Francis McDonald
Birthday: 1891-08-21
Deathday: 1968-09-18
Birthplace: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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).
Credits
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1964-06-24 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Old Man at Robbo's Club |
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1959-08-04 | The Big Fisherman | Scribe Spokesman |
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1958-05-14 | Fort Massacre | Piute Man |
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1957-09-07 | Pawnee | Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald) |
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1957-07-16 | Last Stagecoach West | Old Man Colter |
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1957-04-01 | The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited) |
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1957-01-25 | Duel at Apache Wells | Joe Dunn |
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1956-10-05 | The Ten Commandments | Simon |
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1956-09-01 | Walk the Proud Land | The Shaman (uncredited) |
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1956-08-04 | Thunder Over Arizona | Pliny Warren |
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1955-12-25 | Dig That Uranium | The Indian Chief |
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1955-11-02 | The Naked Dawn | Railroad guard |
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1955-02-01 | Ten Wanted Men | |
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1955-01-13 | Bad Day at Black Rock | Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited) |
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1953-11-15 | Two Gun Marshal | Blake Cody |
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1953-07-30 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Frank |
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1953-02-27 | The Bandits of Corsica | Grisha |
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1952-11-20 | The Raiders | Mr. John Cummings |
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1952-03-06 | Rancho Notorious | Harbin |
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1952-02-10 | Fort Osage | Osage Chief |
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1951-11-01 | Red Mountain | Marshal Roberts |
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1951-01-30 | Gene Autry and the Mounties | Batiste |
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1950-12-15 | California Passage | County Recorder Joe Kane |
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1950-01-11 | The Nevadan | Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
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1950-01-06 | Woman in Hiding | North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited) |
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1949-12-21 | Samson and Delilah | Story Teller |
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1949-11-25 | Powder River Rustlers | Shears Williams |
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1949-11-04 | Apache Chief | Mohaska |
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1949-10-26 | Abandoned | Winey - Pool Player (uncredited) |
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1949-07-01 | Rim of the Canyon | Charlie Lewis |
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1949-04-15 | Son of a Badman | Joe Christ |
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1949-02-08 | Daughter of the Jungle | Montu |
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1949-02-08 | Brothers in the Saddle | Hoyt Parker |
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1949-01-05 | Rose of the Yukon | Alaskan |
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1948-12-17 | The Paleface | Lance (as Francis J. McDonald) |
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1948-10-20 | The Three Musketeers | |
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1948-10-08 | Strange Gamble | Henchman Longhorn |
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1948-09-15 | Son of God’s Country | Tom Ford |
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1948-04-30 | The Dead Don't Dream | Bart Lansing |
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1948-04-15 | The Bold Frontiersman | Adam Post |
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1948-02-22 | Panhandle | Crump |
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1947-07-04 | The Perils of Pauline | Western Saloon Set Heavy |
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1947-06-05 | Saddle Pals | Sheriff |
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1947-05-23 | Dangerous Venture | Kane |
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1946-12-31 | Duel in the Sun | Gambler (uncredited) |
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1946-12-08 | Magnificent Doll | Jenks |
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1946-11-15 | The Devil's Playground | Roberts |
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1946-09-12 | Roll on Texas Moon | Steve Anders |
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1946-08-21 | Notorious | Man (uncredited) |
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1946-08-19 | The Invisible Informer | Jules Ravelle |
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1946-07-17 | Canyon Passage | Cobb (uncredited) |
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1946-07-12 | Night Train to Memphis | Doctor |
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1946-07-10 | My Pal Trigger | Storekeeper |
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1946-06-06 | Tangier | Sanchez |
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1946-04-20 | The Catman of Paris | Devereaux |
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1945-10-05 | Strange Confession | Hernandez |
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1945-09-21 | River Gang | Indignant Man |
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1945-09-15 | South of the Rio Grande | Torres |
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1945-06-01 | Bad Men of the Border | Captain Jose Garcia |
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1945-04-20 | Corpus Christi Bandits | Dad Christie |
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1945-02-15 | Great Stagecoach Robbery | Con Hollister |
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1944-12-27 | Belle of the Yukon | Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited) |
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1944-11-16 | Zorro's Black Whip | Dan Hammond |
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1944-10-24 | Mystery of the Riverboat | Batiste |
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1944-09-30 | Cheyenne Wildcat | Jim Douglas |
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1944-08-11 | Bordertown Trail | Matthews |
