Francis McDonald was an American

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 actor

Actor

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 whose career spanned 52 years. Although never really a headlining actor, he made 41 film and television appearances between 1913 and 1965, appearing in films such as The Temptress

The Temptress

The Temptress is an American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore and Roy D'Arcy it premiered on October 10, 1926...

in 1926 with Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo , born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish film actress. Garbo was an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods. Many of Garbo's films were sensational hits, and all but three were profitable...

. McDonald is interred at the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 10621 Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, California.The cemetery has a special section called the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation that is the final resting place for a number of aviation pioneers — barnstormers, daredevils and...

.

Sometimes mistaken to be a brother of Wallace MacDonald

Wallace MacDonald

Wallace Archibald MacDonald was an Canadian silent film actor, and film producer....

 because of close resemblance. However they were both born in 1891, three months apart and spelled their surnames differently.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1916	Intolerance Intolerance (film) Intolerance is a 1916 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. The three-and-a-half hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines each separated by several centuries: A contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; a...	Extra	Uncredited
1917	The Voice on the Wire The Voice on the Wire The Voice on the Wire is an action film serial directed by Stuart Paton.-Cast:* Ben F. Wilson - John Shirley * Neva Gerber - Polly Marion* Joseph W. Girard - Dr. Reynolds* Francis McDonald - Red Warren* Kingsley Benedict...	Red Warren
	The Gray Ghost The Gray Ghost (serial) The Gray Ghost is a 1917 crime-drama film serial directed by Stuart Paton.-Cast:* Harry Carter - The Gray Ghost* Priscilla Dean - Morn Light* Emory Johnson - Wade Hildreth* Eddie Polo - Marco* Gypsy Hart - Cecilia* Wilton Taylor - Ashby...
1920	Nomads of the North Nomads of the North Nomads of the North is a 1920 American film. A Canadian Mountie allows an innocent fugitive to escape with the woman he loves.-Cast:*Betty Blythe - Nanette Roland*Lon Chaney - Raoul Challoner*Lewis Stone - Corporal O'Connor...	Bucky McDougall
1922	The Woman Conquers The Woman Conquers The Woman Conquers is a 1922 drama film directed by Tom Forman and featuring Boris Karloff.-Cast:* Katherine MacDonald - Ninon Le Compte* Bryant Washburn - Frederick Van Court, III* Mitchell Lewis - Lazar* June Elvidge - Flora O'Hare...	Lawatha, Indian Guide
1924	Arizona Express Arizona Express Arizona Express is a 1924 silent American drama film directed by Tom Buckingham and starring Evelyn Brent. Prints of the film survive in the Museum of Modern Art.- Cast :* Pauline Starke as Katherine Keith* Evelyn Brent as Lola Nichols...
1926	The Bar-C Mystery The Bar-C Mystery The Bar-C Mystery is a 1926 Western film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. It is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Dorothy Phillips - Jane Cortelyou* Wallace MacDonald - Nevada* Ethel Clayton - Mrs...
	Battling Butler Battling Butler Battling Butler is a 1926 comedy silent film directed by and starring Buster Keaton.-Plot summary:Alfred's father, portrayed as a wealthy aristocrat, feels his son has grown up too comfortably and as a result has not become what a man should be. To remedy this predicament he sends his son Alfred...	Alfred Battling Butler
	The Desert's Toll The Desert's Toll The Desert's Toll is a 1926 western film, directed by Clifford Smith. A print is preserved at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.-Plot:...	Frank Darwin
	The Temptress The Temptress The Temptress is an American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore and Roy D'Arcy it premiered on October 10, 1926...	Timoteo
1927	The Valley of Hell The Valley of Hell (film) The Valley of Hell is a 1927 Western film, directed by Clifford Smith.-Cast:* Francis McDonald - Creighton Steele* Edna Murphy - Mary Calvert* William Steele - James Brady...	Creighton Steele
1928	The Dragnet
