Francis McDonald

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

247

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-08-21

Day of death

1968-09-18 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

Francis McDonald

Biography

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).

Known For

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • Highway Patrol

    Highway Patrol

  • The Gene Autry Show

    The Gene Autry Show

  • The Deputy

    The Deputy

  • Adventures of Superman

    Adventures of Superman

  • Bronco

    Bronco

  • Trackdown

    Trackdown

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

  • Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

  • The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

  • The Adventures of Kit Carson

    The Adventures of Kit Carson

  • Law of the Plainsman

    Law of the Plainsman

  • Robin and the 7 Hoods

    Robin and the 7 Hoods

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

  • Mr. Lucky

    Mr. Lucky

  • Operator 13

    Operator 13

  • The Invisible Informer

    The Invisible Informer

  • Trailing the Killer

    Trailing the Killer

  • The Catman of Paris

    The Catman of Paris

  • The Soldier and the Lady

    The Soldier and the Lady

  • The Big Fisherman

    The Big Fisherman

  • Gun Law

    Gun Law

  • The Woman Conquers

    The Woman Conquers

  • The Yankee Señor

    The Yankee Señor

  • If I Were King

    If I Were King

  • The Legion of the Condemned

    The Legion of the Condemned

  • The Kansan

    The Kansan

  • The Great Race

    The Great Race

  • Notorious

    Notorious

  • Parole Racket

    Parole Racket

  • Strange Cargo

    Strange Cargo

  • Walk the Proud Land

    Walk the Proud Land

  • Captain Fly-by-Night

    Captain Fly-by-Night

  • The Nevadan

    The Nevadan

  • Science Fiction Theatre

    Science Fiction Theatre

  • Apache Chief

    Apache Chief

  • Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

  • Night Train to Memphis

    Night Train to Memphis

  • River Gang

    River Gang

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific

  • Wichita Town

    Wichita Town

  • Black Orchids

    Black Orchids

  • Kickin' the Crown Around

    Kickin' the Crown Around

  • Dangerous Venture

    Dangerous Venture

  • The Roy Rogers Show

    The Roy Rogers Show

  • Battling Butler

    Battling Butler

  • White Fang

    White Fang

  • The Notorious Lady

    The Notorious Lady

  • The Stranger Wore a Gun

    The Stranger Wore a Gun

  • The Buccaneer

    The Buccaneer

  • Duel in the Sun

    Duel in the Sun

  • Abandoned

    Abandoned

  • Fort Massacre

    Fort Massacre

  • Monte Cristo

    Monte Cristo

  • Dig That Uranium

    Dig That Uranium

  • Wyoming

    Wyoming

  • My Friend Flicka

    My Friend Flicka

  • Rancho Notorious

    Rancho Notorious

  • Honor of the Mounted

    Honor of the Mounted

  • Beau Geste

    Beau Geste

  • Strange Confession

    Strange Confession

  • West Point of the Air

    West Point of the Air

  • Love's Prisoner

    Love's Prisoner

  • The Confession

    The Confession

  • Forgotten Faces

    Forgotten Faces

  • Diamond Jim

    Diamond Jim

  • Last Stagecoach West

    Last Stagecoach West

  • The Viking

    The Viking

  • The Woman from Monte Carlo

    The Woman from Monte Carlo

  • Texas Masquerade

    Texas Masquerade

  • Magnificent Doll

    Magnificent Doll

  • Dangerous Paradise

    Dangerous Paradise

  • Powder River Rustlers

    Powder River Rustlers

  • Woman in Hiding

    Woman in Hiding

  • Terror Trail

    Terror Trail

  • Stories of the Century

    Stories of the Century

  • Panhandle

    Panhandle

  • Night Flight

    Night Flight

  • Perils of the Secret Service

    Perils of the Secret Service

  • Morocco

    Morocco

  • Criminal Lawyer

    Criminal Lawyer

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • California Passage

    California Passage

  • Nomads of the North

    Nomads of the North

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • The Palace of Pleasure

    The Palace of Pleasure

  • The Sea Hawk

    The Sea Hawk

  • Wild West Days

    Wild West Days

  • The Runaway Bride

    The Runaway Bride

  • Hidden Valley

    Hidden Valley

  • The Voice on the Wire

    The Voice on the Wire

  • Zorro's Black Whip

    Zorro's Black Whip

  • The Desert's Toll

    The Desert's Toll

  • Red Mountain

    Red Mountain

  • Canyon Passage

    Canyon Passage

  • Robin Hood of El Dorado

    Robin Hood of El Dorado

  • Cheyenne Wildcat

    Cheyenne Wildcat

  • The Gang Buster

    The Gang Buster

  • The Guns of Fort Petticoat

    The Guns of Fort Petticoat

  • Ten Wanted Men

    Ten Wanted Men

  • The Girl from Alaska

    The Girl from Alaska

  • The Gun Woman

    The Gun Woman

  • Sadie McKee

    Sadie McKee

  • Belle of the Yukon

    Belle of the Yukon

  • Broadway Bad

    Broadway Bad

  • Burn 'Em Up Barnes

    Burn 'Em Up Barnes

  • Burn 'Em Up Barnes

    Burn 'Em Up Barnes

  • The Devil Is Driving

    The Devil Is Driving

  • Fort Osage

    Fort Osage

  • The Temptress

    The Temptress

  • Idiot's Delight

    Idiot's Delight

  • The Plainsman

    The Plainsman