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1944-05-31 | Mystery Man | Bert Rogan |
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1944-04-28 | Lumberjack | Clyde Fenwick |
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1944-02-08 | Texas Masquerade | Sam Nolan |
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1943-10-01 | Bar 20 | Quirt Rankin |
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1943-09-10 | The Kansan | Gil Hatton |
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1943-05-14 | Buckskin Frontier | Duval |
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1942-04-16 | The Girl from Alaska | Pelly |
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1942-02-06 | Valley of the Sun | Governor's Interpreter |
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1942-01-31 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Kidnapper |
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1941-09-19 | The Kid from Kansas | Cesar |
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1941-05-30 | Blood and Sand | Manolo's Friend (uncredited) |
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1941-05-06 | Men of the Timberland | Jean Collet |
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1941-03-21 | The Sea Wolf | Svenson |
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1940-11-15 | One Night in the Tropics | Escobar's Aide (uncredited) |
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1940-11-02 | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Santos the Portuguese |
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1940-10-31 | The Devil's Pipeline | Gaddi Sang |
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1940-10-22 | North West Mounted Police | Louis Riel |
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1940-09-13 | Wyoming | Dawson - Henchman |
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1940-08-10 | The Sea Hawk | Kroner |
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1940-08-09 | Captain Caution | French Seaman in Pub |
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1940-07-01 | The Carson City Kid | Laramie |
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1940-03-01 | Strange Cargo | Moussenq - Convict (uncredited) |
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1940-01-26 | Green Hell | Gracco |
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1939-12-24 | The Light That Failed | George |
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1939-09-08 | Range War | Morgan |
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1939-08-28 | Bad Lands | Manuel Lopez |
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1939-07-24 | Beau Geste | Arab Scout (uncredited) |
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1939-05-05 | Union Pacific | Gen. Dodge |
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1939-01-27 | Idiot's Delight | Flight Captain |
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1938-09-28 | If I Were King | Casin Cholet |
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1938-05-13 | Gun Law | Henchman Nevada |
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1938-02-04 | The Buccaneer | Camden Blount |
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1937-07-05 | Wild West Days | Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7 |
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1937-04-09 | The Soldier and the Lady | Chieftain (Uncredited) |
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1937-03-11 | Parole Racket | Nat Beldon |
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1937-01-29 | Criminal Lawyer | Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited) |
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1937-01-24 | Devil's Playground | Romano |
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1937-01-22 | Woman-Wise | Charley (uncredited) |
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1936-11-16 | The Plainsman | A River Gambler |
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1936-10-02 | Mummy's Boys | Rasheed Bey |
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1936-07-17 | White Fang | Suds |
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1936-04-03 | Big Brown Eyes | Malley (Uncredited) |
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1936-03-17 | Robin Hood of El Dorado | Pedro |
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1936-02-28 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | John Wilkes Booth |
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1935-09-01 | Diamond Jim | Gambler |
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1935-03-23 | West Point of the Air | Civilian Pilot |
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1935-03-22 | Mississippi | Gambler (uncredited) |
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1935-03-08 | In Spite of Danger | Race Driver |
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1934-12-14 | Red Morning | Sakki |
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1934-12-14 | The Gay Bride | Detroit gangster (uncredited) |
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1934-10-14 | A Successful Failure | Radical Speaker |
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1934-09-11 | Girl in Danger | Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited) |
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1934-06-15 | Burn 'Em Up Barnes | Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6] |
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1934-06-15 | Burn 'Em Up Barnes | Ray Ridpath - Henchman |
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1934-06-08 | Operator 13 | Denton (uncredited) |
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1934-05-09 | Sadie McKee | Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited) |
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1934-04-14 | The Trumpet Blows | Vega |
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1934-04-06 | Voice in the Night | Henchman Jackson |
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1933-12-22 | Straightaway | Rogan |
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1933-10-06 | Night Flight | Radioman (uncredited) |
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1933-08-03 | Kickin' the Crown Around | Disputin |
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1933-07-21 | The Devil's in Love | Officer Reading Verdict |
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1933-07-13 | Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles | Henchman (as Frances McDonald) |
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1933-02-24 | Broadway Bad | Charley Davis |
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1933-02-02 | Terror Trail | Tad McPherson |
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1932-10-18 | Texas Buddies | Blake |
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1932-10-16 | Trailing the Killer | Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald) |
