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Kenneth MacDonald (I) (1901–1972)

Kenneth MacDonald began his career as a stage actor in the 1920s. In the early 1930s he came to Hollywood to break into motion pictures, but after several bit parts, he found employment difficult to come by. He hit upon the idea of a little self-promotion, and wrote a pamphlet called "The Case of Kenneth MacDonald," and distributed it to as many producers as he could find... See full bio »

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1970 Which Way to the Front? (uncredited)
 
1969 Then Came Bronson (TV series)
The Banker
The 3:13 Arrives at Noon (1969) … The Banker
 
1969 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Judge Waylan
Visitation (1969) … Judge Waylan
 
1967 40 Guns to Apache Pass
Harry Malone
 
1960-1966 Bonanza (TV series)
Sheriff
A House Divided (1960) … Sheriff
 
1966 Fantastic Voyage
Henry - Heart Monitoring (uncredited)
 
1957-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Judge / Judge Carter / Judge #1 / …
The Case of the Final Fade-Out (1966) … Judge #1
The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara (1966) … Judge
The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise (1966) … Judge
The Case of the Silent Six (1965) … Judge Carter
The Case of the Candy Queen (1965) … Judge
 
1965 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Hamer
Cry of Gold (1965) … Hamer
 
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Surgeon
The Blizzard Makers (1964) … Surgeon
 
1963-1964 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
Miner
The Day of the Misfits (1963) … Miner
 
1963-1964 Temple Houston (TV series)
Election Officer / Jury Foreman
Sam's Boy (1964) … Jury Foreman
Enough Rope (1963) … Election Officer
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
Doctor
Speckle Bird (1963) … Doctor (uncredited)
 
1962 Going My Way (TV series)
Captain
A Dog for Father Fitz (1962) … Captain
 
1960-1962 Wagon Train (TV series)
General Collins / Wagon Man
The Caroline Casteel Story (1962) … Wagon Man
The Colonel Harris Story (1960) … General Collins (uncredited)
 
1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
Canfield
The Good Fight (1962) … Canfield
 
1962 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Maj. Croton
The Green Beret (1962) … Maj. Croton
 
1962 Ripcord (TV series)
Dr. Page
Double Drop (1962) … Dr. Page
 
1961 The Errand Boy
Mr. Fumble
 
1958-1961 Bronco (TV series)
Sheriff / Sheriff Elliott / Sheriff Lem Pritt
One Came Back (1961) … Sheriff Elliott
Guns of the Lawless (1961) … Sheriff Lem Pritt
Four Guns and a Prayer (1958) … Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1959-1961 Laramie (TV series)
Captain Reeves / Duggan / Sheriff / …
Wolf Cub (1961) … Captain Reeves
Duel at Parkison Town (1960) … Duggan
Cemetery Road (1960) … Sheriff (uncredited)
The General Must Die (1959) … Zeke - Decoy Stage Driver
 
1959-1961 Rawhide (TV series)
Bartender / Morgan Shaw / Townsman
Rio Salado (1961) … Bartender
Incident of the Running Iron (1961) … Morgan Shaw
Incident of a Burst of Evil (1959) … Townsman (as Kenneth McDonald)
 
1961 The Ladies Man
Papa Heebert (uncredited)
 
1961 Return to Peyton Place
Dexter (uncredited)
 
1961 Posse from Hell
Townsman (uncredited)
 
1958-1961 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Sheriff / Mr. Smith
Stranger in Town (1961) … Sheriff
Wolf Pack (1960) … Mr. Smith
Small War at Custer Junction (1958) … Sheriff (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
 
1959-1961 The Deputy (TV series)
Charley, Telegrapher / Sheriff
Two-Way Deal (1961) … Sheriff (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
Powder Keg (1959) … Charley, Telegrapher (uncredited)
 
1961 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Howard Stacey
Casey and the Clowns (1961) … Howard Stacey
 
1961 Angel (TV series)
Happy Marriage (1961)
 
1959-1961 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Sam Jansen / Tack Colby
The Price of Paradise (1961) … Sam Jansen
A Matter of Honor (1959) … Tack Colby
 
1960 Checkmate (TV series)
Elmer
Death Runs Wild (1960) … Elmer
 
1960 The Man from Blackhawk (TV series)
Jess
The Search for Cope Borden (1960) … Jess
 
1960 The Untouchables (TV series)
Senate Committee Member
The Big Squeeze (1960) … Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
 
