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Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

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).

Personal information

Birthday

1891-08-21

Birth Place

Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

Movies and TV shows :

70,000 Witnesses

70,000 Witnesses

1932

4.8

Movie
A Girl in Every Port

A Girl in Every Port

1928

6.3

Movie
A Successful Failure

A Successful Failure

1934

4.0

Movie
Abandoned

Abandoned

1949

6.2

Movie
poster

Adventures of Superman

1952

6.7

TV
Apache Chief

Apache Chief

1949

5.0

Movie
Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955

7.3

Movie
Bad Lands

Bad Lands

1939

3.7

Movie
Bad Men of the Border

Bad Men of the Border

1945

5.0

Movie
Bar 20

Bar 20

1943

3.8

Movie
poster

Bat Masterson

1958

6.3

TV
Battling Butler

Battling Butler

1926

6.7

Movie
Beau Geste

Beau Geste

1939

6.9

Movie
Belle of the Yukon

Belle of the Yukon

1944

4.7

Movie
Big Brown Eyes

Big Brown Eyes

1936

6.3

Movie
Black Orchids

Black Orchids

1917

1.0

Movie
Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

1941

6.4

Movie
Bobbed Hair

Bobbed Hair

1925

0.0

Movie
Bordertown Trail

Bordertown Trail

1944

0.0

Movie
Broadway Bad

Broadway Bad

1933

5.0

Movie
poster

Bronco

1958

4.8

TV
Brothers

Brothers

1930

0.0

Movie
Brothers in the Saddle

Brothers in the Saddle

1949

5.0

Movie
Buckskin Frontier

Buckskin Frontier

1943

6.0

Movie
Burn 'Em Up Barnes

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

1934

5.2

Movie
Burning Up

Burning Up

1930

3.5

Movie
California Passage

California Passage

1950

4.0

Movie
Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage

1946

6.6

Movie
Captain Caution

Captain Caution

1940

5.3

Movie
Captain Fly-by-Night

Captain Fly-by-Night

1922

0.0

Movie
Carmen

Carmen

1913

0.0

Movie
poster

Cavalcade of America

1952

3.5

TV
Cheyenne Wildcat

Cheyenne Wildcat

1944

4.0

Movie
Corpus Christi Bandits

Corpus Christi Bandits

1945

0.0

Movie
Criminal Lawyer

Criminal Lawyer

1937

5.9

Movie
Dangerous Paradise

Dangerous Paradise

1930

4.0

Movie
Dangerous Venture

Dangerous Venture

1947

0.0

Movie
Daughter of the Jungle

Daughter of the Jungle

1949

4.3

Movie
Devil's Playground

Devil's Playground

1937

6.0

Movie
Diamond Jim

Diamond Jim

1935

6.0

Movie
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Dig That Uranium

Dig That Uranium

1955

2.7

Movie
Duel at Apache Wells

Duel at Apache Wells

1957

4.0

Movie
Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

1946

6.3

Movie
Fort Massacre

Fort Massacre

1958

6.0

Movie
Fort Osage

Fort Osage

1952

6.0

Movie
Gene Autry and the Mounties

Gene Autry and the Mounties

1951

6.0

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Girl in Danger

Girl in Danger

1934

0.0

Movie
Girl Overboard

Girl Overboard

1929

0.0

Movie
Go Straight!

Go Straight!

