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Francis McDonald
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
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 Fo…
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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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1965
The Great Race
Movie Russian (uncredited)
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1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie Old Man at Robbo's Club (uncredited)
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1962
The Virginian
TV show Saul Weintraub
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1959
Mr. Lucky
TV show
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1959
Law of the Plainsman
TV show Watkins
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1959
Wichita Town
TV show
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1959
The Deputy
TV show
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1959
The Big Fisherman
Movie Scribe Spokesman
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1958
Bat Masterson
TV show Winkler
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1958
Lawman
TV show
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1958
The Texan
TV show
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1958
Bronco
TV show
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1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV show Juan Hernandez
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1958
Fort Massacre
Movie Piute Man
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1957
Trackdown
TV show
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1957
Maverick
TV show
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Capt. Noble
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1957
Sugarfoot
TV show Pete Stone
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1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV show Gotch (as Francis MacDonald)
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1957
Pawnee
Movie Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
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1957
Last Stagecoach West
Movie Old Man Colter
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1957
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Movie Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
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1957
Duel at Apache Wells
Movie Joe Dunn
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1956
The Ten Commandments
Movie Simon
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1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV show Yancey Hatton
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1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV show
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1956
Walk the Proud Land
Movie The Shaman (uncredited)
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1956
Thunder Over Arizona
Movie Pliny Warren
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1955
Dig That Uranium
Movie The Indian Chief
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1955
The Naked Dawn
Movie Railroad guard
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1955
Highway Patrol
TV show Charlie Barrett
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1955
My Friend Flicka
TV show
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1955
The Adventures of Champion
TV show Will Calhoun
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1955
Science Fiction Theatre
TV show
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1955
Ten Wanted Men
Movie
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1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
Movie Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
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1954
Lassie
TV show
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1954
Stories of the Century
TV show Sheriff
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1953
Two Gun Marshal
Movie Blake Cody
