- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 26, 1901
- Place of Birth
- Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- January 1, 1977
Hamilton MacFadden
Hamilton MacFadden (April 26, 1901 – January 1, 1977) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. MacFadden's parents were Rev. Robert A. MacFadden and Edith Hamilton MacFadden. His father died in 1909, leaving his mother to support herself and four children. In 1928, she became the first woman to file papers to run for governor of Massachusetts. MacFadden was a 1925 graduate of Harvard University. Soon after graduating, he became producer of the American Theatre Company, which presented plays for 10 weeks in the Boston area. The project was backed by Michael Strange, a writer who made her professional stage debut in the productions. He also served as director of the Community Arts Association in Santa Barbara, California, and the Theatre Guild School of Acting in New York. Plays that MacFadden produced on Broadway included Gods of the Lightning and La Gringa. After startin…
Filmography
movieWalt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004 · Hamilton MacFadden (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieInside the Law
1942 · Director
movieYoung America
1942 · Jim Benson
movieThe Power of God
1942 · Director
movieCharlie Chan in Rio
1941 · Bill Kellogg
movieDressed to Kill
1941 · Reporter
movieThe Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Hamilton MacFadden
movieSleepers West
1941
movieMichael Shayne: Private Detective
1940 · Reporter
movieThe Lady in Question
1940 · Guard (uncredited)
movieShooting High
1940 · J. Wallace Rutledge
movieThe Honeymoon's Over
1939 · Screenplay
movieChicken Wagon Family
1939 · Auctioneer
movieCharlie Chan in Reno
1939 · Night Clerk
movieThe Jones Family in Hollywood
1939 · Townsend - Director
movieWhile New York Sleeps
1938 · Pete - Reporter
movieSharpshooters
1938 · Bowman
movieTarnished Angel
1938 · Reverend Summers
movieEscape by Night
1937 · Director
movieSea Racketeers
1937 · Director
movieThe Legion of Missing Men
1937 · Director
movieIt Can't Last Forever
1937 · Director
Three Legionnaires
1937 · Director
movieFighting Youth
1935 · Director, Screenplay
movieCharlie Chan in Paris
1935 · Director
movieElinor Norton
1934 · Director
movieShe Was a Lady
1934 · Director
movieStand Up and Cheer!
1934 · Director
movieHold That Girl
1934 · Director
movieAs Husbands Go
1934 · Director
movieCharlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933 · Director
movieThe Man Who Dared
1933 · Director
Trick for Trick
1933 · Director
movieSecond Hand Wife
1933 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Fourth Horseman
1932 · Director
movieCheaters at Play
1932 · Director
movieRiders of the Purple Sage
1931 · Director
movieTheir Mad Moment
1931 · Director
movieThe Black Camel
1931 · Val Martino (uncredited), Director
movieCharlie Chan Carries On
1931 · Director
movieAre You There?
1930 · Director
movieOh, for a Man!
1930 · Director, Associate Producer
movieCrazy That Way
1930 · Director, Writer
movieHarmony at Home
1930 · Director