Frank McGlynn Sr.

Frank McGlynn Sr. (84)

1866-10-26 - 1951-05-18 | San Francisco, California, USA

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.

On Movies

  • Hollywood Barn Dance
  • Trail Street
  • Rogues' Gallery
  • Delinquent Daughters
  • March On, America!
  • In Old California
  • Syncopation
  • Marry the Boss's Daughter
  • Three Girls About Town
  • Sergeant York
  • A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
  • Third Finger, Left Hand
  • Boom Town
  • Hi-Yo Silver
  • The Mad Empress
  • The Honeymoon's Over
  • Second Fiddle
  • Love Affair
  • Lincoln in the White House
  • Strange Glory
  • Joaquin Murrieta
  • The Girl of the Golden West
  • The Lone Ranger
  • Wells Fargo
  • Sudden Bill Dorn
  • Western Gold
  • Broadway Melody of 1938
  • Sing and Be Happy
  • Parnell
  • The Great Barrier
  • Career Woman
  • The Plainsman
  • North of Nome
  • King of the Royal Mounted
  • The Last of the Mohicans
  • For the Service
  • These Three
  • The Prisoner of Shark Island
  • The Littlest Rebel
  • Captain Blood
  • Outlawed Guns
  • The Roaring West
  • It's A Small World
  • Folies Bergère de Paris
  • Lost in the Stratosphere
  • Are We Civilized?
  • Little Miss Marker
  • Search for Beauty
  • Massacre
  • Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
  • Unknown Valley
  • Hello, Everybody!
  • Frisco Jenny
  • The Wet Parade
  • Huckleberry Finn
  • The Secret Six
  • Min and Bill
  • The Jazz Cinderella
  • Good News
  • The ABC of Love
  • The Caillaux Case
  • Why America Will Win
  • The Accidental Honeymoon
  • Rough and Ready
  • The Poor Little Rich Girl
  • The Argyle Case
  • Gloria's Romance
  • Vanity Fair
  • Through Turbulent Waters
  • Alexia's Strategy
  • Who Will Marry Mary?
  • The Bells
  • Two Men

Movies as Director

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