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Frank McGlynn Sr. (1866–1951)

Actor | Director | Writer

Gaunt-looking US character actor, best remembered for his many portrayals in 30's and 40's historical films of US President (1861-65) Abraham Lincoln. See full bio »

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in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Newburgh, New York, USA
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1947 Hollywood Barn Dance
Pa (Hiram) Tubb (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1947 Trail Street
Tim McKeon (uncredited)
 
1946 Slightly Scandalous
Graves (uncredited)
 
1945 I Was a Criminal
 
1944 Rogues Gallery
Blake (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1944 Delinquent Daughters
Judge Craig (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1942 In Old California
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1942 Syncopation
Simon Goodwill (uncredited)
 
1941 Marry the Bo$$'$ Daughter
Hoffman
 
1941 Three Girls About Town
Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
 
1941 Sergeant York
Mountaineer (uncredited)
 
1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
'Panky' Pankington
 
1940 Third Finger, Left Hand
Judge Holman (uncredited)
 
1940 Boom Town
Deacon
 
1939 The Mad Empress
President Abraham Lincoln
 
1939 The Honeymoon's Over
Thin Man
 
1939 Second Fiddle
Lincolnesque Actor (uncredited)
 
1939 Love Affair
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
 
1939 Lincoln in the White House (short)
Abraham Lincoln
 
1938 Strange Glory (short)
Abraham Lincoln
 
1938 Joaquin Murrieta (short)
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
 
1938 The Girl of the Golden West
Pete - Gambler (uncredited)
 
1938 The Lone Ranger
Abraham Lincoln [Ch. 1]
 
1938 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Minister (uncredited)
 
1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone
Minister at Wedding (uncredited)
 
1937 Wells Fargo
Lincoln (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1937 Sudden Bill Dorn
Cap Jinks
 
1937 Western Gold
Abraham Lincoln
 
1937 Broadway Melody of 1938
Boardinghouse Resident (uncredited)
 
1937 Saratoga
Ed Kenyon (uncredited)
 
1937 Sing and Be Happy
Sheriff
 
1937 Parnell
Pat Hogan - the Landlord (uncredited)
 
1937 That I May Live
Dr. Curtis (uncredited)
 
1937 Silent Barriers
Sir John Macdonald - Prime Minister of Canada
 
1936 Career Woman
Sheriff Duncan
 
1936 The Plainsman
Abraham Lincoln
 
1936 North of Nome
U. S. Marshal
 
1936 King of the Royal Mounted
Henry Dundas
 
1936 The Last of the Mohicans
Gamut
 
1936 Parole!
A.R. Patton (uncredited)
 
1936 Hearts in Bondage
Abraham Lincoln
 
1936 For the Service
Jim, a Scout
 
1936 These Three
Judge (uncredited)
 
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Preacher
 
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island
President Abraham Lincoln
 
1936 It's Up to You
Bixby
 
1935 Captain Blood
Rev. Ogle
 
1935 The Littlest Rebel
Abraham Lincoln
 
1935 Outlawed Guns
Jingle
 
1935 The Roaring West
Jinglebob Morgan
 
1935 Goin' to Town
Judge (uncredited)
 
1935 It's a Small World
Snake Brown Jr.
 
1935 Folies Bergère de Paris
Joseph
 
1934 The Mighty Barnum
Barnum's Butler (uncredited)
 
1934 Lost in the Stratosphere
Col. Worthington (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1934 Belle of the Nineties
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
 
1934 Wild Gold
Thompson the Storekeeper (uncredited)
 
1934 Are We Civilized?
Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
 
1934 Little Miss Marker
Doc Chesley
 
1934 Search for Beauty
Rev. Rankin
 
1934 Massacre
Missionary
 
1933 Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Amos Winterslip
 
1933 Unknown Valley
Head Elder (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1933 Hello, Everybody!
Jonathan Reed
 
1933 Employees' Entrance
The Editor (scenes deleted)
 
1932 Frisco Jenny
Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
 
1932 Lady and Gent
Principal
 
1932 The Wet Parade
Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
 
1932 Polly of the Circus
Head of Parish Board (uncredited)
 
1931 Huckleberry Finn
Second teacher (uncredited)
 
1931 The Secret Six
Judge (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1931 The Great Meadow
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1930 Min and Bill
Mr. Southard (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1930 The Jazz Cinderella
Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1930 Good News
Professor Kenyon (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1924 Abraham Lincoln (short)
Abraham Lincoln
 
