Frank McGlynn Sr.
Known for: Acting
Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Filmography
Film
Sergeant York
Mountaineer (uncredited)
1941
Film
Captain Blood
Reverend Ogle
1935
Film
Boom Town
Deacon
1940
Film
Love Affair
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1939
Film
These Three
Judge (uncredited)
1936
Film
Little Miss Marker
Doc Chesley
1934
Film
The Last of the Mohicans
Gamut
1936
Film
In Old California
Undetermined Minor Role
1942
Film
Hello, Everybody!
Jonathan Reed
1933
Film
The Littlest Rebel
Abraham Lincoln
1935
Film
The Plainsman
Abraham Lincoln
1936
Film
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Abraham Lincoln
1936
Film
Wells Fargo
Lincoln
1937
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1924
Film
Folies Bergère de Paris
Joseph
1935
Film
Parnell
Pat Hogan
1937
Film
Vanity Fair
Captain William Dobbin
1915
The Bells
Leo Noakes
1913
Film
Huckleberry Finn
Second teacher (uncredited)
1931
Film
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Amos Winterslip
1933
Film
Second Fiddle
Lincolnesque Actor
1939
Film
The Wet Parade
Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
1932
Film
Trail Street
Tim McKeon (uncredited)
1947
Film
Broadway Melody of 1938
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
1937
Film
Strange Glory
Abraham Lincoln
1938
Film
The Lone Ranger
Abraham Lincoln
1938
Film
Third Finger, Left Hand
Judge Holman (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Honeymoon's Over
Thin Man
1939
Film
The Secret Six
Judge
1931
Film
The Girl of the Golden West
Pete - Gambler
1938
Film
Frisco Jenny
Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
1933
Film
The Great Barrier
Sir John Macdonald
1937
Film
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Panky Pankington
1941
Film
Hi-Yo Silver
Abraham Lincoln
1940
Film
Massacre
Missionary
1934
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913
Film
King of the Royal Mounted
Henry Dundas
1936
Film
Sing and Be Happy
Sheriff
1937
Film
Rogues' Gallery
Blake
1944
Film
Through Turbulent Waters
Bill Ford
1915
Film
Delinquent Daughters
Judge Craig
1944
Film
It's A Small World
Snake Brown Jr.
1935
Film
Three Girls About Town
Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
1941
Film
The Roaring West
Jinglebob Morgan
1935
Film
Min and Bill
Mr. Southard
1930
Two Men
1912
Film
Syncopation
1942
Film
Good News
Professor Kenyon
1930
Film
The Argyle Case
John Argyle
1917
Film
Search for Beauty
Rev. Rankin
1934
Film
Career Woman
Sheriff Duncan
1936
Film
For the Service
Jim, a Scout
1936
Film
Rough and Ready
The Siwash
1918
Film
Lost in the Stratosphere
Colonel Worthington
1934
Film
Unknown Valley
Head Elder
1933
Film
Hollywood Barn Dance
Hiram Tubb
1947
Film
Lincoln in the White House
Abraham Lincoln
1939
Film
Western Gold
Abraham Lincoln
1937
Across the Great Divide
The Bandit
1915
Film
The Accidental Honeymoon
Farmer Perkins
1918
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Hoffman
1941
Film
March On, America!
Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Mad Empress
President Abraham Lincoln
1939
Film
Outlawed Guns
Jingle
1935
Film
The Poor Little Rich Girl
The Plumber
1917
Film
Joaquin Murrieta
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1938
Film
North of Nome
U. S. Marshal
1936
Film
Sudden Bill Dorn
Cap Jinks
1937
The Silent Partner
1931
Film
The Caillaux Case
Emperor William of Germany
1918
Film
Gloria's Romance
Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
1916
Film
The Jazz Cinderella
Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
1930
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1915
Film
Are We Civilized?
Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
1934
Film
Alexia's Strategy
Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
1913
Film
The ABC of Love
The Innkeeper
1919
Film
Why America Will Win
John F. Pershing
1918
By Fire and Water
1913