Francis McDonald
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-08-21
Day of Death
1968-09-18 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Francis McDonald
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).
Acting
(1964)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Old Man at Robbo's Club
(1959)
The Big Fisherman
as Scribe Spokesman
(1958)
Fort Massacre
as Piute Man
(1957)
Last Stagecoach West
as Old Man Colter
(1957)
Pawnee
as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
(1957)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
(1957)
Duel at Apache Wells
as Joe Dunn
(1956)
The Ten Commandments
as Simon
(1956)
Walk the Proud Land
as The Shaman (uncredited)
(1956)
Thunder Over Arizona
as Pliny Warren
(1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
(1955)
Dig That Uranium
as The Indian Chief
(1955)
(1955)
The Naked Dawn
as Railroad guard
(1953)
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Frank
(1953)
The Bandits of Corsica
as Grisha
(1953)
Two Gun Marshal
as Blake Cody
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
as Harbin
(1952)
Fort Osage
as Osage Chief
(1952)
The Raiders
as Mr. John Cummings
(1951)
Red Mountain
as Marshal Roberts
(1951)
Gene Autry and the Mounties
as Batiste
(1950)
The Nevadan
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
(1950)
California Passage
as County Recorder Joe Kane
(1950)
Woman in Hiding
as North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)
(1949)
Apache Chief
as Mohaska
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
as Story Teller
(1949)
Daughter of the Jungle
as Montu
(1949)
Abandoned
as Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
(1949)
Brothers in the Saddle
as Hoyt Parker
(1949)
Powder River Rustlers
as Shears Williams
(1949)
Son of a Badman
as Joe Christ
(1949)
Rose of the Yukon
as Alaskan
(1949)
Rim of the Canyon
as Charlie Lewis
(1948)
(1948)
The Paleface
as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
(1948)
The Bold Frontiersman
as Adam Post
(1948)
Panhandle
as Crump
(1948)
The Dead Don't Dream
as Bart Lansing
(1948)
Strange Gamble
as Henchman Longhorn
(1948)
Son of God’s Country
as Tom Ford
(1947)
The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Heavy
(1947)
Dangerous Venture
as Kane
(1947)
Saddle Pals
as Sheriff
(1946)
Notorious
as Man (uncredited)
(1946)
Duel in the Sun
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1946)
Magnificent Doll
as Jenks
(1946)
Canyon Passage
as Cobb (uncredited)
(1946)
Night Train to Memphis
as Doctor
(1946)
Tangier
as Sanchez
(1946)
The Catman of Paris
as Devereaux
(1946)
The Invisible Informer
as Jules Ravelle
(1946)
Roll on Texas Moon
as Steve Anders
(1946)
The Devil's Playground
as Roberts
(1946)
My Pal Trigger
as Storekeeper
(1945)
River Gang
as Indignant Man
(1945)
Corpus Christi Bandits
as Dad Christie
(1945)
South of the Rio Grande
as Torres
(1945)
Strange Confession
as Hernandez
(1945)
Great Stagecoach Robbery
as Con Hollister
(1945)
Bad Men of the Border
as Captain Jose Garcia
(1944)
Bordertown Trail
as Matthews
(1944)
Zorro's Black Whip
as Dan Hammond
(1944)
Belle of the Yukon
as Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)
(1944)
Lumberjack
as Clyde Fenwick
(1944)
Texas Masquerade
as Sam Nolan
(1944)
Mystery Man
as Bert Rogan
(1944)
Cheyenne Wildcat
as Jim Douglas
(1944)
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Batiste
(1943)
The Kansan
as Gil Hatton
(1943)
Bar 20
as Quirt Rankin
(1943)
Buckskin Frontier
as Duval
(1942)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Kidnapper
(1942)
The Girl from Alaska
as Pelly
(1942)
Valley of the Sun
as Governor's Interpreter
(1941)
The Sea Wolf
as Svenson
(1941)
Blood and Sand
as Manolo's Friend (uncredited)
(1941)
The Kid from Kansas
as Cesar
(1941)
Men of the Timberland
as Jean Collet
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Louis Riel
(1940)
The Sea Hawk
as Kroner
(1940)
Wyoming
as Dawson - Henchman
(1940)
Strange Cargo
as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
(1940)
Captain Caution
as French Seaman in Pub
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Santos the Portuguese
(1940)
One Night in the Tropics
as Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
(1940)
The Carson City Kid
as Laramie
(1940)
The Devil's Pipeline
as Gaddi Sang
(1940)
Green Hell
as Gracco
(1939)
Beau Geste
as Arab Scout (uncredited)
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Gen. Dodge
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Flight Captain
(1939)
Bad Lands
as Manuel Lopez
(1939)
Range War
as Morgan
(1939)
The Light That Failed
as George
(1938)
The Buccaneer
as Camden Blount
(1938)
If I Were King
as Casin Cholet
(1938)
Gun Law
as Henchman Nevada
(1937)
Criminal Lawyer
as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
