Francis McDonald
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Perry Mason
Capt. Noble
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Walter 'Salty' Sims
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Peg-Leg Jasper
1957
Series
Lassie
1954
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Gotch (as Francis MacDonald)
1957
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Yancey Hatton
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
William Wethered
1956
Series
Maverick
1957
Series
The Virginian
Saul Weintraub
1962
Series
The Virginian
Storekeeper
1962
Series
Highway Patrol
Charlie Barrett
1955
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Series
Lawman
1958
Series
The Lone Ranger
Wade Tanner
1949
Series
The Lone Ranger
Chief Gray Horse
1949
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Juan Hernandez
1958
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Liveryman
1958
Series
Adventures of Superman
1952
Series
Bat Masterson
Winkler
1958
Film
The Ten Commandments
Simon
1956
Series
Sugarfoot
Pete Stone
1957
Series
Sugarfoot
Jericho Dooley
1957
Series
The Gene Autry Show
1950
Series
The Gene Autry Show
Dave Jamison
1950
Series
The Texan
1958
Series
The Texan
Sheriff
1958
Series
Trackdown
1957
Series
The Deputy
1959
Series
Bronco
1958
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Series
The Cisco Kid
Gen. Lawrence
1950
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Series
Cavalcade of America
Calaveras Kid
1952
Series
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Series
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Sheriff Nolan
1951
Series
The Adventures of Kit Carson
George
1951
Series
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Sheriff Banyon
1951
Series
Law of the Plainsman
Watkins
1959
Series
Mr. Lucky
1959
Series
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
Series
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Film
Duel in the Sun
Gambler (uncredited)
1946
Film
Notorious
Man (uncredited)
1946
Series
Stories of the Century
Sheriff
1954
Film
The Great Race
Russian (uncredited)
1965
Film
Samson and Delilah
Story Teller
1949
Series
My Friend Flicka
1955
Series
The Adventures of Champion
Will Calhoun
1955
Series
The Adventures of Champion
Grubstake Smith
1955
Film
Bad Day at Black Rock
Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
1955
Film
The Three Musketeers
1948
Series
Wichita Town
1959
Film
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Extra (uncredited)
1916
Film
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Old Man at Robbo's Club (uncredited)
1964
Film
The Sea Hawk
Kroner
1940
Film
Rancho Notorious
Harbin
1952
Series
General Electric Theater
Pecos Kid
1953
Film
Real Folks
Jimmie Dugan
1918
Film
Blood and Sand
Manolo's Friend (uncredited)
1941
Film
Morocco
Sergeant Tatoche
1930
Film
North West Mounted Police
Louis Riel
1940
Film
Ten Wanted Men
1955
Film
Canyon Passage
Cobb (uncredited)
1946
Film
Union Pacific
Gen. Dodge
1939
Film
Beau Geste
Arab Scout (uncredited)
1939
Film
Son of Ali Baba
Palace Official (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Frank
1953
Film
Green Hell
Gracco
1940
Film
Idiot's Delight
Flight Captain
1939
Film
The Sea Wolf
Svenson
1941
Film
The Paleface
Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
1948
Film
The Prisoner of Shark Island
John Wilkes Booth
1936
Film
The Plainsman
A River Gambler
1936
Film
One Night in the Tropics
Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
1940
Film
Sadie McKee
Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
1934
Film
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
1957
Film
Red Mountain
Marshal Roberts
1951
Film
The Perils of Pauline
Western Saloon Set Heavy
1947
Film
Last Stagecoach West
Old Man Colter
1957
Film
Saddle Pals
Sheriff
1947
Film
Tony America
Tony America
1918
Film
Strange Cargo
Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Buccaneer
Camden Blount
1938
Film
Woman in Hiding
North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)
1950
Film
West Point of the Air
Civilian Pilot
1935
Film
Operator 13
Denton (uncredited)
1934
Film
Panhandle
Crump
1948
Film
Mystery of the Riverboat
Batiste
1944
Film
If I Were King
Casin Cholet
1938
Film
Walk the Proud Land
The Shaman (uncredited)
1956
Film
So This Is Marriage?
Smith
1924
Film
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Kidnapper
1942
Film
Fort Massacre
Piute Man
1958
Film
Pretty Smooth
Jimmy Hartigan
1919
Film
The Naked Dawn
Railroad guard
1955
Film
St. Elmo
Murray Hammond
1914
Film
The Raiders
Mr. John Cummings
1952
Film
The Last Train from Madrid
Mora (uncredited)
1937
Film
Go Straight!
