
Movie • 1936
Abraham Lincoln
Unknown Valley
Movie • 1933
Head Elder
Vanity Fair
Movie • 1915
Captain William Dobbin
Outlawed Guns
Movie • 1935
Jingle
Wells Fargo
Movie • 1937
Lincoln
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Movie • 1941
Hoffman
Two Men
Movie • 1912
Min and Bill
Movie • 1930
Mr. Southard
It's A Small World
Movie • 1935
Snake Brown Jr.
Love Affair
Movie • 1939
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Movie • 1939
Lincolnesque Actor
Lincoln in the White House
Movie • 1939
Abraham Lincoln
Across the Great Divide
Movie • 1915
The Bandit
Huckleberry Finn
Movie • 1931
Second teacher (uncredited)
The Argyle Case
Movie • 1917
John Argyle
For the Service
Movie • 1936
Jim, a Scout
Hollywood Barn Dance
Movie • 1947
Hiram Tubb
Sing and Be Happy
Movie • 1937
Sheriff
Syncopation
Movie • 1942
Boom Town
Movie • 1940
Deacon
By Fire and Water
Movie • 1913
Sergeant York
Movie • 1941
Mountaineer (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie • 1941
Panky Pankington
Hi-Yo Silver
Movie • 1940
Abraham Lincoln
In Old California
Movie • 1942
Undetermined Minor Role
North of Nome
Movie • 1936
U. S. Marshal
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Movie • 1933
Amos Winterslip
These Three
Movie • 1936
Judge (uncredited)
March On, America!
Movie • 1942
Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
The ABC of Love
Movie • 1919
The Innkeeper
The Wet Parade
Movie • 1932
Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
The Mad Empress
Movie • 1939
President Abraham Lincoln
Joaquin Murrieta
Movie • 1938
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Roaring West
Movie • 1935
Jinglebob Morgan
Delinquent Daughters
Movie • 1944
Judge Craig
Alexia's Strategy
Movie • 1913
Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
The Great Barrier
Movie • 1937
Sir John Macdonald
Lost in the Stratosphere
Movie • 1934
Colonel Worthington
Who Will Marry Mary?
Movie • 1913
The Bells
Movie • 1913
Leo Noakes
Parnell
Movie • 1937
Pat Hogan
Frisco Jenny
Movie • 1933
Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
The Silent Partner
Movie • 1931
Abraham Lincoln
Movie • 1924
Abraham Lincoln
Trail Street
Movie • 1947
Tim McKeon (uncredited)
The Accidental Honeymoon
Movie • 1918
Farmer Perkins
The Honeymoon's Over
Movie • 1939
Thin Man