(1937)
The Last Train from Madrid
as Mora (uncredited)
(1937)
The Soldier and the Lady
as Chieftain (Uncredited)
(1937)
Wild West Days
as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7
(1937)
Parole Racket
as Nat Beldon
(1937)
Devil's Playground
as Romano
(1937)
Woman-Wise
as Charley (uncredited)
(1936)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Pedro
(1936)
The Plainsman
as A River Gambler
(1936)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as John Wilkes Booth
(1936)
Big Brown Eyes
as Malley (Uncredited)
(1936)
White Fang
as Suds
(1936)
Mummy's Boys
as Rasheed Bey
(1935)
Mississippi
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Gambler
(1935)
In Spite of Danger
as Race Driver
(1935)
West Point of the Air
as Civilian Pilot
(1934)
Operator 13
as Denton (uncredited)
(1934)
Sadie McKee
as Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1934)
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]
(1934)
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as Ray Ridpath - Henchman
(1934)
Red Morning
as Sakki
(1934)
A Successful Failure
as Radical Speaker
(1934)
The Gay Bride
as Detroit gangster (uncredited)
(1934)
The Trumpet Blows
as Vega
(1934)
Girl in Danger
as Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)
(1934)
Voice in the Night
as Henchman Jackson
(1933)
Kickin' the Crown Around
as Disputin
(1933)
Night Flight
as Radioman (uncredited)
(1933)
The Devil's in Love
as Officer Reading Verdict
(1933)
Broadway Bad
as Charley Davis
(1933)
Terror Trail
as Tad McPherson
(1933)
Straightaway
as Rogan
(1933)
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as Henchman (as Frances McDonald)
(1932)
The Devil Is Driving
as Ticker (uncredited)
(1932)
70,000 Witnesses
as Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
(1932)
Honor of the Mounted
as Jean La Train
(1932)
Trailing the Killer
as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
(1932)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Karkuff
(1932)
Hidden Valley
as Frank Gavin
(1932)
Texas Buddies
as Blake
(1931)
The Gang Buster
as Pete Caltek
(1931)
In Line of Duty
as Jacques Dupres
(1931)
The Lawyer's Secret
as The Weasel
(1930)
Morocco
as Sergeant Tatoche
(1930)
Brothers
as Tony
(1930)
The Runaway Bride
as Barney Black
(1930)
Dangerous Paradise
as Ricardo
(1930)
Safety in Numbers
as Phil Kemptom
(1930)
Burning Up
as 'Bullet' McGhan
(1929)
The Carnation Kid
as The Carnation Kid
(1929)
Girl Overboard
as Francisco
(1928)
(1928)
The Viking
as Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
(1928)
The Drag Net
as Sniper Dawson
(1928)
The Legion of the Condemned
as Gonzolo Vasquez
(1928)
A Girl in Every Port
as Circus Manager
(1928)
The Valley of Hell
as Creighton Steele
(1927)
Outlaws of Red River
as Ben Tanner
(1927)
The Notorious Lady
as Manuela Silvera
(1927)
(1926)
The Desert's Toll
as Frank Darwin
(1926)
The Yankee Señor
as Juan Gutiérrez
(1926)
Battling Butler
as Alfred 'Battling' Butler
(1926)
The Temptress
as Timoteo
(1926)
The Palace of Pleasure
as Captain Fernandez
(1926)
Puppets
as Bruno
(1925)
The Northern Code
as Raoul La Fane
(1925)
Bobbed Hair
as Pooch
(1925)
Go Straight!
as The Dove
(1925)
My Lady of Whims
as Rolf
(1925)
The Hunted Woman
as Joe De Bar
(1925)
Satan in Sables
as Emile
(1924)
The Arizona Express
as Victor Johnson
(1924)
So This Is Marriage?
as Smith
(1923)
Mary of the Movies
as James Seiler
(1923)
Going Up
as Jules Gaillard
(1923)
Look Your Best
as Alberto Cabotto
(1923)
(1923)
The Buster
as Swing
(1923)
Trilby
as Geko
(1922)
Monte Cristo
as Benedetto
(1922)
The Woman Conquers
as Lawatha, Indian Guide
(1922)
Captain Fly-by-Night
as Second Stranger
(1922)
Trooper O'Neill
as Pierre
(1921)
Puppets of Fate
as Gabriel Palombra
(1921)
The Call of the North
as Achille Picard
(1921)
The Golden Snare
as Pierre Thoreau
(1920)
The Confession
as Tom Bartlett
(1920)
Nomads of the North
as Buck McDougall
(1919)
Toton
as Pierre
(1919)
Prudence on Broadway
as Grayson Mills
(1919)
Love's Prisoner
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1919)
The Courageous Coward
as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
(1918)
The Gun Woman
as The Gent
(1918)
(1918)
The Light Within
as Dr. Green
(1917)
Black Orchids
as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
(1917)
Perils of the Secret Service
as (Episode #3)
(1917)
The Voice on the Wire
as 'Red' Warren
(1917)
The Gates of Doom
as Jang Sattib
(1917)
The Love Doctor
as Hildreth
(1917)
Mr. Dolan of New York
as 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)
(1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
(1916)
The She-Devil
as Albert Alwain
(1916)
The Devil at His Elbow
as Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)
(1915)
The Express Messenger
as Dave Snowden
(1913)
Carmen
as Don Jose