The Dove
1925
Film
Big Brown Eyes
Malley (Uncredited)
1936
Film
The Wreck
1927
Film
Fort Osage
Osage Chief
1952
Film
Belle of the Yukon
Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Answer
Guido Garcia
1918
Film
Battling Butler
Alfred 'Battling' Butler
1926
Film
Magnificent Doll
Jenks (uncredited)
1946
Film
Bobbed Hair
Pooch
1925
Film
Mississippi
Gambler (uncredited)
1935
Film
The Big Fisherman
Scribe Spokesman
1959
Film
Mummy's Boys
Rasheed Bey
1936
Puppets
Bruno
1926
Film
The Gay Bride
Detroit gangster (uncredited)
1934
Film
Pawnee
Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
1957
Film
Trilby
Geko
1923
Film
His Debt
Blair Whitcomb
1919
Film
Mr. Dolan of New York
'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)
1917
Film
Wyoming
Dawson - Henchman
1940
Film
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Pedro
1936
Film
Texas Buddies
Blake
1932
Film
Valley of the Sun
Governor's Interpreter (uncredited)
1942
Film
Night Flight
Radioman (uncredited)
1933
Film
White Fang
Suds
1936
Film
Girl in Danger
Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)
1934
Film
Woman-Wise
Charley (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Light That Failed
George
1939
Film
Diamond Jim
Gambler
1935
Film
Dangerous Paradise
Ricardo
1930
Film
The Kentucky Colonel
Philip Burwood
1920
Film
The Gray Ghost
Williams
1917
Film
A Girl in Every Port
Circus Manager
1928
Film
The Line-Up
Trigger - Henchman
1934
Film
The Devil's in Love
Officer Reading Verdict
1933
Film
Carmen
Don Jose
1913
Film
The Kansan
Gil Hatton
1943
Film
The Temptress
Timoteo
1926
Film
Strange Confession
Hernandez
1945
Film
Criminal Lawyer
Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
1937
Film
Duel at Apache Wells
Joe Dunn
1957
Film
Dig That Uranium
The Indian Chief
1955
Film
Till We Meet Again
Cart Driver (uncredited)
1944
Film
Zorro's Black Whip
Dan Hammond
1944
Film
Monte Cristo
Benedetto
1922
Film
Thunder Over Arizona
Pliny Warren
1956
Film
The Viking
Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
1928
Film
Captain Caution
French Seaman in Pub
1940
Film
Abandoned
Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
1949
Film
Buckskin Frontier
Duval
1943
Film
Rim of the Canyon
Charlie Lewis
1949
Film
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Film
The Nevadan
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1950
Film
Forgotten Faces
1928
Film
The Runaway Bride
Barney Black
1930
Film
Burning Up
'Bullet' McGhan
1930
Film
70,000 Witnesses
Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Light Within
Dr. Green
1918
The Marriage Bargain
Ben Ainsley
1935
Film
The Soldier and the Lady
Chieftain (Uncredited)
1937
Film
Bar 20
Quirt Rankin
1943
Film
Wild West Days
Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7
1937
Film
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Karkuff
1932
Film
Range War
Morgan
1939
Film
The Ghost Flower
1918
Film
Voice in the Night
Henchman Jackson
1934
Film
The Carson City Kid
Laramie
1940
Film
Texas Masquerade
Sam Nolan
1944
Film
Gun Law
Henchman Nevada
1938
Film
The Buster
Swing
1923
Film
The Lawyer's Secret
The Weasel
1931
Film
The Devil at His Elbow
Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)
1916
Film
Men of the Timberland
Jean Collet
1941
Film
Gene Autry and the Mounties
Batiste
1951
Film
Red Morning
Sakki
1934
Film
Devil's Playground
Romano
1937
Film
A Successful Failure
Radical Speaker
1934
Film
Prudence on Broadway
Grayson Mills
1919
Film
Outlaws of Red River
Ben Tanner
1927
Film
Son of God’s Country
Tom Ford
1948
Film
The Catman of Paris
Devereaux
1946
Film
Mystery Man
Bert Rogan
1944
Film
The Bandits of Corsica
Grisha
1953
Film
Broadway Bad
Charley Davis
1933
Film
Bad Lands
Manuel Lopez
1939
Film
Two Gun Marshal
Blake Cody
1953
Film
The Devil Is Driving