1930	Morocco Morocco (1930 film) Morocco is a 1930 film in which a Foreign Legionnaire meets and falls in love with a singer. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg and stars Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich and Adolphe Menjou. The story was adapted by Jules Furthman from the novel Amy Jolly by Benno Vigny...	A Sergeant
1934	Sadie McKee Sadie McKee Sadie McKee is a 1934 motion picture, directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone and Edward Arnold. In the film, Crawford plays the title character—a young working girl suffering through three troubled relationships on her road to prosperity.-Synopsis:Sadie...	Joe, Alderson's Chauffeur	Uncredited
	Burn 'Em Up Barnes Burn 'Em Up Barnes Burn 'Em Up Barnes is a Mascot movie serial. It was a loose remake of the 1921 film of the same name.-Cast:*Jack Mulhall as Burn-'em-Up Barnes, racing driver nicknamed the "King of the Dirt Track" and shortly the co-owner of the Temple Barnes Transportation school bus company*Frankie Darro as...	Ray Ridpath, race car henchman	Chapters 1-6
1935	Mississippi	Gambler	Uncredited
1936	The Prisoner of Shark Island The Prisoner of Shark Island The Prisoner of Shark Island is a 1936 film loosely based on the life of Samuel Mudd, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by John Ford, and starring Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart.-Plot:...	John Wilkes Booth
	Under Two Flags	Husson
1937	Ali Baba Goes to Town Ali Baba Goes to Town Ali Baba Goes to Town is a 1937 movie starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the Arabian Nights. He falls asleep and dreams he is in Baghdad as an advisor to the Sultan...	Ringleader	Uncredited
1939	Idiot's Delight	Flight captain	Uncredited
	Union Pacific Union Pacific (film) Union Pacific is a 1939 American dramatic western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea. Based on the novel Trouble Shooter by Western fiction author Ernest Haycox, the film is about the building of the railroad across the American West.-Plot:The 1862...	General Grenville M. Dodge
1940	North West Mounted Police North West Mounted Police (film) North West Mounted Police is a 1940 American action adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, and Madeleine Carroll. This was DeMille's...	Louis Riel
1941	Blood and Sand Blood and Sand (1941 film) Blood and Sand is a Technicolor film produced by 20th Century Fox, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, and Alla Nazimova...	Manolo's Friend	Uncredited
1944	Zorro's Black Whip Zorro's Black Whip Zorro's Black Whip is a 1944 Republic Pictures film serial starring Linda Stirling. The film was made after the popular 1940 20th Century-Fox remake of The Mark of Zorro and Republic was unable to use the character himself, but still wanted to capitalize on it. However, and despite the title,...	Dan Hammond
1948	An Act of Murder An Act of Murder An Act of Murder is a 1948 crime film directed by Michael Gordon...	Mr. Russell	Alternative title: Live Today for Tomorrow
	The Paleface The Paleface The Paleface is a 1948 comedy Western directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Bob Hope as "Painless Potter" and Jane Russell as Calamity Jane. In the film, Hope sings the song Buttons and Bows, which became his greatest hit by far when it came to record sales. The song also won the Academy Award...	Lance	Credited as Francis J. McDonald
1956	The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (1956 film) The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic film that dramatized the biblical story of the Exodus, in which the Hebrew-born Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince, becomes the deliverer of the Hebrew slaves. The film, released by Paramount Pictures in VistaVision on October 5, 1956, was directed by...	Simon	Credited as Francis J. McDonald
1959	The Big Fisherman The Big Fisherman The Big Fisherman is a 1959 American film directed by Frank Borzage about the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.The film is adapted from a novel written by Lloyd C. Douglas...	Scribe Spokesman
1964	Robin and the 7 Hoods Robin and the 7 Hoods Robin and the 7 Hoods is a 1964 American musical film that transplants the Robin Hood legend to a 1930s Chicago gangster setting. Directed by Gordon Douglas and produced by Frank Sinatra, with a screenplay by David R. Schwartz, the movie stars members of the Rat Pack as well as Bing Crosby, Peter...	Old Man at Robbo's Club	Uncredited
1965	The Great Race The Great Race The Great Race is a 1965 slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A. Ross, and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn,...	Russian	Uncredited
