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