- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 26, 1866
- Place of Birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- May 18, 1951
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Filmography
movieHollywood Barn Dance
1947 · Hiram Tubb
movieTrail Street
1947 · Tim McKeon (uncredited)
movieRogues' Gallery
1944 · Blake
movieDelinquent Daughters
1944 · Judge Craig
movieMarch On, America!
1942 · Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieIn Old California
1942 · Undetermined Minor Role
movieSyncopation
1942
Marry the Boss's Daughter
movieMarry the Boss's Daughter
1941 · Hoffman
movieThree Girls About Town
1941 · Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
movieSergeant York
1941 · Mountaineer (uncredited)
movieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Panky Pankington
movieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Judge Holman (uncredited)
movieBoom Town
1940 · Deacon
movieHi-Yo Silver
1940 · Abraham Lincoln
movieThe Mad Empress
1939 · President Abraham Lincoln
movieThe Honeymoon's Over
1939 · Thin Man
movieSecond Fiddle
1939 · Lincolnesque Actor
movieLove Affair
1939 · Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
movieLincoln in the White House
1939 · Abraham Lincoln
movieStrange Glory
1938 · Abraham Lincoln
movieJoaquin Murrieta
1938 · Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
movieThe Girl of the Golden West
1938 · Pete - Gambler
movieThe Lone Ranger
1938 · Abraham Lincoln
movieWells Fargo
1937 · Lincoln
movieSudden Bill Dorn
1937 · Cap Jinks
movieWestern Gold
1937 · Abraham Lincoln
movieBroadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
movieSing and Be Happy
1937 · Sheriff
movieParnell
1937 · Pat Hogan
movieThe Great Barrier
1937 · Sir John Macdonald
movieCareer Woman
1936 · Sheriff Duncan
movieThe Plainsman
1936 · Abraham Lincoln
movieNorth of Nome
1936 · U. S. Marshal
movieKing of the Royal Mounted
1936 · Henry Dundas
movieThe Last of the Mohicans
1936 · Gamut
movieFor the Service
1936 · Jim, a Scout
movieThese Three
1936 · Judge (uncredited)
movieThe Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Abraham Lincoln
movieThe Littlest Rebel
1935 · Abraham Lincoln
movieCaptain Blood
1935 · Reverend Ogle
movieOutlawed Guns
1935 · Jingle
movieThe Roaring West
1935 · Jinglebob Morgan
movieIt's A Small World
1935 · Snake Brown Jr.
movieFolies Bergère de Paris
1935 · Joseph
movieLost in the Stratosphere
1934 · Colonel Worthington
movieAre We Civilized?
1934 · Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
movieLittle Miss Marker
1934 · Doc Chesley
movieSearch for Beauty
1934 · Rev. Rankin
movieMassacre
1934 · Missionary
movieCharlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933 · Amos Winterslip
movieUnknown Valley
1933 · Head Elder
movieHello, Everybody!
1933 · Jonathan Reed
movieFrisco Jenny
1933 · Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
movieThe Wet Parade
1932 · Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
movieHuckleberry Finn
1931 · Second teacher (uncredited)
The Silent Partner
movieThe Silent Partner
1931
movieThe Secret Six
1931 · Judge
movieMin and Bill
1930 · Mr. Southard
movieThe Jazz Cinderella
1930 · Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
movieGood News
1930 · Professor Kenyon
Abraham Lincoln
movieAbraham Lincoln
1924 · Abraham Lincoln
movieThe ABC of Love
1919 · The Innkeeper
movieThe Caillaux Case
1918 · Emperor William of Germany
movieWhy America Will Win
1918 · John F. Pershing
movieThe Accidental Honeymoon
1918 · Farmer Perkins
movieRough and Ready
1918 · The Siwash
movieThe Poor Little Rich Girl
1917 · The Plumber
movieThe Argyle Case
1917 · John Argyle
movieGloria's Romance
1916 · Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
movieThe Truth About Helen
1915 · Director
movieVanity Fair
1915 · Captain William Dobbin
Across the Great Divide
movieAcross the Great Divide
1915 · The Bandit
movieThrough Turbulent Waters
1915 · Bill Ford
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
movieThe Life of Abraham Lincoln
1915 · Abraham Lincoln
movieAlexia's Strategy
1913 · Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
By Fire and Water
movieBy Fire and Water
1913
Who Will Marry Mary?
movieWho Will Marry Mary?
1913
The Bells
movieThe Bells
1913 · Leo Noakes
Two Men
movieTwo Men
1912