Francis McDonald
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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).
Known for
Credits
The Ten Commandments (1956)
as Simon
Notorious (1946)
as Man (uncredited)
Woman-Wise (1937)
as Charley (uncredited)
Morocco (1930)
as Sergeant Tatoche
Tony America (1918)
as Tony America
Go Straight! (1925)
as The Dove
The Great Race (1965)
as Russian (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Actor
Texas Buddies (1932)
as Blake
Duel in the Sun (1946)
as Gambler (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
as Old Man at Robbo's Club
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
Last Stagecoach West (1957)
as Old Man Colter
St. Elmo (1914)
as Murray Hammond
North West Mounted Police (1940)
as Louis Riel
Samson and Delilah (1949)
as Story Teller
Pretty Smooth (1919)
as Jimmy Hartigan
The Wreck (1927)
Actor
Real Folks (1918)
as Jimmie Dugan
The Buster (1923)
as Swing
Green Hell (1940)
as Gracco
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Kroner
Son of Ali Baba (1952)
as Palace Official (uncredited)
The Plainsman (1936)
as A River Gambler
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as Extra (uncredited)
Canyon Passage (1946)
as Cobb (uncredited)
Trilby (1923)
as Geko
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as John Wilkes Booth
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
as Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
Union Pacific (1939)
as Gen. Dodge
Strange Cargo (1940)
as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
Red Mountain (1951)
as Marshal Roberts
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
as Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
Actor
Girl in Danger (1934)
as Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
as Frank
The Paleface (1948)
as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
The Bar-C Mystery (1926)
Actor
The Buccaneer (1938)
as Camden Blount
The Sea Wolf (1941)
as Svenson
The Naked Dawn (1955)
as Railroad guard
Beau Geste (1939)
as Arab Scout (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Kidnapper
Fort Massacre (1958)
as Piute Man
Mummy's Boys (1936)
as Rasheed Bey
Woman in Hiding (1950)
as North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Gambler
The Line-Up (1934)
as Trigger - Henchman
Straightaway (1933)
as Rogan
Bobbed Hair (1925)
as Pooch
The Gay Bride (1934)
as Detroit gangster (uncredited)
A Successful Failure (1934)
as Radical Speaker
The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
as Grisha
Operator 13 (1934)
as Denton (uncredited)
Night Flight (1933)
as Radioman (uncredited)
Saddle Pals (1947)
as Sheriff
The Ghost Flower (1918)
Actor
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
as Malley (Uncredited)
Captain Fly-by-Night (1922)
as Second Stranger
Mystery of the Riverboat (1944)
as Batiste
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as The Shaman (uncredited)
Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
as Pedro
The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)
as Karkuff
East of Broadway (1924)
as Professor Mario
Son of God’s Country (1948)
as Tom Ford
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Flight Captain
Buckskin Frontier (1943)
as Duval
Blood and Sand (1941)
as Manolo's Friend (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
Bar 20 (1943)
as Quirt Rankin
So This Is Marriage? (1924)
as Smith
Mississippi (1935)
as Gambler (uncredited)
The Golden Snare (1921)
as Pierre Thoreau
Rancho Notorious (1952)
as Harbin
The Gray Ghost (1917)
as Williams
The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
as Mora (uncredited)
The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
as The Weasel
The Kentucky Colonel (1920)
as Philip Burwood
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Chieftain (Uncredited)
Battling Butler (1926)
as Alfred 'Battling' Butler
If I Were King (1938)
as Casin Cholet
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Western Saloon Set Heavy
Belle of the Yukon (1944)
as Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)
West Point of the Air (1935)
as Civilian Pilot
Satan in Sables (1925)
as Emile
The Marriage Bargain (1935)
as Ben Ainsley
The Answer (1918)
as Guido Garcia
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
as Dan Hammond
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
as Circus Manager
The Light Within (1918)
as Dr. Green
The Big Fisherman (1959)
as Scribe Spokesman
The Kansan (1943)
as Gil Hatton
Till We Meet Again (1944)
as Cart Driver (uncredited)
The She-Devil (1916)
as Albert Alwain
Puppets (1926)
as Bruno
His Debt (1919)
as Blair Whitcomb
The Temptress (1926)
as Timoteo
Mr. Dolan of New York (1917)
as 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)
Carmen (1913)
as Don Jose
The Carson City Kid (1940)
as Laramie
Brothers in the Saddle (1949)
as Hoyt Parker
Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
as Pliny Warren
The Devil's in Love (1933)
as Officer Reading Verdict
Black Orchids (1917)
as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
Texas Masquerade (1944)
as Sam Nolan
Pawnee (1957)
as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
The Light That Failed (1939)
as George
