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