Frank McDonald

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Frank McDonald

Directing November 9, 1899

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out so…

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Get Smart

Get Smart

8.0 1965 TV Show
Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

6.8 1952 TV Show
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

6.8 1955 TV Show
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.1 1958 TV Show
Flipper

Flipper

6.3 1964 TV Show
The Gene Autry Show

The Gene Autry Show

4.7 1950 TV Show
McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy

6.7 1962 TV Show
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

5.3 1951 TV Show
The Whistler

The Whistler

1954 TV Show
National Velvet

National Velvet

8.6 1960 TV Show
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle

Sheena: Queen of the Jungle

5.3 1955 TV Show
The Range Rider

The Range Rider

7.0 1951 TV Show

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A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director -Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1994
    Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

    Movie Director

  2. 1965
    Mara of the Wilderness

    Movie Director

  3. 1965
    Get Smart

    TV show Director

  4. 1964
    Flipper

    TV show Director

  5. 1963
    Gunfight at Comanche Creek

    Movie Director

  6. 1962
    McHale's Navy

    TV show Director

  7. 1962
    The Underwater City

    Movie Director

  8. 1960
    National Velvet

    TV show Director

  9. 1960
    Raymie

    Movie Director

  10. 1959
    The Purple Gang

    Movie Director

  11. 1959
    Mantelli e spade insanguinate

    Movie Director

  12. 1959
    Okefenokee

    Movie Cinematography

  13. 1958
    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    TV show Director

  14. 1958
    Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria

    Movie Director

  15. 1956
    Broken Arrow

    TV show Director

  16. 1955
    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    TV show Director

More credits
  1. 1955
    Sheena: Queen of the Jungle

    TV show Director

  2. 1955
    The Matchmaking Marshal

    Movie Director

  3. 1955
    The Tilted Tenderfoot

    Movie Director

  4. 1955
    Timber Country Trouble

    Movie Director

  5. 1955
    Phantom Trails

    Movie Director

  6. 1955
    The Big Tip Off

    Movie Director

  7. 1955
    Treasure of Ruby Hills

    Movie Director

  8. 1954
    Trouble on the Trail

    Movie Director

  9. 1954
    Marshals in Disguise

    Movie Director

  10. 1954
    The Two Gun Teacher

    Movie Director

  11. 1954
    Outlaw's Son

    Movie Director

  12. 1954
    Thunder Pass

    Movie Director

  13. 1954
    The Whistler

    TV show Director

  14. 1953
    Border City Rustlers

    Movie Director

  15. 1953
    Secret of Outlaw Flats

    Movie Director

  16. 1953
    Six Gun Decision

    Movie Director

  17. 1953
    Two Gun Marshal

    Movie Director

  18. 1953
    Son of Belle Starr

    Movie Director

  19. 1952
    The Yellow Haired Kid

    Movie Director

  20. 1952
    The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

    Movie Director

  21. 1952
    Four Star Playhouse

    TV show Director

  22. 1952
    Yukon Gold

    Movie Director

  23. 1952
    Sea Tiger

    Movie Director

  24. 1951
    Northwest Territory

    Movie Director