Ticker (uncredited)
1932
Film
River Gang
Indignant Man
1945
Film
Brothers
Tony
1930
Film
The Carnation Kid
The Carnation Kid
1929
Film
Straightaway
Rogan
1933
Film
Tangier
Sanchez
1946
The Hunted Woman
Joe De Bar
1925
Film
Lumberjack
Clyde Fenwick
1944
Film
Brothers in the Saddle
Hoyt Parker
1949
Film
Bad Men of the Border
Captain Jose Garcia
1945
Film
Bordertown Trail
Matthews
1944
Film
My Pal Trigger
Storekeeper
1946
Film
Dangerous Venture
Kane
1947
Film
Safety in Numbers
Phil Kemptom
1930
Film
The Girl from Alaska
Pelly
1942
Film
Satan in Sables
Emile
1925
Film
The Drag Net
Sniper Dawson
1928
Film
Strange Gamble
Henchman Longhorn
1948
Film
Roll on Texas Moon
Steve Anders
1946
Film
The Devil's Pipeline
Gaddi Sang
1940
Film
My Lady of Whims
Rolf
1925
Film
The Courageous Coward
Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
1919
Film
Rose of the Yukon
Alaskan
1949
Film
In Spite of Danger
Race Driver
1935
Film
The Kid from Kansas
Cesar
1941
Film
The Palace of Pleasure
Captain Fernandez
1926
Film
Apache Chief
Mohaska
1949
Film
Night Train to Memphis
Doctor
1946
Film
East of Broadway
Professor Mario
1924
Film
Parole Racket
Nat Beldon
1937
Film
The Gang Buster
Pete Caltek
1931
Film
The Arizona Express
Victor Johnson
1924
Film
Mary of the Movies
James Seiler
1923
The Call of the North
Achille Picard
1921
Film
The Legion of the Condemned
Gonzolo Vasquez
1928
Film
California Passage
County Recorder Joe Kane
1950
Film
The Invisible Informer
Jules Ravelle
1946
Film
Great Stagecoach Robbery
Con Hollister
1945
Film
South of the Rio Grande
Torres
1945
Film
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Santos the Portuguese
1940
Film
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Henchman (as Frances McDonald)
1933
Film
The Trumpet Blows
Vega
1934
Film
Cheyenne Wildcat
Jim Douglas
1944
Film
The Final Close-Up
Jimmie Norton
1919
The She-Devil
Albert Alwain
1916
Film
The Bold Frontiersman
Adam Post
1948
Film
Corpus Christi Bandits
Dad Christie
1945
Film
Honor of the Mounted
Jean La Train
1932
Film
The Desert's Toll
Frank Darwin
1926
Film
The Confession
Tom Bartlett
1920
Film
Powder River Rustlers
Shears Williams
1949
Film
The Voice on the Wire
'Red' Warren
1917
Film
The Gun Woman
The Gent
1918
Film
The Golden Snare
Pierre Thoreau
1921
Film
Love's Prisoner
Party Guest (uncredited)
1919
Film
The Love Doctor
Hildreth
1917
Film
The Yankee Señor
Juan Gutiérrez
1926
Film
The Valley of Hell
Creighton Steele
1928
Film
Black Orchids
George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
1917
Film
Going Up
Jules Gaillard
1923
Film
The Devil's Playground
Roberts
1946
Film
Trailing the Killer
Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
1932
Puppets of Fate
Gabriel Palombra
1921
Film
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6]
1934
Film
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Ray Ridpath - Henchman
1934
Film
The Notorious Lady
Manuela Silvera
1927
Film
The Gates of Doom
Jang Sattib
1917
Film
Terror Trail
Tad McPherson
1933
Film
The Dead Don't Dream
Bart Lansing
1948
Film
Look Your Best
Alberto Cabotto
1923
Film
The Northern Code
Raoul La Fane
1925
Screen Tests for Faust
1923
The Express Messenger
Dave Snowden
1915
Film
In Line of Duty
Jacques Dupres
1931
Film
Son of a Badman
Joe Christ
1949
Film
Perils of the Secret Service
(Episode #3)
1917
Film
Toton
Pierre
1919
Film
Hidden Valley
Frank Gavin
1932
Film
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
Film
Girl Overboard
Francisco
1929
Film
The Woman Conquers
Lawatha, Indian Guide
1922
Kickin' the Crown Around
Disputin
1933
Film
Trooper O'Neill
Pierre
1922
Film
Captain Fly-by-Night
Second Stranger
1922
Film
Daughter of the Jungle
Montu
1949
Film
Nomads of the North
Buck McDougall
1920
The Hand at the Window
Tony Brachieri
1918