Frank McDonald
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A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director -Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.
Known for
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The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon (1952)
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Yukon Gold (1952)
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Ringside (1949)
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Timber Country Trouble (1955)
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Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
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Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
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Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
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Snow Dog (1950)
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O, My Darling Clementine (1943)
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Yellow Fin (1951)
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Isle of Fury (1936)
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Song of Arizona (1946)
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Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
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Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
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Over the Wall (1938)
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Mara of the Wilderness (1965)
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Thunder Pass (1954)
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Border City Rustlers (1953)
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No Hands on the Clock (1941)
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The Matchmaking Marshal (1955)
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The Underwater City (1962)
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The Tilted Tenderfoot (1955)
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
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Smart Blonde (1937)
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Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
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Take It Big (1944)
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Son of Belle Starr (1953)
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One Body Too Many (1944)
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Sea Tiger (1952)
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The Purple Gang (1959)
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Marshals in Disguise (1954)
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Shepherd of the Ozarks (1942)
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The Big Tip Off (1955)
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When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)
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Gaucho Serenade (1940)
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Submarine Alert (1943)
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Under Nevada Skies (1946)
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The Traitor Within (1942)
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Village Barn Dance (1940)
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Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994)
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Tuxedo Junction (1941)
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Mr. Reckless (1948)
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Gun Smugglers (1948)
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Hoosier Holiday (1943)
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
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French Leave (1948)
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Texans Never Cry (1951)
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Timber Queen (1944)
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Fly Away Baby (1937)
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Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
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Broadway Hostess (1935)
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Yukon Manhunt (1951)
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Under Fiesta Stars (1941)
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Sioux City Sue (1946)
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Boulder Dam (1936)
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The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
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Phantom Trails (1955)
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The Two Gun Teacher (1954)
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Man from Oklahoma (1945)
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Grand Ole Opry (1940)
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Father Takes the Air (1951)
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Swing Your Partner (1943)
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Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
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They Asked For It (1939)
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Death Goes North (1939)
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Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria (1958)
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Bells of Rosarita (1945)
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Alaska Highway (1943)
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Flirting with Fate (1938)
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High Explosive (1943)
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Mountain Rhythm (1943)
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Blondes at Work (1938)
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Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)
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Midnight Court (1937)
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Tell It to a Star (1945)
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Six Gun Decision (1953)
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Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
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Apache Chief (1949)
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The Chicago Kid (1945)
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Flying Blind (1941)
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Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
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Northwest Territory (1951)
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Wrecking Crew (1942)
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The Big Sombrero (1949)
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Mantelli e spade insanguinate (1959)
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Arkansas Judge (1941)
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Linda, Be Good (1947)
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Country Fair (1941)
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The Old Homestead (1942)
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Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
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The Yellow Haired Kid (1952)
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Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
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Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
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Raymie (1960)
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The Song of a Nation (1936)
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Barnyard Follies (1940)
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My Pal Trigger (1946)
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Trouble on the Trail (1954)
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Call of the Klondike (1950)
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Carolina Moon (1940)
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Rancho Grande (1940)
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Sierra Passage (1950)
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Wildcat (1942)
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Scared Stiff (1945)
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The Big Noise (1936)
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Reckless Living (1938)
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Two Gun Marshal (1953)
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Jeepers Creepers (1939)
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Freshman Year (1938)
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Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944)
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Gambler's Choice (1944)
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Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
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In Old Missouri (1940)
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13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
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First Offenders (1939)
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Outlaw's Son (1954)
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