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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