J. Farrell MacDonald

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1951 Superman and the Mole-Men
Pop Shannon (as J. Farrell Macdonald)

1951 Elopement
Mr. Simpson (uncredited)

1951 Golden Girl
Husband (uncredited)

1951 Here Comes the Groom
Husband on Airplane (uncredited)

1951 Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Mr. Kroeger (uncredited)

1951 The Range Rider (TV series)
Joe Harris

– Pack Rat (1951) … Joe Harris

1950 Woman on the Run
Sea Captain

1950 Hostile Country
Mr. Lane (uncredited)

1950 Mother Didn't Tell Me
Train Conductor (uncredited)

1950 The Daltons' Women
Stage Co. Rep. Alvin

1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home
Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)

1950 Dakota Lil
Ellis

1949 Fighting Man of the Plains
Partridge

1949 The Dalton Gang
Judge Price

1949 Sand
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

1949 You're My Everything
Doorman (uncredited)

1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Sheriff Sweetser (uncredited)

1949 Streets of San Francisco
Pop Lockhart

1949 Law of the Barbary Coast
Sergeant O'Leary

1948 Trouble Preferred
Apartment House Manager (uncredited)

1948 Whispering Smith
Bill Baggs

1948 Shep Comes Home
Sheriff Cap Weatherby

1948 Belle Starr's Daughter
Doc Benson

1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me
Doorman (uncredited)

1948 Unfaithfully Yours
Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1948 The Walls of Jericho
Bailiff (uncredited)

1948 Fury at Furnace Creek
Pops Murphy (uncredited)

1948 Sitting Pretty
Cop (uncredited)

1948 Panhandle
Doc Cooper

1948 If You Knew Susie
Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1947 Christmas Eve
Policeman (uncredited)

1947 Thunder in the Valley
McPherson, Innkeeper (uncredited)

1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Mac - Bailiff (uncredited)

1947 Keeper of the Bees
Postmaster

1947 Web of Danger
Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver

1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1946 It's a Wonderful Life
Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)

1946 My Darling Clementine
Mac the Barman

1946 Smoky
Jim, the Cook

1946 Joe Palooka, Champ
Long-Count Bowman

1946 Behind Green Lights
O'Malley, Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

1945 Pardon My Past
Policeman (uncredited)

1945 Pillow of Death
The Graveyard Sexton (uncredited)

1945 Woman Who Came Back
Sheriff (as J. Farrel McDonald)

1945 Fallen Angel
Bank Guard (uncredited)

1945 Johnny Angel
Capt. Angel

1945 The Dolly Sisters
Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1945 Nob Hill
Cabby with Katie (uncredited)

1945 Circumstantial Evidence
Jury Foreman (uncredited)

1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Carney The Junkman (uncredited)

1945 Hangover Square
Street Vendor (uncredited)

1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1944 Greenwich Village
Police Officer O'Shea (uncredited)

1944 Shadow of Suspicion
Police Captain Mike Dolan

1944 The Great Moment
The Priest

1944 Follow the Leader
Clancy, Policeman

1944 Ladies of Washington
Watchman (uncredited)

1944 Pin Up Girl
Train Conductor (uncredited)

1944 Texas Masquerade
John Martindale

1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Sheriff (uncredited)

