Acting
Francis McDonald
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).
Filmography
The Great Race
Film · 1965
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Film · 1964
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Big Fisherman
Film · 1959
Mr. Lucky
Series · 1959
The Deputy
Series · 1959
Law of the Plainsman
Series · 1959
Wichita Town
Series · 1959
Fort Massacre
Film · 1958
Bronco
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
Bat Masterson
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
Duel at Apache Wells
Film · 1957
Pawnee
Film · 1957
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Film · 1957
Last Stagecoach West
Film · 1957
Trackdown
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Sugarfoot
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Sugarfoot
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Thunder Over Arizona
Film · 1956
The Ten Commandments
Film · 1956
Walk the Proud Land
Film · 1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Dig That Uranium
Film · 1955
The Naked Dawn
Film · 1955
Ten Wanted Men
Film · 1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
Film · 1955
Science Fiction Theatre
Series · 1955
The Adventures of Champion
Series · 1955
The Adventures of Champion
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
My Friend Flicka
Series · 1955
Highway Patrol
Series · 1955
Lassie
Series · 1954
Stories of the Century
Series · 1954
The Bandits of Corsica
Film · 1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Film · 1953
Two Gun Marshal
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Rancho Notorious
Film · 1952
The Raiders
Film · 1952
Fort Osage
Film · 1952
Son of Ali Baba
Film · 1952
Adventures of Superman
Series · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
Gene Autry and the Mounties
Film · 1951
Red Mountain
Film · 1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Series · 1951
The Roy Rogers Show
Series · 1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Series · 1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Series · 1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Series · 1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Series · 1951
The Nevadan
Film · 1950
Woman in Hiding
Film · 1950
California Passage
Film · 1950
The Gene Autry Show
Series · 1950
The Cisco Kid
Series · 1950
The Gene Autry Show
Series · 1950
Abandoned
Film · 1949
Rose of the Yukon
Film · 1949
Samson and Delilah
Film · 1949
Daughter of the Jungle
Film · 1949
Powder River Rustlers
Film · 1949
Brothers in the Saddle
Film · 1949
Rim of the Canyon
Film · 1949
Son of a Badman
Film · 1949
Apache Chief
Film · 1949
The Lone Ranger
Series · 1949
The Lone Ranger
Series · 1949
Panhandle
Film · 1948
Strange Gamble
Film · 1948
The Dead Don't Dream
Film · 1948
The Three Musketeers
Film · 1948
The Bold Frontiersman
Film · 1948
Son of God’s Country
Film · 1948
The Paleface
Film · 1948
Dangerous Venture
Film · 1947
Saddle Pals
Film · 1947
The Perils of Pauline
Film · 1947
Roll on Texas Moon
Film · 1946
The Catman of Paris
Film · 1946
Tangier
Film · 1946
Notorious
Film · 1946
The Invisible Informer
Film · 1946
Night Train to Memphis
Film · 1946
My Pal Trigger
Film · 1946
Magnificent Doll
Film · 1946
The Devil's Playground
Film · 1946
Duel in the Sun
Film · 1946
Canyon Passage
Film · 1946
Great Stagecoach Robbery
Film · 1945
Bad Men of the Border
Film · 1945
Corpus Christi Bandits
Film · 1945
South of the Rio Grande
Film · 1945
River Gang
Film · 1945
Strange Confession
Film · 1945
Texas Masquerade
Film · 1944
Mystery Man
Film · 1944
Lumberjack
Film · 1944
Zorro's Black Whip
Film · 1944
Mystery of the Riverboat
Film · 1944
Belle of the Yukon
Film · 1944
Bordertown Trail
Film · 1944
Cheyenne Wildcat
Film · 1944
Till We Meet Again
Film · 1944
The Kansan
Film · 1943
Buckskin Frontier
Film · 1943
Bar 20
Film · 1943
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Film · 1942
Valley of the Sun
Film · 1942
The Girl from Alaska
Film · 1942
The Sea Wolf
Film · 1941
Blood and Sand
Film · 1941
The Kid from Kansas
Film · 1941
Men of the Timberland
Film · 1941
North West Mounted Police
Film · 1940
The Devil's Pipeline
Film · 1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Film · 1940