1918 The Caillaux Case
Emperor William of Germany (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1918 Why America Will Win
John F. Pershin
 
1918 The Accidental Honeymoon
Farmer Perkins
 
1918 Rough and Ready
The Siwash (as Franklyn McGlynn)
 
1917 The Mad Lover
Lawyer Robertson (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1917 The Poor Little Rich Girl
The Plumber
 
1917 The Argyle Case
John Argyle (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1916 The Coward's Code (short)
 
1916 Gloria's Romance
Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1915 Vanity Fair
Captain William Dobbin
 
1915 Across the Great Divide (short)
 
1915 The Way Back
Samuel Kingman (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1915 Through Turbulent Waters
Bill Ford
 
1915 The Test (short)
Tom O'Neil
 
1915 His Peasant Princess (short)
The King of Rodenkurst (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1915 With Bridges Burned (short)
Paul Grigsby (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1915 A Woman's Revenge (short)
Roger Davis (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1915 A Deadly Hate (short)
Warden Johnson (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1915 For the Man She Loved (short)
 
1915 In the Shadow of Death (short)
Lizette's Grandfather (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1915 The Life of Abraham Lincoln (short)
 
1915 From a Life of Crime (short)
 
1915 The Voice of Conscience (short)
The Doctor/Husband
 
1915 The Magnate of Paradise (short)
Finlaison (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1915 The Girl of the Gypsy Camp (short)
 
1914 The Premature Compromise (short)
The Ship's Captain
 
1914 The Birth of Our Saviour (short)
Herod (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1914 The Last of the Hargroves (short)
Mr. Hargrove - Viney's Father
 
1914 The Everlasting Triangle (short)
Santley, of the West
 
1914 The Pines of Lorey
John Boyd (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1914 The Man in the Dark (short)
Silver Joe
 
1914 Jim's Vindication (short)
Jim (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1914 Sheep's Clothing (short)
 
1914 Detective Swift (short)
Count Otronski aka Renault
 
1913 Alexia's Strategy (short)
Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1913 What Shall It Profit a Man? (short)
Gilbert Storm (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1913 The Price of Human Lives (short)
Gregory Cort - the Father
 
1913 Nora's Boarders (short)
 
1913 The Phantom Signal (short)
 
1913 Elise, the Forester's Daughter (short)
Elise's Father
 
1913 A Face from the Past (short)
Edward Pendleton (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1913 A Woodland Paradise (short)
Amos Munroe
 
1913 A Daughter of the Wilderness (short)
The Priest (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1913 The Girl and the Outlaw (short)
Zeb Norton
 
1913 The Contents of the Suitcase (short) (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1913 A Light on Troubled Waters (short) (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1913 Joyce of the North Woods (short)
Birkdale - Joyce's Husband
 
1913 The Treasure of Captain Kidd (short)
 
1913 By Fire and Water (short)
 
1913/II The Bells (short)
Martin - Lucy's Father
 
1913 Who Will Marry Mary?
 
1913 The Dream Fairy (short)
 
1911 Foul Play (short)
Wylie - mate of the Prosperpine (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1911 The Spirit of the Gorge (short)
The Medicine Man (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1911 The Battle of Bunker Hill (short)
Jack - a Colonial Officer
 
1911 The Wager and the Wage Earners (short)
 
1911 The Niece and the Chorus Lady (short)
 
1911 The Twin Towers (short)
 
1911 A Buried Past (short)
The Prisoner turned Mayor
 
1911 The Strike at the Mines (short)
 
1911 Nell's Last Deal (short) (as Frank McGlynn)
 
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1915 Faith and Fortune (short)
 
1915 Her Inspiration (short)
 
1915 The Truth About Helen
 
1915 Waifs of the Sea (short) (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1915 The Broken Word (short)
 
1914 The Giants-White Sox Tour (documentary short)
 
1912 In the Government Service (short) (as Frank McGlynn)
 
1910 Ononko's Vow (short)
 
1910 The Big Scoop (short)
 
1910 'Mid the Cannon's Roar (short)
 
1910 Sandy the Substitute (short)
 
1910 Pardners (short)
 
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1913 The Girl and the Outlaw (short) (story)
 
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1942 March On, America! (short)
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
 
1940 Hi-Yo Silver
Abraham Lincoln
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Alternate Names:

Franklyn McGlynn | Frank McGlynn

Height:

6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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Star Sign:

Scorpio