1943 True to Life
Bit Role (uncredited)

1943 Tiger Fangs
Geoffrey MacCardle

1943 Clancy Street Boys
Police Sgt. Flanagan (as J. Farrell McDonald)

1943 Harrigan's Kid
Frank (uncredited)

1943 The Ape Man
Capt. O'Brien (as J. Farrel MacDonald)

1942 Two Mugs from Brooklyn
Cop

1942 The Living Ghost
Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson

1942 The Palm Beach Story
Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)

1942 Bowery at Midnight
Capt. Mitchell

1942 Phantom Killer
Police Captain

1942 Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
Capt. Wade

1942 One Thrilling Night
Police Sergeant Haggerty

1942 Reap the Wild Wind
Port Captain

1942 Captains of the Clouds
Dr. Neville (as J. Farrell Macdonald)

1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Judge Henry Hathaway

1942 Private Snuffy Smith
General Rosewater

1941 Law of the Timber
Adams

1941 Sullivan's Travels
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1941 Riders of the Timberline
Jim Kerrigan

1941 Broadway Limited
RR Line Supt. Mulcahey (uncredited)

1941 The Great Lie
Dr. Ferguson (as J. Farrell Macdonald)

1941 In Old Cheyenne
Tim Casey

1941 Meet John Doe
'Sourpuss'

1940 Friendly Neighbors
Sheiff Potts

1940 Knights of the Range
Cappy

1940 Untamed
Doctor Billar

1940 Pony Express Days (short)
Nevada Jim (as J. Farrell McDonald)

1940 Stagecoach War
Jeff Chapman

1940 The Last Alarm
Jim Hadley

1940 Prairie Law
Sheriff Jim Austin

1940 I Take This Oath
Insp. Tim Ryan

1940 The Light of Western Stars
Bill Stillwell - Rancher

1940 Dark Command
Dave

1939 The Gentleman from Arizona
Wild Bill Coburn

1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter
Captain (uncredited)

1939 Full Confession
Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1939 Coast Guard
Capt. Hansen (uncredited)

1939 Conspiracy
Captain of the Falcon

1939 They Shall Have Music
Police Chief (uncredited)

1939 Mickey the Kid
Sheriff J.J. Willoughby

1939 Susannah of the Mounties
Pat O'Hannegan

1939 Zenobia
Judge

1939 East Side of Heaven
Doorman (uncredited)

1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Craig Dolan

1938 Little Orphan Annie
'Pop' Corrigan

1938 Come On, Rangers
Colonel Forbes

1938 Gang Bullets
Chief Reardon

1938 Submarine Patrol
CWO 'Sails' Quincannon

1938 There Goes My Heart
Officer

1938 The Last Express
William Barton (Detective Agency Head)

1938 The Crowd Roars
Father Patrick Ryan

1938 Barefoot Boy
Warden

1938 Numbered Woman

1938 Extortion
Coach Pearson

1938 State Police
Charlie Wheeler (Mine Owner)

1938 White Banners
Dr. Thompson (as J. Farrell McDonald)

1938 My Old Kentucky Home
Mayor Jim Hopkins

1937 Courage of the West
Buck Saunders

1937 County Fair
Calvin Williams - Julie's Father

1937 The Game That Kills
Joe Holland

1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich
'Doc' Howe

1937 Topper
Policeman (as J. Farrell McDonald)

1937 Roaring Timber
Andrew MacKinley

1937 Flying Fists
Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin

1937 Slim
Pop

1937 Slave Ship
Proprietor (as J. Farrell Mac Donald)

1937 Parnell
Irish Laborer (uncredited)

1937 The Hit Parade
Sgt. O'Hara

1937 Silent Barriers
Major Rogers (as J.Farrell Macdonald)

1937 Maid of Salem
Captain of Ship

1936 Mysterious Crossing
Police Chief Bullock

1936 Show Boat
Windy

1936 Florida Special
Captain Timothy Harrigan

1936 Exclusive Story
Michael Devlin

1936 Riffraff
'Brains'

1935 Hitch Hike Lady
Judge Hale

1935 Fighting Youth
Coach Parker

1935 Stormy
Trinidad Dorn

1935 Waterfront Lady
Capt. O'Brien

1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife (uncredited)

