Francis McDonald profile
Actor profile

Francis McDonald

21st August 1891 Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA Acting

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).

214 Movies 46 TV Shows 269 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Pawnee poster
Pawnee 7th September 1957 as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
Abandoned poster
Abandoned 26th October 1949 as Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
The Paleface poster
The Paleface 17th December 1948 as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
Bar 20 poster
Bar 20 1st October 1943 as Quirt Rankin
Wyoming poster
Wyoming 13th September 1940 as Dawson - Henchman
Gun Law poster
Gun Law 13th May 1938 as Henchman Nevada
Sadie McKee poster
Sadie McKee 9th May 1934 as Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
Morocco poster
Morocco 14th November 1930 as Sergeant Tatoche
The Viking poster
The Viking 2nd November 1928 as Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
Going Up poster
Going Up 30th September 1923 as Jules Gaillard
Toton poster
Toton 30th March 1919 as Pierre
Carmen poster
Carmen 1st April 1913 as Don Jose