  • The Adventures of Champion

    The Adventures of Champion

  • The Adventures of Champion

    The Adventures of Champion

  • The Light That Failed

    The Light That Failed

  • Great Stagecoach Robbery

    Great Stagecoach Robbery

  • The Gates of Doom

    The Gates of Doom

  • Mary of the Movies

    Mary of the Movies

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi

  • The Northern Code

    The Northern Code

  • The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

    The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

  • Burning Up

    Burning Up

  • The Devil's Pipeline

    The Devil's Pipeline

  • The Call of the North

    The Call of the North

  • Valley of the Sun

    Valley of the Sun

  • Corpus Christi Bandits

    Corpus Christi Bandits

  • 70,000 Witnesses

    70,000 Witnesses

  • Thunder Over Arizona

    Thunder Over Arizona

  • Saddle Pals

    Saddle Pals

  • Pawnee

    Pawnee

  • Red Morning

    Red Morning

  • Captain Caution

    Captain Caution

  • The Paleface

    The Paleface

  • The Trumpet Blows

    The Trumpet Blows

  • The Bold Frontiersman

    The Bold Frontiersman

  • Girl Overboard

    Girl Overboard

  • Lumberjack

    Lumberjack

  • Look Your Best

    Look Your Best

  • Safety in Numbers

    Safety in Numbers

  • Daughter of the Jungle

    Daughter of the Jungle

  • Puppets of Fate

    Puppets of Fate

  • Bar 20

    Bar 20

  • Bobbed Hair

    Bobbed Hair

  • Bad Lands

    Bad Lands

  • Rose of the Yukon

    Rose of the Yukon

  • Tangier

    Tangier

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Strange Gamble

    Strange Gamble

  • Brothers in the Saddle

    Brothers in the Saddle

  • The Drag Net

    The Drag Net

  • A Girl in Every Port

    A Girl in Every Port

  • Blood and Sand

    Blood and Sand

  • Roll on Texas Moon

    Roll on Texas Moon

  • Green Hell

    Green Hell

  • Buckskin Frontier

    Buckskin Frontier

  • The Kid from Kansas

    The Kid from Kansas

  • The Devil's Playground

    The Devil's Playground

  • The Last Train from Madrid

    The Last Train from Madrid

  • The Devil's in Love

    The Devil's in Love

  • Big Brown Eyes

    Big Brown Eyes

  • Son of a Badman

    Son of a Badman

  • The She-Devil

    The She-Devil

  • Straightaway

    Straightaway

  • The Ghost Flower

    The Ghost Flower

  • Bad Day at Black Rock

    Bad Day at Black Rock

  • South of the Rio Grande

    South of the Rio Grande

  • Range War

    Range War

  • The Raiders

    The Raiders

  • Going Up

    Going Up

  • Mystery Man

    Mystery Man

  • The Gay Bride

    The Gay Bride

  • Mystery of the Riverboat

    Mystery of the Riverboat

  • The Prisoner of Shark Island

    The Prisoner of Shark Island

  • Woman-Wise

    Woman-Wise

  • Devil's Playground

    Devil's Playground

  • So This Is Marriage?

    So This Is Marriage?

  • Two Gun Marshal

    Two Gun Marshal

  • In Spite of Danger

    In Spite of Danger

  • Son of God’s Country

    Son of God’s Country

  • The Carnation Kid

    The Carnation Kid

  • Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

    Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

  • The Dead Don't Dream

    The Dead Don't Dream

  • Gene Autry and the Mounties

    Gene Autry and the Mounties

  • In Line of Duty

    In Line of Duty

  • The Perils of Pauline

    The Perils of Pauline

  • The Naked Dawn

    The Naked Dawn

  • Go Straight!

    Go Straight!

  • Mummy's Boys

    Mummy's Boys

  • The Bandits of Corsica

    The Bandits of Corsica

  • The Courageous Coward

    The Courageous Coward

  • My Lady of Whims

    My Lady of Whims

  • The Carson City Kid

    The Carson City Kid

  • The Sea Wolf

    The Sea Wolf

  • Girl in Danger

    Girl in Danger

  • The Lawyer's Secret

    The Lawyer's Secret

  • My Pal Trigger

    My Pal Trigger

  • Voice in the Night

    Voice in the Night

  • North West Mounted Police

    North West Mounted Police

  • Screen Tests for Faust

    Screen Tests for Faust

  • A Successful Failure

    A Successful Failure

  • Bad Men of the Border

    Bad Men of the Border

  • The Valley of Hell

    The Valley of Hell

  • Trilby

    Trilby

  • The Golden Snare

    The Golden Snare

  • One Night in the Tropics

    One Night in the Tropics

  • Bordertown Trail

    Bordertown Trail

  • Rim of the Canyon

    Rim of the Canyon

  • Duel at Apache Wells

    Duel at Apache Wells

  • The Light Within

    The Light Within

  • Outlaws of Red River

    Outlaws of Red River

  • Texas Buddies

    Texas Buddies

  • The Hunted Woman

    The Hunted Woman

  • Satan in Sables

    Satan in Sables

  • Puppets

    Puppets

  • East of Broadway

    East of Broadway

  • The Express Messenger

    The Express Messenger

  • Prudence on Broadway

    Prudence on Broadway

  • Carmen

    Carmen

  • Men of the Timberland

    Men of the Timberland

  • The Buster

    The Buster

  • Life in Hollywood No. 4

    Life in Hollywood No. 4

  • Toton

    Toton

  • The Love Doctor

    The Love Doctor

  • The Arizona Express

    The Arizona Express

  • Mr. Dolan of New York

    Mr. Dolan of New York

  • Trooper O'Neill

    Trooper O'Neill

  • The Devil at His Elbow

    The Devil at His Elbow