1959-1960 Riverboat (TV series)
George Dexter
The Treasure of Hawk Hill (1960) … George Dexter
The Barrier (1959)
 
1956-1960 Cheyenne (TV series)
Indian Agent Clum / Sheriff / Sheriff Gaffey
Apache Blood (1960) … Indian Agent Clum (uncredited)
Land Beyond the Law (1957) … Sheriff (uncredited)
The Trap (1956) … Sheriff Gaffey
 
1960 Gunfighters of Abilene
Harker
 
1959 Maverick (TV series)
Sheriff
 
1959 The Jayhawkers!
Army Lieutenant (uncredited)
 
1959 The Restless Gun (TV series)
One on the House (1959)
 
1959 Frontier Doctor (TV series)
Sheriff Quinn
Danger Valley (1959) … Sheriff Quinn
 
1959 The Texan (TV series)
Ed Grover
The Marshal of Yellow Jacket (1959) … Ed Grover
 
1959 The Rough Riders (TV series)
Oliver Wentworth
Wilderness Trace (1959) … Oliver Wentworth
 
1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Sheriff
Drop to Drink (1958) … Sheriff (as Ken MacDonald)
 
1958 Trackdown (TV series)
Hub Grimm
Every Man a Witness (1958) … Hub Grimm (as Ken MacDonald)
 
1958 Rescue 8 (TV series)
Sheriff No. 1
Find That Bomb! (1958) … Sheriff No. 1 (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
 
1958 Lawman (TV series)
Mr. Matson
The Badge (1958) … Mr. Matson (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
 
1958 The Thin Man (TV series)
Deputy Sheriff
The Departed Doctor (1958) … Deputy Sheriff
 
1957-1958 Colt .45 (TV series)
Col. Parker
The Deserters (1958) … Col. Parker (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
Rare Specimen (1958) … Col. Parker
Dead Reckoning (1958) … Col. Parker
Sign in the Sand (1958) … Col. Parker (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
A Time to Die (1957) … Col. Parker (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
 
1958 State Trooper (TV series)
John Dalby
Death on Wheels (1958) … John Dalby
 
1958 Man from God's Country
Judge (uncredited)
 
1958 Day of the Badman
Fred Collins (uncredited)
 
1956-1958 Navy Log (TV series)
Admiral / Captain
The Butchers of Kapsan (1958) … Admiral
Bucket of Sand (1956) … Captain
Lunger at Kunsan (1956) … Admiral
 
1958 The Heart Is a Rebel
Alfred Carlson
 
1957 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
The Tinhorn (1957)
 
1957 Casey Jones (TV series)
Joshua T. Kirby
The Old Timer (1957) … Joshua T. Kirby
 
1957 The Adventures of McGraw (TV series)
Sheriff Corin
McGraw in Reno (1957) … Sheriff Corin
 
1957 The Delicate Delinquent
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
 
1957 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Halloway
Don Marshall's Brat (1957) … Halloway
 
1957 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Jury Foreman
There Were Four (1957) … Jury Foreman
 
1957 Battle Hymn
Three-Star General (uncredited)
 
1957 The Gray Ghost (TV series)
Judge Advocate
The Brothers (1957) … Judge Advocate
 
1956 Three Violent People
Croupier (uncredited)
 
1956 Showdown at Abilene
Jay Ingles (uncredited)
 
1956 Crossroads (TV series)
Doctor Edwards
Circus Priest (1956) … Doctor Edwards
 
1956 Scheming Schemers (short)
Mr. Allen
 
1956 Broken Arrow (TV series)
The Mail Riders (1956)
 
1956 The She-Creature
Police Doctor with Prof. Anderson
 
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
Roebel (uncredited)
 
1956 Star in the Dust
Hank (uncredited)
 
1956 My Friend Flicka (TV series)
Brady
The Foundlings (1956) … Brady
 
1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Townsman
Broken Arrow (1956) … Townsman (uncredited)
 
1956 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (TV series)
Chief Marshal
Stone River (1956) … Chief Marshal
 
1956 Perils of the Wilderness
Bart Randall (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
 
1955 The Rawhide Years
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
 
1955 Blunder Boys (short)
Capt. F.B. Eye
 
1952-1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Callen / Councilman / Sultana Foreman
Twelve to Eternity (1955)
Gun Job (1953) … Councilman
The Sermon of the Gun (1953) … Sultana Foreman
Crossed and Double Crossed (1952) … Callen
 
