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Frank McDonald
Director, Actor
Died March 8, 1980 (80 years)
A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director -Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.
Filmography
| 2017 | The Forsaken Westerns (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Get Smart (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Flipper (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Broadside (TV Series) |
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| 1962 | McHale's Navy (TV Series) |
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| 1960 | National Velvet (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Tall Man (TV Series) |
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| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) |
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| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. (TV Series) |
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| 1954 | Passport to Danger (TV Series) |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Annie Oakley (TV Series) |
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| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) |
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| 1951 | The Range Rider (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show (TV Series) |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) |
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| 1949 | Man Against Crime (TV Series) |
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