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
all 74
Movies 74
Director 1
Pa (Hiram) Tubb
Hollywood Barn Dance (1947)
Movie
Judge Craig
Delinquent Daughters (1944)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
March On, America! (1942)
Movie
Undetermined Minor Role
In Old California (1942)
Movie
Josephus Wiegel
Three Girls About Town (1941)
Movie
Mountaineer (uncredited)
Sergeant York (1941)
Movie
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Panky Pankington
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
Movie
Judge Holman (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Movie
Deacon
Boom Town (1940)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
Movie
President Abraham Lincoln
The Mad Empress (1939)
Movie
Lincolnesque Actor
Second Fiddle (1939)
Movie
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Love Affair (1939)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln in the White House (1939)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Strange Glory (1938)
Movie
Justice of the Peace
Joaquin Murrieta (1938)
Movie
Pete - Gambler
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
The Lone Ranger (1938)
Movie
Lincoln
Wells Fargo (1937)
Movie
Cap Jinks
Sudden Bill Dorn (1937)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Western Gold (1937)
Movie
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Movie
Sir John Macdonald
The Great Barrier (1937)
Movie
Sheriff Duncan
Career Woman (1936)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
The Plainsman (1936)
Movie
U. S. Marshal
North of Nome (1936)
Movie
Henry Dundas
King of the Royal Mounted (1936)
Movie
Jim LaMont
For the Service (1936)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Hearts in Bondage (1936)
Movie
Judge (uncredited)
These Three (1936)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Movie
President Abraham Lincoln
The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Movie
Reverend Ogle
Captain Blood (1935)
Movie
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Jingles
Outlawed Guns (1935)
Movie
Jinglebob Morgan
The Roaring West (1935)
Movie
Snake Brown Jr.
It's A Small World (1935)
Movie
Colonel Worthington
Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
Are We Civilized? (1934)
Movie
Doc Chesley
Little Miss Marker (1934)
Movie
Rev. Rankin
Search for Beauty (1934)
Movie
Missionary
Massacre (1934)
Movie
Amos Winterslip
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
Movie
Head Elder
Unknown Valley (1933)
Movie
Jonathan Reed
Hello, Everybody! (1933)
Movie
Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
The Wet Parade (1932)
Movie
Second teacher (uncredited)
Huckleberry Finn (1931)
Movie
Mr. Southard
Min and Bill (1930)
Movie
Henry Murray
The Jazz Cinderella (1930)
Movie
Professor Kenyon
Good News (1930)
Movie
Innkeeper
The ABC of Love (1919)
Movie
Emperor William of Germany
The Caillaux Case (1918)
Movie
John F. Pershing
Why America Will Win (1918)
Movie
The Siwash
Rough and Ready (1918)
Movie
The Plumber
The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
Movie
John Argyle
The Argyle Case (1917)
Movie
Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
Gloria's Romance (1916)
Movie
Captain William Dobbin
Vanity Fair (1915)
Movie
The Bandit
Across the Great Divide (1915)
Movie
Bill Ford
Through Turbulent Waters (1915)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1915)
Movie
Leo Noakes
The Bells (1913)
Movie
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1866-10-26
Deathday1951-05-18 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Francisco, United States
ChildrenThomas Matthew McGlynn, Frank McGlynn Jr.
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsFrank McGlynn, Franklyn McGlynn
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