1955 Hot Ice (short)
Dapper Malone
 
1955 Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (TV series)
Dispenser Station Superintendent / Dispensing Station Superintendent / Dispersal Station Superintendent
The Hydrogen Hurricane (1955) … Dispenser Station Superintendent (uncredited)
Robot Monster from Mars (1955) … Dispensing Station Superintendent (uncredited)
Destroyers of the Sun (1955) … Dispersal Station Superintendent (uncredited)
 
1955 The Gun That Won the West
Colonel E.M. Still (uncredited)
 
1955 Francis in the Navy
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
 
1949-1955 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Deputy Zack / Inspector Williams / Sheriff Mason / …
Death Goes to Press (1955) … Deputy Zack
Gold Freight (1955) … Sheriff Mason
Outlaw's Revenge (1950) … The Sheriff
The Renegades (1949) … Inspector Williams
 
1955 Seminole Uprising
Denker (uncredited)
 
1955 Seven Angry Men
William Clark (uncredited)
 
1955 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
Agent
The Guilty One (1955) … Agent
 
1954-1955 The Cisco Kid (TV series)
Frank Guthrie / Henry Blake / J.L. Webster / …
Vendetta (1955) … Frank Guthrie
Juggler's Silver (1955) … Marshal Ed Watson
Doorway to Nowhere (1955) … Ralph Hammond (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
Fool's Gold (1954) … J.L. Webster
Trouble in Tonopah (1954) … Henry Blake
 
1955 Captain Lightfoot
Desmond (High Steward) (as Kenneth Mac Donald)
 
1955 Of Cash and Hash (short)
Lefty Loomis
 
1954-1955 Stories of the Century (TV series)
Al Sieber / Deputy Marshal Gleason
Apache Kid (1955) … Al Sieber
The Doolin Gang (1954) … Deputy Marshal Gleason
 
1954 Shot in the Frontier (short)
Bill Noonan (uncredited)
 
1954 Captain Midnight (TV series)
John Sawyer
Death Below Zero (1954) … John Sawyer
 
1954 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (TV series)
Ortho
Silver Needle in the Sky: Chapter III (1954) … Ortho (uncredited)
Silver Needle in the Sky: Chapter II (1954) … Ortho (uncredited)
Silver Needle in the Sky: Chapter I (1954) … Ortho (uncredited)
 
1954 The Caine Mutiny
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
 
1954 Annie Oakley (TV series)
Sheriff Luke MacTavish, Annie's Uncle / Sheriff Luke, Annie's Uncle
Bull's Eye (1954) … Sheriff Luke, Annie's Uncle
The Hardrock Trail (1954) … Sheriff Luke MacTavish, Annie's Uncle
 
1954 Rails Into Laramie
Saloon Owner (uncredited)
 
1954 Southwest Passage
Sheriff Morgan (uncredited)
 
1953-1954 Ramar of the Jungle (TV series)
Dr. Arlington / Prof. Joshua Loring
The Road of No Return (1954) … Prof. Joshua Loring
The Flaming Mountain (1953) … Dr. Arlington (as Kenneth McDonald)
The Golden Tablet (1953) … Dr. Arlington (as Kenneth McDonald)
 
1953 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
Sheriff Gordon
The Sole Survivor (1953) … Sheriff Gordon
 
1953 Bandits of the West
Nugget's Assistant (uncredited)
 
1953 Savage Frontier
Marshal
 
1953 He Popped His Pistol (short)
 
1953 Law and Order
Rancher Waiting for Stagecoach (uncredited)
 
1953 Loose Loot (short)
Icabod Slipp
 
1953 Marshal of Cedar Rock
Sheriff Blake
 
1952-1953 Cowboy G-Men (TV series)
Dan Layton / Sheriff Carter
Mysterious Decoy (1953) … Sheriff Carter
Salted Mines (1952) … Dan Layton (as Kenneth McDonald)
 
1951-1953 The Range Rider (TV series)
Bill Lane / Dan Harris / Jeb Thompson / …
Convict at Large (1953) … Dan Harris
Greed Rides the Range (1952) … Mr. Morrow
Outlaw's Double (1952) … Marshal
False Trail (1951) … Jeb Thompson
Indian Sign (1951) … Bill Lane
 