1925

0.0

Movie
Going Up

Going Up

1923

0.0

Movie
Great Stagecoach Robbery

Great Stagecoach Robbery

1945

0.0

Movie
Green Hell

Green Hell

1940

4.0

Movie
Gun Law

Gun Law

1938

4.5

Movie
poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.4

TV
Hidden Valley

Hidden Valley

1932

6.0

Movie
poster

Highway Patrol

1955

5.8

TV
Honor of the Mounted

Honor of the Mounted

1932

0.0

Movie
Idiot's Delight

Idiot's Delight

1939

5.8

Movie
If I Were King

If I Were King

1938

6.7

Movie
In Line of Duty

In Line of Duty

1931

0.0

Movie
In Spite of Danger

In Spite of Danger

1935

1.0

Movie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

7.0

Movie
Kickin' the Crown Around

Kickin' the Crown Around

1933

6.5

Movie
poster

Lassie

1954

6.1

TV
Last Stagecoach West

Last Stagecoach West

1957

4.3

Movie
poster

Law of the Plainsman

1959

6.0

TV
poster

Lawman

1958

5.4

TV
Life in Hollywood No. 4

Life in Hollywood No. 4

1927

0.0

Movie
Look Your Best

Look Your Best

1923

0.0

Movie
Love's Prisoner

Love's Prisoner

1919

5.7

Movie
Lumberjack

Lumberjack

1944

6.0

Movie
Magnificent Doll

Magnificent Doll

1946

5.9

Movie
Mary of the Movies

Mary of the Movies

1923

0.0

Movie
poster

Maverick

1957

6.8

TV
Men of the Timberland

Men of the Timberland

1941

0.0

Movie
Mississippi

Mississippi

1935

6.7

Movie
Monte Cristo

Monte Cristo

1922

6.4

Movie
Morocco

Morocco

1930

6.3

Movie
Mr. Dolan of New York

Mr. Dolan of New York

1917

0.0

Movie
poster

Mr. Lucky

1959

7.0

TV
Mummy's Boys

Mummy's Boys

1936

4.7

Movie
poster

My Friend Flicka

1955

5.7

TV
My Lady of Whims

My Lady of Whims

1925

5.1

Movie
My Pal Trigger

My Pal Trigger

1946

5.9

Movie
Mystery Man

Mystery Man

1944

4.0

Movie
Mystery of the Riverboat

Mystery of the Riverboat

1944

6.0

Movie
Night Flight

Night Flight

1933

5.8

Movie
Night Train to Memphis

Night Train to Memphis

1946

0.0

Movie
Nomads of the North

Nomads of the North

1920

5.5

Movie
North West Mounted Police

North West Mounted Police

1940

6.3

Movie
Notorious

Notorious

1946

7.7

Movie
One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940

5.6

Movie
Operator 13

Operator 13

1934

5.7

Movie
Outlaws of Red River

Outlaws of Red River

1927

0.0

Movie
Panhandle

Panhandle

1948

5.8

Movie
Parole Racket

Parole Racket

1937

0.0

Movie
Pawnee

Pawnee

1957

6.4

Movie
Perils of the Secret Service

Perils of the Secret Service

1917

0.0

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Powder River Rustlers

Powder River Rustlers

1949

0.0

Movie
Prudence on Broadway

Prudence on Broadway

1919

0.0

Movie
Puppets

Puppets

1926

0.0

Movie
Puppets of Fate

Puppets of Fate

1921

0.0

Movie
Rancho Notorious

Rancho Notorious

1952

6.5

Movie
Range War

Range War

1939

0.0

Movie
Red Morning

Red Morning

1934

5.0

Movie
Red Mountain

Red Mountain

1951

6.2

Movie
Rim of the Canyon

Rim of the Canyon

1949

5.2

Movie
River Gang

River Gang

1945

0.0

Movie
Robin and the 7 Hoods

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964

6.0

Movie
Robin Hood of El Dorado

Robin Hood of El Dorado

1936

4.7

Movie
Roll on Texas Moon

Roll on Texas Moon

1946

6.0

Movie
Rose of the Yukon

Rose of the Yukon

1949

0.0

Movie
Saddle Pals

Saddle Pals

1947

5.0

Movie
Sadie McKee

Sadie McKee

1934

7.0

Movie
Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers

1930

5.0

Movie
Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1949

6.5

Movie
Satan in Sables

Satan in Sables

1925

0.0

Movie
poster

Science Fiction Theatre

1955

6.6

TV
Screen Tests for Faust

Screen Tests for Faust

1923

0.0

Movie
So This Is Marriage?

So This Is Marriage?

