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Frank McGlynn Sr.
Frank McGlynn Sr.

Frank McGlynn Sr.

ActingBorn October 26, 1866Died May 18, 1951 (age 84)San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

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

1947Movie
1947
Trail Street

as Tim McKeon (uncredited)

Movie
1944Movie
1944
Delinquent Daughters

as Judge Craig

Movie
1942
March On, America!

as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1942
In Old California

as Undetermined Minor Role

Movie
1942Movie
1941Movie
1941
Three Girls About Town

as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician

Movie
1941
Sergeant York

as Mountaineer (uncredited)

Movie
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Panky Pankington

Movie
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand

as Judge Holman (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Boom Town

as Deacon

Movie
1940
Hi-Yo Silver

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1939
The Mad Empress

as President Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Second Fiddle

as Lincolnesque Actor

Movie
1939
Love Affair

as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Lincoln in the White House

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1938
Strange Glory

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1938
Joaquin Murrieta

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Movie
1938Movie
1938
The Lone Ranger

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1937
Wells Fargo

as Lincoln

Movie
1937
Sudden Bill Dorn

as Cap Jinks

Movie
1937
Western Gold

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1937
Broadway Melody of 1938

as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Parnell

as Pat Hogan

Movie
1937
The Great Barrier

as Sir John Macdonald

Movie
1936
Career Woman

as Sheriff Duncan

Movie
1936
The Plainsman

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1936
North of Nome

as U. S. Marshal

Movie
1936Movie
1936Movie
1936
For the Service

as Jim, a Scout

Movie
1936
These Three

as Judge (uncredited)

Movie
1936Movie
1935
The Littlest Rebel

as President Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1935
Captain Blood

as Reverend Ogle

Movie
1935
Outlawed Guns

as Jingle

Movie
1935
The Roaring West

as Jinglebob Morgan

Movie
1935
It's A Small World

as Snake Brown Jr.

Movie
1935Movie
1934
Lost in the Stratosphere

as Colonel Worthington

Movie
1934
Are We Civilized?

as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner

Movie
1934
Little Miss Marker

as Doc Chesley

Movie
1934
Search for Beauty

as Rev. Rankin

Movie
1934
Massacre

as Missionary

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Unknown Valley

as Head Elder

Movie
1933
Hello, Everybody!

as Jonathan Reed

Movie
1933
Frisco Jenny

as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)

Movie
1932
The Wet Parade

as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)

Movie
1931
Huckleberry Finn

as Second teacher (uncredited)

Movie
1931Movie
1930
Min and Bill

as Mr. Southard

Movie
1930
The Jazz Cinderella

as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)

Movie
1930
Good News

as Professor Kenyon

Movie
1924
Abraham Lincoln

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1919
The ABC of Love

as The Innkeeper

Movie
1918
The Caillaux Case

as Emperor William of Germany

Movie
1918
Why America Will Win

as John F. Pershing

Movie
1918
The Accidental Honeymoon

as Farmer Perkins

Movie
1918
Rough and Ready

as The Siwash

Movie
1917Movie
1917
The Argyle Case

as John Argyle

Movie
1916
Gloria's Romance

as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)

Movie
1915
Vanity Fair

as Captain William Dobbin

Movie
1915Movie
1915Movie
1915
The Life of Abraham Lincoln

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1913
Alexia's Strategy

as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)

Movie
1913
The Bells

as Leo Noakes

Movie
1912Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 26, 1866
Day of DeathMay 18, 1951
Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
Popularity0.2