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	The Ford Television Theatre	Carnahan	1 episode
1954	The Lineup The Lineup (TV series) The Lineup is an American police drama which aired on CBS radio from 1950 to 1953 and on CBS television from 1954 to 1960, possibly in response to NBC's hit Dragnet....	Warner	1 episode
1955	Adventures of Superman Adventures of Superman (TV series) Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show is the first television series to feature Superman and began filming in 1951 in California...	Great Horse	1 episode
	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program which originally aired in 166 episodes on ABC from October 1954 until August 1959. It starred child actor Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post known...	Soccoro - Apache Chief	1 episode
1955–1956	The Adventures of Champion	Will Calhoun	2 episodes
1956	My Friend Flicka My Friend Flicka (TV series) My Friend Flicka is a 39-episode western television series set at the fictitious Goose Bar Ranch in Wyoming at the turn of the 20th century. The program was filmed in color but initially aired in black and white on CBS at 7:30 p.m. Fridays from February 10, 1956, to February 1, 1957. It was a...	Thundercloud	1 episode
	Lassie Lassie (1954 TV series) Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973...	Clem Wyatt	1 episode
1957	Cavalcade of America	Pablo aka The Calaveras Kid	1 episode
1958	Tombstone Territory Tombstone Territory Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959...	Winnie Joe Westerby	1 episode
	Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer	Jeb Coleman	1 episode
	Trackdown Trackdown Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. The series offered more than seventy episodes and was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio...	Milo	1 episode
1959	Lawman Lawman (tv series) Lawman is an American Western television series originally telecast from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay on the ABC Television Network. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during the mid to late 1870s. Warner Bros....	Chief Red Horse	1 episode
	Mr. Lucky	Old Fisherman	1 episode
	Maverick Maverick (TV series) Maverick is a western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, a cagey, articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother...	Pop Talmadge	1 episode
1960	Cheyenne	Sitting Bull	1 episode
	Wichita Town Wichita Town Wichita Town is a half-hour western television series starring Joel McCrea, Jody McCrea, Carlos Romero, and George Neise that aired on NBC from September 30, 1959, until April 6, 1960....	Medicine Chief	1 episode
	Law of the Plainsman Law of the Plainsman Law of The Plainsman is a Western television series starring Michael Ansara that aired on the NBC television network from October 1, 1959, until May 5, 1960. The character of Native American U.S...	Watkins	1 episode
	Shotgun Slade Shotgun Slade Shotgun Slade is an American western television series starring Scott Brady that aired in syndication from October 24, 1959, until 1961. Created by Frank Gruber, the stories were written by John Berardino, Charissa Hughes, and Martin Berkeley...	Bonanza Jake	1 episode
	Bat Masterson Bat Masterson (TV series) Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black and white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961...	Winkler	1 episode
1961	The Deputy The Deputy (TV series) The Deputy is a 1959-1961 half-hour NBC western series featuring Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.-Production:...	Roy Wilkins	1 episode
	The Untouchables The Untouchables (1959 TV series) The Untouchables is an American crime drama that ran from 1959 to 1963 on ABC. Based on the memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, it fictionalized the experiences of Eliot Ness, a real-life Prohibition agent, as he fought crime in Chicago during the 1930s with the help of a...	Sully MacGuyver	1 episode
1962	Laramie Laramie (TV series) Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. Laramie was a Revue Studios production which originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert Crawford, Jr...	Gimp	1 episode
1964	The Virginian The Virginian (TV series) The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute western series...	Storekeeper	1 episode
	Perry Mason Perry Mason (TV series) Perry Mason is an American legal drama produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966 on CBS. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner...	Peg-Leg Jasper	1 episode

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