1935 The Irish in Us
Capt. Jackson

1935 Danger Ahead
Harry Cromwell, City Editor

1935 Front Page Woman
Hallohan

1935 Shadows of the Orient
Inspector Sullivan

1935 The Arizonian
Marshal Andy Jordan

1935 The Healer
Applejack

1935 Our Little Girl
Mr. Tramp

1935 Let 'em Have It
Mr. Keefer

1935 Swellhead
Umpire

1935 Star of Midnight
Police Inspector Doremus

1935 The Whole Town's Talking
Prison Warden (uncredited)

1935 Northern Frontier
Inspector

1935 Square Shooter
Sheriff

1935 Maybe It's Love
The Cop

1935 Romance in Manhattan
Officer Murphy

1935 The Best Man Wins
Captain--Harbor Patrol

1934 Beggar's Holiday
The tramp

1934 The Cat's-Paw
Shigley (as J. Farrell Macdonald)

1934 She Made Her Bed
Bookmaker (uncredited)

1934 Once to Every Woman
Flannigan

1934 The Crime Doctor
Kemp

1934 The Crosby Case
Mike Costello

1934 Man of Two Worlds
Michael

1933 Under Secret Orders
John Burke

1933 Myrt and Marge
Grady

1933 Murder on the Campus
Police Capt. Ed Kyne

1933 I Loved a Woman
Shuster

1933 The Power and the Glory
Mulligan

1933 Laughing at Life
The Warden

1933 Peg o' My Heart
Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell

1933 The Working Man
Hank Davidson

1933 The Iron Master
J.C. Stillman

1932 The Racing Strain
Mr. Martin

1932 No Man of Her Own
'Dickie' Collins

1932 Me and My Gal
Pop Riley

1932 Men Are Such Fools

1932 Pride of the Legion
Chief Scott

1932 Heritage of the Desert
Adam Naab

1932 The Singing Plumber (short)
Joseph O'Brien - Maggie's Father

1932 This Sporting Age
Jerry O'Day

1932 70,000 Witnesses
State Coach

1932 Hearts of Humanity
Tom O'Hara

1932 The Phantom Express
D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan

1932 The Thirteenth Guest
Police Capt. Ryan

1932 The Hurricane Express
Jim Baker

1932 The Vanishing Frontier
Waco (as J.Farrell Macdonald)

1932 Madame Racketeer
John Adams

1932 Week-End Marriage
Mr. Davis

1932 The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)

1932 Scandal for Sale
Treadway

1932 Probation
Uncle George

1932 Steady Company
Hogan

1932 Hotel Continental
Detective Martin

1932 Discarded Lovers
Chief Sommers

1931 Under 18
Pop Evans

1931 Touchdown
Pop Stewart

1931 The Spirit of Notre Dame
Coach

1931 The Squaw Man
Big Bill (as J. Farrell McDonald)

1931 The Brat
Timson, the butler

1931 Sporting Blood
MacGuire (as J. Farrell McDonald)

1931 Stranger in Town
Scout (uncredited)

1931 The Maltese Falcon
Det. Sgt. Tom Polhouse

1931 Too Young to Marry
Rev. Stump

1931 The Millionaire
Dan Lewis

1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Policeman

1931 Woman Hungry
Buzzard

1931 The Easiest Way
Ben

1931 The Painted Desert
Jeff Cameron

1931 Other Men's Women
Peg-Leg

1930 The Truth About Youth
Colonel Graham

1930 River's End
O'Toole

1930 The Girl of the Golden West
Sonora Slim

1930 Song o' My Heart
Rafferty (as Farrell MacDonald)

1930 Men Without Women
Costello (as Farrell Macdonald)

1929 South Sea Rose
Hackett

1929 The Painted Angel
Pa Hudler

1929 Happy Days
Train Conductor

1929 Masquerade
Joe Hickey

1929 Masked Emotions
Will Whitten

1929 Strong Boy
Angus McGregor

1928 In Old Arizona
Stage Passenger (uncredited)

1928 Riley the Cop
James 'Aloysius' Riley (as Farrell Macdonald)

1928 4 Devils
The Clown

1928 None But the Brave
John Craig

1928 Abie's Irish Rose
Patrick Murphy

1928 Bringing Up Father
Jiggs

1928 The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
Kelly

1927 East Side, West Side
Pug Malone

1927 Sunrise
The Photographer (as J. Farrell McDonald)

1927 Paid to Love
Peter Roberts

1927 Colleen
Mr. O'Flynn

1927 The Cradle Snatchers
George Martin

1927 Rich But Honest
Diamond Jim O'Grady

1927 Love Makes 'Em Wild
W. Barden

1927 Ankles Preferred
McGuire

1926 Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
Sloan

1926 The Country Beyond
Sgt. Cassidy

1926 The Family Upstairs
Joe Heller

1926 3 Bad Men