1924

0.0

Movie
Son of a Badman

Son of a Badman

1949

0.0

Movie
Son of God’s Country

Son of God’s Country

1948

0.0

Movie
South of the Rio Grande

South of the Rio Grande

1945

0.0

Movie
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

1933

1.0

Movie
poster

Stories of the Century

1954

5.7

TV
Straightaway

Straightaway

1933

0.0

Movie
Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo

1940

7.0

Movie
Strange Confession

Strange Confession

1945

6.8

Movie
Strange Gamble

Strange Gamble

1948

0.0

Movie
poster

Sugarfoot

1957

4.8

TV
Tangier

Tangier

1946

6.2

Movie
Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men

1955

5.8

Movie
Terror Trail

Terror Trail

1933

0.0

Movie
Texas Buddies

Texas Buddies

1932

6.0

Movie
Texas Masquerade

Texas Masquerade

1944

0.0

Movie
poster

The Adventures of Champion

1955

5.3

TV
poster

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

3.7

TV
poster

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

5.3

TV
poster

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

4.5

TV
The Arizona Express

The Arizona Express

1924

5.6

Movie
The Bandits of Corsica

The Bandits of Corsica

1953

5.8

Movie
The Big Fisherman

The Big Fisherman

1959

4.5

Movie
The Bold Frontiersman

The Bold Frontiersman

1948

0.0

Movie
The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

1938

6.4

Movie
The Buster

The Buster

1923

0.0

Movie
The Call of the North

The Call of the North

1921

0.0

Movie
The Carnation Kid

The Carnation Kid

1929

0.0

Movie
The Carson City Kid

The Carson City Kid

1940

5.5

Movie
The Catman of Paris

The Catman of Paris

1946

5.5

Movie
The Confession

The Confession

1920

5.0

Movie
The Courageous Coward

The Courageous Coward

1919

0.0

Movie
The Dead Don't Dream

The Dead Don't Dream

1948

0.0

Movie
poster

The Deputy

1959

6.2

TV
The Desert's Toll

The Desert's Toll

1926

0.0

Movie
The Devil at His Elbow

The Devil at His Elbow

1916

0.0

Movie
The Devil's in Love

The Devil's in Love

1933

6.0

Movie
The Devil's Pipeline

The Devil's Pipeline

1940

6.0

Movie
The Devil's Playground

The Devil's Playground

1946

7.0

Movie
The Drag Net

The Drag Net

1928

6.0

Movie
The Express Messenger

The Express Messenger

1915

0.0

Movie
The Gang Buster

The Gang Buster

1931

5.8

Movie
The Gates of Doom

The Gates of Doom

1917

0.0

Movie
The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride

1934

5.8

Movie
poster

The Gene Autry Show

1950

4.8

TV
The Ghost Flower

The Ghost Flower

1918

0.0

Movie
The Girl from Alaska

The Girl from Alaska

1942

6.0

Movie
The Golden Snare

The Golden Snare

1921

0.0

Movie
The Gun Woman

The Gun Woman

1918

0.0

Movie
The Guns of Fort Petticoat

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957

6.3

Movie
The Hunted Woman

The Hunted Woman

1925

0.0

Movie
The Invisible Informer

The Invisible Informer

1946

6.0

Movie
The Kansan

The Kansan

1943

5.2

Movie
The Kid from Kansas

The Kid from Kansas

1941

0.0

Movie
The Lawyer's Secret

The Lawyer's Secret

1931

5.8

Movie
The Legion of the Condemned

The Legion of the Condemned

1928

0.0

Movie
poster

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

6.7

TV
The Light That Failed

The Light That Failed

1939

6.0

Movie
The Light Within

The Light Within

1918

0.0

Movie
poster

The Lone Ranger

1949

6.8

TV
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

1940

5.9

Movie
The Love Doctor

The Love Doctor

1917

0.0

Movie
The Naked Dawn

The Naked Dawn

1955

6.1

Movie
The Nevadan

The Nevadan

1950

5.8

Movie
The Northern Code

The Northern Code

1925

0.0

Movie
The Notorious Lady

The Notorious Lady

1927

7.0

Movie
The Palace of Pleasure

The Palace of Pleasure

1926

0.0

Movie
The Paleface

The Paleface

1948

6.1

Movie
The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline

1947

6.2

Movie
The Plainsman

The Plainsman

1936

6.2

Movie
The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

6.9

Movie
The Raiders

The Raiders

1952

6.2

Movie
poster

The Roy Rogers Show

1951

6.4

TV
The Runaway Bride

The Runaway Bride

1930

5.0

Movie
The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

1940

7.1

Movie
The Sea Wolf

The Sea Wolf

1941

7.1

Movie
The She-Devil

The She-Devil

1916

0.0

Movie
The Soldier and the Lady

The Soldier and the Lady

1937

6.5

Movie
The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953

5.4

Movie
The Temptress

The Temptress

1926

6.5

Movie
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956

7.8

Movie
poster

The Texan

1958

5.5

TV
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1948

6.8

Movie
The Trumpet Blows

The Trumpet Blows

1934

0.0

Movie
The Valley of Hell

The Valley of Hell

1928

0.0

Movie
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
The Voice on the Wire

The Voice on the Wire

1917

6.0

Movie
The Woman Conquers

The Woman Conquers

1922

0.0

Movie
The Woman from Monte Carlo

The Woman from Monte Carlo

1932

5.0

Movie
The Yankee Señor

The Yankee Señor

1926

0.0

Movie
Thunder Over Arizona

Thunder Over Arizona

1956

6.0

Movie
Toton

Toton

1919

0.0

Movie
poster

Trackdown

1957

6.4

TV
Trailing the Killer

Trailing the Killer

1932

4.0

Movie
Trilby

Trilby

1923

0.0

Movie
Trooper O'Neill

Trooper O'Neill

1922

0.0

Movie
Two Gun Marshal

Two Gun Marshal

1953

0.0

Movie
Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939

6.5

Movie
Valley of the Sun

Valley of the Sun

1942

5.8

Movie
Voice in the Night

Voice in the Night

1934

0.0

Movie
Walk the Proud Land

Walk the Proud Land

1956

6.1

Movie
poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

6.9

TV
West Point of the Air

West Point of the Air

1935

6.0

Movie
White Fang

White Fang

1936

6.0

Movie
poster

Wichita Town

1959

4.2

TV
Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

1942

4.7

Movie
Wild West Days

Wild West Days

1937

0.0

Movie
Woman in Hiding

Woman in Hiding

1950

6.2

Movie
Woman-Wise

Woman-Wise

1937

0.0

Movie
Wyoming

Wyoming

1940

5.9

Movie
Zorro's Black Whip

Zorro's Black Whip

1944

5.2

Movie