Frank McGlynn Sr.
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1866-10-26
- Died
- 1951-05-18
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Frank McGlynn · Franklyn McGlynn
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.
Known For
Movies (78)
Sergeant York
1941
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
Trail Street
1947
as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
The Plainsman
1936
as Abraham Lincoln
Vanity Fair
1915
as Captain William Dobbin
Huckleberry Finn
1931
as Second teacher (uncredited)
Massacre
1934
as Missionary
Career Woman
1936
as Sheriff Duncan
Good News
1930
as Professor Kenyon
Second Fiddle
1939
as Lincolnesque Actor
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
Captain Blood
1935
as Reverend Ogle
Joaquin Murrieta
1938
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Parnell
1937
as Pat Hogan
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Hello, Everybody!
1933
as Jonathan Reed
Wells Fargo
1937
as Lincoln
Boom Town
1940
as Deacon
The Secret Six
1931
as Judge
In Old California
1942
as Undetermined Minor Role
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913
It's A Small World
1935
as Snake Brown Jr.
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as Abraham Lincoln
Love Affair
1939
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
as Joseph
The Last of the Mohicans
1936
as Gamut
Western Gold
1937
as Abraham Lincoln
These Three
1936
as Judge (uncredited)
Rogues' Gallery
1944
as Blake
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933
as Amos Winterslip
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
Syncopation
1942
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
as Colonel Worthington
King of the Royal Mounted
1936
as Henry Dundas
Outlawed Guns
1935
as Jingle
The Littlest Rebel
1935
as President Abraham Lincoln
Unknown Valley
1933
as Head Elder
Little Miss Marker
1934
as Doc Chesley
The Wet Parade
1932
as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
as Abraham Lincoln
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Pete - Gambler
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Panky Pankington
Gloria's Romance
1916
as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
For the Service
1936
as Jim, a Scout
Lincoln in the White House
1939
as Abraham Lincoln
Are We Civilized?
1934
as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
Search for Beauty
1934
as Rev. Rankin
Delinquent Daughters
1944
as Judge Craig
The Argyle Case
1917
as John Argyle
Strange Glory
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
North of Nome
1936
as U. S. Marshal
Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Abraham Lincoln
The Mad Empress
1939
as President Abraham Lincoln
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
as The Plumber
March On, America!
1942
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Jazz Cinderella
1930
as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
Sudden Bill Dorn
1937
as Cap Jinks
Rough and Ready
1918
as The Siwash
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941
as Hoffman
Min and Bill
1930
as Mr. Southard
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
as Thin Man
The Great Barrier
1937
as Sir John Macdonald
The Caillaux Case
1918
as Emperor William of Germany
The Accidental Honeymoon
1918
as Farmer Perkins
Hollywood Barn Dance
1947
as Hiram Tubb
By Fire and Water
1913
Sing and Be Happy
1937
as Sheriff
The Roaring West
1935
as Jinglebob Morgan
The Silent Partner
1931
The ABC of Love
1919
as The Innkeeper
Through Turbulent Waters
1915
as Bill Ford
Two Men
1912
Alexia's Strategy
1913
as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
The Bells
1913
as Leo Noakes
Why America Will Win
1918
as John F. Pershing
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
1915
as Abraham Lincoln
Across the Great Divide
1915
as The Bandit
About Frank McGlynn Sr.
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. With 78 credits spanning from 1912 to 1947, Frank McGlynn Sr. has appeared in 78 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Frank McGlynn Sr. Movies
- Sergeant York (1941) — as Mountaineer (uncredited)
- Trail Street (1947) — as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
- The Plainsman (1936) — as Abraham Lincoln
- Vanity Fair (1915) — as Captain William Dobbin
- Huckleberry Finn (1931) — as Second teacher (uncredited)
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