Francis McDonald
Acting
Born August 21, 1891 · Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
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).
Films (222)
The Great Race
1965
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
The Big Fisherman
1959
Fort Massacre
1958
Pawnee
1957
Last Stagecoach West
1957
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
The Ten Commandments
1956
Walk the Proud Land
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
Dig That Uranium
1955
The Naked Dawn
1955
Ten Wanted Men
1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
Two Gun Marshal
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
The Bandits of Corsica
1953
The Raiders
1952
Son of Ali Baba
1952
Rancho Notorious
1952
Fort Osage
1952
Red Mountain
1951
Gene Autry and the Mounties
1951
California Passage
1950
The Nevadan
1950
Woman in Hiding
1950
Samson and Delilah
1949
Powder River Rustlers
1949
Apache Chief
1949
Abandoned
1949
Rim of the Canyon
1949
Son of a Badman
1949
Daughter of the Jungle
1949
Brothers in the Saddle
1949
Rose of the Yukon
1949
The Paleface
1948
The Three Musketeers
1948
Strange Gamble
1948
Son of God’s Country
1948
The Dead Don't Dream
1948
The Bold Frontiersman
1948
Panhandle
1948
The Perils of Pauline
1947
Saddle Pals
1947
Dangerous Venture
1947
Duel in the Sun
1946
Magnificent Doll
1946
The Devil's Playground
1946
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
Notorious
1946
The Invisible Informer
1946
Canyon Passage
1946
Night Train to Memphis
1946
My Pal Trigger
1946
Tangier
1946
The Catman of Paris
1946
Strange Confession
1945
River Gang
1945
South of the Rio Grande
1945
Bad Men of the Border
1945
Corpus Christi Bandits
1945
Great Stagecoach Robbery
1945
Belle of the Yukon
1944
Zorro's Black Whip
1944
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944
Till We Meet Again
1944
Bordertown Trail
1944
Mystery Man
1944
Lumberjack
1944
Texas Masquerade
1944
Bar 20
1943
The Kansan
1943
Buckskin Frontier
1943
The Girl from Alaska
1942
Valley of the Sun
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
The Kid from Kansas
1941
Blood and Sand
1941
Men of the Timberland
1941
The Sea Wolf
1941
One Night in the Tropics
1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
The Devil's Pipeline
1940
North West Mounted Police
1940
Wyoming
1940
The Sea Hawk
1940
Captain Caution
1940
The Carson City Kid
1940
Strange Cargo
1940
Green Hell
1940
The Light That Failed
1939
Range War
1939
Bad Lands
1939
Beau Geste
1939
Union Pacific
1939
Idiot's Delight
1939
If I Were King
1938
Gun Law
1938
The Buccaneer
1938
Wild West Days
1937
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
Parole Racket
1937
Criminal Lawyer
1937
Devil's Playground
1937
Woman-Wise
1937
The Plainsman
1936
Mummy's Boys
1936
White Fang
1936
Big Brown Eyes
1936
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
Diamond Jim
1935
West Point of the Air
1935
Mississippi
1935
In Spite of Danger
1935
The Marriage Bargain
1935
Red Morning
1934
The Gay Bride
1934
A Successful Failure
1934
Girl in Danger
1934
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1934
Operator 13
1934
Sadie McKee
1934
The Line-Up
1934
The Trumpet Blows
1934
Voice in the Night
1934
Straightaway
1933
Night Flight
1933
Kickin' the Crown Around
1933
The Devil's in Love
1933
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933
Broadway Bad
1933
Terror Trail
1933
The Devil Is Driving
1932
Texas Buddies
1932
Trailing the Killer
1932
Hidden Valley
1932
70,000 Witnesses
1932
Honor of the Mounted
1932
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932
In Line of Duty
1931
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
The Gang Buster
1931
Morocco
1930
Brothers
1930
Safety in Numbers
1930
The Runaway Bride
1930
Dangerous Paradise
1930
Burning Up
1930
Girl Overboard
1929
The Carnation Kid
1929
The Viking
1928
Forgotten Faces
1928
The Drag Net
1928
The Legion of the Condemned
1928
A Girl in Every Port
1928
The Valley of Hell
1928
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
Outlaws of Red River
1927
The Notorious Lady
1927
The Wreck
1927
The Desert's Toll
1926
The Temptress
1926
Battling Butler
1926
Puppets
1926
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
The Palace of Pleasure
1926
The Yankee Señor
1926
My Lady of Whims
1925
Bobbed Hair
1925
Satan in Sables
1925
The Northern Code
1925
Go Straight!
1925
The Hunted Woman
1925
So This Is Marriage?
1924
East of Broadway
1924
The Arizona Express
1924
Screen Tests for Faust
1923
Going Up
1923
Trilby
1923
Mary of the Movies
1923
The Buster
1923
Look Your Best
1923
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922
The Woman Conquers
1922
Monte Cristo
1922
Trooper O'Neill
1922
The Call of the North
1921
The Golden Snare
1921
Puppets of Fate
1921
The Kentucky Colonel
1920
Nomads of the North
1920
The Confession
1920
Prudence on Broadway
1919
Pretty Smooth
1919
Love's Prisoner
1919
His Debt
1919
The Final Close-Up
1919
The Courageous Coward
1919
Toton
1919
Tony America
1918
The Ghost Flower
1918
The Answer
1918
Real Folks
1918
The Light Within
1918
The Gun Woman
1918
The Love Doctor
1917
The Gray Ghost
1917
Mr. Dolan of New York
1917
The Voice on the Wire
1917
Perils of the Secret Service
1917
The Gates of Doom
1917
Black Orchids
1917
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
The Devil at His Elbow
1916
The She-Devil
1916
The Express Messenger
1915
St. Elmo
1914
Carmen
1913