Frank McGlynn Sr.

Born: 1866-10-26, San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 1951-05-18

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

• Sergeant York (1941)
• Captain Blood (1935)
• The Plainsman (1936)
• Hello, Everybody! (1933)
• Wells Fargo (1937)
• Parnell (1937)
• Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
• The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
• These Three (1936)
• In Old California (1942)
• The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
• Trail Street (1947)
• Boom Town (1940)
• The Wet Parade (1932)
• Rogues' Gallery (1944)
• Through Turbulent Waters (1915)
• The Littlest Rebel (1935)
• The Accidental Honeymoon (1918)
• Strange Glory (1938)
• Sing and Be Happy (1937)
• Three Girls About Town (1941)
• The Great Barrier (1937)
• Sudden Bill Dorn (1937)
• The Honeymoon's Over (1939)
• Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
• Delinquent Daughters (1944)
• The Secret Six (1931)
• Are We Civilized? (1934)
• Career Woman (1936)
• Rough and Ready (1918)