Frank McGlynn Sr.
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1866-10-26
Day of Death
1951-05-18 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Frank McGlynn Sr.
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.
Known For
Acting
(1947)
Hollywood Barn Dance
as Hiram Tubb
(1944)
Delinquent Daughters
as Judge Craig
(1944)
Rogues' Gallery
as Blake
(1942)
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
(1942)
(1942)
March On, America!
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
(1941)
Three Girls About Town
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
(1941)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Panky Pankington
(1941)
Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Hoffman
(1940)
Boom Town
as Deacon
(1940)
Hi-Yo Silver
as Abraham Lincoln
(1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
(1939)
Love Affair
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
(1939)
Second Fiddle
as Lincolnesque Actor
(1939)
Lincoln in the White House
as Abraham Lincoln
(1939)
The Mad Empress
as President Abraham Lincoln
(1938)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Pete - Gambler
(1938)
The Lone Ranger
as Abraham Lincoln
(1938)
Joaquin Murrieta
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
(1938)
Strange Glory
as Abraham Lincoln
(1937)
Wells Fargo
as Lincoln
(1937)
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
(1937)
Parnell
as Pat Hogan
(1937)
The Great Barrier
as Sir John Macdonald
(1937)
Sudden Bill Dorn
as Cap Jinks
(1937)
Western Gold
as Abraham Lincoln
(1937)
Sing and Be Happy
as Sheriff
(1936)
The Last of the Mohicans
as Gamut
(1936)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Abraham Lincoln
(1936)
The Plainsman
as Abraham Lincoln
(1936)
These Three
as Judge (uncredited)
(1936)
For the Service
as Jim, a Scout
(1936)
Career Woman
as Sheriff Duncan
(1936)
North of Nome
as U. S. Marshal
(1936)
King of the Royal Mounted
as Henry Dundas
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Reverend Ogle
(1935)
Folies Bergère
as Joseph
(1935)
It's A Small World
as Snake Brown Jr.
(1935)
The Littlest Rebel
as President Abraham Lincoln
(1935)
Outlawed Guns
as Jingle
(1935)
The Roaring West
as Jinglebob Morgan
(1934)
Little Miss Marker
as Doc Chesley
(1934)
Massacre
as Missionary
(1934)
Lost in the Stratosphere
as Colonel Worthington
(1934)
Search for Beauty
as Rev. Rankin
(1934)
Are We Civilized?
as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
(1933)
Frisco Jenny
as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
(1933)
Unknown Valley
as Head Elder
(1933)
Hello, Everybody!
as Jonathan Reed
(1933)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Amos Winterslip
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
(1931)
The Secret Six
as Judge
(1931)
Huckleberry Finn
as Second teacher (uncredited)
(1930)
Good News
as Professor Kenyon
(1930)
Min and Bill
as Mr. Southard
(1930)
The Jazz Cinderella
as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
(1919)
The ABC of Love
as The Innkeeper
(1918)
The Caillaux Case
as Emperor William of Germany
(1918)
Why America Will Win
as John F. Pershing
(1918)
Rough and Ready
as The Siwash
(1917)
The Poor Little Rich Girl
as The Plumber
(1917)
The Argyle Case
as John Argyle
(1916)
Gloria's Romance
as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
(1915)
Vanity Fair
as Captain William Dobbin
(1915)
Through Turbulent Waters
as Bill Ford
(1915)
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
(1915)
Across the Great Divide
as The Bandit
(1913)
The Bells
as Leo Noakes
(1913)
(1913)
(1913)
Alexia's Strategy
as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
(1912)
Crew
(1915)
The Truth About Helen
Director