Frank McGlynn Sr.

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

26 October 1866, 159 years old

Known For

Captain Blood

Sergeant York

Love Affair

Boom Town

The Prisoner of Shark Island

These Three

The Last of the Mohicans

The Poor Little Rich Girl

The Plainsman

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Hollywood Barn Dance

Hiram Tubb

1947

Trail Street

Tim McKeon (uncredited)

1947

Rogues' Gallery

Blake

1944

Delinquent Daughters

Judge Craig

1944

March On, America!

Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)

1942

In Old California

Undetermined Minor Role

1942

Syncopation

1942

Marry the Boss's Daughter

Hoffman

1941

Three Girls About Town

Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician

1941

Sergeant York

Mountaineer (uncredited)

1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Panky Pankington

1941

Third Finger, Left Hand

Judge Holman (uncredited)

1940

Boom Town

Deacon

1940

Hi-Yo Silver

Abraham Lincoln

1940

The Mad Empress

President Abraham Lincoln

1939

Second Fiddle

Lincolnesque Actor

1939

Love Affair

Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)

1939

Lincoln in the White House

Abraham Lincoln

1939

Strange Glory

Abraham Lincoln

1938

Joaquin Murrieta

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

1938

The Girl of the Golden West

Pete - Gambler

1938

The Lone Ranger

Abraham Lincoln

1938

Wells Fargo

Lincoln

1937

Sudden Bill Dorn

Cap Jinks

1937

Western Gold

Abraham Lincoln

1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

1937

Sing and Be Happy

Sheriff

1937

Parnell

Pat Hogan

1937

The Great Barrier

Sir John Macdonald

1937

Career Woman

Sheriff Duncan

1936

The Plainsman

Abraham Lincoln

1936

North of Nome

U. S. Marshal

1936

King of the Royal Mounted

Henry Dundas

1936

The Last of the Mohicans

Gamut

1936

For the Service

Jim, a Scout

1936

These Three

Judge (uncredited)

1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Abraham Lincoln

1936

The Littlest Rebel

President Abraham Lincoln

1935

Captain Blood

Reverend Ogle

1935

Outlawed Guns

Jingle

1935

The Roaring West

Jinglebob Morgan

1935

It's A Small World

Snake Brown Jr.

1935

Folies Bergère

Joseph

1935

Lost in the Stratosphere

Colonel Worthington

1934

Are We Civilized?

Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner

1934

Little Miss Marker

Doc Chesley

1934

Search for Beauty

Rev. Rankin

1934

Massacre

Missionary

1934

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

Amos Winterslip

1933

Unknown Valley

Head Elder

1933

Hello, Everybody!

Jonathan Reed

1933

Frisco Jenny

Good Book Charlie (uncredited)

1933

The Wet Parade

Food Control Speaker (uncredited)

1932

Huckleberry Finn

Second teacher (uncredited)

1931

The Silent Partner

1931

The Secret Six

Judge

1931

Min and Bill

Mr. Southard

1930

The Jazz Cinderella

Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)

1930

Good News

Professor Kenyon

1930

Abraham Lincoln

1924

The ABC of Love

The Innkeeper

1919

The Caillaux Case

Emperor William of Germany

1918

Why America Will Win

John F. Pershing

1918

Rough and Ready

The Siwash

1918

The Poor Little Rich Girl

The Plumber

1917

The Argyle Case

John Argyle

1917

Gloria's Romance

Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)

1916

Vanity Fair

Captain William Dobbin

1915

Across the Great Divide

The Bandit

1915

Through Turbulent Waters

Bill Ford

1915

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

1915

Alexia's Strategy

Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)

1913

By Fire and Water

1913

Who Will Marry Mary?

1913

The Bells

Leo Noakes

1913

Two Men

1912