Panhandle (1948)
as Crump
Voice in the Night (1934)
as Henchman Jackson
The Devil Is Driving (1932)
as Ticker (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll (1946)
as Jenks (uncredited)
The Express Messenger (1915)
as Dave Snowden
The Valley of Hell (1928)
as Creighton Steele
The Catman of Paris (1946)
as Devereaux
California Passage (1950)
as County Recorder Joe Kane
The Love Doctor (1917)
as Hildreth
Range War (1939)
as Morgan
Roll on Texas Moon (1946)
as Steve Anders
Dangerous Venture (1947)
as Kane
The Nevadan (1950)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Monte Cristo (1922)
as Benedetto
Screen Tests for Faust (1923)
Actor
Sadie McKee (1934)
as Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
Lumberjack (1944)
as Clyde Fenwick
The Courageous Coward (1919)
as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
In Spite of Danger (1935)
as Race Driver
Devil's Playground (1937)
as Romano
South of the Rio Grande (1945)
as Torres
Dig That Uranium (1955)
as The Indian Chief
Honor of the Mounted (1932)
as Jean La Train
Wyoming (1940)
as Dawson - Henchman
Dangerous Paradise (1930)
as Ricardo
The Final Close-Up (1919)
as Jimmie Norton
Son of a Badman (1949)
as Joe Christ
The Invisible Informer (1946)
as Jules Ravelle
Powder River Rustlers (1949)
as Shears Williams
Captain Caution (1940)
as French Seaman in Pub
Strange Confession (1945)
as Hernandez
Fort Osage (1952)
as Osage Chief
Rim of the Canyon (1949)
as Charlie Lewis
The Devil's Playground (1946)
as Roberts
Valley of the Sun (1942)
as Governor's Interpreter (uncredited)
Burning Up (1930)
as 'Bullet' McGhan
Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945)
as Con Hollister
Night Train to Memphis (1946)
as Doctor
The Viking (1928)
as Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
Mystery Man (1944)
as Bert Rogan
The Dead Don't Dream (1948)
as Bart Lansing
Cheyenne Wildcat (1944)
as Jim Douglas
My Pal Trigger (1946)
as Storekeeper
The Desert's Toll (1926)
as Frank Darwin
Corpus Christi Bandits (1945)
as Dad Christie
Duel at Apache Wells (1957)
as Joe Dunn
Strange Gamble (1948)
as Henchman Longhorn
My Lady of Whims (1925)
as Rolf
Daughter of the Jungle (1949)
as Montu
The Drag Net (1928)
as Sniper Dawson
White Fang (1936)
as Suds
Broadway Bad (1933)
as Charley Davis
Bad Men of the Border (1945)
as Captain Jose Garcia
Brothers (1930)
as Tony
The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
as Gonzolo Vasquez
The Confession (1920)
as Tom Bartlett
The Runaway Bride (1930)
as Barney Black
The Palace of Pleasure (1926)
as Captain Fernandez
Bad Lands (1939)
as Manuel Lopez
Gene Autry and the Mounties (1951)
as Batiste
The Devil at His Elbow (1916)
as Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)
The Trumpet Blows (1934)
as Vega
Red Morning (1934)
as Sakki
The Girl from Alaska (1942)
as Pelly
Men of the Timberland (1941)
as Jean Collet
The Gang Buster (1931)
as Pete Caltek
Forgotten Faces (1928)
Actor
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940)
as Santos the Portuguese
Apache Chief (1949)
as Mohaska
Hidden Valley (1932)
as Frank Gavin
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933)
as Henchman (as Frances McDonald)
Outlaws of Red River (1927)
as Ben Tanner
Rose of the Yukon (1949)
as Alaskan
The Raiders (1952)
as Mr. John Cummings
70,000 Witnesses (1932)
as Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
River Gang (1945)
as Indignant Man
Wild West Days (1937)
as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7
Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927)
Actor
The Northern Code (1925)
as Raoul La Fane
The Hunted Woman (1925)
as Joe De Bar
Safety in Numbers (1930)
as Phil Kemptom
The Arizona Express (1924)
as Victor Johnson
Trooper O'Neill (1922)
as Pierre
In Line of Duty (1931)
as Jacques Dupres
Toton (1919)
as Pierre
Nomads of the North (1920)
as Buck McDougall
Gun Law (1938)
as Henchman Nevada
Mary of the Movies (1923)
as James Seiler
Puppets of Fate (1921)
as Gabriel Palombra
The Kid from Kansas (1941)
as Cesar
The Bold Frontiersman (1948)
as Adam Post
Tangier (1946)
as Sanchez
Abandoned (1949)
as Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
Kickin' the Crown Around (1933)
as Disputin
The Carnation Kid (1929)
as The Carnation Kid
The Gates of Doom (1917)
as Jang Sattib
The Yankee Señor (1926)
as Juan Gutiérrez
The Devil's Pipeline (1940)
as Gaddi Sang
Two Gun Marshal (1953)
as Blake Cody
The Gun Woman (1918)
as The Gent
The Woman Conquers (1922)
as Lawatha, Indian Guide
The Call of the North (1921)
as Achille Picard
Girl Overboard (1929)
as Francisco
Parole Racket (1937)
as Nat Beldon
Bordertown Trail (1944)
as Matthews
Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934)
as Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]
Trailing the Killer (1932)
as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
The Notorious Lady (1927)
as Manuela Silvera
Look Your Best (1923)
as Alberto Cabotto
Terror Trail (1933)
as Tad McPherson
Love's Prisoner (1919)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Prudence on Broadway (1919)
as Grayson Mills
Perils of the Secret Service (1917)
as (Episode #3)
The Voice on the Wire (1917)
as 'Red' Warren
Going Up (1923)
as Jules Gaillard