Francis McDonald [102327] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.112 Birthplace: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA Birthday: 1891-08-21 Deathday: 1968-09-18 Age: 77 years Movies: 202 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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). Robin and the 7 Hoods1964-06-24 The Big Fisherman1959-08-04 Fort Massacre1958-05-14 Pawnee1957-09-07 Last Stagecoach West1957-07-16 The Guns of Fort Pettic1957-04-01 Duel at Apache Wells1957-01-25 The Ten Commandments1956-10-05 Walk the Proud Land1956-09-01 Thunder Over Arizona1956-08-04 Dig That Uranium1955-12-25 The Naked Dawn1955-11-02 Ten Wanted Men1955-02-01 Bad Day at Black Rock1955-01-13 Two Gun Marshal1953-11-15 The Stranger Wore a Gun1953-07-30 The Bandits of Corsica1953-02-27 The Raiders1952-11-20 Rancho Notorious1952-03-06 Fort Osage1952-02-10 Red Mountain1951-11-01 Gene Autry and the Moun1951-01-30 California Passage1950-12-15 The Nevadan1950-01-11 Woman in Hiding1950-01-06 Samson and Delilah1949-12-21 Powder River Rustlers1949-11-25 Apache Chief1949-11-04 Abandoned1949-10-26 Rim of the Canyon1949-07-01 Son of a Badman1949-04-15 Brothers in the Saddle1949-02-08 Daughter of the Jungle1949-02-08 Rose of the Yukon1949-01-05 The Paleface1948-12-17 The Three Musketeers1948-10-20 Strange Gamble1948-10-08 Son of God’s Country1948-09-15 The Dead Don't Dream1948-04-30 The Bold Frontiersman1948-04-15 Panhandle1948-02-22 The Perils of Pauline1947-07-04 Saddle Pals1947-06-05 Dangerous Venture1947-05-23 Duel in the Sun1946-12-31 Magnificent Doll1946-12-08 The Devil's Playground1946-11-15 Roll on Texas Moon1946-09-12 The Invisible Informer1946-08-19 Notorious1946-08-21 Canyon Passage1946-07-17 Night Train to Memphis1946-07-12 My Pal Trigger1946-07-10 Tangier1946-06-06 The Catman of Paris1946-04-20 Strange Confession1945-10-05 River Gang1945-09-21 South of the Rio Grande1945-09-15 Bad Men of the Border1945-06-01 Corpus Christi Bandits1945-04-20 Great Stagecoach Robber1945-02-15 Belle of the Yukon1944-12-27 Zorro's Black Whip1944-11-16 Mystery of the Riverboa1944-10-24 Cheyenne Wildcat1944-09-30 Bordertown Trail1944-08-11 Mystery Man1944-05-31 Lumberjack1944-04-28 Texas Masquerade1944-02-08 Bar 201943-10-01 The Kansan1943-09-10 Buckskin Frontier1943-05-14 The Girl from Alaska1942-04-16 Valley of the Sun1942-02-06 Wild Bill Hickok Rides1942-01-31 The Kid from Kansas1941-09-19 Blood and Sand1941-05-30 Men of the Timberland1941-05-06 The Sea Wolf1941-03-21 The Lone Wolf Keeps a D1940-11-02 The Devil's Pipeline1940-10-31 One Night in the Tropic1940-11-15 North West Mounted Poli1940-10-22 Wyoming1940-09-13 The Sea Hawk1940-08-10 Captain Caution1940-08-09 The Carson City Kid1940-07-01 Strange Cargo1940-03-01 Green Hell1940-01-26 The Light That Failed1939-12-24 Range War1939-09-08 Bad Lands1939-08-28 Beau Geste1939-07-24 Union Pacific1939-05-05 Idiot's Delight1939-01-27 If I Were King1938-09-28 Gun Law1938-05-13 The Buccaneer1938-02-04 Wild West Days1937-07-05 The Last Train from Mad1937-06-25 The Soldier and the Lad1937-04-09 Parole Racket1937-03-11 Criminal Lawyer1937-01-29 Devil's Playground1937-01-24 Woman-Wise1937-01-22 The Plainsman1936-11-16 Mummy's Boys1936-10-02 White Fang1936-07-17 Big Brown Eyes1936-04-03 Robin Hood of El Dorado1936-03-17 The Prisoner of Shark I1936-02-28 Diamond Jim1935-09-01 West Point of the Air1935-03-23 Mississippi1935-03-22 In Spite of Danger1935-03-08 Red Morning1934-12-14 The Gay Bride1934-12-14 A Successful Failure1934-10-14 Girl in Danger1934-09-11 Burn 'Em Up Barnes1934-06-15 Operator 131934-06-08 Sadie McKee1934-05-09 The Trumpet Blows1934-04-14 Voice in the Night1934-04-06 Straightaway1933-12-22 Night Flight1933-10-06 Kickin' the Crown Aroun1933-08-03 The Devil's in Love1933-07-21 Stolen by Gypsies or Be1933-07-13 Broadway Bad1933-02-24 Terror Trail1933-02-02 Texas Buddies1932-10-18 Trailing the Killer1932-10-16 Hidden Valley1932-10-10 70,000 Witnesses1932-09-09 Honor of the Mounted1932-06-20 The Woman from Monte Ca1932-01-09 In Line of Duty1931-11-28 The Lawyer's Secret1931-06-06 The Gang Buster1931-01-17 Morocco1930-11-14 Brothers1930-10-19 Safety in Numbers1930-05-30 The Runaway Bride1930-05-04 Dangerous Paradise1930-02-13 Burning Up1930-02-01 Girl Overboard1929-07-28 The Carnation Kid1929-03-02 The Drag Net1928-05-01 The Legion of the Conde1928-03-10 A Girl in Every Port1928-02-26 The Valley of Hell1928-01-23 Life in Hollywood No. 41927-08-25 Outlaws of Red River1927-05-08 The Notorious Lady1927-03-26 The Desert's Toll1926-11-14 The Temptress1926-10-03 Battling Butler1926-08-02 Puppets1926-06-20 The Palace of Pleasure1926-01-10 The Yankee Señor1926-01-10 My Lady of Whims1925-12-09 Bobbed Hair1925-10-25 Satan in Sables1925-10-14 The Northern Code1925-10-13 Go Straight!1925-04-27 The Hunted Woman1925-03-22 So This Is Marriage?1924-11-26 The Arizona Express1924-03-23 Screen Tests for Faust1923-12-01 Going Up1923-09-30 Trilby1923-07-29 Mary of the Movies1923-05-27 The Buster1923-02-18 Look Your Best1923-02-18 Captain Fly-by-Night1922-12-24 The Woman Conquers1922-12-01 Monte Cristo1922-09-03 Trooper O'Neill1922-07-06 The Call of the North1921-11-27 The Golden Snare1921-07-10 Puppets of Fate1921-03-28 Nomads of the North1920-09-25 The Confession1920-01-01 Prudence on Broadway1919-07-06 Love's Prisoner1919-06-07 The Courageous Coward1919-03-31 Toton1919-03-30 The Ghost Flower1918-08-18 The Light Within1918-02-01 The Gun Woman1918-01-27 The Love Doctor1917-10-08 Mr. Dolan of New York1917-04-09 The Voice on the Wire1917-03-18 Perils of the Secret Se1917-03-09 The Gates of Doom1917-03-05 Black Orchids1917-01-01 Intolerance: Love's Str1916-09-04 The Devil at His Elbow1916-07-31 The She-Devil1916-01-06 The Express Messenger1915-01-27 Carmen1913-04-01