Mike Costigan

1926 The Last Frontier
Wild Bill Hickok

1926 A Trip to Chinatown
Benjamin Strong

1926 The Shamrock Handicap
Con O'Shea

1926 The Dixie Merchant
Jean Paul Fippany

1926 The First Year
Mr. Barstow

1925 The Fighting Heart
Jerry

1925 Thank You
Andy

1925 Kentucky Pride
Donovan

1925 The Lucky Horseshoe
Mack

1925 Lightnin'
Lemuel Townsend

1925 The Scarlet Honeymoon
Joshua Thorpe

1925 Let Women Alone
Commodore John Gordon

1924 The Brass Bowl
Hickey

1924 Gerald Cranston's Lady
Rennie

1924 The Iron Horse
Corporal Casey (as J. Farrell Macdonald)

1924 The Signal Tower
Pete

1924 Western Luck
'Chuck' Campbell

1924 Mademoiselle Midnight
Duc de Moing (Prologue)

1924 The Storm Daughter
Con Mullaney

1924 Fair Week
Jasper Remus

1923 Fashionable Fakers
Pat O'Donnell (aka Abdul Ishmid)

1923 The Age of Desire
Dan Reagan

1923 Drifting
Murphy

1923 Racing Hearts
Silas Martin

1923 Quicksands
Col. Patterson

1923 While Paris Sleeps
George Morier

1922 The Young Rajah
Amhad Beg - Prime Minister (as J. Farrell Macdonald)

1922 Manslaughter (uncredited)

1922 The Ghost Breaker
Sam Marcum

1922 The Bonded Woman
Captain Gaskell

1922 Over the Border
Peter Galbraith

1922 Tracks
Jack Bess

1922 The Bachelor Daddy
Joe Pelton

1922 Come on Over
Michael Morahan

1922 Sky High
Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)

1921 Trailin'
Joseph Piotto (prolog) (as J. Farrel MacDonald)

1921 Riding with Death
Sheriff Pat Garrity

1921 Bucking the Line
Dave Kinsey

1921 Action
Mormon Peters

1921 Little Miss Hawkshaw
Inspector Hahn

1921 The Wallop
Neuces River

1921 Desperate Youth
'Mendocino' Bill

1921 The Freeze-Out
Bobtail McGuire

1920 Hitchin' Posts
Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald)

1920 The Boss of Copperhead (short)

1920 Backfire (short)

1920 Under Sentence (short)

1920 Two from Texas (short)

1920 The Path She Chose
Father

1920 Bullet Proof
Jim Boone

1919 Marked Men
Tom Placer McGraw

1919 This Hero Stuff
Softnose Smith

1919 The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1919/I A Sporting Chance
Luther Ripley aka Kennedy

1919 Trixie from Broadway
Slim Hayes

1919 Riders of Vengeance
Buell

1919 Charge It to Me
Officer Hennessey

1919 A Fight for Love
The Priest (as J. Farrel McDonald)

1919 Molly of the Follies
Swannick

1919 Roped
Butler

1918 Fair Enough
Chief of Police Morgan (as J. Farrel McDonald)

1918 $5,000 Reward
Norcross

1917 The Best Man

1917 The Victor of the Plot (short)

1917 Her Heart's Desire (short)

1916 The Price of Power

1915 The Stronger Man (short)
Cecil's First Husband

1915 Rags
Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)

1915 Captain Fracasse (short) (unconfirmed)

1915 Felix Holt (short)

1915 The Heart of Maryland
Col. Thorpe

1914 The Last Egyptian
Kara, the Last Egyptian

1914 The Mexican's Last Raid (short)
Bill

1914 From Father to Son (short)

1914 For the Freedom of Cuba (short)
Gen. Cuyler (as J. Francis MacDonald)

1914 The Option (short)
Hull

1914 The Gambler's Oath (short)
The Mexican

1913 The Dread Inheritance (short) (unconfirmed)

1913 Back to Primitive (short) (as J.F. McDonald)

1913 The Calling of Louis Mona (short)

1913 On Burning Sands (short)
Bill Stover

1912 The Old Folks' Christmas (short) (unconfirmed)

1912 Rescued by Wireless (short)
Gen. Miro (as Farrell MacDonald)

1912 The Section Foreman (short)
Edward Eagan

1912 A Timely Repentance (short)
Louis Nordell

1912/II The Helping Hand (short)
John Clinton (as Farrell MacDonald)

1911 'Tween Two Loves (short)
Farmer Howard

1911 The Lineman (short)
The Lineman

1911 The Piece of String (short)

1911 The Forged Dispatch (short)

1911 The Lighthouse Keeper (short)
Nat Berry - The Lighthouse Keeper

1911 The Scarlet Letter (short)
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J. Farrell MacDonald (1875–1952)

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