
Francis McDonald
Born: 1891-08-21
Place of Birth: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Biography
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).
Known For

The Ten Commandments

Perils of the Secret Service

The Woman from Monte Carlo

The Legion of the Condemned

Last Stagecoach West

Bad Lands

Beau Geste

Range War

Samson and Delilah

Magnificent Doll

Criminal Lawyer

The Girl from Alaska

St. Elmo

Battling Butler

Strange Confession

Notorious

Cheyenne Wildcat

Panhandle

The Devil's Pipeline

Going Up

Mystery Man

The Runaway Bride

Burning Up

Lumberjack

Strange Gamble

Mississippi

Morocco

The Confession

The Buccaneer

The Paleface

Duel in the Sun

Dangerous Paradise

Night Flight

The Great Race

Texas Masquerade

Son of a Badman

Green Hell

Sadie McKee

Go Straight!

Hidden Valley

The Kid from Kansas

The Viking

Woman-Wise

Diamond Jim

Saddle Pals

Tangier

In Line of Duty

The Trumpet Blows

Pawnee

Dangerous Venture

Red Morning

Brothers

Red Mountain

The Nevadan

Wyoming

The Gang Buster

The Three Musketeers

Bobbed Hair

Idiot's Delight

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Powder River Rustlers

Black Orchids

The Devil at His Elbow

Girl Overboard

The Devil's in Love

Broadway Bad

River Gang

Walk the Proud Land

Mystery of the Riverboat

Abandoned

70,000 Witnesses

Terror Trail

Thunder Over Arizona

Wild West Days

Straightaway

The Woman Conquers

Bad Day at Black Rock

Rose of the Yukon

The Sea Hawk

A Successful Failure

Son of Ali Baba

The Kentucky Colonel

Trilby

The Bar-C Mystery

The Yankee Señor

The Light That Failed

Ten Wanted Men

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Son of God’s Country

Rancho Notorious

The Notorious Lady

So This Is Marriage?

Captain Fly-by-Night

The Gun Woman

The Naked Dawn

Mary of the Movies

The Palace of Pleasure

Union Pacific

Valley of the Sun

Blood and Sand

The Courageous Coward

Carmen

His Debt

The Buster

The Soldier and the Lady

One Night in the Tropics

Texas Buddies

Dig That Uranium

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Carnation Kid

The Plainsman

In Spite of Danger

The Sea Wolf

Trailing the Killer

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Mummy's Boys

Zorro's Black Whip

The Big Fisherman

Strange Cargo

Fort Massacre

Canyon Passage

Fort Osage

Big Brown Eyes

The Gay Bride

North West Mounted Police

Girl in Danger

Love's Prisoner

West Point of the Air

Mr. Dolan of New York

If I Were King

The Gates of Doom

The Lawyer's Secret

The Bold Frontiersman

Real Folks

Robin Hood of El Dorado

Gene Autry and the Mounties

Daughter of the Jungle

Duel at Apache Wells

The Golden Snare

Rim of the Canyon

Two Gun Marshal

California Passage

Captain Caution

Brothers in the Saddle

Roll on Texas Moon

Devil's Playground

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Satan in Sables

Woman in Hiding

The Carson City Kid

The Answer

The Devil Is Driving

The Last Train from Madrid

A Girl in Every Port

South of the Rio Grande

Operator 13

The Catman of Paris

The Perils of Pauline

Bar 20

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

The Invisible Informer

Bad Men of the Border

The Desert's Toll

Parole Racket

Monte Cristo

The Bandits of Corsica

My Pal Trigger

Till We Meet Again

Corpus Christi Bandits

The Temptress

The Valley of Hell

The Gray Ghost

Belle of the Yukon

Pretty Smooth

Apache Chief

The Kansan

White Fang

The Arizona Express

Buckskin Frontier

The Ghost Flower

Outlaws of Red River

Voice in the Night

The Final Close-Up

Night Train to Memphis

My Lady of Whims

East of Broadway

Honor of the Mounted

The Raiders

Trooper O'Neill

The Light Within

The Drag Net

Bordertown Trail

Nomads of the North

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

The Voice on the Wire

The Wreck

Forgotten Faces

The Love Doctor

Safety in Numbers

Toton

The Northern Code

Great Stagecoach Robbery

Gun Law

Men of the Timberland

Life in Hollywood No. 4

The Dead Don't Dream

Look Your Best

Prudence on Broadway

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
