Francis McDonald
Acting
Born 1891-08-21
Died 1968-09-18
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
255 credits
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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).
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Filmography
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Acting
43 credits
Perry Mason
The Virginian
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Highway Patrol
The Lone Ranger
Bat Masterson
Sugarfoot
The Texan
The Ten Commandments
The Cisco Kid
The Gene Autry Show
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Cavalcade of America
Law of the Plainsman
Notorious
The Great Race
Samson and Delilah
Stories of the Century
Duel in the Sun
The Sea Hawk
The Adventures of Champion
Bad Day at Black Rock
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Union Pacific
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Morocco
The Light Within
Beau Geste
Blood and Sand
Rancho Notorious
Canyon Passage
The Paleface
The Sea Wolf
St. Elmo
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
North West Mounted Police
Last Stagecoach West
Son of Ali Baba
General Electric Theater
Go Straight!
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Other credits
17 credits
Lassie
Maverick
Lawman
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Adventures of Superman
The Deputy
Bronco
Trackdown
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Mr. Lucky
The Roy Rogers Show
Science Fiction Theatre
Wichita Town
My Friend Flicka
The Three Musketeers
Ten Wanted Men
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