1952 Montana Belle
Sheriff with Marshall Combs (uncredited)
 
1951-1952 The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV series)
Attorney Sam Devlin / Capt. William Drayson / Ray Bolton / …
The Range Master (1952) … Attorney Sam Devlin
Roaring Challenge (1952) … Capt. William Drayson
Law of the Six-Guns (1951) … Ray Bolton
The Road to Monterey (1951) … Senator Tom Fowler
 
1952 Arctic Flight
Father François
 
1952 Three Dark Horses (short)
William 'Bill' Wick
 
1952 Somebody Loves Me
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1952 Chevron Theatre (TV series)
Lesson in Hot Lead (1952)
 
1952 Carson City
Dave Fairchild (uncredited)
 
1952 Leadville Gunslinger
Sheriff Nichols
 
1952 Trail Guide
Wagon Master Wheeler
 
1952 Rose of Cimarron
Posse Sheriff
 
1951 Distant Drums
General's Staff Officer (uncredited)
 
1951 Cave of Outlaws
Poker-Player (uncredited)
 
1951 Desert of Lost Men
Bill Hackett
 
1951 Hula-La-La (short)
Varanu, Witch Doctor
 
1951 Hot Lead
Sheriff Lacy
 
1951 Fighting Coast Guard
Army Officer (uncredited)
 
1951 Along the Great Divide
Crowley - Rancher (uncredited)
 
1951 Francis Goes to the Races
Third Steward (uncredited)
 
1951 My Forbidden Past
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
 
1951 The Sword of Monte Cristo
Chamberlain
 
1951 Law of the Badlands
Captain McVey
 
1951 Sugarfoot
Rancher (uncredited)
 
1950 Experiment Alcatraz
Col. Harris
 
1950 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
Sheriff Jack Judd / Tom Lawton
The Fight at Peaceful Mesa (1950) … Tom Lawton
Gun Powder Range (1950) … Sheriff Jack Judd (as Ken MacDonald)
 
1950 Studio Stoops (short)
Dandy Dawson
 
1950 Border Treasure
Sheriff Carrigan (as Ken MacDonald)
 
1950 Cactus Caravan (short)
Jed Newman, aka Al Carter
 
1950 Salt Lake Raiders
Tom, deputy Marshal
 
1950 Storm Over Wyoming
Robert Dawson
 
1950 Federal Agent at Large
Captain
 
1950 Guilty of Treason
Major Arresting Mindszenty
 
1950 Dakota Lil
Fletch, Sentry (as Ken MacDonald)
 
1950 Punchy Cowpunchers (short)
Dillon
 
1949 South of Santa Fe (short)
Jed Newman
 
1949 Vagabond Loafers (short)
Mr. Allen
 
1949 The Mysterious Desperado
Sheriff Anders
 
1949 Stagecoach Kid
Sheriff
 
1949 Hellfire
Man with Warning (uncredited)
 
1949 The Gay Amigo
Capt. Lewis
 
1949 Radio Riot (short)
 
1949 The Ghost Talks (short)
Skeleton (voice) (uncredited)
 
1948 Crime on Their Hands (short)
Dapper Malone
 
1948 Belle Starr's Daughter
Uncle Jim Davis
 
1948 A Pinch in Time (short)
 
1948 The Plunderers
Rancher (uncredited)
 
1948 The Gallant Blade
Conference Table General de Beaufort (uncredited)
 
1948 An Innocent Affair
Board Member (uncredited)
 
1948 False Paradise
Bentley (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
 
1948 Return of the Bad Men
Colonel Markham (uncredited)
 
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Judge (uncredited)
 
