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