Green Hell
Film · 1940
Wyoming
Film · 1940
The Carson City Kid
Film · 1940
The Sea Hawk
Film · 1940
Strange Cargo
Film · 1940
One Night in the Tropics
Film · 1940
Captain Caution
Film · 1940
The Light That Failed
Film · 1939
Bad Lands
Film · 1939
Union Pacific
Film · 1939
Idiot's Delight
Film · 1939
Beau Geste
Film · 1939
Range War
Film · 1939
If I Were King
Film · 1938
Gun Law
Film · 1938
The Buccaneer
Film · 1938
Parole Racket
Film · 1937
Criminal Lawyer
Film · 1937
Woman-Wise
Film · 1937
Wild West Days
Film · 1937
Devil's Playground
Film · 1937
The Soldier and the Lady
Film · 1937
The Last Train from Madrid
Film · 1937
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Film · 1936
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Film · 1936
The Plainsman
Film · 1936
Mummy's Boys
Film · 1936
White Fang
Film · 1936
Big Brown Eyes
Film · 1936
West Point of the Air
Film · 1935
Mississippi
Film · 1935
Diamond Jim
Film · 1935
In Spite of Danger
Film · 1935
The Marriage Bargain
Film · 1935
Voice in the Night
Film · 1934
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Film · 1934
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Film · 1934
Red Morning
Film · 1934
Girl in Danger
Film · 1934
The Gay Bride
Film · 1934
Operator 13
Film · 1934
The Trumpet Blows
Film · 1934
A Successful Failure
Film · 1934
Sadie McKee
Film · 1934
The Line-Up
Film · 1934
Terror Trail
Film · 1933
Straightaway
Film · 1933
Broadway Bad
Film · 1933
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Film · 1933
The Devil's in Love
Film · 1933
Night Flight
Film · 1933
Kickin' the Crown Around
Film · 1933
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Film · 1932
Trailing the Killer
Film · 1932
Texas Buddies
Film · 1932
70,000 Witnesses
Film · 1932
Hidden Valley
Film · 1932
Honor of the Mounted
Film · 1932
The Devil Is Driving
Film · 1932
The Lawyer's Secret
Film · 1931
The Gang Buster
Film · 1931
In Line of Duty
Film · 1931
Dangerous Paradise
Film · 1930
The Runaway Bride
Film · 1930
Burning Up
Film · 1930
Safety in Numbers
Film · 1930
Morocco
Film · 1930
Brothers
Film · 1930
The Carnation Kid
Film · 1929
Girl Overboard
Film · 1929
The Legion of the Condemned
Film · 1928
The Valley of Hell
Film · 1928
A Girl in Every Port
Film · 1928
The Drag Net
Film · 1928
The Viking
Film · 1928
Forgotten Faces
Film · 1928
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Film · 1927
Outlaws of Red River
Film · 1927
The Notorious Lady
Film · 1927
The Wreck
Film · 1927
Battling Butler
Film · 1926
The Temptress
Film · 1926
Puppets
Film · 1926
The Palace of Pleasure
Film · 1926
The Desert's Toll
Film · 1926
The Yankee Señor
Film · 1926
The Bar-C Mystery
Film · 1926
Satan in Sables
Film · 1925
The Hunted Woman
Film · 1925
Go Straight!
Film · 1925
My Lady of Whims
Film · 1925
The Northern Code
Film · 1925
Bobbed Hair
Film · 1925
The Arizona Express
Film · 1924
So This Is Marriage?
Film · 1924
East of Broadway
Film · 1924
The Buster
Film · 1923
Mary of the Movies
Film · 1923
Look Your Best
Film · 1923
Going Up
Film · 1923
Trilby
Film · 1923
Faust and Marguerite Test Footage
Film · 1923
The Woman Conquers
Film · 1922
Trooper O'Neill
Film · 1922
Monte Cristo
Film · 1922
Captain Fly-by-Night
Film · 1922
The Call of the North
Film · 1921
The Golden Snare
Film · 1921
Puppets of Fate
Film · 1921
The Confession
Film · 1920
Nomads of the North
Film · 1920
The Kentucky Colonel
Film · 1920
The Courageous Coward
Film · 1919
Love's Prisoner
Film · 1919
Toton
Film · 1919
Prudence on Broadway
Film · 1919
His Debt
Film · 1919
Pretty Smooth
Film · 1919
The Final Close-Up
Film · 1919
The Gun Woman
Film · 1918
The Ghost Flower
Film · 1918
The Light Within
Film · 1918
Real Folks
Film · 1918
The Answer
Film · 1918
Tony America
Film · 1918
The Hand at the Window
Film · 1918
The Gates of Doom
Film · 1917
Mr. Dolan of New York
Film · 1917
The Voice on the Wire
Film · 1917
Perils of the Secret Service
Film · 1917
Black Orchids
Film · 1917
The Love Doctor
Film · 1917
The Gray Ghost
Film · 1917
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Film · 1916
The She-Devil
Film · 1916
The Devil at His Elbow
Film · 1916
The Express Messenger
Film · 1915
St. Elmo
Film · 1914
Carmen
Film · 1913