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Hamilton MacFadden
Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Hamilton MacFadden (April 26, 1901 – January 1, 1977) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. MacFadden's parents were Rev. Robert A. MacFadden and Edith Hamilton…
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Hamilton MacFadden (April 26, 1901 – January 1, 1977) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. MacFadden's parents were Rev. Robert A. MacFadden and Edith Hamilton MacFadden. His father died in 1909, leaving his mother to support herself and four children. In 1928, she became the first woman to file papers to run for governor of Massachusetts. MacFadden was a 1925 graduate of Harvard University. Soon after graduating, he became producer of the American Theatre Company, which presented plays for 10 weeks in the Boston area. The project was backed by Michael Strange, a writer who made her professional stage debut in the productions. He also served as director of the Community Arts Association in Santa Barbara, California, and the Theatre Guild School of Acting in New York. Plays that MacFadden produced on Broadway included Gods of the Lightning and La Gringa. After starting out on Broadway in the 1920s, he moved into filmmaking in Hollywood. During the early 1930s he was a contract director at Fox. McFadden made a number of films for them including several early entries in the Charlie Chan series such as Charlie Chan Carries On (1931). He was released from his Fox contract following the 1934 merger with Twentieth Century Pictures. Thereafter he mixed occasional directing jobs with a number of small supporting appearances in films. Later in his career, MacFadden was associate chief of the United States Department of State's international motion picture division.
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2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Movie Hamilton MacFadden (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1942
Inside the Law
Movie Director
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1942
Young America
Movie Jim Benson
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1942
The Power of God
Movie Director
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1941
Charlie Chan in Rio
Movie Bill Kellogg
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1941
Dressed to Kill
Movie Reporter
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1941
The Reluctant Dragon
Movie Hamilton MacFadden
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1941
Sleepers West
Movie
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1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Movie Reporter
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1940
The Lady in Question
Movie Guard (uncredited)
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1940
Shooting High
Movie J. Wallace Rutledge
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1939
The Honeymoon's Over
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Chicken Wagon Family
Movie Auctioneer
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1939
Charlie Chan in Reno
Movie Night Clerk
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1939
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Movie Townsend - Director
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1938
While New York Sleeps
Movie Pete - Reporter
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1938
Sharpshooters
Movie Bowman
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1938
Tarnished Angel
Movie Reverend Summers
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1937
Escape by Night
Movie Director
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1937
Sea Racketeers
Movie Director
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1937
The Legion of Missing Men
Movie Director
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1937
It Can't Last Forever
Movie Director
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1937
Three Legionnaires
Movie Director
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1935
Fighting Youth
Movie Screenplay
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1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
Movie Director
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1934
Elinor Norton
Movie Director
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1934
She Was a Lady
Movie Director
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1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
Movie Director
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1934
Hold That Girl
Movie Director
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1934
As Husbands Go
Movie Director
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1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Movie Director
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1933
Mother's Helper
Movie Director
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1933
The Man Who Dared
Movie Director
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1933
Trick for Trick
Movie Director
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1933
Second Hand Wife
Movie Director
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1932
The Fourth Horseman
Movie Director
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1932
Cheaters at Play
Movie Director
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1931
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie Director
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1931
Their Mad Moment
Movie Director
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1931
The Black Camel
Movie Val Martino (uncredited)