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1932-10-10 | Hidden Valley | Frank Gavin |
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1932-09-09 | 70,000 Witnesses | Dominic Silvera (uncredited) |
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1932-06-20 | Honor of the Mounted | Jean La Train |
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1932-01-09 | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Karkuff |
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1931-11-28 | In Line of Duty | Jacques Dupres |
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1931-06-06 | The Lawyer's Secret | The Weasel |
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1931-01-17 | The Gang Buster | Pete Caltek |
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1930-11-14 | Morocco | Sergeant Tatoche |
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1930-10-19 | Brothers | Tony |
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1930-05-30 | Safety in Numbers | Phil Kemptom |
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1930-05-04 | The Runaway Bride | Barney Black |
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1930-02-13 | Dangerous Paradise | Ricardo |
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1930-02-01 | Burning Up | 'Bullet' McGhan |
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1929-07-28 | Girl Overboard | Francisco |
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1929-03-02 | The Carnation Kid | The Carnation Kid |
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1928-05-01 | The Drag Net | Sniper Dawson |
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1928-03-10 | The Legion of the Condemned | Gonzolo Vasquez |
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1928-02-26 | A Girl in Every Port | Circus Manager |
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1928-01-23 | The Valley of Hell | Creighton Steele |
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1927-08-25 | Life in Hollywood No. 4 | |
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1927-05-08 | Outlaws of Red River | Ben Tanner |
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1927-03-26 | The Notorious Lady | Manuela Silvera |
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1926-11-14 | The Desert's Toll | Frank Darwin |
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1926-10-03 | The Temptress | Timoteo |
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1926-08-02 | Battling Butler | Alfred 'Battling' Butler |
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1926-06-20 | Puppets | Bruno |
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1926-01-10 | The Palace of Pleasure | Captain Fernandez |
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1926-01-10 | The Yankee Señor | Juan Gutiérrez |
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1925-12-09 | My Lady of Whims | Rolf |
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1925-10-25 | Bobbed Hair | Pooch |
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1925-10-14 | Satan in Sables | Emile |
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1925-10-13 | The Northern Code | Raoul La Fane |
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1925-04-27 | Go Straight! | The Dove |
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1925-03-22 | The Hunted Woman | Joe De Bar |
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1924-11-26 | So This Is Marriage? | Smith |
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1924-03-23 | The Arizona Express | Victor Johnson |
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1923-12-01 | Screen Tests for Faust | |
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1923-09-30 | Going Up | Jules Gaillard |
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1923-07-29 | Trilby | Geko |
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1923-05-27 | Mary of the Movies | James Seiler |
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1923-02-18 | The Buster | Swing |
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1923-02-18 | Look Your Best | Alberto Cabotto |
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1922-12-24 | Captain Fly-by-Night | Second Stranger |
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1922-12-01 | The Woman Conquers | Lawatha, Indian Guide |
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1922-09-03 | Monte Cristo | Benedetto |
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1922-07-06 | Trooper O'Neill | Pierre |
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1921-11-27 | The Call of the North | Achille Picard |
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1921-07-10 | The Golden Snare | Pierre Thoreau |
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1921-03-28 | Puppets of Fate | Gabriel Palombra |
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1920-09-25 | Nomads of the North | Buck McDougall |
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1920-01-01 | The Confession | Tom Bartlett |
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1919-07-06 | Prudence on Broadway | Grayson Mills |
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1919-06-07 | Love's Prisoner | Party Guest (uncredited) |
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1919-03-31 | The Courageous Coward | Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald) |
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1919-03-30 | Toton | Pierre |
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1918-08-18 | The Ghost Flower | |
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1918-02-01 | The Light Within | Dr. Green |
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1918-01-27 | The Gun Woman | The Gent |
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1917-10-08 | The Love Doctor | Hildreth |
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1917-04-09 | Mr. Dolan of New York | 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald) |
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1917-03-18 | The Voice on the Wire | 'Red' Warren |
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1917-03-09 | Perils of the Secret Service | (Episode #3) |
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1917-03-05 | The Gates of Doom | Jang Sattib |
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1917-01-01 | Black Orchids | George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin |
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1916-09-04 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Extra (uncredited) |
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1916-07-31 | The Devil at His Elbow | Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald) |
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1916-01-06 | The She-Devil | Albert Alwain |
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1915-01-27 | The Express Messenger | Dave Snowden |
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1913-04-01 | Carmen | Don Jose |