1948 Train to Alcatraz
Guard Reeves
 
1948 Frontier Agent
Burton Wheelock
 
1948 Shivering Sherlocks (short)
Lefty Loomis
 
1948 The Swordsman
Clansman (uncredited)
 
1947 The Fabulous Texan
Citizen (uncredited)
 
1947 The Son of Rusty
Police Chief (uncredited)
 
1947 Crossfire
Major (uncredited)
 
1947 Hold That Lion! (short)
Icabod Slipp
 
1947 Brute Force
Cell Check Guard (uncredited)
 
1947 Cheyenne
Gambler (uncredited)
 
1947 Banjo
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
 
1947 Nervous Shakedown (short)
 
1947 Framed
Policeman (uncredited)
 
1947 Johnny O'Clock
Cop (uncredited)
 
1947 Rolling Down to Reno (short)
Ted Crissman, Gangster
 
1946 San Quentin
Dubbed Voice of Visiting Colonel (uncredited)
 
1946 Lady Luck
Masters, Casino Manager (uncredited)
 
1946 Pardon My Terror (short)
Mr. Grooch
 
1946 Monkey Businessmen (short)
Dr. Mallard (uncredited)
 
1946 That Texas Jamboree
Brady (uncredited)
 
1945 Cornered
Incza's Henchman (uncredited)
 
1945 The Windjammer
Producer
 
1945 The Lost Trail
John Corbett
 
1945 Shadow of Terror
McKenzie
 
1945 First Yank Into Tokyo
Col. Thompson (uncredited)
 
1945 Back to Bataan
Maj. McKinley (uncredited)
 
1945 The Monster and the Ape
Police Inspector Hamilton [Ch. 8,12]
 
1945 The Power of the Whistler
John Crawford, Mental Hospital Warden (uncredited)
 
1944 Bowery Champs
Henchman
 
1944 Black Arrow
Jake Jackson
 
1944 Cowboy from Lonesome River
Senator Daniel G. Proctor/Sheppard Proctor
 
1944 West of the Rio Grande
Martin Keene
 
1944 U-Boat Prisoner
Prof. Hamilton (uncredited)
 
1944 The Desert Hawk
Akbar
 
1944 The Racket Man
Captain (uncredited)
 
1944 Pride of the Plains
Dan Hurley
 
1943 The Phantom
Dr. Max Bremmer (uncredited)
 
1943 Destroyer
Naval Officer (uncredited)
 
1943 Six Gun Gospel
Ace Benton
 
1943 We've Never Been Licked
Captain (uncredited)
 
1943 Robin Hood of the Range
Henry Marlowe
 
1942 The Valley of Vanishing Men
Jonathan Kincaid
 
1942 Underground Agent
J.M. Clyde (uncredited)
 
1942 Junior Army
Keller (uncredited)
 
1942 Stand By All Networks
Captain Banion
 
1942 Smith of Minnesota
Doc Williams (uncredited)
 
1942 Sabotage Squad
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
 
1942 Eagle Squadron
Margate Dispatcher (uncredited)
 
1942 Perils of the Royal Mounted
Mort Ransome
 
1942 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1942 The Man Who Returned to Life
Officer Fosse
 
1942 Cadets on Parade
Dr. Nesbitt
 
1941 Go West, Young Lady
Pony Express Rider (scenes deleted)
 
1941 Harmon of Michigan
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1941 Mystery Ship
Gorman
 
1941 I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
Advocate (uncredited)
 
1941 The Son of Davy Crockett
King Canfield
 
1941 Hands Across the Rockies
Juneau Jessup
 
1941 Under Age
Johnson
 
1941 Prairie Pioneers
Fields (as Ken MacDonald)
 
1941 The Devil Commands
Sheriff Ed Willis
 
1940 The Wildcat of Tucson
Rance McKee
 
1940 Frontier Vengeance
Slash
 
1940 Before I Hang
Anson, Prison Guard
 
1940 The Durango Kid
Mace Ballard
 
1940 Texas Stagecoach
John Appleby
 
1940 Island of Doomed Men
Doctor Rosener
 
1940 Bullets for Rustlers
Ed Brock
 
1939 Two-Fisted Rangers
Jack Rand
 
1939 The Taming of the West
Blaisdale
 
1939 Outpost of the Mounties
R.A. Kirby
 
1939 Overland with Kit Carson
Trapper Winchester
 
1939 Mandrake the Magician
James Webster
 
1939 Outside These Walls
Hutchins (uncredited)
 
1939 Spoilers of the Range
Cash Fenton
 
1935 Border Vengeance
Flash Purdue
 
1934 There's Always Tomorrow
Motorman (uncredited)
 
1934 Good Dame
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
 
1933 Cocktail Hour
Ship's Steward (uncredited)
 
1933 Below the Sea
Sailor (uncredited)
 
1932 The Last Mile
Harris... Guard
 
1932 The Woman from Monte Carlo
Orderly (uncredited)
 
1931 Safe in Hell
Wireless Operator (uncredited)
 
1931 Politics
Cop-Driver (uncredited)
 
1931 Dirigible
Lt. Fogarty (uncredited)
 
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1958-1961 Frontier Justice (TV series)
 
1955 Phantom of the Jungle
Dr. Stewart Arlington
 
1954 Duel in Space (TV movie)
General Arpo, an ambassador
 
1952 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
 

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